@robbystarbuck It is just sad. ๐
Imagine 20-30 years from now being these "men" or "women" that straight up got lied to!
We are going to have some really pissed off people in the future. I hope "they" remember who to blame?
SHERMER: โDo you ever get any women in their second half of the second trimester or in the third trimester that say they have no medical problemsโthey just don't want the baby, or changed their mind? Would you do it?โ
DR. HERN: โOf course. If the woman doesn't want to be pregnant, there's no justification for forcing her to continue the pregnancy.โ
SHERMER: โHas that happened?โ
DR. HERN: โIt happens all the time. She has a potentially fatal condition that can kill her.โ
SHERMER: โNo, no. I mean, if she has no medical problemsโฆโ
DR. HERN: โThe medical problem is that she's pregnant.โ
@elonmusk This is the same thing as punk rock in the 80's. It was to get the good looking ppl to mess up their faces. Same thing with the guys. They want everyone sucking dicks!
I wanted to sit with the Mamdani July 4th comments for a while before reacting to them.
I think here is my ultimate problem: (And it's not a perfect metaphor, but I think it's a basically accurate one) An immigrant-- especially one who comes from neither a European nor a Christian background like Mamdani, has to come to America like a new Christian comes to Christ.
You make your spiritual breakthrough when you understand that you are bringing nothing to the party. It's not "Jesus+my awesome works"-- it's just Jesus-- he already did everything. You just need to show up and honor him.
Nothing in the background of someone like Mamdani contributed in a meaningful way to the building of America from a small set of colonies hugging the Eastern seaboard to the greatest and most powerful nation the world has ever seen. That's not a moral or personal flaw of Mamdani's. But it is what it is.
My family has been here since the mid-to-late 19th century-- far less time than some and with far less distinguished contributions than others-- but enough time to have contributed to a meaningful way to the building of modern America.
I still absolutely "didn't build that" myself but I'm the rightful inheritor of some of those who did. Mamdani is demanding to share in and even define my inheritance--an inheritance that just doesn't belong to him.
Mamdani's been a citizen for less than a decade. He has nothing to add to the understanding of America. His job right now is just to show up and honor it-- not to formulate new doctrines about it's meaning.
In a few generations, his story and the story of his family may well be part of a new American story-- but he's not there yet, and there are no shortcuts to getting there. That's hard-- personally and on the ego. And not too many immigrants are capable of it-- which is why we need a closed border right now. But in theory, I can welcome someone from any background capable of accomplishing that very difficult task.
As Stephen Tonsor once memorably said in a different context:
"It is splendid when the town whore gets religion and joins the church. Now and then she makes a good choir director, but when she begins to tell the minister what he ought to say in his Sunday sermons, matters have been carried too far.โ
Mamdani hasn't even joined the church yet.
And he's trying to tell the pastor what to say in his Sunday sermons.
And that rubs a lot of people the wrong way.
Robin Williamsโ emotional tribute to the American Flag leaves an entire stadium speechless โ then in tears.
Is there a single Hollywood star who would give this performance today?
Total Patriot.
RIP Legend ๐บ๐ธ
@DNIGabbard Wait wait!!
We were told that the Ukraine was full of Russian bioweapons which made absolutely no sense. Why would they need 25+ years old weapons when they made them in the first place. I believe Putin attacked to expose all this shit!
Today, Iโm releasing never before seen intelligence revealing new evidence of past US government funding for more than 120 biolabs in over 30 countries, including Ukraine.
In support of President Trumpโs Executive Order to end federal funding of dangerous gain of function research around the world, and increase transparency and accountability, ODNI will continue working with partners across the Administration to identify where these labs are, what pathogens they contain, and what โresearchโ is being conducted.
https://t.co/pLMD0krc69