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Not that I support the bill (I don't), but the article's deliberately trying to cast the bill in a light inconsistent with that of the bill's author and sponsors. Basically, the bill is trying to undo a DC city council end-run around the hobby lobby decision, and proponents of HJ Res 43 say it's to prevent employers from being "forced to pay for employees' abortions."
I'm sick to death of the argument, personally. This is yet another social issue that republicans can't seem to come to grips with the reality that they've already lost, and even if it wasn't, it'd be an issue of least concern compared with other things going on. Pushing social policy when fiscal policy is still shit warmed over is like arguing about the place settings in the Titanic's dining room while it sinks.
The ONLY group republicans can count on anymore are social and religious conservatives that respond with disgust to the idea that somehow, somewhere... someone they think is beneath them is being treated with respect and dignity. And really, it's easy points for them to shut stuff like this down. Despicable but expected.
Someone tell me this whole thing about Texas governor believing Obama is setting up to invade Texas is just a tabloid BS story.
Please.
Please.
Authorities in a Dallas suburb say two armed men who opened fire on a security officer outside of a contest for cartoons depictions of the Prophet Muhammad have been killed.
Gee, what the fuck did they think might happen, huh? They knew it was an insulting thing to do, yet they're surprised that someone went militant on them? I know plenty of hardcore "Christians" that would go on a rampage if someone decided to hold a "Draw Jesus Having Gay Sex" contest. There was no point to this other than to incite and propagate hatred.
No wonder I'm turning into a misanthrope.
Gee, what the fuck did they think might happen, huh? They knew it was an insulting thing to do, yet they're surprised that someone went militant on them? I know plenty of hardcore "Christians" that would go on a rampage if someone decided to hold a "Draw Jesus Having Gay Sex" contest. There was no point to this other than to incite and propagate hatred.
No wonder I'm turning into a misanthrope.
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Not to put a damper on your misanthropy, but people create sacrilegious (including "having gay sex") images of JC all the time. Hell, sometimes they get government funding (NEA) to do it. Remember Piss Christ?[DOUBLEPOST=1430707160,1430706855][/DOUBLEPOST]
The Jade Helm paranoia is pretty silly... but on a side note, who the hell is picking operational mottos these days? "Master the Human Domain?"No surprise the current batch of GOP hopefuls are going wingnut on this TX story. There's only one outcome if they insist on dragging the party to the stupid side of the right...
I just love that empty Wal-Marts are going to be the next Treblinka.
And women should know better than to dress like that right?
Who are we tolerating there? The peaceful, normal people who would be offended by it, but continue on their merry way, in which case there's really no need. Or the type of people who would open fire because someone drew an image that they didn't agree with? Because the latter is not something that should be tolerated, at all.
I was going to bump the mass shooting thread, but here is fine too.
It's alright and not contradictory at all to say "I don't think violence should be used against any gathering of people to make a point" and then also say "Anyone participating in a "Draw Muhammed" contest is a stupid petty baby shitting in their own hands and writing on a wall"
It's alright and not contradictory at all to say "I don't think violence should be used against any gathering of people to make a point" and then also say "Anyone participating in a "Draw Muhammed" contest is a stupid petty baby shitting in their own hands and writing on a wall"
Agreed. Both sides can be horrible people in this case.
I feel like using the word "horrible" to describe both people who make tasteless statements about a religion, and people who murder people, together in the same sentence, kinda starts to muddy the meaning of the word "horrible." One of these things are horrible, the other is just crude.
This was like baiting a trap.
If it was a trap at all. The lady sponsoring the contest is so batshit crazy I wouldn't be surprised if she had arranged the shooters herself. An incident like this is exactly what she was after.
I'm comfortable using "horrible" to describe a group of pathetic Neanderthals who gather explicitly to mock and offend one religion, mostly because that religion's followers tend to have brown skin.
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Republicans sure aren't net savvy. Both Ted Cruz and Carly Fiorina neglected to register tedcruz.com and carlyfiorina.orgbefore launching their campaigns, and now people who don't like them own those domains.
Tedcruz.com simply reads "Support president Obama, immigration reform now," but carlyfiorina.org has 30,000 sad emoticons, one for each person she fired as head of HP.
Tedcruz.com simply reads "Support president Obama, immigration reform now," but carlyfiorina.org has 30,000 sad emoticons, one for each person she fired as head of HP.
Citation needed.
GasBandit
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's not why people don't like Islam. I seem to remember people being largely indifferent or dismissive of it until mid-late 2001.
In Germany, there was still long-lasting intolerance of Americans at least through the mid-90's, so I suppose it's possible.
--Patrick
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If Garrison Keillor is to be believed, they used to have everyone of German ancestry stand up in front of the whole town and recite the Pledge of Allegiance on a holiday, which one escapes me - maybe the 4th of July. This event was the eponymous influence of his "Lake Wobegon Loyalty Days" performances.
But when the 50s came around, communists supplanted Germans as the boogeymen du jour pretty quickly.
Should be millions of emoticons for all the disgruntled users that hate HP products. They became peddlers of crap when she took over.
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Via http://thedailywh.at/2015/05/wtf-day-iran-bans-spiky-haircuts-imply-devil-worship/
Spiky hairdos are now a big “don’t” in Iran.
The head of the Barbers Union, Mostafa Govahi, has issued a statement banning certain types of haircuts and grooming because they are deemed anti-Islamic, according to The Guardian.
“Devil-worshipping hairstyles are forbidden. Any shop that cuts hair in the devil worshipping style will be harshly dealt with and their license revoked,” said Govahi,
He also banned tattoos, tanning beds, eyebrow plucking for men and haircuts that are “adopted by homosexuals.”
Whatever that’s supposed to mean.
Each year in the summer, the country reportedly cracks down on the infiltration of Western style, and this is just the latest ridiculous attempt to regulate it.
Iran’s Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance issued photos illustrating appropriate haircuts back in 2010, which effectively banned styles like the mullet or ponytail.
Spiky hairdos are now a big “don’t” in Iran.
The head of the Barbers Union, Mostafa Govahi, has issued a statement banning certain types of haircuts and grooming because they are deemed anti-Islamic, according to The Guardian.
“Devil-worshipping hairstyles are forbidden. Any shop that cuts hair in the devil worshipping style will be harshly dealt with and their license revoked,” said Govahi,
He also banned tattoos, tanning beds, eyebrow plucking for men and haircuts that are “adopted by homosexuals.”
Whatever that’s supposed to mean.
Each year in the summer, the country reportedly cracks down on the infiltration of Western style, and this is just the latest ridiculous attempt to regulate it.
Iran’s Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance issued photos illustrating appropriate haircuts back in 2010, which effectively banned styles like the mullet or ponytail.
...well, somebody has to.
I'm confused about the tattoo thing--I recall tattoos being a-ok in most of the Shia denomination (particularly in Iran).
GasBandit
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But now it's a western thing, so Boko Haram, I guess.
Holy crap, I hope gay people worldwide just start wearing their hair in all hairstyles...Oh fucking wait.
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Controversy in Colorado When a Group of Teens Pose With Guns and a Confederate Flag Pre-Prom
From Parker, Colorado (just outside and southeast of Denver). The idea for the photoshoot was apparently encouraged by parents and adults nearby, if that makes things better/worse in your mind. Though it wasn't condoned by everyone involved. One of the moms not present to her child's photo being taken had this to say:
"I think in their immaturity they kind of think it's a sort of a cowboy type of thing but then to have parents that support it and feed into it and to explain that it borders on racism is really upsetting to me,"
Also, I count 3 guys and 5 girls. Does that mean 2 of the girls are going together? Doesn't that kind of run contrary....?
From Parker, Colorado (just outside and southeast of Denver). The idea for the photoshoot was apparently encouraged by parents and adults nearby, if that makes things better/worse in your mind. Though it wasn't condoned by everyone involved. One of the moms not present to her child's photo being taken had this to say:
"I think in their immaturity they kind of think it's a sort of a cowboy type of thing but then to have parents that support it and feed into it and to explain that it borders on racism is really upsetting to me,"
Also, I count 3 guys and 5 girls. Does that mean 2 of the girls are going together? Doesn't that kind of run contrary....?
That photographer was awful, anyway. Everyone's face is out of focus.Controversy in Colorado When a Group of Teens Pose With Guns and a Confederate Flag Pre-Prom
From Parker, Colorado (just outside and southeast of Denver). The idea for the photoshoot was apparently encouraged by parents and adults nearby, if that makes things better/worse in your mind. Though it wasn't condoned by everyone involved. One of the moms not present to her child's photo being taken had this to say:
"I think in their immaturity they kind of think it's a sort of a cowboy type of thing but then to have parents that support it and feed into it and to explain that it borders on racism is really upsetting to me,"
Also, I count 3 guys and 5 girls. Does that mean 2 of the girls are going together? Doesn't that kind of run contrary....?