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Unqualified Republicans Lose, Unqualified Democrats Win   B y J ames Terminiello   In a recent special U.S. House of Representatives election brought about by the disgrace of George Santos, the New York Republican Party fielded a candidate that their internal analytics told them was a sure-fire winner.  Mazi Pilip was:   A) A woman   B) African (in this case Ethiopean)   C) Jewish   D) Military (Served in the Israel Defense Force)    Why any of these points have more than a trivial relationship to her qualifications to be legislator seemed to be of little concern to the Republican wise ones. The electorate , however, disagreed and she was clobbered by a run-of-the-mill Democrat hack.   The Republicans seemed not to have learned from 2022 when they ran the fabulously underqualified Herschel Walker for senate apparently because he was black and a football player.  They also propped up Dr. Mehmet Oz for the senate on the grounds that he had a successful television show.   Once again,

Coddling Transgenders Reaching the Stratosphere of Absurdity – Tampons Available in Boys' Rooms   By James Terminiello       Certain states, among them Connecticut, have now installed tampon dispensers in the boys’ rooms of schools.( 1) You may ask why. Here are some reasons.   It Guarantees Accessibility : By providing tampon machines in all restrooms, schools and businesses are promoting menstrual equity.   It Can Ensure Menstrual Hygiene Products for Low-Income Individuals   Challenging The Menstrual Stigma: It is an oudated notion that menstrual products are strictly for women. Menstrual care is not exclusive to any gender.   My head hurts!   I am reminded that, for many centuries, great minds including Aristotle and Ptolemy believed that the earth was the center of the universe . It seemed quite reasonable that we should be at the center of all things, being human and all and the focus of our many deities. Indeed, models and formulae were designed to track the planets and s