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The Muslim guy was in that limo, they made him get out and by the time he stepped out they were hammering the car and lighting it up too. The things they threw at him as he left(which include a sandwich for some reason) only managed to cut his finger in the end which is relieving.
 
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Re "it is only his ??th day" then I do have to say various appointments and prospective appointments had been known for sometimes weeks at points prior to this. Though I agree the truly popcorn worthy things will probably come later it is not like there is no information to go on.

yup the penalty was probably the dumbest part of the program....


I know he will not do every thing or probably half of the list but

  • Defund Planned Parenthood
Among the top things I can think of so far...

The opposition to somewhat funded abortions and the like seems to be an almost uniquely American concept. With the exception of the republic of Ireland, which gets a lot of stick for it and somewhat has the policy of "England is just across the water and Northern Ireland might just be a short drive and they can do it for you", and some parts of eastern Europe the government having any involvement in such matters is almost a complete non issue, certainly one that has no political traction whatsoever.
Care to expand upon why this may be different here, or indeed why the planned parenthood organisation may have lost its way and want to be replaced by a perhaps more effective organisation with a similar mandate? Alternatively if it is some kind of moral objection then would it override a concept like "if you don't like them then don't get one"?
 

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Re "it is only his ??th day" then I do have to say various appointments and prospective appointments had been known for sometimes weeks at points prior to this. Though I agree the truly popcorn worthy things will probably come later it is not like there is no information to go on.



The opposition to somewhat funded abortions and the like seems to be an almost uniquely American concept. With the exception of the republic of Ireland, which gets a lot of stick for it and somewhat has the policy of "England is just across the water and Northern Ireland might just be a short drive and they can do it for you", and some parts of eastern Europe the government having any involvement in such matters is almost a complete non issue, certainly one that has no political traction whatsoever.
Care to expand upon why this may be different here, or indeed why the planned parenthood organisation may have lost its way and want to be replaced by a perhaps more effective organisation with a similar mandate? Alternatively if it is some kind of moral objection then would it override a concept like "if you don't like them then don't get one"?
On top of that PP supposedly doesn't even use federal funding for abortions, only the healthcare services they provide (like breast cancer screenings and health checkups)

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Don't know much about the EU. But is there a country which has drug cartels having wars in Europe? Don't know that a regional passport would work all that well.
That's a flimsy response, considering the legality of drugs could be considered arbitrary. The wars part is kind of obvious with the current refugee situation, though, since that's what a lot of temporary or in-progress citizens are fleeing from
 

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The opposition to somewhat funded abortions and the like seems to be an almost uniquely American concept. With the exception of the republic of Ireland, which gets a lot of stick for it and somewhat has the policy of "England is just across the water and Northern Ireland might just be a short drive and they can do it for you", and some parts of eastern Europe the government having any involvement in such matters is almost a complete non issue, certainly one that has no political traction whatsoever.
Very true but I think in Poland it is an issue too (but oh well....)

On top of that PP supposedly doesn't even use federal funding for abortions, only the healthcare services they provide (like breast cancer screenings and health checkups)
Care to expand upon why this may be different here, or indeed why the planned parenthood organisation may have lost its way and want to be replaced by a perhaps more effective organisation with a similar mandate? Alternatively if it is some kind of moral objection then would it override a concept like "if you don't like them then don't get one"?
Because I believe that healthcare is better provided by a free market solution. My ideal (although unlikely) goal would be for absolutely no restrictions regarding abortion procedures but no funding through taxation. Plus I do not support of believe in societal contracts which is my overlaying reason for wanting to stop funding PP along with ALL other forms of government services.
 
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Yeah I have to give it to @Blood Fetish here

Immigration has wayyyyyyyy too much bureaucracy behind it. While this is only anecdotal evidence I know someone who was here illegally for about 15 years.(not their fault parents brought them here when they were a child) when she found out about it she immediately applied for citizenship. Now keep in midn this person was a very
On top of that PP supposedly doesn't even use federal funding for abortions, only the healthcare services they provide (like breast cancer screenings and health checkups)

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That's a flimsy response, considering the legality of drugs could be considered arbitrary. The wars part is kind of obvious with the current refugee situation, though, since that's what a lot of temporary or in-progress citizens are fleeing from

I meant cartel wars, but I do think floods of refugees bring their own issues, especially when they can get and EU passport somewhere and travel freely. I just don't think Mexico is to USA what Spain is to France. There is a lot of differences between the economies, crime rates, education rates etc between the NA countries where the EU is much closer together across the board.
 
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welp this is why people like me should pay attention during civics (I hate history and stuff related to it I enjoy history that is about islam and the other monotheistic religions.) and wow I really need to learn this stuff again(I am in 9/10th grade and I don't remember any of these things)

Watch Fox News.
 

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I don't like any kind of news, it's always so damn depressing no matter what station it is, so whatever. If people don't like my opinion on entirety of news, that's not my prob lol.
Actually, in my opinion, it's kind of dangerous to get settled into an apathetic stance on news reporting. They're there to make sure we know what's going on in the world, some of which directly affects us
 

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Actually, in my opinion, it's kind of dangerous to get settled into an apathetic stance on news reporting. They're there to make sure we know what's going on in the world, some of which directly affects us

Well, it's not so much apathetic, but if someone say watches news station X, and another watches Y and the one who watches X says he watches X, others who watch station Y will ridicule and claim that X's news station is "biased", "wrong", and is worthy of ridicule. Can't people watch any news station without having others' opinions shoved down their throat with a plunger? I don't state my opinions on new stations at all for that very reason, someone has to make a federal case about how I'm wrong and that they're right, I can't stand that kind of BS, you know? People should be able to watch whatever the heck they want without people getting their undies in a twist.


Edit: Sorry :(
 
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Agreed I watch most news stations except buzz feed and cnn I just can't take the lies anymore from either of them.
 

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Ah, yes, good, let's just completely ignore the Standing Rock protests and be dicks to easily the most marginalized group in the country

Maybe there will be some compensation from the government?

Just to clarify, the meme was directed at my Facebook friends who have been in tears since Jan 20th. I should have invested in Kleenex stocks dammit!
 

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Maybe there will be some compensation from the government?

Just to clarify, the meme was directed at my Facebook friends who have been in tears since Jan 20th. I should have invested in Kleenex stocks dammit!
I can't even see the meme, school wifi blocks nearly all pictures rehosted on gbatemp (direct uploads are fine though)

Regardless, though, it's not exactly fair to the Natives on the reserve, considering the reason they want to avoid routing it through the city in the first place is they're concerned what would happen if the pipe broke and contaminated the river.
So really what our president and the oil companies he's currently representing is saying (without actually saying it) that they're investing in oil as a resource, but it's unsightly and potentially hazardous enough that they don't want it running through the city, so they're gonna slap it into a space that's supposed to be a reserve for a group of people that we've literally been marginalizing and/or murdering since before America was even a country
 

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