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    Communism- Socialism

    No. They significantly reduce the incentive for progress. And I don't see any chance of them happening in the US.
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    Supreme Court rules in favor of anti-porn law

    Okay. I have no objections. I would be a little concerned over what might qualify as a porn site, but if it's clearly porn, then I'm in favor of restricting it.
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    Supreme Court rules in favor of anti-porn law

    Seems like a reasonable decision. The question is how would age be reliably verified? If the site can just provide a check box for people to click to verify that they're old enough, it's no big deal.
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    Ohio lawmakers to introduce bill banning abortion, criminalizing the procedure; would overturn constitutional amendment approved by Ohio voters

    That wasn't a response to a personhood law. West Virginia hasn't passed such a law, in fact no state has (yet). With personhood, the situation is quite different. To avoid serious legal issues, the state legislature would have to quickly pass changes to existing laws to deal with situations...
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    College Commencements Playing Taps instead of Pomp and Circumstance?

    All worthy career opportunities for college graduates. They may have some difficulty paying off student loans, but that's not a universal problem.
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    Ohio lawmakers to introduce bill banning abortion, criminalizing the procedure; would overturn constitutional amendment approved by Ohio voters

    Although I would love to see this bill pass somewhere just to see how it mangles local laws, it will fail hard in Ohio.
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    Israel Strikes Iran: Explosions in Tehran, Sirens in Israel

    Trump isn't swayed simply by donations. It's praise that turns his head. Give Trump lots of compliments, and he'll help you out. Having said that, lots of compliments plus lots of money works even better. Yeah. True, but then again Khamenei doesn't get involved in negotiations. The actual...
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    Tucker Carlson Tears Into Ted Cruz In The Most Gloriously Awkward Interview You'll See

    Sure. Of course, the religious leaders are the ones who hold the real power, starting with Khamenei. Remove the top ones, and you get... a bunch of fanatical hot-heads who are very popular with the people. Hrm. That might not work out so well.
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    Trump lying to justify his reasons to bomb Iran.

    We didn't have to wait for them to get to 90%. Israel has better intel on the situation and was raring to go. I don't know whether Iran intended to build a bomb or not, but I expect that they did want to get at least to that 90% point so that they could build a bomb quickly if they wanted...
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    Trump lying to justify his reasons to bomb Iran.

    I would say that Iran was very close to being capable of building a nuclear bomb, whether they actually intended to build one or not. Just having that capability is enough to trigger Israel. Would it have been enough to get Trump to bomb Iran? I doubt it. Trump let Israel take the initiative.
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    Should doctors be able to withold treatment for political affiliation or marital status?

    No, I just thought it was a funny idea and rolled with it. Having heard some very flaky Christians speak out against single people, I can almost imagine them taking charge and making life difficult for any adult who isn't married. But that's along the same lines of flat Earthers taking over... I...
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    Should doctors be able to withold treatment for political affiliation or marital status?

    Oh, cool. Now I'm finally part of a minority that can be discriminated against. Single people. Better yet, I'm a veteran, so this could apply to me... if I ever get around to applying for veteran benefits. But maybe this can be expanded into other parts of government too. Interesting.
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    Multiple immigration sweeps reported across Los Angeles, with a tense standoff/protest downtown; SEIU union leader arrested

    I distinctly remember one particular poster saying that, and it definitely wasn't essentialsaltes.
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    Multiple immigration sweeps reported across Los Angeles, with a tense standoff/protest downtown; SEIU union leader arrested

    What insinuations? I'm stating things plainly. We're arresting huge numbers of illegal aliens. The courts have been forcing ICE to go through due process. This creates a huge backlog of deportation cases. The illegal immigrants have to be stored somewhere pending trial. Holding cells. Detention...
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    Multiple immigration sweeps reported across Los Angeles, with a tense standoff/protest downtown; SEIU union leader arrested

    Concentration camps get such a bad rep. The illegal aliens will be fine. They'll have food and shelter and some medical care. And here we have MAGA becoming the big government party. They'll have to make and run all these concentration camps for huge numbers of illegals, housing and caring for...
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