Carson and Trump, Rising and Falling, 20% and 21%
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The big bang isn't wrong. We'll never know what existed before the bang or what caused it, but it definitely happened. We observe radiation from it all around, see everything rapidly moving away from each other, etc, etc.
If Carson said "well we can't be 100% sure what created the universe, whatever" that'd be fine. Using made-up quasi-science to disprove the theory is just plain dumb, poor judgement, misleading. MLD's concern is valid about his possible judgement - although it's probably nothing to worry about. He could see a lot more homosexuality combined with an earthquake and think it's the end of the world or something.
Also, Adventist's are a little weird. They worship a prophet woman from the 80s who wrote a book on plagiarized work. They've also been known to hold really extreme views over the years.
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The candidates this year suck. I like Bernie's politics best, but he's a pussy. I've gotta agree with Woody on Carson - his willful ignorance makes him one of the worst candidates for me.
I hate that the GOP is trying to defund planned parenthood when only 3% of its funding goes to abortions and less than 1% of offices conduct fetal stem cell donation. PP is an incredible resource for both men's and women's reproductive health (e.g. my girlfriend and I went there when we first started dating to get STI screenings). Plus, abortions are legal, and they're going to continue to be legal in this country forever. Once someone decides to get an abortion, those embryos are being destroyed, one way or another. Thanks to legislation from the right, the ability to donate these tissues to science is severely restricted, and 99% of abortions occur only to make the life of the parents easier. Fetal stem cells are a scientific gold mine, and it's a shame that research in that area is being held back when it could have such a positive impact on the greater good.
The candidates this year suck. I like Bernie's politics best, but he's a pussy. I've gotta agree with Woody on Carson - his willful ignorance makes him one of the worst candidates for me.
I hate that the GOP is trying to defund planned parenthood when only 3% of its funding goes to abortions and less than 1% of offices conduct fetal stem cell donation. PP is an incredible resource for both men's and women's reproductive health (e.g. my girlfriend and I went there when we first started dating to get STI screenings). Plus, abortions are legal, and they're going to continue to be legal in this country forever. Once someone decides to get an abortion, those embryos are being destroyed, one way or another. Thanks to legislation from the right, the ability to donate these tissues to science is severely restricted, and 99% of abortions occur only to make the life of the parents easier. Fetal stem cells are a scientific gold mine, and it's a shame that research in that area is being held back when it could have such a positive impact on the greater good.
I'd like to talk about those fetal stem cells for a moment. I'm an independent guy, on some things I lean left and on some I lean right. Most social issues I lean left "to a point". Like I support gay people until I see them promenading down my street in their jockstraps waving their flag, than it'll be over for em. Same with abortion. I've always supported the innate right of a woman to do with her body as she chooses even if we find what she does distasteful. I'm now up against that stance with this whole late term thing. I've always supported a womans right to choose with the given that it was a mistake and she's not in the right place to have a child. That I understand. But we're getting now to a situation where there's the possibility that some women are carrying pregnancies to late term in order to profit off the fetal parts, or at least being encouraged by some people at PP to do so, so that PP can profit. Now I have a problem.
Now one thing I haven't been able to figure out is what the fuck people want with fetal parts at that stage of development. I understood when bio research companies wanted to harvest embryo's from invitro fertiliztation clinics, because those embryos were going to just be destroyed anyway. And with embryo's, you get embryonic stem cells...I get it. But what the fuck do people want with fetal parts that already have differentiated cells? I'm sorry but I have to draw a line at people getting pregnant for the sole purpose of some ghoulish harvesting ceremony to some pagan gods. Ok that's a joke but i'm not sure just how much of a joke, there might actually be something to that.
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That's how we got a polio vaccine, right?
Well and antibiotic resistant tuberculosis also.
WSS
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The candidates this year suck. I like Bernie's politics best, but he's a pussy. I've gotta agree with Woody on Carson - his willful ignorance makes him one of the worst candidates for me.
I hate that the GOP is trying to defund planned parenthood when only 3% of its funding goes to abortions and less than 1% of offices conduct fetal stem cell donation. PP is an incredible resource for both men's and women's reproductive health (e.g. my girlfriend and I went there when we first started dating to get STI screenings). Plus, abortions are legal, and they're going to continue to be legal in this country forever. Once someone decides to get an abortion, those embryos are being destroyed, one way or another. Thanks to legislation from the right, the ability to donate these tissues to science is severely restricted, and 99% of abortions occur only to make the life of the parents easier. Fetal stem cells are a scientific gold mine, and it's a shame that research in that area is being held back when it could have such a positive impact on the greater good.
I'd like to talk about those fetal stem cells for a moment. I'm an independent guy, on some things I lean left and on some I lean right. Most social issues I lean left "to a point". Like I support gay people until I see them promenading down my street in their jockstraps waving their flag, than it'll be over for em. Same with abortion. I've always supported the innate right of a woman to do with her body as she chooses even if we find what she does distasteful. I'm now up against that stance with this whole late term thing. I've always supported a womans right to choose with the given that it was a mistake and she's not in the right place to have a child. That I understand. But we're getting now to a situation where there's the possibility that some women are carrying pregnancies to late term in order to profit off the fetal parts, or at least being encouraged by some people at PP to do so, so that PP can profit. Now I have a problem.
Now one thing I haven't been able to figure out is what the fuck people want with fetal parts at that stage of development. I understood when bio research companies wanted to harvest embryo's from invitro fertiliztation clinics, because those embryos were going to just be destroyed anyway. And with embryo's, you get embryonic stem cells...I get it. But what the fuck do people want with fetal parts that already have differentiated cells? I'm sorry but I have to draw a line at people getting pregnant for the sole purpose of some ghoulish harvesting ceremony to some pagan gods. Ok that's a joke but i'm not sure just how much of a joke, there might actually be something to that.
That I understand. But we're getting now to a situation where there's the possibility that some women are carrying pregnancies to late term in order to profit off the fetal parts, or at least being encouraged by some people at PP to do so, so that PP can profit. Now I have a problem.
The notion that PP is offering financial incentive for people to donate fetal tissue is ridiculous. Here's a statement from PP in response to that claim: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/statement-from-planned-parenthood-on-new-undercover-video
Now one thing I haven't been able to figure out is what the fuck people want with fetal parts at that stage of development. I understood when bio research companies wanted to harvest embryo's from invitro fertiliztation clinics, because those embryos were going to just be destroyed anyway. And with embryo's, you get embryonic stem cells...I get it. But what the fuck do people want with fetal parts that already have differentiated cells?
Because human embryonic and fetal development is a treasure trove of information we don't fully understand. Being able to take a look at gene expression at set points during development would be able to give us a better understanding of how it works; the implications of this understanding are Nobel prize worthy and will lead to medical breakthroughs that we probably can't even imagine. We conduct these kinds of experiments on animals, but there are obviously limitations to what that can tell us.
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Speaking of willful ignorance, anybody want to address the idea that the Iranians are trustworthy and letting them off the hook sanction wise is a good idea and makes the area and our own country safer?
But stubbornly forcing that on the world just to piss off your opponents...
WSS
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Speaking of willful ignorance, anybody want to address the idea that the Iranians are trustworthy and letting them off the hook sanction wise is a good idea and makes the area and our own country safer?
But stubbornly forcing that on the world just to piss off your opponents...
WSS
Speaking of willful ignorance, anybody want to address the idea that the Iranians are trustworthy and letting them off the hook sanction wise is a good idea and makes the area and our own country safer?
But stubbornly forcing that on the world just to piss off your opponents...
WSS
Explain how backing Israel makes the US safer.
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Speaking of willful ignorance, anybody want to address the idea that the Iranians are trustworthy and letting them off the hook sanction wise is a good idea and makes the area and our own country safer?
But stubbornly forcing that on the world just to piss off your opponents...
WSS
Explain how backing Israel makes the US safer.
Explain how backing Israel makes the US safer.
That's not what we're talking about we're talking about bending over and allowing Iran to develop nuclear weapons. Explain how that makes the world safer.
WSS
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Explain how backing Israel makes the US safer.
That's not what we're talking about we're talking about bending over and allowing Iran to develop nuclear weapons. Explain how that makes the world safer.
WSS
That's not what we're talking about we're talking about bending over and allowing Iran to develop nuclear weapons. Explain how that makes the world safer.
WSS
Because, like every other country with nuclear capability, they'll be used as a deterrent. Them having nukes doesn't make your average American citizen any less safe. What it does is prevents the country from being bullied by others.
Oh, and they share a border with Iraq. Maybe this will help them control that ISIS-infested shithole instead of us funneling billions into it.
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The big bang isn't wrong. We'll never know what existed before the bang or what caused it, but it definitely happened. We observe radiation from it all around, see everything rapidly moving away from each other, etc, etc.
If Carson said "well we can't be 100% sure what created the universe, whatever" that'd be fine. Using made-up quasi-science to disprove the theory is just plain dumb, poor judgement, misleading. MLD's concern is valid about his possible judgement - although it's probably nothing to worry about. He could see a lot more homosexuality combined with an earthquake and think it's the end of the world or something.
Also, Adventist's are a little weird. They worship a prophet woman from the 80s who wrote a book on plagiarized work. They've also been known to hold really extreme views over the years.
The big bang isn't wrong. We'll never know what existed before the bang or what caused it, but it definitely happened. We observe radiation from it all around, see everything rapidly moving away from each other, etc, etc.
If Carson said "well we can't be 100% sure what created the universe, whatever" that'd be fine. Using made-up quasi-science to disprove the theory is just plain dumb, poor judgement, misleading. MLD's concern is valid about his possible judgement - although it's probably nothing to worry about. He could see a lot more homosexuality combined with an earthquake and think it's the end of the world or something.
Also, Adventist's are a little weird. They worship a prophet woman from the 80s who wrote a book on plagiarized work. They've also been known to hold really extreme views over the years.
We have a president right now who leaps to immediate conclusions on racial issues which very much matter to people's lives without having any of the facts and you're worried about the possible judgement of a guy because he is a creationist vs an evolutionist which matters not a whit to anybody's life. Got it.
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The big bang isn't wrong. We'll never know what existed before the bang or what caused it, but it definitely happened. We observe radiation from it all around, see everything rapidly moving away from each other, etc, etc.
If Carson said "well we can't be 100% sure what created the universe, whatever" that'd be fine. Using made-up quasi-science to disprove the theory is just plain dumb, poor judgement, misleading. MLD's concern is valid about his possible judgement - although it's probably nothing to worry about. He could see a lot more homosexuality combined with an earthquake and think it's the end of the world or something.
Also, Adventist's are a little weird. They worship a prophet woman from the 80s who wrote a book on plagiarized work. They've also been known to hold really extreme views over the years.
We have a president right now who leaps to immediate conclusions on racial issues which very much matter to people's lives without having any of the facts and you're worried about the possible judgement of a guy because he is a creationist vs an evolutionist which matters not a whit to anybody's life. Got it.
We have a president right now who leaps to immediate conclusions on racial issues which very much matter to people's lives without having any of the facts and you're worried about the possible judgement of a guy because he is a creationist vs an evolutionist which matters not a whit to anybody's life. Got it.
Nobody cares what he is. But for the millionth time he creates fake theories to support his personal beliefs. Maybe that's kind of like how the current prez creates fake data to say they're doing a good job against isis.
There's many other choices for prez, not like he's the only option.
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Just keep repeating it... It'll get through
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You do understand that there are branches of government for a reason right? It's to prevent people from making cockamamie decisions based on things like religion. I don't believe he would impose religion based decisions on the populace in any case. Whatever words come out of your mouth what it boils down to is "being a lying, corrupt scumbag is acceptable but being religious is not". That makes me question your judgement.
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I can't control what you hear, just what I say.
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That's not what we're talking about we're talking about bending over and allowing Iran to develop nuclear weapons. Explain how that makes the world safer.
WSS
Because, like every other country with nuclear capability, they'll be used as a deterrent. Them having nukes doesn't make your average American citizen any less safe. What it does is prevents the country from being bullied by others.
Oh, and they share a border with Iraq. Maybe this will help them control that ISIS-infested shithole instead of us funneling billions into it.
Because, like every other country with nuclear capability, they'll be used as a deterrent. Them having nukes doesn't make your average American citizen any less safe. What it does is prevents the country from being bullied by others.
Oh, and they share a border with Iraq. Maybe this will help them control that ISIS-infested shithole instead of us funneling billions into it.
Who is bullying Iran? If you are saying Israel, I would say they aren't the one flapping their gums about wiping Iran out. A known sponsor of terrorism should be prevented from developing a nuclear weapon.
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I also don't see how Iranian nukes would be a deterrent to ISIS.
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Anyone who thinks Iran having Nukes is a good thing should turn in there medical school credentials and get the fuck out of my country
"You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970. -
Israel has nukes and it hasn't deterred Hamas from fucking with them incessantly. Do you think it would be better if Hamas had access to Syrian nuclear weapons?
WSS
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Countries need open carry...
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Anyone who thinks Iran having Nukes is a good thing should turn in there medical school credentials and get the fuck out of my country
Anyone who thinks Iran having Nukes is a good thing should turn in there medical school credentials and get the fuck out of my country
Israel has nukes and it hasn't deterred Hamas from fucking with them incessantly. Do you think it would be better if Hamas had access to Syrian nuclear weapons?
WSS
We aren't talking about Hamas. We're talking about Iran.
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