At least some folks can be sensible, if only slightly

[BackInTex]

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas loses legal challenge in CAS ruling

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed a challenge from transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, who had asked the Swiss-based court to reject a policy that would prevent her from competing in women's races at elite competitions.

In its ruling, which was published Wednesday, the panel of arbitrators determined that Thomas did not have standing to challenge the policy created by swimming's international federation, World Aquatics. The CAS panel found that "for the time being" she is not eligible to compete in elite competitions through World Aquatics or USA Swimming, so the policy does not apply to her.

"She is currently only entitled to compete in USA Swimming events that do not qualify as 'Elite Events,'" according to the arbitral award.

[flockofseagulls104]

Unfortunately, the rule still stands, they just didn't give HIM the standing to challenge it.

If people like Lia (William) Thomas feel they need to compete, give them their own category, but keep them out of women's sports (and locker rooms). This guy and others like him are a complete disgrace.

[jarnon]

This will please Flock. The Trump administration is withholding $175 million from Penn because Lia Thomas was on their women’s swimming team.

[Spock]

Pretty obvious that he hasn't had the requisite surgery. Pretty full package there.

[Weyoun]

Thank God we’ve cut off cancer research at Penn because Lia didn’t cut off a penis.

[Beebs52]

Thank God we’ve cut off cancer research at Penn because Lia didn’t cut off a penis.

What?! What? WTF?

[BackInTex]

Thank God we’ve cut off cancer research at Penn because Lia didn’t cut off a penis.

We don’t need to be wasting money on medical research at an institution that doesn’t understand basic biology. Nothing useful will come of it.

[Beebs52]

https://www.thedp.com/article/2025/03/p ... lysis-2024

I wonder what the cost/benefit ratio is here.

[Weyoun]

Thank God we’ve cut off cancer research at Penn because Lia didn’t cut off a penis.

We don’t need to be wasting money on medical research at an institution that doesn’t understand basic biology. Nothing useful will come of it.

Derp derp derp derp!

[tlynn78]

Thank God we’ve cut off cancer research at Penn because Lia didn’t cut off a penis.

We don’t need to be wasting money on medical research at an institution that doesn’t understand basic biology. Nothing useful will come of it.

Derp derp derp derp!

[Weyoun]

We don’t need to be wasting money on medical research at an institution that doesn’t understand basic biology. Nothing useful will come of it.

Derp derp derp derp!

YUP. Cutting cancer research is a blast!

[Beebs52]

Thank God we’ve cut off cancer research at Penn because Lia didn’t cut off a penis.

Please cite statistics re funding for specific cancer research, or anything cancer-specific related to cuts.

[BackInTex]

Thank God we’ve cut off cancer research at Penn because Lia didn’t cut off a penis.

Please cite statistics re funding for specific cancer research, or anything cancer-specific related to cuts.

He can’t, but he hates white people.

[Beebs52]

Thank God we’ve cut off cancer research at Penn because Lia didn’t cut off a penis.

Please cite statistics re funding for specific cancer research, or anything cancer-specific related to cuts.

He can’t, but he hates white people.

Well of course. Self loathing is a blurring of truth thing

[tlynn78]

Please cite statistics re funding for specific cancer research, or anything cancer-specific related to cuts.

He can’t, but he hates white people.

Well of course. Self loathing is a blurring of truth thing

A lot of that blurring of truth going on.

[Weyoun]

Thank God we’ve cut off cancer research at Penn because Lia didn’t cut off a penis.

Please cite statistics re funding for specific cancer research, or anything cancer-specific related to cuts.

No, I insist - you go first.

[Beebs52]

Thank God we’ve cut off cancer research at Penn because Lia didn’t cut off a penis.

Please cite statistics re funding for specific cancer research, or anything cancer-specific related to cuts.

No, I insist - you go first.

No, please. It's your call.

[BackInTex]

Please cite statistics re funding for specific cancer research, or anything cancer-specific related to cuts.

No, I insist - you go first.

No, please. It's your call.

I’ll start then.

$3,150,456,876,332.23 spent on research.

Cancers eliminated 0.

Patients lost, 23,345,890

Lots of doctors and pharmaceutical companies got rich.

[Weyoun]

No, I insist - you go first.

No, please. It's your call.

I’ll start then.

$3,150,456,876,332.23 spent on research.

Cancers eliminated 0.

Patients lost, 23,345,890

Lots of doctors and pharmaceutical companies got rich.

Gardasil?

[Weyoun]

Please cite statistics re funding for specific cancer research, or anything cancer-specific related to cuts.

No, I insist - you go first.

No, please. It's your call.

No no no. If the answer is that obvious then even you can find it. Please. Be my guest.

[Beebs52]

No, I insist - you go first.

No, please. It's your call.

No no no. If the answer is that obvious then even you can find it. Please. Be my guest.

No, you go ahead. I insist. You're obviously excited to show me my errors, whatever they may be, even though I haven't described anything.

[Weyoun]

No, please. It's your call.

No no no. If the answer is that obvious then even you can find it. Please. Be my guest.

No, you go ahead. I insist. You're obviously excited to show me my errors, whatever they may be, even though I haven't described anything.

No. I INSIST. Above all else, I am a gentleman.

[Weyoun]

No, please. It's your call.

No no no. If the answer is that obvious then even you can find it. Please. Be my guest.

No, you go ahead. I insist. You're obviously excited to show me my errors, whatever they may be, even though I haven't described anything.

Any success yet?

[Weyoun]

No, please. It's your call.

I’ll start then.

$3,150,456,876,332.23 spent on research.

Cancers eliminated 0.

Patients lost, 23,345,890

Lots of doctors and pharmaceutical companies got rich.

Gardasil?

I see this was ignored.

https://www.who.int/news-room/commentar ... -our-reach

Weird how Trump and his minions wouldn’t want to see cervical cancer eliminated.

Until you realize - they make EVERYTHING more awful.

[silverscreenselect]

I’ll start then.

$3,150,456,876,332.23 spent on research.

Cancers eliminated 0.

Patients lost, 23,345,890

Lots of doctors and pharmaceutical companies got rich.

There's something very wrong here if you think research money is "wasted" if it doesn't result in the complete eradication of a disease. I'm a survivor of three types of cancer, two of them serious. My prognosis on all three is excellent for 10 to 15 year survival. After that, if one of my other problems doesn't kill me first, my odds of dying from anything start going up tremendously. I know I won't be on this Bored 50 years from now.

The type of treatment I had for my prostate cancer was something called High Dose-Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy, and I believe it's about five years old. (Weyoun can probably update me on this). So my treatment was a direct result of some of that 3 quadrillion dollars of research that was spent. 23 million patients have died of cancer over some unspecified time period, but a lot of others have had meaningful lives extended for years. In many cases, they're still alive or they stayed alive until something unrelated took them out.