There is some anti-trans speaker or other on a tour of Australia at the moment and there are protests and counter-protests wherever she goes. In Melbourne the anti-trans crew included like 30 members of the Nazi party (the actual National Socialist Movement). Disagree with their ideas all you like, but you can’t deny the powerful traditional masculinity radiating from this picture:
The Victorian government are considering making the Nazi salute illegal. We don’t have the First Amendment here, so they are perfectly able to do that. Also, an MP from the opposition conservatives attended the anti-trans rally and is being expelled from the party.
When I was 12 I discovered that I could fill in those magazine post cards for CDs and they would get mailed to you with a bill. Enema of the State was definitely on the first list.
I just experienced the most insane example of rent seeking imaginable.
In my province starting this year you can renew your vehicle registration online. However they still make you choose a registry (dmv office for you Yankees) just so that office can collect their $7 fee now for literally nothing.
Indian Premier League has the worst team names of any sports league. That the owners insist on using the same names for the franchises they own abroad is an absolute perfect microcosm of cricket’s administrators complete lack of interest in growing the game.
Indians
Kings
Super Kings
Royals
Royal Challengers
Knight Riders
Titans
Super Giants
Sunrisers
Capitals (wasted opportunity to reference that India is in fact a republic and not some weird multi-layered monarchy, imo)
Also, no Pakistani players in IPL. I’m sure the Pakistani diaspora in the US will be lining up to support “Mumbai Indians New York”.
Utah Jazz is one of those names that is objectively stupid but has somehow withstood the test of time to achieve legitimacy. See also Los Angeles Lakers.
