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#5 To save the life of the mother?

That was never intended as an excuse.

The goal remains: 0 abortions*

* well, 0 legal abortions, of course:

ABSOLUTE 100 % TRUE FACTS ABOUT ABORTION

In the entirety of modern human history, no woman has willingly sought an abortion for a wanted child. Not at 9 hours. Not at 9 days. Not at 9 weeks. Not at 9 months. Not ever. WITH ONE VERY IMPORTANT EXCEPTION

But, in the entirety of modern human history, and for many individual reasons, women have sought to terminate the pregnancy of an unwanted child.

Each reason is as individual as the woman seeking to terminate the unwanted child. Sometimes the pregnancy is a result of rape or ------. But whatever the reason, no law or religious dogma has ever stopped women from seeking an abortion for an unwanted child. Nor will it. Not now, not ever.

ONE VERY IMPORTANT EXCEPTION: The most tragic abortions are for women carrying a wanted child but find out that their personal health is at risk. Or that it is an ectopic pregnancy. Or their chance for a future child is jeopardized. Or, the wanted child has no chance to live outside of the womb.

The last scenario is especially hideous: The prognosis for Potter's syndrome is very poor. Most babies with this condition do not survive beyond birth due to respiratory failure. IOW, the mother holds her newborn child while the child SUFFOCATES TO DEATH IN HER ARMS... AND THERE'S NOTHING SHE CAN DO ABOUT IT BUT WATCH HER BABY DIE A HORRIBLE DEATH. This can go on for up to 45 minutes, sometimes even longer.

These are tragic circumstances that, yes, sometimes only become apparent at close to 9 months. This is a fact, a very tragic fact, but a fact, nonetheless. It is also a fact that an abortion is sometimes the only option available for the woman and her family.

Nothing " NOTHING " anyone can say will alter these...

ABSOLUTE 100 % TRUE FACTS ABOUT ABORTION

#59 Blatant lying?

Blatant lying?

Blatant lying ... like this???????????

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It has been suggested that Trump's apparent "avalanche of lies" consists of ------- rather than of lying as strictly defined.[26][27] According to Harry Frankfurt's influential 2005 book On -------, the liar cares about the truth and attempts to hide it, while the ---------- does not care whether what they say is true or false.[25] Eduardo Porter writes in The Washington Post that Frankfurt's ----------- definition fits Trump: "To subvert the truth, you must first know it, or at least think you do. That's not Trump's game."[27] For example, Trump does not, in Porter's argument, have to check US unemployment or inflation statistics to assert that "we inherited from the last administration an economic catastrophe and an inflation nightmare", because for -------, the facts do not matter. On the contrary, by ignoring the facts, ------- has the power to guide group beliefs in a politically desirable direction and thereby to shape group identities.[27] As early as 2015, Jeet Heer wrote that Trump's propensity to ------- is not an aberration in his party: "Over the last two decades, the GOP as a party has increasingly adopted positions that are not just politically extreme but also in defiance of facts and science".[26]

Pope Leo, celebrating his first Christmas after being elected in May by the world's cardinals to succeed the late Pope Francis, has a quieter, more diplomatic style than his predecessor and usually refrains from making political references in his sermons.

In a later Christmas blessing, the pope, who has made care for immigrants a key theme of his early papacy, also lamented the situation for migrants and refugees who "traverse the American continent."

Leo, who has in the past criticized Dummkopf Trumpf's brutal immigration crackdown, did not mention the Dotard-in-Chief. In his Christmas Eve sermon, the pope said refusing to help the poor and strangers was tantamount to rejecting God himself.
The new pope has lamented the conditions for Palestinians in Gaza several times recently and told journalists last month that the only solution in the decades-long conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people must include a Palestinian state.

Since Israeli PM Benjamin Netabyahu initiated his vengeance campaign against the Palestinians on 7 Oct 2023, al-Jazeera reports at least 70,369 Muslims have been killed and 167,160 wounded or maimed in the Gaza Strip, the majority of them women and children; 1,034 have been killed in the West Bank.

After the so-called "ceasefire" agreement in the Gaza Strip came into effect on 10 Oct, at least 406 Palestinians have been killed and more than 1,118 others wounded in continued IDF attacks. The UN reports that nearly the entire Gaza Strip remains in a food emergency, with hundreds of thousands of people experiencing high acute malnutrition rates.

An international arrest warrant issued by the ICC for crimes against humanity remains active for Benjamin Netanyahu and the Istanbul Public Prosecutor in Turkiye issued arrest warrants for him and 32 other Israelis accused of committing war crimes. An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law or an international tribunal at the Hague.

NYC Times Square Sign

AFRICOM's initial assessment is that multiple terrorists were killed in the ISIS camps.

"US Africa Command is working with Nigerian and regional partners to increase counterterrorism cooperation efforts related to on-going violence and threats against innocent lives," said Gen. Dagvin Anderson, commander, USAFRICOM. "Our goal is to protect Americans and to disrupt violent extremist organizations wherever they are."

US Africa Command will continue to assess the results of the operation and will provide additional information as appropriate. Specific details about the operation will not be released in order to ensure operational security."

Map: Sokoto State

According to ACLED (https://acleddata.com), "armed groups such as Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province have wrought havoc in north-eastern Nigeria for more than a decade, killing thousands of people, however most of these have been Muslims." The MEND (Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta) targets petroleum facilities and pipelines that benefit the oil companies and Nigerian elites but have despoiled the environment for poor people living in the Niger Delta.

Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Maitama Tuggar said the AFRICOM attack was a "joint operation" targeting "terrorists," and it "has nothing to do with a particular religion."

In central Nigeria, there are also frequent clashes between mostly Muslim herders and farming groups, who are often Christian, over access to water and pasture.

Deadly cycles of tit-for-tat attacks have also seen thousands killed, but atrocities have been committed on both sides.
Human rights groups say there is no evidence that Christians have been disproportionately targeted.


"Nice attempt at a whitewash. You tried to say a 3.1% annualized Q2 result was actually 2.3% because"

Because I am not using time when the country was run by that moron Biden in my calculation. Looking at inflation on a 12 month rolling basis is retarded. You look at the 3 month or 6 month average and annualize it to see the inflation UNDER TRUMP'S POLICIES. You are just butthurt because the hyper inflation you and the other liberal -------- predicted never came true.

Here is a hint for you - I said that the tariffs would be eaten by manufacturers and middlemen - and I have been 100% correct. So, here is the 'why'. A vast majority of the goods imported from China are low value goods with HIGHLY ELASTIC demand curves. Thus, when a tariff is applied, that tariff will be eaten by the manufacturer/middleman because they do not have the power to pass on price increases. This is exactly what has been observed. So, we got 2 impacts - 1.) demand for these goods cratered (people went with substitute products) and 2.) those that continued to sell did so by eating the tariffs - which is seen on the record tariff collections.

Again, this is economics 101 so it is no surprise you and the liberal fools like Krugman completely botched it.

"Yeah, it was overstated as a collapse"

Not just overstating, you are living in alternative world.

"LOL nice non sequiter."

I don't think you know what that terms means or you would not have used it there.

"OHhhh a fast-food joke."

Are you still butthurt that you could be making $8/hr more as a high school drop out washing lettuce than you are washing beakers with an 'advanced' degree from a 3rd rate university?

"Still not sure why your half a&&ed calculation of CPI was wrong, eh?"

Inflation is way down from the Biden years and any inflation we do see is in services - not goods. In general, inflation is about 2.3-2.5% currently based on an annualized 3 month rate. That is all perfectly consistent with everything that I stated in the past.

"For about three years now I've been reading/watching/listening to all sorts of talk about what was coming because of inflation or bond yield curve inversion or mortgage contract cancellation rates or blah blah blah."

That is because you listen to liberal moron like Paul Krugman still searching for the missing inflation from tariffs - I guess that is an easier grift than admitting they were wrong.

"The only one that has had any level of success in informing on current states was talk of the real estate bubble deflating and housing price collapses. But even that was overstated."

Overstated? It literally is not occuring.

"Probably because my finances are just fine"

Lol, sure they are. Explains why you are pushing mid-40's and still owe student loans.

"I realized 3 out of 4 CEOs I've worked or interacted with were moronic s*&^bag excuses for human beings. So you actually track.
#50 | Posted by jpw"

That checks out - only a really bad company would employ you. Says a lot about how you pick your employment. That said, I always thought that Chris Kempczinski was a nice guy so I don't know why you didn't enjoy working for him or was he the 1 good one of the 4?

Classic example of why you failed in life. Economics is a powerful tool. For instance, the impact of the tariffs would be clearly explained to you in any economics 101 class and you would have known they would not bring inflation.

Gee if only you've ever been correct in anything you've said here.

Still not sure why your half a&&ed calculation of CPI was wrong, eh?

BTW it's not a powerful tool beyond the meddling of people in a position to enact impactful policy. For about three years now I've been reading/watching/listening to all sorts of talk about what was coming because of inflation or bond yield curve inversion or mortgage contract cancellation rates or blah blah blah.

The only one that has had any level of success in informing on current states was talk of the real estate bubble deflating and housing price collapses. But even that was overstated.

Finance is understanding how money works so you can invest and have the money work FOR YOU. I think you are conflating the finance industry with finance itself.

In that post, I did conflate the two. Probably because my finances are just fine and your childish duhhh BeAkErZ WaShiNgZ!! nonsense is only funny in how bad it is.

Again, it is little wonder that you failed in life when you don't have the little money you scrape together work for you.

Yawn.

I was the CEO and it was neither of those companies.

At first I was going to scoff, then I realized 3 out of 4 CEOs I've worked or interacted with were moronic s*&^bag excuses for human beings. So you actually track.

"Or perhaps you are distracted by Trump's drawing in Epstein's Birthday Card of a, um, nubile female figure, and his reference to their, 'secret'?"

Not part of the new files dropped - this is months old and Trump is suing over it claiming he did not write it.

"Or perhaps you ignore Epstein's telling his Pedo Pimp Mistress that Trump was, 'the dog that didn't bark' about 'the girls' to the Authorities."

Again, months old and your interpretation is retarded. Epstein wrote this after he tried to set Trump up in a honey pot with Trump spending hours with one of his girls and NOTHING happened. That is what a 'dog that doesn't bark' means - Epstein assumed Trump would fall for the honey pot and he didn't. This is exonerating, not incriminating.

"Trump and Epstein were best friends, both had, 'modeling agencies', and both, 'liked them young', as Trump put it."

No proof of them being best friends and Trump kicking him out of Mar a lago points to the opposite. Regardless, this is DECADES old at this point.

"These files put Trump on the plane and at the island many more times than he's admitted."

THERE IS NOT A SINGLE INCIDENCE of Trump at the Island and YOU KNOW THIS. So, why lie? There is literally NOTHING in the latest drop that states or implies this - this is a whole cloth lie from you.

"#19 | Posted by Corky"

Seems you are completely unable to respond to my challenge. All you have is tired and old talking points and that is why the Democrats are still a joke of party being played by Trump. He leads you around by your noses while you think you are Columbo.

- they don't include anything even slightly damning against Trump.

'Oblivious', is your middle name?

time.com

Or perhaps you are distracted by Trump's drawing in Epstein's Birthday Card of a, um, nubile female figure, and his reference to their, 'secret'?

Or perhaps you ignore Epstein's telling his Pedo Pimp Mistress that Trump was, 'the dog that didn't bark' about 'the girls' to the Authorities.

Trump and Epstein were best friends, both had, 'modeling agencies', and both, 'liked them young', as Trump put it.

These files put Trump on the plane and at the island many more times than he's admitted.

But I mean, why would a man who has paid off a couple of dozen sex assault suits and been convicted of sexual assault ever be suspected of also using Epstein's services?

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