Quite the Day is Underway!

This has to be brief here today because I have to head out and vote before work. And I also have two important phone calls to make before work — after I vote. So time is of the essence, as they say.

All hell broke loose in DC yesterday, as you likely saw. I think the NY Post had the best, and least emotional, take on it:

“Supreme Court has drafted opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade:

The Supreme Court has written an opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that provides women with a constitutionally protected right to an abortion, a report said. […]

[…] The opinion rejects the 1973 decision that guaranteed constitutional protections for abortion rights as well as the subsequent Planned Parenthood v. Casey decision in 1992.

[…] The draft ruling, which was written in February, would end the federal abortion protections and instead leave the decision up to each state to restrict or ban abortions. […]

[…] The right to have an abortion up until around 23 or 24 weeks, has been federally protected under the Constitution since the Roe v. Wade 49 years ago.

In December, the Supreme Court signaled its willingness to overturn the landmark case and permit a Mississippi ban on abortion after 15 weeks.

[…] The court’s final decision is expected later this spring.”

[full article here]

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I, personally, don’t see anything wrong with leaving it up to the individual states to decide on the legality of abortion in their districts. As long as everybody’s ready for all those fucking riots again. And I think it’s imperative to have a limit on when a woman can get an abortion, such as 12-15 weeks — at the very most.

But I am 100% absolutely certain, that it is only a choice between “safe and legal abortions” and “illegal abortions”, because abortions are not going anywhere.

And if safe and legal abortions are done away with, then it seems that sex education and access to safe & legal birth control should become mandatory for anyone old enough to pro-create.

And I also think that leaving everything in your entire brain up to what is written in the Bible is almost as dangerous as illegal abortions are.

And I further think that it should be mandatory that the theology of Christianity be taught right alongside the history of Christianity — and you want to know why it’s not? Because most people (though not all) who study the history of Christianity no longer give a whole lot of credence to the Bible.

And yes — I’m an ordained minister. And yes — Jesus of Nazareth is very important in my life.

And yes it does say — in the Old Testament, the Holy Bible, the Tanakh, although I’m not going to try to find where it’s written right now because I have to get out of here ASAP — however, it does say that God is more concerned with the quality of human life over the quantity of it.

And meanwhile — yes, my mother was 12 when I was conceived, and 13 when I was born. Abortions were illegal everywhere back then. By the time she was 15, she was already an alcoholic, had dropped out of school, and was pregnant again. She had two more babies by the time she was 19. And by the time she was 25, she hated her whole life.

I, on the other hand, was adopted when I was a few weeks old. Into a relatively affluent family that was completely toxic, abusive, and dysfunctional. By the time I was 13, I was on drugs. By the time I was 14, I had my first suicide attempt. And I still had a whole lot more sexual abuse waiting for me after that.

So this whole rejoicing thing on the part of the Conservatives — many of whom I really respect– over the mere thought that abortions could become illegal again in the US, and their delight over seeing the Liberals have their protests and meltdowns in front of the Supreme Court last night…

Yeah, well, I guess you can see I have my own opinions on that — as usual.

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Speaking of someone who has his own opinions…

Nick Cave sent out a Red Hand File yesterday that was curious, indeed. It certainly looks like we’re not getting any of his songwriting royalties, ever, so don’t even ask! And it looks like he’s going to sort of steadfastly stick to his belief in the existence of Man over the existence of God, but that free will is ours for the taking (hence — as it turns out — that mess exploding up in the previous paragraphs!).

Anyway. You can read what he has to say HERE, if you so choose!!

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Elon Musk is sort of single-handedly changing the world, tweet by tweet.

Here ar e some more:

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From Chris Sky yesterday:

“Check out this info i pulled off the official uk gov website. This from june 2020 to early 2022. Age 0to24. The top chart depicts “fewer deaths” while light green shows “excess deaths”. The bottom chart orange/yellow show how many of these even MENTION covid 19. (A tiny fraction) ….check out how there were no “excess deaths” in this age group pre mass vaccination…. and after mass vaccination excess deaths SKYROCKET. …without it being due to covid. ITS THE VACCINE KILLING YOUNG PEOPLE.”