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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Akin is on the science committee, Bachmann on the intelligence committee. Irony, my friends.
Schild und Schwert der ParteiAkin is the guy who coined the term "legitimate rape".
EDIT:Ninja'd.
edited 10th Feb '13 9:17:36 AM by rmctagg09
Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.Well at least now the Daily Show can bring back the "Republican lawmakers say offensive things about rape" segment.
Has no one in the Republican Party sent out a memo saying "Rape is bad, don't say anything then that. Repeat, the only thing to be said about rape is that it's bad".
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyranpretty much. The GOP has made it pretty clear that they believe insane, offensive, hateful shit and have no intention of not believing it. In their worldview. Non-christians are evil. Lesbians are evil. Gays are evil. People who dont vote republican straight ticket want america to die. Guns are sacrosacnt and the First Amendment only exists to protect their right to tell us how much they hate us. They just also acknowledge the need to not say any of it if they want to be elected by the useless prole slaves they consider their voterbase.
God, I'm hateful today. I cant help it. How absolutely cynical and cruel the GOP is while considering themselves some form of hero against an immoral world makes me wonder if America shouldnt just burn.
edited 10th Feb '13 12:05:40 PM by Midgetsnowman
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I'd have to look it up, but it does sound slightly reasonable. Stress means hormonal balance changes and so on. The menstrual cycle is hormonal...soo. Wouldn't STOP anything...but might mess up enough, in rare cases.
Describing it as a rape defense mechanism? Thats kind of like saying your airbag going off from a hard broken car door is a anti-stealing mechanism.
edited 10th Feb '13 12:32:54 PM by 3of4
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There is a condition called 'hypothalamic amenorhoea', a disruption in the menstrual cycle brought on by something such as constant exercise. Apparently, they used to think it was due to epinephrine released by exercise disrupting hormones. Now they know it is actually due to lack of proper calorie intake, but I think the idea "adrenaline makes the baby stuff go stop" is still stuck in certain circles of thought.
edited 10th Feb '13 12:29:37 PM by Lascoden
boopPolice chief's daughter and her finance. He's basically attacking anyone who is remotely connected to his firing. Any sympathy he might have had (if the firing was the result of corruption) ended when he started shooting people. The fact that people are holding him up as an "anti hero" in some circles is sickening.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.He's not a hero, but jackoffs like him aren't created in a vacuum. Knowing the LAPD, he's never going to see trial, and the blue line will get thicker as he's made into a warning.
Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.Every time I hear about him, it sounds like something out of an action movie. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if a couple years from now someone did make a movie out of it.
Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.

I'm unsure if this is better or worse than Akin being on the science committee.