War on Women

[Kidlicious]

So you are admitting that these are not the kinds of videos (because they are edited for a purpose) for which laws should be based? If so, then you have conceded my point and we have nothing further to debate (given that I am wholly uninterested in debating your lies or suggestions that I "take an English language class"). Any reasonable person would understand that laws cannot be based on partisan "evidence." That was always my point, and, given that you have conceded it, this concludes our little debate. To paraphrase Lord Nelson, "You have lost little credibility in this debate, for you had little to begin with. But what little you had, you lost."

I certainly didn't agree with you on anything. At least I hope not, as you are a lunatic.

The fact that they were edited means absolutely nothing. You claim that they were taken out of context, which you have no evidence for. In other words, you are just bull****ting. Fortunately I'm not that stupid. However, you seem to be affecting giblets. So maybe you aren't completely wasting your time.

[Elok]

Hey, guys, just a friendly reminder that you're arguing with a man who appears to be some kind of undiagnosed schizoid. While you're unlikely to cause any harm, you're never going to persuade him or get any valuable insights into anything except how fun it is to fight with a lunatic.

[Kidlicious]

I'm sure that people will find that as helpful as the news that some people have yelled at women elok. You and giblets have done good work here. And where is Mobius' thread? I can only assume that no one has yelled at any black people.

[grumbler]

Hey, guys, just a friendly reminder that you're arguing with a man who appears to be some kind of undiagnosed schizoid. While you're unlikely to cause any harm, you're never going to persuade him or get any valuable insights into anything except how fun it is to fight with a lunatic.

I very much doubt that Kid is an undiagnosed schizoid. He appears to be a dimple dupe, that's all. One who can't resist making ad hom arguments, true, but that's not schizoid either.

[Kidlicious]

You both tell the story your own way, because you're both special in your own way.

[Elok]

I very much doubt that Kid is an undiagnosed schizoid. He appears to be a dimple dupe, that's all. One who can't resist making ad hom arguments, true, but that's not schizoid either.

The endless non sequiturs and bizarre accusations don't strike you as a little off? Okay then, you are arguing with a dumb rude person. This is more profitable how?

[Lorizael]

Unsurprisingly, I tend to agree. It's like banging your head against a brick wall... and being outraged when your head doesn't go through.

[loinburger]

I think the solution is to get Giancarlo to start posting again - then we'd have an amusing undiagnosed schizoid rather than having to settle for a boring undiagnosed schizoid. He recently sent me a PM telling me that he wasn't a transsexual, so apparently he googles "Giancarlo is a transsexual" in order to find out who's calling him a transsexual, i.e. we can all get his attention by typing "Giancarlo is a transsexual."

[giblets]

Three Days After Cutting Planned Parenthood's Funding, Texas Raids Clinics

Three days after Texas’ Health & Human Services Commission announced that it would end Medicaid contracts to Planned Parenthood, the Texas Office of Inspector General, a division of the Commission, raided PP clinics across the state.

The agents came seeking documents, including patient records, clinical notes and billing records, the Associated Press reports. In addition to the documents, PP was served subpoenas on four of its clinics, giving them 24 hours to turn over thousands of pages of documents dating back to 2010. The Austin Statesman reports that the agency is likely looking for evidence of misspent Medicaid money.

Ever since the Center for Medical Progress released heavily-edited videos purporting to show PP staff engaged in the illegal sale of fetal tissue, Texas governor Greg Abbott has been on a mission to close clinics. After the state announced that they would defund the organization (a decision that Anna pointed out wasn’t really theirs to make), Abbott released the following statement:

“The gruesome harvesting of baby body parts by Planned Parenthood will not be allowed in Texas and the barbaric practice must be brought to an end. As such, ending the Medicaid participation of Planned Parenthood affiliates in the State of Texas is another step in providing greater access to safe healthcare for women while protecting our most vulnerable – the unborn.”

Since other states and a House Oversight Committee haven’t found PP in violation of a single law, misspent Medicaid money is a novel approach to forcing the organization to close their doors. It’s really the only card Abbott has since Texas doesn’t actually fund PP, rather it distributes federal Medicaid money to the clinics for services performed. Worth noting, yet again, that Medicaid doesn’t cover abortion.

In a press conference Ken Lambrecht, the chief executive of Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas, called the raids a “politically motivated...fishing expedition.”

The crusade against women's health care continues

[Lorizael]

I think the solution is to get Giancarlo to start posting again - then we'd have an amusing undiagnosed schizoid rather than having to settle for a boring undiagnosed schizoid. He recently sent me a PM telling me that he wasn't a transsexual, so apparently he googles "Giancarlo is a transsexual" in order to find out who's calling him a transsexual, i.e. we can all get his attention by typing "Giancarlo is a transsexual."

It warms my heart to know that Giancarlo still (a) lurks Poly and (b) gets easily agitated by unfounded claims about him.

[Kidlicious]

The endless non sequiturs and bizarre accusations don't strike you as a little off? Okay then, you are arguing with a dumb rude person. This is more profitable how?

When dealing with people who say edited videos are taken out of context without seeing the unedited version, and people who say there's a war on women because people are yelling at them there in no sense in making logical arguments. Those people are obviously unimpressed by such arguments. No one here bothers with such nonsense.

But what about you? You say people who use non sequiturs are insane or bad. You really fall into this group, because it's neither one of those. Your belief is quite unreasonable, not unlike grumblers belief that a video is taken out of context even though he has not seen the context. You both might as well believe in Santa Claus or that the lunar landings are fake.

[Thoth]

It warms my heart to know that Giancarlo still (a) lurks Poly and (b) gets easily agitated by unfounded claims about him.

*her

[grumbler]

The endless non sequiturs and bizarre accusations don't strike you as a little off? Okay then, you are arguing with a dumb rude person. This is more profitable how?

Hmmm. You got me.

[Kidlicious]

elok is too stupid to understand the problem with making claims about a video that you haven't seen. And you're too stupid to understand that that's not getting people.

[loinburger]

Based on the level of ignorance you've displayed on apolyton in general and in this thread in particular, I doubt that I'm alone in assuming that you haven't watched either the edited or the unedited versions of the video that you're so upset about.