Everything posted by HeloDude
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The meaning of life and other ill sh!t
And here you go…I literally said this was the one argument that was complete BS, and you just made it. I have zero problems with the argument that someone should be able to do what they want with their own bodies, because it’s a valid argument to make, regardless of my personal/moral opinions on abortion. But…suggesting that abortion is necessary because unwanted newborns will not be adopted is a flat out lie. There is a long waiting list for adoptions of newborn children…and yes, that goes for non-white babies as well.
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The meaning of life and other ill sh!t
The left literally now says that men can also have abortions…
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The meaning of life and other ill sh!t
Actually, I’m very correct. States might choose to ban abortion, but the ruling itself will not. Someone can still go to California and get all the tax-payer funded abortions they want. CH, take a look at my most recent post above—if the country wants to go full blown Libertarian, then I’m on board. Until then, it has to be a States’ Rights issue unless it’s specifically pro/against in the Constitution. Slavery, can’t do it. Banning guns, can’t do it. Keeping women from voting, can’t do it. Drugs? Abortion? And a long list of other issues…States’ Rights. But as usual, for 90% of the country it comes down to “Liberty for me but not for thee”.
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The meaning of life and other ill sh!t
Isn’t it though? Let me clarify—the left would have a much better argument of saying they’re for individual rights, if well, they actually were. Please do not at all take this as defending the right. As I’ve said plenty fo times before on this forum, if the argument for preserving abortion is because we want to exercise individual liberty to the maximum (and assuming we have no regard for an unborn child), then I can accept that argument. But that’s not what the left (or right) is about. So until then, the best thing is for more laws handled at the state level and not the federal level. Don’t forget, this ruling won’t ban abortion at all. So yeah…pretty…uhhh…rich.
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The meaning of life and other ill sh!t
Your points aren’t invalid…but the current process/system isn’t working either. So again, this one foot in, one foot out, challenge every new law at the federal level (even though Roe said the states could regulate abortion but just not ban it), the argument that you can do whatever you want with your own bodies unless it has to do with drugs or a covid shot, on and on…at some point, we need a better system. And The Constitution actually provides it—changing Roe just gets us back closer to it, regardless of whether or not you’re for or against the legality of abortion. But now to address the bigger elephant in the room—here it goes: We’re so divided as a country right now that one can ask why we’re even a country. States’ Rights are continuously taking a back seat to an ever growing federal government. If the pro-abortion crowd doesn’t like the upcoming change, then perhaps they should stop trying to dictate how everyone else in the country wants to live their life. I like making the Libertarian Party’s arguments, but then people here call me “weird” or “out of touch”…but then are cool with unborn child being killed the moment before it exits the womb.
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The meaning of life and other ill sh!t
Appears that SCOTUS will overturn Roe and send the abortion legality back to the individual states. And unless abortion is to be legal everywhere up until the moment of birth, regardless of the reason, then this is the best COA. This one foot in, one foot out in a majority of the states (due to to Roe) was absurd when you remove the emotions for or against it…not to mention the constant legal challenges at the federal level. This ruling will send it back to the individual states, where it needs to belong. And if the left wants any woman (or man?) to be able to have an abortion at anytime, for any reason, then they can donate to groups that will accommodate transportation to one of those states. Or, people can move if they dislike it so much…and before someone says “people can’t just move”, look at how many people with hardly anything move from South and Central America to the US (most often times illegally) for a better life. So yes, they can move if they really want to. My biggest gripe with the pro-choice/abortion crowd is that one of their many arguments is that if abortion is to be made illegal/heavily restricted then there would be all these new born babies in unwanted homes…which is clearly not true. The adoption waitlist, regardless of ethnic/racial background and gender, is far from short. If your argument is that a woman should be able to decide what to do with her pregnancy then we can have that debate, but I hate hearing their lies about unwanted babies.
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Latest Movies
Ummm…I was commenting on her acting skills. Though it sounds like there was a lot of acting done during this scene.
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The Congressman is back yo
Here’s my issue with Kinzinger: I don’t have a problem if you’re anti-Trump, even if you’re a Republican. I also don’t have a problem if you believe that 6 Jan was an “insurrection to overturn the election” (lamest insurrection ever if it actually was one lol, so I do question your philosophical bias in that case). My issue is that when Pelosi/Dem leaders set up the “bipartisan” 6 Jan committee but then wouldn’t allow the Republican leadership to choose their members, then it was obvious that this was anything but “bipartisan” and all it was ever going to be is just be a witch-hunt against Trump/his supporters in the House, etc. And when Adam then joined their committee, only because the Dems knew he was against Trump, then he joined the witch-hunt/political theater. If he would have then left the Republican Party to be an independent I would have said he followed his conscience, but he didn’t. The question now is this: Does he know he’s being used by Pelosi? If so, then what does he get out of it? Surely Adam can’t actually believe that the committee is anything but political theater?
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The Congressman is back yo
Where’s the political benefit in that?
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Russian Ukraine shenanigans
Disinformation…or something. ‘Heroic ‘Ghost of Kyiv’ fighter doesn’t actually exist, Ukraine admits’ https://nypost.com/2022/05/01/heroic-ghost-of-kyiv-fighter-doesnt-actually-exist-ukraine-admits/?fbclid=IwAR1WFX2yfl31FdpZW8saXGvWBNcfocMJ70e3hBCH08l5uD7rDGvM_gT2KE8
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Latest Movies
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Latest Movies
Iron Eagle wasn’t made with support of the US Air Force…one of the reasons was because the movie is about the stealing an F-16 which the AF didn’t condone. That all being said, the original definitely fell into the realm of an “awesome bad movie” that I used to watch quite a bit on VHS in the late 80s. The 2nd one was much more bad than awesome and I refused to watch other others since I knew it was downhill from there.
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Minstry of Truth
Unfortunately little of this is surprising. When you can’t run on your accomplishments, then you vilify the other side as racists, anti-(whatever letters are now being used), extremists, spreaders of “disinformation”, on and on. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Things need to still get much worse in this country for enough people (60-70%) to see that the trajectory we’re on is going to destroy the country financially. But in the meantime, let’s discuss “free” healthcare, “student loan forgiveness”, refusing to enforce immigration laws/border security, massive federal spending bills (yes, to include “defense” spending), reparations for slavery, banning fracking because we need “green energy”, on and on.
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The Next President is...
My money is on Pete Buttigieg being their nominee in 2024. He’s the only person who makes sense in the eyes of the left.
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The Next President is...
It’s bad. What’s also bad is that he said he’s not concerned about a recession following the news of negative economic growth. The midterms will be very interesting…I think it’s obvious that the GOP will have a good night, the question is how good.
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The Next President is...
And the Dem leader of the Senate says the only way to fight inflation is to “raise” taxes. I’ve been waiting for the start of the economic collapse (2008 style) and it looks like we just might be starting to get there.
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The WOKE Thread (Merged from WTF?)
The left is likewise saying that this will benefit Disney (and in turn hurt the taxpayers). But if this was good for Disney, then why the uproar against it for those who support Disney being against the latest law? Also, if this is better off for Disney, wouldn’t they have lobbied for this change a long time ago? Progressives crack me up…they say children aren’t being groomed, CRT isn’t being taught in schools, etc…and then they’re upset when laws are passed to prevent what the left says isn’t occurring anyway.
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The WOKE Thread (Merged from WTF?)
Government always sucks unless they’re trying to get rid of more government (rarely, but occasionally happens). But I expect a business to make decisions based on ultimately increasing profits…not picking and choosing social issues which will hurt profits. So if both Florida and Disney lose then ultimately Disney loses because the government can raise taxes, give tax breaks to different businesses, etc. Just look at California—their government sucks, they’re losing businesses and people are moving out (they even lost a congressional seat for the first time), and yet they’re still doubling down on their nonsense. But to those who say Disney will move completely out of Florida…I guess it does make for a good laugh.
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The WOKE Thread (Merged from WTF?)
So it looks like Disney is going to lose a lot of money after their “go woke get broke” comments. The question I have is: Did their leadership decide to go all in with leftists talking points, etc because they believe it’s just the right thing to do (regardless of the consequences) or did they really think this would improve their position financially?
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COVID-19 (Aka China Virus)
What’s one more nail in the coffin?
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COVID-19 (Aka China Virus)
From the article “Here we are, trapped in the sky with our 8-month-old unmasked baby (you can’t actually mask a baby that young) under the supposition that everyone who can be masked would be masked, and the flight 325 crew has taken our choices away from us,” one Twitter user said. “Very very angry about this.” So apparently, if you give people the choice to wear masks or not, you’re actually “taking away choices” from others. This only makes sense if you’re a progressive.
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COVID-19 (Aka China Virus)
Go read some FB comments concerning the news story on the “mainstream news outlets”…the progressives are upset at the ruling and believes that this will kill people. Oh and they say that the federal judge shouldn’t even be a judge (was “unqualified”), people that won’t wear masks are selfish, blah blah blah. Same nonsense people have been spewing on here for the last 1.5-2 years.
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COVID-19 (Aka China Virus)
Last year the dude literally said if he were a commander he would seeks out and look forward to giving out Art 15s to those members who weren’t wearing a mask but had not had the covid shot (back when that was a thing). Take this as you will…
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COVID-19 (Aka China Virus)
Just curious, is your confusion new or has it always been there regarding a single federal judge’s ability to strike down a federal law/rule? Reason I’m asking is because this has been happening as long as I’ve been following politics and I’m kind of old. As for why did it take this long, who knows. If I had a guess it’s because of the standard bureaucracy of our government, but I’m sure it also has to do with the mood of the country, the timeline of the mandates, etc.
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COVID-19 (Aka China Virus)
The fact that the Biden admin isn’t appealing the judge’s decision to stop the mask mandate means they know they would lose, the masks don’t work, and/or it’s not popular to do so. Sad that it’s taken so long for a majority of the American public to get to this point.