No One Cares Because Nothing Matters Anymore

[ousdahl]

Canada Cautions L.G.B.T.Q. Citizens Visiting U.S. Over State Laws

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/30/worl ... lgbtq.html

(Yea, cuz THIS is the model of “freedom and democracy” that we should be imposing upon the rest of the globe…if necessary, by force)

[jfish26]

Canada Cautions L.G.B.T.Q. Citizens Visiting U.S. Over State Laws

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/30/worl ... lgbtq.html

(Yea, cuz THIS is the model of “freedom and democracy” that we should be imposing upon the rest of the globe…if necessary, by force)

Apples and hand grenades, man.

[ousdahl]

Oh come on bro, it’s not like I compared warmongering to vaccines.

[Shirley]

[Shirley]

[Shirley]

Fucking Stephen Miller, a cancer on society.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

I have a question for Matt Walsh and Stephen Miller.....

If a person is married with kids, and unhappy, and their kid/s suffer because of it, is that better for that person (and their spouse and child/children), and more "fulfilling", than if that person is happy and single?

[twocoach]

I have a question for Matt Walsh and Stephen Miller.....

If a person is married with kids, and unhappy, and their kid/s suffer because of it, is that better for that person (and their spouse and child/children), and more "fulfilling", than if that person is happy and single?

The people who claim to want the government to stay out of their business sure make it a habit to get into everyone else's business.

[jfish26]

I have a question for Matt Walsh and Stephen Miller.....

If a person is married with kids, and unhappy, and their kid/s suffer because of it, is that better for that person (and their spouse and child/children), and more "fulfilling", than if that person is happy and single?

The people who claim to want the government to stay out of their business sure make it a habit to get into everyone else's business.

The "free enterprise" folks sure get pissy when enterprise freely chooses to not associate itself with bigotry and weaponry.

[twocoach]

I have a question for Matt Walsh and Stephen Miller.....

If a person is married with kids, and unhappy, and their kid/s suffer because of it, is that better for that person (and their spouse and child/children), and more "fulfilling", than if that person is happy and single?

The people who claim to want the government to stay out of their business sure make it a habit to get into everyone else's business.

The "free enterprise" folks sure get pissy when enterprise freely chooses to not associate itself with bigotry and weaponry.

That's just "Woke cancel culture"...

[Shirley]

[Shirley]

[Shirley]

[Overlander]

He looks awfully comfortable in that uniform.

[jhawks99]

I kinda hope he bumps his head getting into the cop car.

[Shirley]

I sometimes accuse other posters of being blinded by their ideology.

A number of years ago after GW Bush's Admin was over, I can't recall what I was accusing W of, but DC countered with what a success his PEPFAR program had been. Of course, to my now chagrin, I would have none of it, and argued to the contrary. But, DC was right, I was wrong, but I was too small to admit it.

September 13, 2023
By George W. Bush

Opinion George W. Bush: Michael Gerson’s words make the case for saving PEPFAR

When I took office in 2001, the situation with HIV/AIDS on the African continent and elsewhere was dire. A group of advisers including Condi Rice, Josh Bolten and Mike Gerson encouraged me to act before an entire generation was lost.

I believe that every life has dignity and value. I also believe that of those to whom much is given, much is required. So we developed a plan with clear objectives and accountability, and we got to work.

In 2003, Congress authorized the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, with huge bipartisan support. Twenty years later, the results are clear: PEPFAR has saved more than 25 million lives and prevented millions of HIV infections. Members of Congress and American citizens from both parties should be proud.

Instead of celebrating this success and extending these gains, some in Washington have called the future of this program — which accounts for less than one-tenth of 1 percent of our federal budget — into question.

We are on the verge of ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic. To abandon our commitment now would forfeit two decades of unimaginable progress and raise further questions about the worth of America’s word.
The reauthorization is stalled because of questions about whether PEPFAR’s implementation under the current administration is sufficiently pro-life. But there is no program more pro-life than one which has saved more than 25 million lives. I urge Congress to reauthorize PEPFAR for another five years without delay.

In advocating for PEPFAR’s creation in 2002, Gerson told me, “If we can do this and we don’t, it will be a source of national shame.” That is now true of PEPFAR’s reauthorization. Sadly, my friend — who was a regular contributor to these pages — passed away last year. We are fortunate that he left behind great wisdom in his writing. I’ll let Mike’s words make the case why PEPFAR is worthy of our nation’s continued support.

Michael Gerson on the global AIDS crisis

“I remember my first visits to sub-Saharan Africa as a policy adviser to President Bush soon after the announcement. Of about 30 million people with HIV, perhaps 50,000 were receiving treatment. The pandemic had already produced 14 million orphans. Child-headed households were common; child-headed villages were not unknown. Walking through South African shantytowns, you mainly met grandparents and their grandchildren. The intervening generation had been nearly erased. Millions were dying at the same time and yet in total isolation, surrounded by the barbed wire of stigma. In the worst affected countries, life expectancy had fallen by 20 years.” — Feb. 11, 2013

“A memory from the AIDS crisis. It was 2005, the year that global AIDS deaths peaked at 2.3 million. At the end of a dirt road in Kericho, Kenya, I visited Sister Placida, an energetic nun caring for a few dozen equally energetic AIDS orphans. She showed me several ‘memory boxes’ that dying mothers had prepared for their children, holding photos, letters, a few mementos. The exercise struck me as forlorn — a short life poured into a shoebox — but also as defiant. Facing an absurd death sentence, these women wanted to be recalled not as victims but as humans. They wanted to leave a mark, to make a statement: Once there was such a life as mine.” — July 22, 2012

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[ousdahl]

was not expecting to see that addendum

[Shirley]

Today In: Feel good video ahead!

Likely as a result of a combination of having experienced lean times during childhood and working as a busboy in white tablecloth restaurants when I was in 8th grade, and again as a 9th & 10th grader in a nice nightclub, I've always been a good tipper. It has probably been ~ 40 years since I didn't leave a waiter/tress at least 20%, and I usually leave more, because it makes me feel good.

I'll take "liberal guilt" for $500, Alex?

So, when the pandemic happened and many places shut down and after I had contributed to food banks and other charities, I decided to start overtipping the people who were still manning the places that remained open, as another way to "contribute" to the common good. But still, that being said, I ain't never done nothin' like this:

Away from the podiums and protests that amplify Americans' political differences, in quieter moments people can still politely disagree and be kind to one another.

(> 6 years ago.) https://youtu.be/HXsi0WNx-j4?si=iSiGTcKeg0eDVzbU

[Shirley]

I wanted to post this in the football forum, but didn't want to upset anyone. (YouTube)

Deion Sanders is sending conservative college football fans into a frenzy of jealousy and hatred as he continues to bring Colorado's football program back from the dead while also ushering in a new age of coaching.

First comment: This lump of flesh is a PRIME example of why siblings should never have sex. And obviously, there's no dentist in a 100 mile radius of him......

[ousdahl]

NPR story reports roughly 100 million Americans are in medical debt

Among those, 61% were insured.