Political Correctness Trumps Science

Wow, just wow. This weirdo is a man. (Click the link if you want to see a pic of him wearing a bikini top.) He is allowed to box actual women and beat them up and break their eye-sockets, ostensibly because political correctness trumps science entirely now, even if it endangers people.

Transgender mixed martial arts (MMA) competitor Fallon Fox is facing new criticisms after breaking the eye socket of his last opponent.

On Saturday, Fox defeated Tamikka Brents by TKO at 2:17 of the first round of their match. In addition to the damaged orbital bone that required seven staples, Brents received a concussion. In a post-fight interview this week, she told Whoa TV that "I've never felt so overpowered ever in my life."

“I’ve fought a lot of women and have never felt the strength that I felt in a fight as I did that night. I can’t answer whether it’s because [he] was born a man or not, because I’m not a doctor,” she stated. “I can only say, I’ve never felt so overpowered ever in my life, and I am an abnormally strong female in my own right. ”

I can’t answer whether it’s because [he] was born a man or not, because I’m not a doctor. I'm not a doctor either, but fortunately I don't suffer from political correctness. When these weirdos swarm onto college campi in the coming years, will Title IX cover them and enable them to hurt real women? not to mention outperform them? Sadly, the answer to that appears to be 'yes'. Get the stretchers ready.

Hat tip Director Blue.

Don't celebrate too early

This...



Reminds me of this.

The reason we watch

I catch my fair share of sports viewing on the tube, and a few games live over the course of a year (including our underachieving-but-always-entertaining local eleven).  Every once in awhile I wonder what it is that draws me to watch, even if I don't have a particular interest in the outcome (as in the NBA and NHL playoffs this year).

This is why:  In last night's Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals, Andrew Shaw of the Chicago Blackhawks took a puck to the face during play in the first period.

Down goes Shaw -- down goes Shaw -- down goes Shaw.  But not for long.  Here is a view of Mr. Shaw in the second period after getting his cheek and the corner of his eye sown up:

And yes, he played after that, and played well.  For those who didn't watch, the Blackhawks came from behind in the last minute-and-change to win the Cup.  And if you took one (e.g., a puck to the eye socket) for the team along the way, you earn the right to do this (and to express your joy in whatever salty language you wish ---  the video is very NSFW):

With blood dripping down his face from the stitches that aren't quite staying closed.

Mr. Shaw reminded me why I watch.  It is to see excellence displayed -- sometimes in the form of well-developed talent, sometimes in the form of well-coached teamwork and strategy, and sometimes in the form of sheer courage and will.

P.S.  Mr. Shaw's favorite phrase in his Stanley Cup acceptance speech above (vulgar as it is) gives me very fond memories of my homeland in the North.  Pure joy.

UPDATE:  The above Cup-skating video was taken down.  This could turn out to be a whack-a-mole exercise, but here's another video of it:

Watch soon -- video of this could quickly end up in the ether.

UPDATE 2d:  A nice background story on Andrew Shaw, including that he was afraid to tell anyone about his broken hand at age 11 so he could keep playing hockey.

These mascot videos intrigue me

I'm not a big sports fan. But some people seem to be literally consumed by sports.

They pegged me

Heh.

All Humans Possess Intellect and Will

...but that don't mean some don't have mo' one than thother.

Self Explanatory

Rick Monday's Famous "Play"

Dianne from the Prager Group just sent me this.



Wonder what happened to those two pyro jagoffs. Did they get a free haircut at the jail? Did they OD? Did they steal the flag from a social worker? Are their bell-bottoms in a museum somewhere?

Sad day for the NFL

2007 SI Sportsman of the year Brett Favre announced his retirement today.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre has decided to hang it up. Favre's legendary career spanned 17 years, including 253 consecutive regular season starts, an NFL record.

Favre led the Packers to a Super Bowl victory in 1996 and holds virtually every major passing record. In his career, Favre threw for 61,655 yards and 442 touchdowns, both NFL records. No quarterback led his team to more victories (160).

"He has had one of the greatest careers in the history of the National Football League, and he is able to walk away from the game on his own terms. Not many players are able to do that," the team said in a statement. "The Packers owe him a tremendous debt of gratitude. He has given Packers fans 16 years of wonderful memories, a Super Bowl championship among them, that will live on forever."

It is hard to imagine a Packers game without Brett Favre. He is one of the most beloved athletes in the country. Favre will surely be a first-ballot Hall of Famer and will go down as one of the best quarterbacks ever.

Seventeen years is a long time to do anything. Good luck to the man and hopefully he won't turn into a goofball like Terry Bradshaw did.

Sports Revisionism in Nicaragua

I found this story funny.

Hundreds of shirts and caps, which had been manufactured in advance to celebrate the Patriots' expected victory over the New York Giants, were handed over to children in the southern city of Diriamba [Nicaragua].

"The children are the winners," said Miriam Diaz, of World Vision, a Christian humanitarian organization.

LOL: "I smell an upset"

Giant Upset

Prior to the Superbowl, Steve Schrader handed Plaxico Burress the "It's Just Not Patriotic" award:

To N.Y. Giants receiver Plaxico Burress, who had the audacity, the utter gall, to think his team would win today and to actually say it out loud. Why isn't he on the Patriots' bandwagon like everybody else?

Turns out that Burress overestimated the Pariot offensive peformance when he made the 23-17 prediction. Oh, well, we can't all be Jimmy the Greek....



He enjoyed that. This was the play of the game, though.



Hey, how'd they do that?

Now everyone can pretend they saw the whole superbowl. Myself, I just caught the 4th quarter.

Mudville

If anyone knows any grief counselors looking for work, send 'em up to Cleveland.

Oh, well, great season.

Weigel on the "Ripken Ethic"

It's about baseball, not Church teaching, but that doesn't mean George Weigel's latest article doesn't qualify as some of the Best Catholic Writing 2007.