stone cold posted:

if y'all wanna see a good barreling check out negrotown

Randler posted:

I'm glad you're agreeing with me that Russian hegemony would improve quality of live, American devil.

GhostofJohnMuir posted:

i can't wait until russian tanks smash through the fulda gap and randler has to live in a drab concrete tower and play bland soviet knockoff multiplayer games

exmarx posted:

well, if we check the minions Canon,

Avshalom posted:

kalstrams is a soviet plant whose only purpose is to undermine american pride and culture

the paradigm shift posted:

https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/817546801410555904
https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/817968543211790336

the paradigm shift posted:

https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/817546801410555904
https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/817968543211790336

Horseshoe theory posted:

...what? Is medical care actually being compared to window shopping?

Majorian posted:

I, a white dude, am going to barge my way into negrotown and tell those black posters how they're wrong in their thinking about race and economics.

I see no way this could result in a barreling.

Horseshoe theory posted:

...what? Is medical care actually being compared to window shopping?

Irish Times posted:

A strong view in favour of repealing or amending the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution began to emerge at the Citizens’ Assembly on Sunday.

In a closing session after two days of discussion on article 40.3.3, which bans abortion in the State in all but very limited circumstances, the assembly heard that opinion among the 99 citizen members is trending clearly against the status quo.

After the second of five weekends of discussion on the abortion issue, under the chairmanship of Supreme Court judge Mary Laffoy, assembly members at the meeting in Malahide, Co Dublin were given a number of “conversation-starting” questions. The first asked if “the right to life of the unborn child should continue to be constitutionally protected in the same way as now”.

In response, facilitators at 10 of the 14 tables in the room said the view of their group was “no”. Two groups said “yes”, but both indicated they were in favour of a more liberal constitutional regime. The remaining two did not express a clear opinion either way.
It was not clear in most cases whether those were the unanimous or majority views of each table.

Members were also asked: “Do you think that the X case and the 2013 Act make abortion lawfully available in Ireland in too many circumstances?” This was referring to the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013, which, acting on a 1992 Supreme Court decision in the so-called X case, set out in law the limited circumstances in which a risk to the life of a pregnant woman would make abortion legal.

In response to this question, seven tables said no” and none said yes. The remaining seven did not say yes or no. But of those seven tables, facilitators at five of them conveyed views suggesting they believed the current regime was too restrictive.

For example, one table said the 2013 Act was “nonfunctioning”, while another said “society has changed and the law should reflect that”. Another of these tables said “abortion is happening anyway”, according to one facilitator. Again, it was unclear in most cases whether these views reflected unanimous or majority opinion within each group.

Finally, members were asked if they thought “abortion should be lawfully available in Ireland in more circumstances than is currently the case.” To this, nine of the 14 tables responded yes and none said no. Of the five that gave no explicit response, two expressed opinions that suggested they were leaning towards yes. The responses to all three questions are not binding in any way

kustomkarkommando posted:

Ireland inching ever slowly towards major abortion law reform as the citizens assembly convened by the government to punt responsibility for the issue away from them seems to indicate a strong preference for reform

Badger of Basra posted:

this is a really weird way to have a commission

kustomkarkommando posted:

no it's not a commission its a citizens assembly cause you couldn't possibly make a decision on such an issue without setting up a lengthy public consultation that shields you from direct responsibility for making any decision

Octatonic posted:

but, but what if you just stopped being angry about oppression, maybe it would go away then?

Badger of Basra posted:

like having people sit at tables and discuss their thoughts with facilitators is something you do when you're trying to feel people out to build an apartment building in their neighborhood

not amend the constitution

kustomkarkommando posted:

Ideology is for communists and troublemakers!

exmarx posted:

https://twitter.com/juddlegum/status/818144995215601664

judd legum

kustomkarkommando posted:

Ideology is for communists and troublemakers!

SHY NUDIST GRRL posted:

Trump's lies will probably kill people Marx give him time.

Mustached Demon posted:

I like how senator turtle is telling Democratic senators trying to slow Trump appoints to grow up.

R. Mute posted:

Horseshoe theory posted:

Wonder if Trump will invite Zizek to his inauguration given his fervent support.