Nope. But I about choked on my coffee when the image came up. 🤣
"The Browns already have taylen green and shedeur sanders as QBs they are developing. Now there is talk of them going after Sorsby in the supplemental draft. Make me an animated meme of Sorsby winning in a casino with the other two QBs watching on in anger."
People ‘Don't Want To Drink Abortions’: Republican AGs Make Bizarre EPA Request
The remarks support the belief — backed by zero scientific evidence — that abortion drug remnants and fetal remains are polluting drinking water.
Over a dozen Republican attorneys general from primarily red states are urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to classify the abortion drug mifepristone as a drinking water contaminant.
The 14 state officials wrote in a Friday letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin that increased access to mifepristone is “resulting in tons of chemically tainted medical waste being flushed into American waterways.” The letter further supports a growing idea on the anti-abortion right that drinking water is being tainted because people using abortion pills are flushing drug remnants and fetal remains down the toilet.
“More than 50 tons of chemically tainted blood, placenta tissue, and human remains go into our waterways every year. With infertility on the rise, we need to know: what is the extent of the damage?” Kristan Hawkins, president of anti-abortion group Students For Life, said in a statement commending the Republicans’ message.
“The letter out from 14 Attorneys General making the commonsense request that mifepristone be tracked shows there is a growing coalition of those who don’t want to drink abortions,” Hawkins added.
Trace amounts of all medications, including over-the-counter drugs like ibuprofen, can be found in wastewater, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a national reproductive health research organization. But there is no scientific evidence to back up the claim that abortion pills are polluting drinking water or harming the environment.
“There’s no evidence that medication abortion is affecting U.S. water systems, including drinking water and aquatic wildlife,” the Center for Biological Diversity states on its website. “Meanwhile anti-abortion activists have ignored true environmental hazards to water, like pesticides, fertilizers, animal waste runoff, manufacturing waste, and industries that release untreated or partially treated wastewater into waterways.”
“To protect water, we need comprehensive strategies to improve water quality — not the politicization of specific medications,” the environmental protection group added.
Nearly 20 members of Congress wrote a letter earlier this month to Zeldin also urging the EPA to classify mifepristone as a water contaminant. While this is still a small number within the Republican Party, it reveals that a once extreme far-right belief is becoming more mainstream.
In March, House Republicans introduced a bill that would require every pregnant person using abortion pills to use toilet seat “catch kits” when ending their pregnancy. The bill ― which is unlikely to pass with 17 co-sponsors ― would make it illegal to flush abortion or miscarriage remains down a toilet.
“The fact is, the abortion pill ingredients used to starve a pre-born child remain active and unfiltered in our water treatments,” Rep. Mary Miller (R-Ill.), sponsor of the Clean Water For All Life Act, said in March. “That means families across the nation may be unknowingly ingesting abortion-related chemicals in their drinking water, exposing them to potential health risks like infertility and cancer.”
Anti-abortion lawmakers and advocates have been attacking mifepristone at a steady pace since the Supreme Court repealed federal abortion protections in 2022. Most recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the start of a safety review of mifepristone despite the drug’s safe use by millions since the FDA first approved it in 2000. Abortion rights groups believe the safety review is the first step in restricting access to mifepristone — particularly access to abortion pills by mail, which have been a lifeline for people living in states where abortion is currently banned.
Jesus didn't think providing for the poor as socialism.
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No where in those words does Jesus say take from 1 person and give to another. That is what the government does.
By law you must pay taxes. I didn't make that decision. As such it's no longer about taking from you in order to give it to others. At that point it's a question of how they spend the money they already took from you.
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It says what we need to do not be forced to do by a government. There is a huge difference from a person graciously given vs a government taking from 1 to give to another.
Once again, the government takes that money anyway. All you're arguing at that point is that they shouldn't be spending any of that money taking care of the poor. Something the government could actually do that Jesus supports.
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Jesus never forced anyone to do anything.
No he did not. He just let you know that making sure the poor were cared for hinges on your eternal salvation.
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Socialism forces some people to give up money and then the government gives that money to someone else. That was never implied in the words spoken by Jesus as you claim.
My claim is that he never spelled out how or who makes sure the poor are taken care of as long as you make sure they are taken care of. You propose our tax dollars be spent on everything but taking care of the poor. That's not the same thing.
What you are fighting against here is that the money we as citizens already pay not help the poor. They take it from us anyway.
And I guess I need to remind you again since it obviously didn't sink in the first time...........
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About one third of all people receiving SNAP benefits are on social security.
Roughly 22 million households receiving SNAP benefits have at least one household member working full time.
2 Corinthians 9:7: Emphasizes that God honors a willing attitude. The KJV states: "Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver."
Proverbs 21:13: Warns of the consequences of ignoring the cries of the poor: "Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard."
Proverbs 28:27: Provides a promise regarding generosity: "He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse."
Amos: Condemned the wealthy elite who "trample on the needy" and "sell the innocent for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals" (Amos 2:6, 8:4).
Isaiah: Denounced lawmakers who wrote unjust statutes to rob the poor of their rights and prey on widows and orphans (Isaiah 10:1-2).
Jeremiah: Warning kings to execute justice, rescue the robbed, and stop mistreating the foreigner, orphan, and widow (Jeremiah 22:3)
Proverbs 14:31: "Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God."
Proverbs 22:16: "Whoever oppresses the poor for increase, and whoever gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty."
Proverbs 22:22-23: Warns not to exploit the poor because the Lord will plead their case and plunder those who plunder them.
And all you have to say is "Not with my tax dollars I have to pay anyway! I have to pay it anyway but I don't want a dime of that money going to the poor!" That's just sad and shameful.
Once again using the actions of terrorists to conduct yourself in the same way terrorists do is not a legitimate excuse nor an attractive one.
What isn't an appropriate response is slaughtering tens of thousands of civilians. None of that is complicated nor controversial unless of course you are intent on trying to make it sound that way.
With Israel having 90 nuclear war heads I can understand their neighbors feeling vulnerable without any.
There are two sides to the coin for anyone willing to flip it over and take a look.
What you have seen from me in this thread have been counterpoints to your arguments. That isn't placing all of the blame on Israel. And once again, if you were Iran what lengths do you feel you would need to go to to in order to protect yourself from a man who not only already has nukes but has been actively trying to gain support for invading your country for more than 30 years?
And I quoted a complete story Jesus directly sent to the people of how they had a choice of insuring the poor were cared for or go to hell. Why do you think I can't pick and choose scriptures to bolster my point while you do the same thing? I didn't pick a verse from here and there. I gave you a complete quotation of a compete message he sent.
You are arguing with the agenda of Jesus, not mine. What part of that message is confusing you?
No, you are using a message to attempt to justify socialism when the evil of socialism is far from Christian. That message Jesus spoke about is how believers need to treat people. No where in those words does Jesus say take from 1 person and give to another. That is what the government does. It says what we need to do not be forced to do by a government. There is a huge difference from a person graciously given vs a government taking from 1 to give to another. Jesus never forced anyone to do anything. Socialism forces some people to give up money and then the government gives that money to someone else. That was never implied in the words spoken by Jesus as you claim.
When you know that Israel is using the very bombs you are sending them to carpet bomb civilian neighborhoods you can't claim to have clean hands. And that's not just a trump thing. Biden is just as, if not more guilty of that than trump. But that's why we are included and certainly not innocent in any of that.
Innocents can understand that Israel could choose to send in troops to target Hamas rather than make so many neighborhoods a waste land. Yes, I understand that would be messy and it would create Israeli casualties. But everyone understands that was a clear choice and wasn't born of necessity.
I have never placed all of the blame on Israel. The attack on that concert which killed hundreds of innocent Israel's and attacks in the surrounding area is unforgivable. It was an act of terrorism. But then I don't see carpet bombing of civilian neighborhoods any differently. When you use the reasoning that someone else committed a terrorist act to then turn around an commit an atrocity that would certainly be considered a terrorist act by a great majority of the rest of the planet you will not find a lot of sympathy.
I have certainly never even so much as hinted that the U.S. is purposefully hitting civilian targets in Iran. But what we both know is that Hezbollah and Hamas are directly connected to Iran and we did supply Israel with the bombs which were used to kill tens of thousand of civilians in Gaza.
And yet again I understand the school which was hit in Iran which killed at least 120 school children wasn't intentional. I get that things happen in war that are unintended. But at the same time updating your intel for the first time in over a decade before you strike a target could have easily avoided that. The Defense Intelligence Agency said that info hadn't been updated in over a decade.
However I'm pretty certain that the parents of these children don't care if t was an accident or not. Not the parents, relatives, neighbors or most Iranians in general. And yes, I'm fully aware of what their own government has done to many of their own civilians. That really doesn't change anything.
I actually don't think we're that far apart here. We both in no way want Iran to have a nuclear weapon. We both think trump is making a huge mess in the manner of which he is trying to address that. From that point on we see things drastically different.
Sending troops into booby trapped urban environments and tunnels beneath them isn't something an outnumbered force can afford to do. Unfortunately, Israel is stuck in a decades long war of attrition with multiple groups of terrorists/"proxies" and a much larger Iran who want to wipe them out. Hamas doesn't hesitate to use explosive ordnance around civilians in Gaza. Expecting the Israelis to fight with both hands tied behind their back while Hamas ignores the rules of war is not strategically viable. If you haven't placed all the blame on Israel, it's the only side you had focused commenting on in your recent posts.
I'm not denying the whole situation is messed up. But effectively sending troops into shooting galleries against fortified opponents who will use indiscriminate ordnance isn't really the viable option you seem to be trying to make it out to be. Israel is damned if they do, and damned if they don't. I don't like their solution, but I can understand it. When faced with nothing but bad options, picking the one that leaves the fewest of their people dead was the way they went. They tried to get the civilians to evacuate, but many (also understandably) chose not to. Only one side is adamant about there not being a diplomatic solution, and that's not the Israelis. Only one side is using civilians as human shields.
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Hamas member, Ghazi Hamad [Former Deputy Minister of Social Development in Gaza] on October 24, 2023: “Israel is a country that has no place on our land […] because it constitutes a security, military, and political catastrophe to the Arab and Islamic nation.” (October 24, 2023, LBC TV (Lebanon)). He also vowed to repeat the October 7 attacks “time and again until Israel is annihilated,” and expressing a desire to “sacrifice martyrs” (referring to Gazan civilians) for Hamas’ ideological aim of destroying Israel.
With unaccounted for HEU, I can understand Israel not wanting to take chances with radical extremists like this effectively inside their borders.
Throw in things like this:
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Israel will not exist in another quarter century, Iran’s supreme leader, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said during a speech this week in Tehran, state-run media report.
And I quoted a complete story Jesus directly sent to the people of how they had a choice of insuring the poor were cared for or go to hell. Why do you think I can't pick and choose scriptures to bolster my point while you do the same thing? I didn't pick a verse from here and there. I gave you a complete quotation of a compete message he sent.
You are arguing with the agenda of Jesus, not mine. What part of that message is confusing you?
When you know that Israel is using the very bombs you are sending them to carpet bomb civilian neighborhoods you can't claim to have clean hands. And that's not just a trump thing. Biden is just as, if not more guilty of that than trump. But that's why we are included and certainly not innocent in any of that.
Innocents can understand that Israel could choose to send in troops to target Hamas rather than make so many neighborhoods a waste land. Yes, I understand that would be messy and it would create Israeli casualties. But everyone understands that was a clear choice and wasn't born of necessity.
I have never placed all of the blame on Israel. The attack on that concert which killed hundreds of innocent Israel's and attacks in the surrounding area is unforgivable. It was an act of terrorism. But then I don't see carpet bombing of civilian neighborhoods any differently. When you use the reasoning that someone else committed a terrorist act to then turn around an commit an atrocity that would certainly be considered a terrorist act by a great majority of the rest of the planet you will not find a lot of sympathy.
I have certainly never even so much as hinted that the U.S. is purposefully hitting civilian targets in Iran. But what we both know is that Hezbollah and Hamas are directly connected to Iran and we did supply Israel with the bombs which were used to kill tens of thousand of civilians in Gaza.
And yet again I understand the school which was hit in Iran which killed at least 120 school children wasn't intentional. I get that things happen in war that are unintended. But at the same time updating your intel for the first time in over a decade before you strike a target could have easily avoided that. The Defense Intelligence Agency said that info hadn't been updated in over a decade.
However I'm pretty certain that the parents of these children don't care if t was an accident or not. Not the parents, relatives, neighbors or most Iranians in general. And yes, I'm fully aware of what their own government has done to many of their own civilians. That really doesn't change anything.
I actually don't think we're that far apart here. We both in no way want Iran to have a nuclear weapon. We both think trump is making a huge mess in the manner of which he is trying to address that. From that point on we see things drastically different.
It seems as though it's more of a fairy tale to you than it is to me. And yes, if you slaughter someone's family, they think a lot about revenge of those who did that.
And no, having some "terrorists" among an entire civilian neighborhood of thousands is no excuse to slaughter the thousands along with them.
Here is the difference. I simply asked you to look objectively at both sides which it appears you can not do. I didn't say to only look at one side which as you do that very thing, you accuse me of.
Claiming that bombing and killing tens of thousands of innocent civilians isn't creating more enemies is what naivety and propaganda looks like.
I wish we lived in a better world too. I just don't use that as an excuse to justify purposefully committing genocide when it comes to women, children and the elderly. And I certainly don't buy into the "They made me do it" BS. Nobody said "Do nothing about the terrorists." It's a long walk from doing nothing to slaughtering civilians.
No, it's more of a nightmare to me, but it is what it is. When it comes to revenge, Some do, Some don't. I don't think we're targeting civilians. You keep trying to lump what I think we should do, with what you feel about what Israel has done. Those aren't the same thing.
I think you are too focused on one side of a separate issue. If Hamas wasn't using civilian areas to store weapons and other hostile apparatus, there'd be no reason for Israel to strike. The Israelis try to warn civilians out of areas about to be hit. Unfortunately, there is no good solution for dealing with terrorists. Striking from civilian areas can't grant immunity. Otherwise, they'll just keep using them which is against international law. Yes, Hamas' human shield tactic is awful. I think your apparent placing all the blame on the Israeli side is not objective.
I never said killing civilians didn't create any enemies. I said the narrative of the numbers was overly one sided. "Innocents" can understand that the terrorists share some responsibility for their predicament. Many people aren't going to join the group that created the conditions that ended up with their families getting killed.
Yes, doing nothing and slaughtering civilians are very different things, Captain Obvious. Precision strikes in Iran are also "a long walk" from carpet bombing in Gaza. Unfortunately, there is no strike precise enough to target only terrorists using civilians as human shields. Fortunately, we don't have terrorists launching drones and shooting rockets at our cities while "hiding" amongst civilians.... so far.
He was speaking to self proclaimed Christians and showing them in order to attain eternal life you had a duty to make sure the people with less than yourself were cared for. He said nothing about what method was to be used in order to accomplish that one way or the other.
Yes, me wanting to insure that those with less than myself are cared for is such a sick agenda. Oddly enough that's the same "sick" message and agenda Jesus taught.
Think again. I quoted New Testament verses that said if you don't work you don't eat. And if you don't take care of your family your worse than infidel. The translation of infidel is someone that says there is no God. That person is choosing internal punishment and someone that does not provide for their family is worse than that. You cannot pick and choose scriptures that fit your agenda. They are all teachings and work together.
He was speaking to self proclaimed Christians and showing them in order to attain eternal life you had a duty to make sure the people with less than yourself were cared for. He said nothing about what method was to be used in order to accomplish that one way or the other.
Yes, me wanting to insure that those with less than myself are cared for is such a sick agenda. Oddly enough that's the same "sick" message and agenda Jesus taught.
Nowhere does it say or limit what method of how these people should be cared for either way. And it's a message to the people. It's a warning that if you do not follow this message you will face eternal punishment. You can do your best to slice it and dice it any way you wish. The message and words are plain and clear.
Have fun explaining, "I didn't want them to be fed because the government was running the program. And I believed that where and how that food got to them meant more than making sure they were actually fed. I mean after all you didn't specify that part."
Wait and see how that one works out for you. And good luck with that.
Who was he speaking to? There is context to every Word written. It was not to a government. But you have proven over and over to only listen and spew out what you think fits inside your sick agendas anyway.
Nowhere does it say or limit what method of how these people should be cared for either way. And it's a message to the people. It's a warning that if you do not follow this message you will face eternal punishment. You can do your best to slice it and dice it any way you wish. The message and words are plain and clear.
Have fun explaining, "I didn't want them to be fed because the government was running the program. And I believed that where and how that food got to them meant more than making sure they were actually fed. I mean after all you didn't specify that part."
Wait and see how that one works out for you. And good luck with that.
Under the current situation and given all the facts.
IMO the Browns pass. He could be a good quarterback. Clearly his tape shows a guy with a good tool set.
However, he also has been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder.
No doubt that he has to be viewed as having a red flag attached. The supplemental draft is in July.
There is no way he is given a clean bill of health. Down the road with the proper professionals and family support. He may overcome his disorder. But, there is no way to know that in this time frame.
If he could have gone back to college in a year he may have made the strides to take the risk.
You seem to forget that the New Testament came after the Old Testament.......................
Matthew 25:31-46
The Sheep and the Goats
31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
It does not say set up a government to take from some to give to others. It is instruction to his church how they are to meet needs. Not instructions for a government to rob some to give to others. There are no Biblical principles in socialism. None. To try to use scripture to drive an agenda is wrong. You post this all of the time. Again, it is instructions for believers how to live.
You seem to forget that the New Testament came after the Old Testament.......................
Matthew 25:31-46
The Sheep and the Goats
31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
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Did AI use the lucky 7's because I mentioned the 7th round ?!?! (guessing not)
