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Android Apocalypse
Apr 28, 2009

The future is
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Illegal Hen

Way to time your in-app ads regarding what tracking features you have, Fitbit.

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Android Apocalypse
Apr 28, 2009

The future is
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Illegal Hen
Wew double post.

Thanks, Awful App!

Tulalip Tulips
Sep 1, 2013

The best apologies are crafted with love.
I worked from home because my periods have gotten steadily worse for the last few months so lol excellent timing body. At least I have therapy tomorrow. Outside of world stuff my partner's had an absolute poo poo show at work but it's resolved fabourably. Still made mt anxiety go sky high.

Braksgirl
Dec 25, 2010

Unofficial Goon Disney travel agent since 2014!

Tens of Goons served!


My hysterectomy changed my life. I highly recommend one if you can get it.

Aaaaaaarrrrrggggg
Oct 4, 2004

ha, ha, ha, og me ekam

MaximilianK posted:

the Dems theoretically could have rammed whatever they wanted through congress. Maybe actually pass some federal laws protecting abortion? Nope, lets just settle on Supreme Court precedent, because those can never change right?

Again, what reality are you living in where you believe a law passed protecting abortion would survive a radical surpreme court?

The only way you'll prevent that is to have control over the bench, and that doesn't happen if you don't have the WH or the Senate. Stacking the court ain't going to happen because you have useless Dems like Manchin and Sinema.

a sexual elk
May 16, 2007

Disband the senate, land don’t vote

Guze
Oct 10, 2007

Regular Human Bartender

Toaster Beef posted:

The Democratic supermajority was '09 to '11 but in actuality only lasted 72 days. They crammed the Affordable Care Act, an absurdly huge piece of legislation, into that span.

Granted, the ACA was made toothless by Democrats being disingenuous idiot fucksticks, and disingenuous Democratic idiot fuckstickery is largely to blame for where we find ourselves today, and the Democrats will continue to be disingenuous idiot fucksticks even as they get completely demolished in November and lose the White House in 2024 and a Republican-led Congress and Republican president immediately pass and sign into law federal-level bans on abortion, same-sex marriage, and contraception, but to quote basically every Democratic idiot fuckstick for the past [checks watch] twenty years, "who else are you going to vote for?"

The ACA was not considered weak and toothless in 2010 they got wiped out for doing socialism

harperdc
Jul 24, 2007

a sexual elk posted:

Disband the senate, land don’t vote

Unironically this, it's beyond time that stopped mattering.

it's also been beyond time to pretend the GOP is anything serious and not just a theocratic far-right splinter group.

Aaaaaaarrrrrggggg
Oct 4, 2004

ha, ha, ha, og me ekam

Guze posted:

The ACA was not considered weak and toothless in 2010 they got wiped out for doing socialism

Further proof that creating a law for something means jack poo poo in front of a conservative court.

Timby
Dec 23, 2006

Your mother!

Blowjob Overtime posted:

Really depends on your tastes, but there is a lot of good mindless poo poo to watch on there. Forged in Fire, Alone, How It's Made, EVERYTHING that was ever on Food Network + new Alton Brown stuff (idk if that was ever on Food Network).

Fun fact: Netflix is brewing up an iron Chef revival. Brown is involved.

Leperflesh
May 17, 2007

Maybe this is super cynical but actually (assuming the leaked opinion stands, which is not a safe assumption) having abortion get banned right before the midterms is probably good for the democrats, who can run on "we'll fight to restore abortion rights" which is far more compelling and likely to turn out votes than "we passed a big infrastructure bill that everyone immediately forgot about because we failed to pass the social spending bill due to joe manchin, alleged democrat, being an evil lying rear end in a top hat, but please also don't replace him with a republican" which was the only script apparently available to them till now.

Midterms are notoriously low-turnout, and being angry about a genuine outrage results in far more turnout than having some vague and unconvincing pablum about what you'll accomplish next term. I think the supreme court overturning roe v wade gives every pro-choice dem running in a tough congressional district across the country a specific thing to hammer on.

70% of americans support abortion rights.

Lastly: what we always needed was a constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights, and roe v wade made that politically impossible for fifty years. I don't see it happening soon, and a lot of people are going to get hurt badly (or die via coathanger) in the interim, but I do have a sliver of hope that in the long run, we'll be able to actually secure real abortion rights. Roe v Wade didn't really do that, it was a shaky, kinda BS opinion from the outset that was eternally at risk from any conservative court.

swickles
Aug 21, 2006

I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just some QB that I used to know

Braksgirl posted:

My hysterectomy changed my life. I highly recommend one if you can get it.

Stupid insurance companies won't let me get one.

Tulalip Tulips
Sep 1, 2013

The best apologies are crafted with love.

Braksgirl posted:

My hysterectomy changed my life. I highly recommend one if you can get it.

I'm thinking about kids in the next 4-5 years so I don't want to go that route yet but horrible uterine issues run in the family so it's definitely something that's been brought up. My grandma who passed had one at 35 because she was bleeding in to the muscle of the uterus and had severe fibroids and my mom's been recommended for one since she had my 2nd brother at 24 but never did go through it.

fartknocker
Oct 28, 2012


Damn it, this always happens. I think I'm gonna score, and then I never score. It's not fair.



Wedge Regret

swickles posted:

Stupid insurance companies won't let me get one.

There are ways around that

a sexual elk
May 16, 2007

My vacuum finally died couple days ago and swear I’ve had at least 3 Dyson ads pop up, I haven’t searched for a new one or own an Echo or anything…. How did they know?
Literally only place I mentioned it was to my wife over messenger while she was visiting her dad.

Thaddius the Large
Jul 5, 2006

It's in the five-hole!

a sexual elk posted:

My vacuum finally died couple days ago and swear I’ve had at least 3 Dyson ads pop up, I haven’t searched for a new one or own an Echo or anything…. How did they know?
Literally only place I mentioned it was to my wife over messenger while she was visiting her dad.

Lol, what’d you think that Covid booster was about, staying healthy?

The Puppy Bowl
Jan 31, 2013

A dog, in the house.

*woof*
Man, I could've used my software update. Wife tested positive for Covid Saturday thanks to visiting what turned out to be a Covid carrying coworker to help out after an accident. Two weeks ago I went to a scheduled booster appointment where they refused to give me the shot because it's only for the "severely immunocompromised according to the CDC" and my arthritis drugs don't qualify me. They were wrong but that does me zero good at the moment as a perpetually masked single parent.

Braksgirl
Dec 25, 2010

Unofficial Goon Disney travel agent since 2014!

Tens of Goons served!


swickles posted:

Stupid insurance companies won't let me get one.

I have a melon baller and some tongs. Bring over some booze and we can figure things out. I was a pro at Operation as a kid. I bet I can do it.

Ornery and Hornery
Oct 22, 2020

mega man is such a fun series

Tulalip Tulips
Sep 1, 2013

The best apologies are crafted with love.
I just saw a mouse skitter across our cement patio. It's probably because we've got bird feeders up by our fence but I am displeased.

Relentlessboredomm
Oct 15, 2006

It's Sic Semper Tyrannis. You said, "Ever faithful terrible lizard."

Aaaaaaarrrrrggggg posted:

Again, what reality are you living in where you believe a law passed protecting abortion would survive a radical surpreme court?

The only way you'll prevent that is to have control over the bench, and that doesn't happen if you don't have the WH or the Senate. Stacking the court ain't going to happen because you have useless Dems like Manchin and Sinema.

So they can't accomplish anything regardless of how much power they hold? drat sign me up to vote for these brilliant political masterminds.

Ornery and Hornery
Oct 22, 2020

Relentlessboredomm posted:

So they can't accomplish anything regardless of how much power they hold? drat sign me up to vote for these brilliant political masterminds.

i will smply vote blue no matter who twice as hard

a sexual elk
May 16, 2007

Tulalip Tulips posted:

I just saw a mouse skitter across our cement patio. It's probably because we've got bird feeders up by our fence but I am displeased.

Mice invaded our brand new Subaru, like 2022 new, yeah I know mice love chewing the “Green wiring” to poo poo but you couldn’t prevent mice from getting into the cabin?

Spoeank
Jul 16, 2003

That's a nice set of 11 dynasty points there, it would be a shame if 3 rings were to happen with it

Relentlessboredomm posted:

So they can't accomplish anything regardless of how much power they hold? drat sign me up to vote for these brilliant political masterminds.

Little known Senate rule: if you get 100 senators, it actually resets back to 50/50 and the VP tiebreaker is turned into a best-of-three rock-paper-scissors contest aw shucks maybe vote more next time and we can actually help!

Footnote: literally any of the 100 senators saying no voids the whole process but norms are forever tarnished, so it is a dangerous rule to defy

Vertical Lime
Dec 11, 2004

https://twitter.com/abc7/status/1521743490488487936?s=21&t=0xXeIaCqThRSxGlYa9Vu4A

Bird in a Blender
Nov 17, 2005

It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

Relentlessboredomm posted:

So they can't accomplish anything regardless of how much power they hold? drat sign me up to vote for these brilliant political masterminds.

The Democrats have spent the last like 15 years or so running on, “not being Republicans”. They barely care about passing legislation anymore as long as the republicans are always doing something awful they can run against.

When I say Democrats, I really just mean the party leadership. There are some Dems out there trying to get real stuff passed, but it always dies on the vine.

Shinji2015
Aug 31, 2007
Keen on the hygiene and on the mission like a super technician.

Can't wait to hear about how cancel culture's responsible for this one!

Quiet Feet
Dec 14, 2009

THE HELL IS WITH THIS ASS!?





Ornery and Hornery posted:

mega man is such a fun series

Yeah! It's crazy how much mileage they got out of that formula.

I played 9 and 10 on the Wii and while they're decent, the team that made it approached it with a "hurr durr old games were hard" mindset and put in a bunch of bullshit that's actively hostile to the player. Things like traps that you can't possibly know are there until you trigger them or enemies disguised as power ups.

Tulalip Tulips posted:

I just saw a mouse skitter across our cement patio. It's probably because we've got bird feeders up by our fence but I am displeased.

Ugh. This is the main reason I don't want feeders.

Our mouse problems are seasonal but seem to get worse every year. I tried everything last year too, and our exterminator found some holes I missed and plugged them but we need to rip out the drop cieling in the basement, and the insulation in it, to really find out how much we're dealing with. I'm dreading it and finally decided to just hire a contractor to do it but not sure if they have specialists for that kind of thing or what.

Quiet Feet fucked around with this message at 12:16 on May 4, 2022

LeeMajors
Jan 20, 2005

I've gotta stop fantasizing about Lee Majors...
Ah, one more!


https://twitter.com/not_carlisle/status/1521507928649437184?s=21

I like how any response from the Most Powerful Man On Earth just levels blame at voters.

Mr. Nice!
Oct 13, 2005

bone shaking.
soul baking.

Pron on VHS posted:

GOP has plans for a moratorium on all immigration, legal and illegal. That is certainly part of their plans for the decade

Legal immigration is still under half what it was in 2016. That's a huge part of our labor shortage. Millions of extra people have died in the last two years with basically no replacement.

Mr. Nice!
Oct 13, 2005

bone shaking.
soul baking.

LeeMajors posted:

https://twitter.com/not_carlisle/status/1521507928649437184?s=21

I like how any response from the Most Powerful Man On Earth just levels blame at voters.

I mean, the only way that anything gets passed federally is if there are 60 pro-choice senators which there have never been. There aren't even 50 in the senate today.

Beyond that - there's the struggle of passing some sort of federal legislation that will enshrine federal abortion and is also within the federal government's enumerated powers.

Mr. Nice! fucked around with this message at 13:28 on May 4, 2022

FizFashizzle
Mar 30, 2005







Mr. Nice! posted:

I mean, the only way that anything gets passed federally is if there are 60 pro-choice senators which there have never been. There aren't even 50 in the senate today.

Beyond that - there's the struggle of passing some sort of federal legislation that will enshrine federal abortion and is also within the federal government's enumerated powers.

Biden could guarantee abortion access on federal property with a stroke of his pen. Nixon did the opposite back when he was turning this into a political issue.

Doing so wouldn’t fully solve the problem, but it would show biden was willing to do…..anything.

Instead it’s just #vote and blaming Bernie sanders.

Bird in a Blender
Nov 17, 2005

It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

Mr. Nice! posted:

Legal immigration is still under half what it was in 2016. That's a huge part of our labor shortage. Millions of extra people have died in the last two years with basically no replacement.

Immigration is a funny one for the Republicans where the business side of the party loves immigration because it's cheaper labor, while the racist side hates immigration for obvious reasons. I'm still a little surprised the racists are winning out on that one since I figured the business side had the bigger checks.

Bird in a Blender fucked around with this message at 14:06 on May 4, 2022

Guze
Oct 10, 2007

Regular Human Bartender

50 years of voting for losers is how Republicans got the courts.


we can probably post our way to full space luxury communism

LeeMajors
Jan 20, 2005

I've gotta stop fantasizing about Lee Majors...
Ah, one more!


Mr. Nice! posted:

I mean, the only way that anything gets passed federally is if there are 60 pro-choice senators which there have never been. There aren't even 50 in the senate today.

Beyond that - there's the struggle of passing some sort of federal legislation that will enshrine federal abortion and is also within the federal government's enumerated powers.

I’m aware of the hurdles.

Biden was publicly against roe in the 70e and supported the Hyde amendment. He has no interest in fixing this, or even in applying even the most tepid pressure on these folks to abolish the filibuster to protect reproductive healthcare.

I’m just very very tired of being told to Vote. Ok cool, dems handed you all the levers of power, you short-changed them then did gently caress all to help, really, with anything.

Guze
Oct 10, 2007

Regular Human Bartender

They already applied pressure on the filibuster for voting rights. It didn't work and no one gave them any credit for trying.

Mr. Nice!
Oct 13, 2005

bone shaking.
soul baking.

FizFashizzle posted:

Biden could guarantee abortion access on federal property with a stroke of his pen. Nixon did the opposite back when he was turning this into a political issue.

Doing so wouldn’t fully solve the problem, but it would show biden was willing to do…..anything.

Instead it’s just #vote and blaming Bernie sanders.

Hyde amendment stuff gets in the way of EOs like you described. Federal funds are barred from being used for abortion except in the case of risk of life to the mother.
There are a lot of federal abortion restrictions that have to be removed via legislation before the president can actually do something about it.

Guze posted:

They already applied pressure on the filibuster for voting rights. It didn't work and no one gave them any credit for trying.

You don't get credit for trying.

saintonan
Dec 7, 2009

Fields of glory shine eternal

Do or do not; there is no try.

Hey, had to post that today

Guze
Oct 10, 2007

Regular Human Bartender

Mr. Nice! posted:

You don't get credit for trying.

I know thats why things like votes to "get everyone on record" or show "some fight" are a waste.

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bobjr
Oct 16, 2012

Roose is loose.
🐓🐓🐓✊🪧

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yh_6_zItPU

It’ll be shameless fanservice but I’ll probably watch it

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