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“X” Gender Passport Means 2+2=5 | Steve Berman

“X” Gender Passport Means 2+2=5 | Steve Berman


Opinion Contributor

2+2=5. Read the paragraph below from the AP, especially the part I italicized. The department did not identify the passport recipient, but Dana Zzyym, an intersex activist from Fort Collins, Colorado, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that they received it. Since 2015, Zzyym, who prefers a gender-neutral pronoun, has been in a legal battle …

Biden Can’t Stand By While 16 Americans Are Held Hostage in Haiti | Steve Berman

Biden Can’t Stand By While 16 Americans Are Held Hostage in Haiti | Steve Berman


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Haiti has no functional government, at least not one that’s separable from corruption, crime, and gangs. The leader of the 400 Mawozo gang threatened to kill 16 Americans and one Canadian if he doesn’t get $1 million for each life. No. I don’t think so. It’s time to send in the troops and get those hostages. …

The Thing Is…The Thing | Steve Berman

The Thing Is…The Thing | Steve Berman


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You need to read this: Every thing is really about perspective. In 1977, Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in a documentary about his 1975 Mr. Olympia bodybuilding title, called “Pumping Iron.” In this film, Schwarzenegger broke down the very unique world of the elite bodybuilder versus everyone else in the world. Good bodybuilders have the same mind…when …

The GOP Isn’t Dead. Kill It With Fire | Steve Berman

The GOP Isn’t Dead. Kill It With Fire | Steve Berman


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Kill it, kill it with fire. This is what you do when your house is overrun with these nasties, building their webs, laying their egg sacks inside the walls, and producing thousands of baby spiders to repeat the process. Apropos of nothing really, northeast Georgia has been invaded by an uninvited foreign visitor. The Japanese—or East …