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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: AMuzi Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: men in women's bicycle races Date: Fri, 16 May 2025 07:43:33 -0500 Organization: Yellow Jersey, Ltd. Lines: 261 Message-ID: <1007btm$3ovl8$1@dont-email.me> References: <10002e8$1v9ra$1@dont-email.me> <10005ui$20esh$1@dont-email.me> <10011q4$29ltf$1@dont-email.me> <10023ep$2genr$2@dont-email.me> <1002sen$2ljfj$3@dont-email.me> <10036hu$2nvuc$1@dont-email.me> <1004mpr$3436b$1@dont-email.me> <1004scg$354p9$2@dont-email.me> <10068ie$3iel3$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 16 May 2025 14:43:35 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1b1acb74e826cda89988d803b8c36317"; logging-data="3964584"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19KWVDPGINr0pU8ka2Y9bn+" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:vgwaRTGfnnE7zkwLCLK4zBtppAw= In-Reply-To: <10068ie$3iel3$1@dont-email.me> Content-Language: en-US On 5/15/2025 9:40 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote: > On 5/15/2025 10:06 AM, AMuzi wrote: >> On 5/15/2025 7:30 AM, Zen Cycle wrote: >>> On 5/14/2025 6:47 PM, AMuzi wrote: >>>> On 5/14/2025 2:54 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote: >>>>> On 5/14/2025 8:48 AM, AMuzi wrote: >>>>>> On 5/14/2025 2:52 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote: >>>>>>> On Tue, 13 May 2025 23:14:03 -0400, Frank Krygowski >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 5/13/2025 3:18 PM, AMuzi wrote: >>>>>>>>> On 5/13/2025 1:18 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote: >>>>>>>>>> On 5/13/2025 8:45 AM, AMuzi wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> On 5/12/2025 11:29 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> On 5/12/2025 6:05 PM, AMuzi wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 5/12/2025 1:33 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> But Mr. Timid Tricyclist just won't let it go. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> It allows him to >>>>>>>>>>>>>> hide from discussing the current >>>>>>>>>>>>>> administration's crazy >>>>>>>>>>>>>> incompetence. What a dupe. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Pick an administration. Any administration. >>>>>>>>>>>>> Select any of myriad >>>>>>>>>>>>> examples of 'crazy incompetence'. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> USS Gettysburg shot down a fighter from her own >>>>>>>>>>>>> carrier group (USS >>>>>>>>>>>>> Truman) in the Biden administration in December. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Then USS Truman lost two fighters overboard >>>>>>>>>>>>> (one from sliding tow >>>>>>>>>>>>> vehicle in April, one landing arrest failure in >>>>>>>>>>>>> May.) in the 2d >>>>>>>>>>>>> Trump administration. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.businessinsider.com/us-navy- >>>>>>>>>>>>> aircraft- carrier- red-sea- >>>>>>>>>>>>> lost- another-super-hornet-2025-5?op=1 >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> One never runs out of examples. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Is each military mishap the fault of an >>>>>>>>>>>> executive administration? >>>>>>>>>>>> I'd think that even the appointment of, say, a >>>>>>>>>>>> low experience >>>>>>>>>>>> drunken Fox network personality would require >>>>>>>>>>>> quite a bit of time to >>>>>>>>>>>> noticeably affect the competence of the world's >>>>>>>>>>>> largest military. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Appointing an egotistical and inexperienced >>>>>>>>>>>> cyber dude to pull in >>>>>>>>>>>> other cyber dudes with no relevant >>>>>>>>>>>> qualifications, to hack away >>>>>>>>>>>> randomly at every possible government agency, >>>>>>>>>>>> firing then rehiring >>>>>>>>>>>> hundreds or thousands of competent workers? >>>>>>>>>>>> That's administrative >>>>>>>>>>>> incompetence - one example among many. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Well, yes, your term 'crazy incompetence' >>>>>>>>>>> pervades governments (not >>>>>>>>>>> only US Federal government!)  in every >>>>>>>>>>> administration. Hayek >>>>>>>>>>> brilliantly wrote on the inherent failures of >>>>>>>>>>> large bureaucracies, by >>>>>>>>>>> their nature, well before key exemplars were born! >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> First, it takes a large administration to run a >>>>>>>>>> large institution, and >>>>>>>>>> a very large administration to run a large >>>>>>>>>> country. I doubt there are >>>>>>>>>> any exceptions. And in any large administation >>>>>>>>>> you'll be able to find >>>>>>>>>> examples of anything - competence, incompetence, >>>>>>>>>> stupidity, >>>>>>>>>> brilliance. Isn't "we have one of everything" one >>>>>>>>>> of your talking points? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> That does NOT mean all administrations are equal. >>>>>>>>>> The unproductive >>>>>>>>>> chaos generated by unleashing Musk and his buddy >>>>>>>>>> boys seems unique in >>>>>>>>>> our history. I doubt one legitimate scientist >>>>>>>>>> thinks Kennedy is fully >>>>>>>>>> sane, let alone competent. And the "Hillary >>>>>>>>>> Emails!!!" crew is giving >>>>>>>>>> an astonishing pass to the signal chat leaks. I >>>>>>>>>> could list more, but I >>>>>>>>>> think the current administration is on its way >>>>>>>>>> toward record >>>>>>>>>> incompetence on multiple fronts. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> If you're defending all that, I'm curious about >>>>>>>>>> your thought >>>>>>>>>> processes. Will it be "Yeah, but Obama wore a >>>>>>>>>> brown suit"? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The British Empire in the late Victorian era ran >>>>>>>>> with a skimpy budget >>>>>>>>> and a slim staff. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/uk-government- >>>>>>>>> did- we- rule-the- >>>>>>>>> empire-with-4000-civil-servants/ >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> And Britain didn't even have a 10th Amendment! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Excess in funding and excess in hiring leads to >>>>>>>>> 'mission creep' outside >>>>>>>>> lawful useful limits. As we see. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> p.s. thanks for snipping my example. There are more. >>>>>>>> Please! You of all people should understand the >>>>>>>> etiquette of trimming >>>>>>>> posts. Of course "there are more." I won't bother to >>>>>>>> dig for videos of >>>>>>>> Bush I saying "Read my lips: No new taxes" or Bush >>>>>>>> II dolled up in >>>>>>>> military costume to proclaim "Mission accomplished" >>>>>>>> but we should >>>>>>>> remember how those worked out. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> And about the size of the British empire >>>>>>>> administration: ISTM the point >>>>>>>> of the article you linked is that there really were >>>>>>>> countless thousands >>>>>>>> of people administering it. It was a very different >>>>>>>> world in the 1800s, >>>>>>>> far less complex and moving at a far slower place >>>>>>>> with far simpler >>>>>>>> technology; and the article seems to say that large >>>>>>>> numbers of >>>>>>>> administrators were at work, although perhaps >>>>>>>> employed by colonies or >>>>>>>> local government, not central government. You >>>>>>>> certainly can't pretend >>>>>>>> that any current major nation can get by with a few >>>>>>>> thousand employees! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> In any case, you've deflected away from my point. Do >>>>>>>> you really think >>>>>>>> the Trump administration is as competent as any >>>>>>>> other one in recent >>>>>>>> history? I don't, and the general run of experts >>>>>>>> (including those >>>>>>>> working for Trump's first administration) seem to >>>>>>>> rate this crew near >>>>>>>> the bottom of the curve. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The main qualification for hiring was, obviously, >>>>>>>> fealty to the wannabee >>>>>>>> king. That doesn't tend to bring in the best people. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Krygowski repeats what he's seen and heard from the >>>>>>> leftist media and >>>>>>> fails to note that today, inflation is down, the >>>>>>> border is now locked >>>>>>> up tight, illegal criminals are being booted, tariffs >>>>>>> are being >>>>>>> renegotiated, government waste is being lessoned, >>>>>>> military enlistment >>>>>>> is up, gas and grocery prices are down, and men are ========== REMAINDER OF ARTICLE TRUNCATED ==========