As of June 9th, 2015, there are 10 here in Texas. Most of them were shut down over bullshit like the hallways not being wide enough. See the map of clinics that are still open here: http://fundtexaschoice.org/resources/texas-abortion-clinic-map/
Supreme Court heard the TX Planned Parenthood case. They fucking decimated that lawyer. He might need a doctor to remove Ginsburg's foot from his ass. It basically came down to TX instituting unnecessary, unfair, non-patient related penalties on a clinic for performing a constitutionally protected service, and placing an undue burden on women for exercising reproductive rights. In spite of that ass chewing, FL just passed a similar, virtually identical bill that will no doubt be shot down when the TX case is overturned. Whether you believe abortion is a moral service or not, PP makes sense. They have shown to reduce future spending, curb the number of abortions needed and performed (GASP, prevention works?!), and bring down STD rates. They're also a huge women's cancer screening outfit. So, if you're against all that, by all means let's toast to human misery. Every dollar spent on publicly funded family planning saves $4-7 in the future. Like Audrey said, this is one of the factors that make upward mobility impossible for poor, dumb, stuck people.
Fucking good, women should have a clinic right around the corner wherever the fuck they live, religious fanatics spouting psychobabble bullshit should have less than zero bearing on women's access to healthcare. I am sick of the arguments about abortion/pot/LGBT rights. I fee like I'll be 65 and on my way out and I'll still be hearing why the gays are fucking up marriage.
What really annoys me about this is the people who line up to support things like mandatory abstinence education and harsh penalties for smoking weed when they both smoked weed in college and never even had any intention of following abstinence. Of course too there's the people who've had abortions and still think it should be illegal. The gay marriage one is so weird because Jesus never even mentions homosexuals (it's in the old testament yes, but by that logic why don't they not eat pork too?) and they say they support separation of church and state, but then start all their arguments with 'As a Christian...'.
Really horrible. 14 dead so far. Paranoia is going to become the new normal. Before you could even read one thing about it everybody is screaming "If you blame Islam for this you're a racist!" Well, Islam isn't a race for starters.
As if that is a ridiculous assertion given that one of the conspirators in the Paris attacks was just arrested in Belgium. This reeks of retaliation.
Don't worry, we'll draw up a cartoon to champion the survivors, lay some flowers at the massacre site and let the healing begin. Until they blow up another building. Again. ...but don't you dare insult Islam. Islam is the victim here.
Europe is a tough one to figure out culturally. On one hand, they have some of the most racist and xenophobic incidents over there, and at the same time are the vanguard of progressivism. But I wonder if the politicians try to counterbalance that by being absurdly politically correct with policy, occasionally to the detriment of the population. Those countries let in millions of refugees from the most fucked up region on earth, they were shocked that they brought their fucked up culture with them? I'm not referring to the terrorists either. Even moderate Muslims from the Middle East have some relatively extreme views when compared to Europe when it comes to law, treatment of women, vices, etc. And thats fine, as long as they arent bothering anyone then who cares. But the trend seems to be that they sought refuge in Europe, and then demanded that Europe start bending to their cultural aesthetics.
What the fuck is your point? You say, "Islam isn't a race", it isn't a person either. You realize "Islam" is an abstract object and not actually capable of detonating bombs or shooting guns, right? Your last two posts contribute exactly zero to any meaningful conversation regarding the topic at hand. Also, who the fuck is the "everybody" who's screaming 'If you blame Islam for this you're a racist!'? Do you just go trolling the internet looking for people to be offended at? Honestly, for all your dislike of people you perceive to be "SJWs" who "Look for things to be offended and outraged at" this is exactly what you do when you post screenshots of random people nobody knows or cares about, because nobody here is making the kind of context-less blanket statements you're railing against. So if you have an argument then make it. Stop degrading the quality of this space with your pointless straw mans.
Tempers, children. Though the whole, "Only post meaningful [or funny] contributions," applies still, and always. A few things I'm thinking as I wake up to read about more people dead: - Why BELGIUM? Seriously, did I miss something? I thought Belgium tended to be fairly neutral and contribute greatly to peacekeeping worldwide. - Let's be honest with each other here. Yes, no one has claimed responsibility for these attacks. Realistically, though, only two possibilities exist: 1. A mentally deranged group of locals who are pathologically dissatisfied with the government. (10% chance) 2. Fundamental Islamic terrorists. (90% chance) We all know it isn't Quakers or Lutherans or Democrats doing this. By assuming that these attacks are part of a fringe group of Islam, we're making a safe bet. Like choosing the Patriots to make it to the playoffs in pre-season betting. - Does it ever end? And what does anyone blowing up anything hope to accomplish? The only way I read any surprise attack on a civilian population as a success is if your goal was only to terrorize or to up sales of anything related to security. Otherwise you just vilify your organization. Even the IRA came around on that one.
I haven't been to Europe in over a decade, but how much can you actually say about Europe as a single culture? Is it accurate to discuss things in terms of a "European" response as opposed to a Belgian response?
Belgian authorities just conducted some raids in Brussels and arrested a Belgian-born French-national suspected of being a key figure in the Paris attacks last November.
You're right, its not. Its a total melting pot. But I wanted to make the distinction between the European culture(s) and the impact of the Middle Eastern refugees, so for the purposes of discussion I characterized them as homogeneous. Well Belgium is neutral when the Germans start rolling through Europe, but neutrality doesn't seem to matter with regard to fanaticism. As to "Why Belgium?" Thats a really good question. Logistically, they are in a central location and a few short hours away from a lot of European cities, including Paris. It could be a staging ground for fanatical groups. Also, I remember reading that Belgium had the highest proportion of fighters in Syria compared to the rest of Europe. And the second highest amount of fighters in the Iraq war after France.
Because anyone and everyone who does not subscribe to their particular following of Islam is the enemy and must die. It really is that simple. 72 virgins. Nothing more, nothing less. They died a martyr in the glorious struggle.
Anybody who isn't Islamic is a infidel and must be killed. It's law. Their version of "Join or Die" doesn't come with options. It's wants to run the world, and so do its members. Indonesia is the perfect example of where things are heading if the world allows it.
I haven't gone to twitter today, so I can't say for sure, but I would be surprised if the SJWs are saying that if we assume a fringe group of Islam is resonsible, we are racist*. The tweet posted by Crown Royal says "Islamic immigrants." I think the point of the tweet is that we shouldn't do the same thing that happened when Paris was attacked - suddenly get paranoid about any and all Islamic immigrants in/coming to the US. To me there is a difference between accusing someone of racism* because they think a radical Islamic group is responsible and accusing them of racism* if they think that all Islamic folks are capable of such acts. *yes I know it is religious descrimination, I'm just using the word the tweet used.