I've forgotten where I saw that, but yeah, Ohio Republicans want to force women to wait 24 hours before their procedures and get an earful of noise about the HORRIBLE thing they are supposedly doing to themselves, et cetera.
And a cup of coffee says all (or almost) of those Republicans are MEN. What did Gloria Steinem say about if men could get pregnant, abortion would be a SACRAMENT???
"If men could get pregnant, abortion clinics would be like Starbucks: Two on every corner and four in every airport. And the Morning After Pill would come in different flavors like Sea Salt and Cool Ranch."
If I could get abortions, I would get pregnant just to have an abortion. Because as a conservative commentator on the 87th most popular Red Pill site in all of Northern Iowa, that is exactly what women do now.
Indeed. Even before Roe fell, a number of states passed laws mandating ultrasounds and waiting periods to receive care. In other words, restrictions designed to discourage abortion, delay care, and shame patients.
When the supreme court said that this should be left to the states they didn't mean the citizens of the states. That would be silly to assume the voters matter. Like half of them are women, and what would women know about the moral and legal issues dealing with abortion?
Hence the latest Trumpism on Tylenol, the hints about voting being done by household rather than individually, and the unending attacks on women's body autonomy.
There are good religious people, and maybe some religions are good in theory, but they don't change bad people into good people, nor are they able to keep bad people from prostituting them (no insult meant to sex workers)
There are no good religions since they all put faith equal to or a greater way to understand the world than the scientific method. Evidence is often ignored and 2000 years old writings are followed, writings by people who knew less about the world than my grandchildren in elementary school. Any form of dogma, religious or political, that ignores facts and evidence will only lead us to wrong decisions.
Here we go again. Just what part of "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion..." don't West Virginia and Ohio not understand. Honestly, I don't care WHAT the monies are being used for. The fact that West Virginia is using PUBLIC monies to fund a RELIGIOUS institution should have been a non-starter from Letter A, and yet it wasn't.
I'm pleased that the American Humanist Association and the ACLU are on the case here. What I worry about is the current political/religious environment and how that could influence what should be an open-and-shut case.
"...as long as a state approved grant is used for non-religious purposes and is a benefit available to the public, said grant is constitutional. To find otherwise would violate a grant applicant’s right to the Free Exercise of its religion."
In other words, I want state money. It won't be used for anything religious. But if you don't give me the money, you're violating my freedom of religion.
So then, to not award the money would be a violation of someone's religious freedom, even though that money can't be used for something religious.
For the curious who didn't go to a trade school, google "Lycée Simone Veil, Conflans Sainte Honorine". You will get an idea of the size of the facilities needed.
I would almost be willing bet any amount of money that he was talking with Nigerian romance scammers.
The claims in Chansley’s suit include:
That the central banking system and the Federal Reserve are unconstitutional
That the U.S. government is guilty of treason for prioritizing the interests of foreign financiers at the expense of the American people
That the NSA surveilled Chansley daily using the Patriot Act as he was writing a “2nd Declaration of Independence”
That “all radio stations and most of their DJ’s are a part of the intelligence community”
That a scene in the 2008 Christopher Nolan-directed Batman film “The Dark Knight” and many plot details in 2009’s “Avatar” were cribbed from his writing and are proof that the NSA was spying on him
That the NSA catfished him on Facebook by contacting him while pretending to be actress Michele Rodriguez, whom Chansley identifies as “my celebrity crush”
That he was then “offered the opportunity to work with the NASA covertly and help them deal with other-worldly matters” that his “shamanic beliefs” made him “a perfect candidate to handle”
That he was emailed by Donald Trump on Jan. 8, 2021, from an address of donaldtrump@nsa.gov
That the government stole more than $100,000 in cryptocurrency from him
DJs are the worst. My local classic rock station boasts about a 97 minute uninterrupted block of rock but they interrupt it every 5 minutes to tell us it's an uninterrupted block of rock. (FM 97.7, that's where the 97 minutes comes from.)
And remember, too, the JD Vance, at one time from Ohio, converted to Catholicism and joined the human trafficking cult Opus Dei. Will he, or some of his new buddies, be personally profiting from this bilking of West Virginians? Is he bad-mouthing them, like he did in his book, to suck up to his rich Opus Dei overlords? See financial reporter Gareth Gore's expose, Opus.
Sure five million dollars sounds like a lot and ok, it looks like a bit of public corruption, but can we try to remain focused on the most important issue of the day,... What happened to Amelia Earhart, and why Joe Biden didn't release the Earhart file? What is Hunter Biden hiding?
What do you mean ? Don't you know she killed the grandmother of king charles III to take her place ? Or was it Anastasia Romanovna who died in place of Mata Hari, who then killed said grandmother? 🤔
Don't be silly. It is a well known fact, that due to the Royal decree to keep it in the family and their secret time traveling technology, Charles II is his own grandmother. Both of them. As well as one of two grandfathers.
I don’t really have much I could say to this. Red state people keep electing people whose primary goal is to serve themselves, or their religion, or their political/cultural causes. Red states generally speaking rank near the bottom on just about every measure of social well-being.
I googled “where does West Virginia rank on various measures of social well-being”. And this is what my friendly robot came back with:
West Virginia consistently ranks low on measures of social and physical well-being, often placing near the bottom nationally due to high rates of chronic disease, obesity, and smoking, as well as poor health outcomes and low access to healthcare services. Number 46 overall. For example, the state has ranked last for physical well-being in multiple years, is consistently among the least healthy states, and ranks poorly in categories like health care and health system performance.
Then I googled on one cup of coffee, what are the five lowest states rank on various measures of social well-being? (Yes I know the language is awkward, but I’m on my… you know). The five lowest states consistently are…. Wait for it…
Mississippi, West Virginia, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana
They have been voting this way for something like 50 years now. In those 50 years, the Republicans and the good Christians they keep electing do absolutely nothing for the people of those states. For 50 years. Did I mention that the Republicans that they keep electing don’t do anything for the people of those states?
It simply boggles the mind.
But hey! At least taxpayer money can go to fun religious causes. So what if Billy Jim Bob dies from an entirely preventable disease. At least he did so knowing that he showed those two fags in California that they shouldn’t be able to get married.
So, explain to me how or why giving grant money targeted for Ohio, to a Catholic Trade College(?) with a branch in WV, going to bring clean drinking water or fix sewage treatment or storm water runoff problems? What if they accidentally use some of this money to train their Electrical and HVAC students? Do you seriously think they won't commingle these funds with their other funds. Who is going to audit this mess?
"$200,000 to create a second campus in West Virginia."
Maybe they should start with the first one. There is no way the building on the picture is fit for anything other administration offices. It's way TOO small.
"The AHA also notes that the school now promises to confer a degree in philosophy when they previously said all students would graduate with a “Bachelor of Arts in Catholic Studies.”
In my trade high school, we didn't even have philosophy classes, less even a diploma 🤯
Mechanic (car and boats), secretarial, accounting, cooks/waiters, professional laundering and a few others were available.
In other words, it's a scam. And who will check if a campus is built ?
Oh, could this be why Ohio Republicans are still trying to ban abortion even after voters passed a pro-choice ballot initiative?
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/09/18/ohio-abortion-regulations-appeal-attorneys-for-the-state-and-womens-health-clinics-make-arguments/
I've forgotten where I saw that, but yeah, Ohio Republicans want to force women to wait 24 hours before their procedures and get an earful of noise about the HORRIBLE thing they are supposedly doing to themselves, et cetera.
And a cup of coffee says all (or almost) of those Republicans are MEN. What did Gloria Steinem say about if men could get pregnant, abortion would be a SACRAMENT???
"If men could get pregnant, abortion clinics would be like Starbucks: Two on every corner and four in every airport. And the Morning After Pill would come in different flavors like Sea Salt and Cool Ranch."
If I could get abortions, I would get pregnant just to have an abortion. Because as a conservative commentator on the 87th most popular Red Pill site in all of Northern Iowa, that is exactly what women do now.
Indeed. Even before Roe fell, a number of states passed laws mandating ultrasounds and waiting periods to receive care. In other words, restrictions designed to discourage abortion, delay care, and shame patients.
And CONTROL WOMEN. Seriously, how much do Republican men HATE women? It just continues to boggle my mind. [sigh]
“When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means the sun is about to set”
Lin Yutang
And to make them more expensive.
When the supreme court said that this should be left to the states they didn't mean the citizens of the states. That would be silly to assume the voters matter. Like half of them are women, and what would women know about the moral and legal issues dealing with abortion?
“Leave it to the states” like the central argument of the states rights’ doctrine that fueled the Civil War. That kind? ;)
And I fully expect that the current SC will send gay marriage back to the states as well. Sigh!
I think so too 😞
"Like half of them are women, and what would women know about the moral and legal issues dealing with abortion?"
As I have said before, I don't think some of the religious right in the US regard women as persons, having a personal identity - https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity-personal/
Hence the latest Trumpism on Tylenol, the hints about voting being done by household rather than individually, and the unending attacks on women's body autonomy.
From Finland, are you? And what is this Tylenol-thing that I have missed?
St. Jo realized that praying for the money got them squat, so they held out their hands to the govt. to back them when their god failed to do so.
Wasn't this Benjamin Franklin's definition of a bad religion?
There are good religious people, and maybe some religions are good in theory, but they don't change bad people into good people, nor are they able to keep bad people from prostituting them (no insult meant to sex workers)
There are no good religions since they all put faith equal to or a greater way to understand the world than the scientific method. Evidence is often ignored and 2000 years old writings are followed, writings by people who knew less about the world than my grandchildren in elementary school. Any form of dogma, religious or political, that ignores facts and evidence will only lead us to wrong decisions.
Here we go again. Just what part of "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion..." don't West Virginia and Ohio not understand. Honestly, I don't care WHAT the monies are being used for. The fact that West Virginia is using PUBLIC monies to fund a RELIGIOUS institution should have been a non-starter from Letter A, and yet it wasn't.
I'm pleased that the American Humanist Association and the ACLU are on the case here. What I worry about is the current political/religious environment and how that could influence what should be an open-and-shut case.
"...as long as a state approved grant is used for non-religious purposes and is a benefit available to the public, said grant is constitutional. To find otherwise would violate a grant applicant’s right to the Free Exercise of its religion."
In other words, I want state money. It won't be used for anything religious. But if you don't give me the money, you're violating my freedom of religion.
So then, to not award the money would be a violation of someone's religious freedom, even though that money can't be used for something religious.
What the fuck?
Don't ask me. I am here only to be sure I don't miss info about todays stupidest xian idea.
What a boondoggle.
I don't blame the judge; he probably had to take their revised proposal at face value. I blame WVWDA for awarding it in the first place.
Outrage.
What is so hard about separation of church and state?
SEPARATE
Sounds more like St. Joseph the Grifter. This is “work” only in the professional wrestling sense of the term.
For the curious who didn't go to a trade school, google "Lycée Simone Veil, Conflans Sainte Honorine". You will get an idea of the size of the facilities needed.
Hawkeye Tech, although now they are a highfalutin community college.
https://cbs2iowa.com/resources/media/2293df47-e2eb-4099-83fd-668f67831754-jumbo16x9_HawkeyeCommunityCollege.jpg?
The qanon shaman is back, and this time he is even more crazy.
https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-qanon-shaman-files-40-trillion-lawsuit-against-trump-22763479/
I would almost be willing bet any amount of money that he was talking with Nigerian romance scammers.
The claims in Chansley’s suit include:
That the central banking system and the Federal Reserve are unconstitutional
That the U.S. government is guilty of treason for prioritizing the interests of foreign financiers at the expense of the American people
That the NSA surveilled Chansley daily using the Patriot Act as he was writing a “2nd Declaration of Independence”
That “all radio stations and most of their DJ’s are a part of the intelligence community”
That a scene in the 2008 Christopher Nolan-directed Batman film “The Dark Knight” and many plot details in 2009’s “Avatar” were cribbed from his writing and are proof that the NSA was spying on him
That the NSA catfished him on Facebook by contacting him while pretending to be actress Michele Rodriguez, whom Chansley identifies as “my celebrity crush”
That he was then “offered the opportunity to work with the NASA covertly and help them deal with other-worldly matters” that his “shamanic beliefs” made him “a perfect candidate to handle”
That he was emailed by Donald Trump on Jan. 8, 2021, from an address of donaldtrump@nsa.gov
That the government stole more than $100,000 in cryptocurrency from him
It all makes perfect sense. I don’t know what your problem is.
I'm disappointed there's not even one Jewish space laser involved.
DJs are the worst. My local classic rock station boasts about a 97 minute uninterrupted block of rock but they interrupt it every 5 minutes to tell us it's an uninterrupted block of rock. (FM 97.7, that's where the 97 minutes comes from.)
Forty TRILLION Dollars??? Man, I have no idea what that guy is smoking, but KEEP IT AWAY FROM ME!!!
Can I have your share?
Be my guest! I'll stick with good scotch whisky!
Sad commentary on the state of mental health care in the US, bless his little heart.
Hope he doesn't go out in the woods gussied up like that while Dick Cheney is in the area with a hunting party.
And remember, too, the JD Vance, at one time from Ohio, converted to Catholicism and joined the human trafficking cult Opus Dei. Will he, or some of his new buddies, be personally profiting from this bilking of West Virginians? Is he bad-mouthing them, like he did in his book, to suck up to his rich Opus Dei overlords? See financial reporter Gareth Gore's expose, Opus.
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝐷𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐴𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑜𝑟’𝑠 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑎 𝑗𝑢𝑑𝑔𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑠𝑖𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠.
Is the judge Catholic? Seems likely. And this 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 relate to water. It looks like money laundering, and laundry requires water.
Blessed are the religious charlatans and grifters, for they shall get state subsidization and unwarranted privilege.
Sure five million dollars sounds like a lot and ok, it looks like a bit of public corruption, but can we try to remain focused on the most important issue of the day,... What happened to Amelia Earhart, and why Joe Biden didn't release the Earhart file? What is Hunter Biden hiding?
https://apnews.com/article/trump-amelia-earhart-declassify-records-fbb34df150f5ae3ec4d99096f2e6f447
What do you mean ? Don't you know she killed the grandmother of king charles III to take her place ? Or was it Anastasia Romanovna who died in place of Mata Hari, who then killed said grandmother? 🤔
Don't be silly. It is a well known fact, that due to the Royal decree to keep it in the family and their secret time traveling technology, Charles II is his own grandmother. Both of them. As well as one of two grandfathers.
Yep, that's why I avoid the royals.
I don’t really have much I could say to this. Red state people keep electing people whose primary goal is to serve themselves, or their religion, or their political/cultural causes. Red states generally speaking rank near the bottom on just about every measure of social well-being.
I googled “where does West Virginia rank on various measures of social well-being”. And this is what my friendly robot came back with:
West Virginia consistently ranks low on measures of social and physical well-being, often placing near the bottom nationally due to high rates of chronic disease, obesity, and smoking, as well as poor health outcomes and low access to healthcare services. Number 46 overall. For example, the state has ranked last for physical well-being in multiple years, is consistently among the least healthy states, and ranks poorly in categories like health care and health system performance.
Then I googled on one cup of coffee, what are the five lowest states rank on various measures of social well-being? (Yes I know the language is awkward, but I’m on my… you know). The five lowest states consistently are…. Wait for it…
Mississippi, West Virginia, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana
They have been voting this way for something like 50 years now. In those 50 years, the Republicans and the good Christians they keep electing do absolutely nothing for the people of those states. For 50 years. Did I mention that the Republicans that they keep electing don’t do anything for the people of those states?
It simply boggles the mind.
But hey! At least taxpayer money can go to fun religious causes. So what if Billy Jim Bob dies from an entirely preventable disease. At least he did so knowing that he showed those two fags in California that they shouldn’t be able to get married.
This is the sickness.
So, explain to me how or why giving grant money targeted for Ohio, to a Catholic Trade College(?) with a branch in WV, going to bring clean drinking water or fix sewage treatment or storm water runoff problems? What if they accidentally use some of this money to train their Electrical and HVAC students? Do you seriously think they won't commingle these funds with their other funds. Who is going to audit this mess?
"$200,000 to create a second campus in West Virginia."
Maybe they should start with the first one. There is no way the building on the picture is fit for anything other administration offices. It's way TOO small.
"The AHA also notes that the school now promises to confer a degree in philosophy when they previously said all students would graduate with a “Bachelor of Arts in Catholic Studies.”
In my trade high school, we didn't even have philosophy classes, less even a diploma 🤯
Mechanic (car and boats), secretarial, accounting, cooks/waiters, professional laundering and a few others were available.
In other words, it's a scam. And who will check if a campus is built ?
I have a Master's in Divinity (summa cum laude) from a reputable mainline protestant seminary. Divinity!
Do you make the whipped egg white candy known as divinity?