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I don't think the Russian people are nearly so enthusiastic about attacking Ukraine as Ukrainians are at resisting. In fact, I don't think the Russians are enthusiastic at all. Why else would Putin classify what is clearly a war as a "Special Military Operation"? Of course the Ukrainians are far more motivated. After all, as Putin and company have made very clear, for the Ukrainians this is a battle about the survival of the Ukrainians as a distinct people with a distinct culture.

Your post definitely was unclear and it's probably best for you not to say anymore.

Actually, those are pretty sound numbers because abortions were legal everywhere and could be reported. Before 1973 we don't know how many abortions there were because in so many states they were illegal. I was worried I had been permanently mutilated’: what abortion was like before Roe v Wade https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/24/abortion-before-roe-v-wade-illegal-ann-hill

And who exactly do you know? Got any names to cite? And were they denying that the rise in CO2 and greenhouse gases levels was largely responsible for the warming? Or were they claiming natural cycles? Or that it was due to solar activity? Because if that what they're still asserting, then they're still asserting B.S.

The nonsense Sparktrader tried to perpetrate is exactly what the warming denialists have been doing for a long time. For example, that record for 1998 that wasn't broken until 2010. 1998 was the year of a hugely powerful El Nino. The ocean released enormous quantities of heat. So what denialists did was take that as their baseline so they could claim that temperatures weren't rising even the there was clearly a continuing upward slope. Of course, since 2010 there have been many years that are warmer than 1998. And those without benefit of an El Nino. As I pointed out above, 2020 was in a virtual tie with 2016 despite the dampening effect of a La Nina that year. In fact, most the denialists have now abandoned that position that there is no warming and that CO2 and other greenhouse gases aren't at least somewhat responsible. Instead they claim that global warming isn't that serious, the we can adapt without incurring much expense, no need to reduce the use of fossil fuels, etc.

If they do ban the morning after pill, they are also banning the only pharmaceutical treatment for a miscarriage. The other treatment is surgically identical to the procedure for an abortion.

And the consequences of strict abortion laws are already being felt by women who miscarry. In Texas, abortion laws inhibit care for miscarriages As the Supreme Court appears poised to return abortion regulation to the states, recent experience in Texas illustrates that medical care for miscarriages and dangerous ectopic pregnancies would also be threatened if restrictions become more widespread. One Texas law passed last year lists several medications as abortion-inducing drugs and largely bars their use for abortion after the seventh week of pregnancy. But two of those drugs, misoprostol and mifepristone, are the only drugs recommended in the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists guidelines for treating a patient after an early pregnancy loss. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/05/10/1097734167/in-texas-abortion-laws-inhibit-care-for-miscarriages The article goes on to say how the other treatment called a surgical uterine evacuation is procedurally identical to an abortion And here's a link to another article from a practicing ob-gyn doctor in Alabama which backs this up in horrifying detail. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/05/roe-dobbs-abortion-ban-reproductive-medicine-alabama.html Here's a link to a scholarly paper on the subject https://scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4405&context=wlulr

So, are you claiming that whatever Boris Johnson does politically, he's doing it for the good of the UK? Or are you just making some empty generalization about the obligations of a PM?

For anyone who doesn't have a time machine, no investment is guaranteed.

It was certainly strange that lots of his supporters maintained that since he won the no-confidence vote, his strength was undiminished. Even though history clearly shows that isn't the case. One even bet me that Johnson was going to be leading the Conservatives into the next election.

And yet some claim this Supreme court does not have a majority of extreme right wingers.

And Putin is its deranged Emperor/Tsar

I didn't know that there were over 3 million people on the board of the Council. The table in their boardroom must be really really long.

Lots of confused people here. Just because a Muslim Council takes a stand on a certain issue, that doesn't mean that all or most Muslims subscribe to it. I have yet to see where they are legaly authorized to speak for all Thai citizens who happen to be Muslims.

You might want to check your math.

So, all the people who were in number 10 once the door was shut never went out for the duration to mingle with the common folk? Is that how it worked? How spacious do you think number 10 is?

A very convenient flip-flop from a judge who unequivocally stated his alleged opinion not long ago. And whether or not people change their opinions all the time is irrelevant. We're talking about judges. People who have been studying laws and ruling on them for much of their lives. You think that they flip-flop all the time. That is a ridiculous opinion.

Well if your remark is valid, and you might want to find a better poster boy than Bernard Goetz, then I guess that means you agree with the reality that the widespread possession of handguns does not prevent crime.

If anyone needs any more proof that Justice Kavanaugh is a liar here is a selection from notes taken during Susan Collins meeting with him where he assured her he wouldn't overturn Roe “Roe is 45 years old, it has been reaffirmed many times, lots of people care about it a great deal, and I’ve tried to demonstrate I understand real-world consequences,” he continued, according to the notes, adding: “I am a don’t-rock-the-boat kind of judge. I believe in stability and in the Team of Nine.” https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/24/us/roe-kavanaugh-collins-notes.html

Thank you for not backing up your opinion with any verifiable facts.

Really? Is that because you share the view of the Putin and company that there is no such thing as "Ukrainians" or Ukrainian culture? That they are really Russians? In areas where Russians have taken over in the South, where most of the people are ethnic Ukrainians, the Russians are now forcing schools to teach in Russian. You think that's in the interest of Ukrainians?

Well, for one thing, banning gay marriage is still a goal of of theirs. And Clarence Thomas has clearly targeted it. And of course, they fear that the Democrats will get an opportunity to appoint justices who will reverse the current decisions.

One of them was actually raised up as a "handmaiden" in a bizarre Christian cult that is nominally Catholic.

Is that the best you got? That " you can bet on it"?

Actually, Clarence Thomas in his decision targeted the right to contraception as well. And also gay marriage. He's the gift to Democrats that keeps on giving. And of course you take no account of rape or the fact that contraception isn't 100% effective.