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| Behind Gov. Kristi Noem's Hedge on Legislation Guaranteeing Girls-Only Sporting Contests |
| 2021-03-22 |
| h/t Red State ...Gov. Noem received quite a lot of initial criticism from groups and individuals on the right for her reluctance to simply sign the legislation as drafted and passed by the legislature. I do not have any information on how active members of her administration were in the drafting of the final language, but I’m certain it did not come as a surprise to her and her staff. In fact, it seems that her reluctance to sign the legislation as passed stems from the feedback she has received from sources outside South Dakota on how the legislation might be received by interests outside the state — both corporate and others. Now, I know that little Kristi is a darling of the "covid sceptics" crowd. So, I did a little calculation. We know that infection rates depend on population density: the more people per square mile, the more contacts. Now New Jersey has 1210 people/sqmi (square mile) and 2722 covid dead/million. Which works to 2722/1210 = 2.25. South Dakota has 11.1 people/sqmi and 2174 covid dead/million.. That is, 2174/11.1 = 195.85. Makes you wonder, doesn't it? |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #20 Blame the NCAA and its woke rules for this. Time to break the NCAA monopoly on college sports. |
| Posted by: Greagum Lover of the Ostrogoths7205 2021-03-22 22:36 |
| #19 She sent it back to have certain part re-written. That is not the same as rejecting entirely. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2021-03-22 21:51 |
| #18 Another hill not to die on? If keeping women from being beaten (literally and figuratively) by mental patients and opportunists in drag isn't a fight worth fighting, what is? You've got to fight back sometime, or its just an endless series of surrenders. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2021-03-22 21:48 |
| #17 Since Red State hates Trump they most likely aren't fans of Gov Noem either. I'm interested in hearing her side of things before I pass judgement. Bills are often shot down because of things slipped into them or because of unclear wording and such. It is possible something like that is happening here. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2021-03-22 19:18 |
| #16 the solution to this transgender in sports nonsense is to create 2 additional leagues, M to F and F to M. Better: League 1) "Dickless Chicks" League 2) "Chix with Dix"* *should be a woke (post-)Dr Seuss title any day now |
| Posted by: Heriberto Guelph5033 2021-03-22 18:15 |
| #15 the solution to this transgender in sports nonsense is to create 2 additional leagues, M to F and F to M. The way that the media and leftists focus on them, there is obviously more than enough to create these leagues. |
| Posted by: Bob Grorong1136 2021-03-22 18:08 |
| #14 What is the elderly rate in SD? How was the death rate diff than previous years? Hospitals code any death as covid because they make 20-30% above what cms typically pays. Also, pcr tests are non diagnostic as they cannot differentiate URI type, per AMA CPT. |
| Posted by: Thruns B. Hayes5118 2021-03-22 17:22 |
| #13 Not a deal breaker. Gonna do it, do it right with all the legal aspects accounted for. Not gonna do it, can still let the alumni pay for their entertainment and cut funds to public secondary education by specifying that this amount is for women only activities and the participation of a DNA testing male is a violation of that agreement. If you question whether locking up healthy people is the best possible response to a pandemic suddenly you are a "COVID skeptic"? All sorts of common slurs thrown at people who ended up being right about Sturgis not being a mass die-off. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-03-22 17:21 |
| #12 #2 RA . Seeing combines and crops in the medians of the interstate kind of shocked me |
| Posted by: Beavis 2021-03-22 15:00 |
| #11 This is the hill you want her to die on? Brilliant strategy |
| Posted by: Pearl Bumble1085 2021-03-22 14:26 |
| #10 She's apparently not interested in running for president as a GOP candidate, anyway... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-03-22 13:51 |
| #9 BETRAYAL: Noem 'Neutered' Bill Protecting Women's Sports “Gov. Noem’s veto would scrap the vast majority of the bill text and would strip protections for female athletes in collegiate sports in the state. Additionally, it would eliminate all reasonable enforcement mechanisms, neutering the legislation so much as to render it meaningless.” Feet of clay? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-03-22 12:58 |
| #8 Wasn't it there where Noem's Sec of State killed a person driving a car and claimed he hit a deer? I think finding a full deck is getting harder and harder. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2021-03-22 12:46 |
| #7 No state should be run for the benefit of the NCAA's political position du jour. Ever. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-03-22 12:10 |
| #6 Cut her some slack. 99% of our political class are useless tools. Noem and DeSantis are practically the only normal, competent honest pols we have |
| Posted by: Elmusock Creretch1683 2021-03-22 11:42 |
| #5 If you question whether locking up healthy people is the best possible response to a pandemic suddenly you are a "COVID skeptic"? |
| Posted by: Angstrom 2021-03-22 10:39 |
| #4 ^ "Statistics can be used to support many things, most notably, statisticians" |
| Posted by: Warthog 2021-03-22 10:22 |
| #3 When conjuring magic numbers, getting the numbers you want to wind up with is the whole point... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-03-22 09:21 |
| #2 I've been in South Dakota. The square mile comparison is useless. There are enormous areas with few or no people. To use those hundreds of square miles in calculations is useless. It would be more useful to pick, say, the four most populous counties, or some other area whose population density is equal to New Jersey's. So, as to the supposed result of the calculations....makes you wonder alright. Try google earth to get an idea of how SD's population is arranged. |
| Posted by: Richard Aubrey 2021-03-22 07:09 |
| #1 Read a day or do ago (sorry link down the memory hole) that her primary concern is that businesses are complaining that SD would lose out on college bowl games and tournaments if it were signed as is. Looking to exempt college sports. Which, if true, speaks ill of Ms. Noem. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2021-03-22 06:26 |