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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Sanders also seems to be a bit of a Horrible Judge of Character and/or competence. Case in point: Tulsi Gabbard. He and his supporters need to ditch that opportunistic soulless grifter asap if they haven't already.
edited 6th Feb '17 6:49:24 PM by M84
Disgusted, but not surprised![]()
Just like Joseph Stalin.
edited 6th Feb '17 7:12:27 PM by DingoWalley1
Yes. There's a comic where One Man of Steel serves another.
edited 6th Feb '17 7:53:15 PM by RAlexa21th
Continue writing our story of peace.Seems that Giant Meteor showed up late and fizzled anyway
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Can't even trust celestial bodies to keep their campaign promises anymore. Thanks, 2016.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.I don't want to go back, or cause trouble re:abortion but.
Like, ignoring all the other pro-choice arguments, the fact is that most pro-life pro-birth legislation is seemingly drafted by people completely ignorant about what things like preeclampsia and ectopic pregnancy even are, and as a consequence, nearly all instances of such legislation makes it that much harder for any pregnant person to, you know, live, if something goes wrong.
Which. Calls into question how much they actually value life.
It fits into the same problems with basic ignorance and "alternative facts" as a lot of modern American politics.
It was never about understanding-the evangelicals that draft and sponsor these bills genuinely believe that conception is sacred, and an abortion at any stage is murder. Therefore, they believe that any pregnancy should be carried to term regardless of circumstance or risk, with the mother's life secondary; that a woman should die trying to give birth, even when doing so will absolutely result in her death, the child, or if the child died in the womb. From their point of view, the woman should be glad to die trying to protect that sanctity, no matter that woman's own faith or beliefs; one more example of forcing religion on others under the guise of freedom, and wholly apart from the secular and philosophical questions the topic raises without a thread of faith or doctrine.
Also, this should be the end of the topic: the mods have been tolerant so far, and if people wish to continue to discuss this topic calmly, they should ask the mods for a separate thread.
edited 6th Feb '17 9:03:53 PM by ViperMagnum357
Californian leaders have retorted to Trump's claims that the state is "out of control"
. Insert conservative ranting about the use of statistics provided by "[REDACTED]-lovers" here.
Also, I think I may have seen Alec Baldwin get in a Twitter fight with Glenn Greenwald over... something. Not like anything short of an artillery barrage would get the latter off his high horse anyway...
I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiotPretty good video on Trump's interview on his favorite movie, Citizen Kane.
Essentially Trump sees himself in Kane(and they do share a lot of similarities) but he doesn't recognize Kane's flaws because that would mean recognizing his own.
In fact, he seeks to see Kane as the victim and not the wealthy hollow abuser looking for love that he is.
edited 6th Feb '17 9:44:45 PM by MadSkillz
actually, when the video talk about kane being happy with is mother, you could also said the same about trump and is father, which so far is the closer thing donald have to figure he actually respect which bring again the parallel with kane

Trump's immigration EO is facing the 9th Circuit tomorrow,
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/06/politics/9th-circuit-court-of-appeals-trump-travel-ban/index.html?adkey=bn
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.