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I think shackling women in labor is worse.

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This is so tragic.When HRC lost, private prison stock immediately rose.No private prisons. And no immunity for people who let this happen. How horrific.A reason to Vote Blue now and not stop shouting until July 2024, when it is time to line up again.

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If you do, you will find that causing a woman to miscarry is not considered murder. Killing a woman is! Whoa, how prochoice.

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Abortion is in the bible. Every time that I hear some fundamentalist is going off on the topic, I usually wonder how many unborn babies were killed when god flooded the entire planet. Or I ponder the infamous 'post birth abortions' of Passover.

Then I usually conclude that the speaker, and their vindictive genocidal god, can well and truly fuck off forever.

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I giggled

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Don’t overlook that bit about Herod (was it? I think it was.) killing all the infants under the age of two.

Not a really high premium on human life in that bible.

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Hey Amy! Stabbing someone isn’t on the guard’s list of duties; is stabbing ok?Holding someone’s face underwater in the toilet isn’t on his list of duties; is that ok?Putting Miracle Whip on a sandwich isn’t on his list of duties; is that ok?Strapping a basket of rats to your face isn’t on his list of duties; that must be ok too.

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What about the shareholders? Please include the shareholders in you plan.

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Be blessed by killing babies:

O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed, blessed shall he be who repays you with what you have done to us! 9 Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock! (Psalms 137:8–9 ESV)

Ahhhhh... the religion of peace, love, and light.

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You see - there’s your problem. I always stopped paying attention around Psalm 30 or so. There’s 150 of them for pity’s sake.

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I got to spend a few nights in our county jail's infirmary. All I "needed" was IV fluids, but the nurses were nervous, it took three of them multiple attempts, and still didn't feel right. It's not so much that the private medical staff were bad, or uncaring. I wouldn't say incompetent either: months later they wanted a blood draw, and I noticed the nurse didn't even brace the guy ahead of me's arm. And yet, when my turn came, he slid that needle in like it was an angel kitten's whisker.

The issue, I think, is that they all have some issue. Shyness, personal skills, language barriers, something *off* that they had to resort to working in a jail. My theory, anyway. After that, it's basically barest supplies, shitty network, everything takes ten times as long, and having inmates as patients.

Not excusing this, of course. That's on the CO's to notify medical. And trust me, a woman in labor would be just another voice in the din. I listened to psychotic patients scream all night long, slamming themselves into the walls (they're in turtle suits, can't really hurt themselves). Also, fucking freezing.

Anyway, my point? Uh, stay out of jail, kids.Edit: And, I mean, support inmate rights, too.

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Their white fetus fetishizing.

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True, but both acts are still pretty disgusting. The Connecticut corrections system needs an enema. Ideally, the people in charge will learn what conditions in their filthy prisons are like from the inside.

As for Savage, you'd hope he would at least show some gratitude (sincere or not) to Rush for setting the example that he and so many others followed. However, Savage is so depraved that he can't even fake a moment of human decency for his own benefit. No wonder he likes Trump!

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Of course it is, different topic.

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So the newborn baby gets punished for the mother's crime.

The "greatness of America" in action.

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I often point out to people that the God of the Bible regularly kills people in horrific manner: floods the world, slaughters Egyptians, turns cities into pillars of salt, wrecks Job's life in a beer-inspired bet with Satan, makes Abraham sacrifice his son, and even whacks his "only-begotten Son."

Personally, I think the worst single curse in the Bible is the "Plague of Frogs."

Frogs and Toads are a PURE GOOD, zapping dangerous insects like mosquitoes and houseflies (which spread diseases). They stand around and look fierce, but they aren't. Toads make hilarious pets....they sit in a water-filled cup, eat crickets, and try to look fierce.

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