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Damned if you do and damned if you don’t. Fuck everybody.
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How much taxpayer dollars does it take to change the lights to blue anyway?
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^We’d probably have to file a FOIA request for that. 😉
I think the article Frink linked to is really not a good example of the autism support community. Science has come quite a long way since the 50’s and they are finding that though not every person will see an automatic reversal of their symptoms, if the processes of the body are so out of whack, that realigning them with new therapies and discoveries has done wonders that weren’t previously seen.
I am also aware that gene study has revealed an awful lot of info to help create new treatments and support. I don’t think they mean “cure” as in like getting a shot for clap and you’re good. I have a niece that suffers from Asperger’s which is on the autimsm spectrum and she has gone through quite a ride but she is fairing far better than she used to in big part to these new realizations science has had in regards to treatment.
And, just to get this out of the way now, Fuck You Jetrell.
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Well, autism isn’t something that you can “cure” in somebody. Now, if it were focused on determining specific causes and means of prevention, that would be different.
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Could Bill O’Reilly finally be in trouble at Fox News?
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4 part series on our Liar-In-Chief from the LA Times.
http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-ed-our-dishonest-president/
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Donna Brazile, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Hillary Clinton … against rules provided town-hall questions to candidate before appearance, cheated fellow candidate out of running for President, transmitted classified email over an unsecured private email server, used multiple devices to conduct classified state business.
The L.A. Times article posted above forgets why we’re at this point in time in the first place.
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4 part series on our Liar-In-Chief from the LA Times.
http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-ed-our-dishonest-president/
“Nothing prepared us for the magnitude of this train wreck” will probably go down with “Nobody anticipated the breach of the levees” and “Nobody knew healthcare could be so complicated” as far as delusional statements go.
Meanwhile, I’m predicting McConnell will go nuclear the second the filibuster gets in his way. Which is fine–the filibuster was a meaningless fig leaf anyway if that’s how he was going to treat it.
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How much taxpayer dollars does it take to change the lights to blue anyway?
Reminded me of this classic Red Dwarf scene…
Fuck off, Trump.
http://autisticadvocacy.org/2017/04/asan-condemns-white-house-autism-proclamation/
I don’t think it’s wise for the media in general to go after trump for things like this and make a big fuss. I imagine it went no further with him than “A charity is asking us to do something with lights, sure why not?”. He was probably just trying to do something nice, or more likely, something that he thought would make him appear to be nice. Of course a well functioning WH should be carefully vetting what charities it chooses to endorse (odd considering how amazing Trump is at vetting I know) but concentrating on small mistakes like this just feeds that “You see! The main stream media is out to get me what ever I do!” narrative that he loves. It’s deflecting from the big mistakes he doesn’t want talked about. e.g. He hasn’t released his tax-returns yet, so stop moving onto other subjects, stick with that one until you get some answers people.
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ASAN is not the media.
Also, I have the exact same reaction to Autism Speaks. It’s not tactical or political, it’s personal.
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Human rights advocates in both Cairo and Washington are bracing themselves for an ugly scene Monday: the love-in at the White House between President Trump and Abdel Fatah al-Sissi, the most repressive dictator in Egypt’s modern history.
The Obama administration did not allow Sissi to set foot in Washington after he staged a bloody coup against a democratically elected government in 2013. His regime is holding, according to Egyptian and U.S. monitors, between 40,000 and 60,000 political prisoners, including thousands of secular liberal democrats. His security forces were responsible for 1,400 extrajudicial killings in 2016 alone, and 912 disappearances between August 2015 and August 2016, according to Moataz El Fegiery of Front Line Defenders. Eighty-five civil society activists have been banned from leaving the country and dozens of journalists are being held without trial, according to Bahey el-din Hassan of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies.
None of it matters to Trump, who has called Sissi “a fantastic guy” because of his supposed support for the war against the Islamic State — never mind that Egypt has been losing the battle against the jihadists in its own Sinai Peninsula.
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Just got this from my Senator:
Dear friend,
I’ve always believed protecting the personal data of everyday consumers was something all Democrats and Republicans could agree on. It turns out I was wrong.
Just last year, the Federal Communications Commission took the historic step of creating a set of rules for internet service companies that said simply: Consumers should have a choice about whether to let their broadband provider share their sensitive personal information. Common sense, right?
But last week, Republicans in both the House and Senate pushed through a resolution to roll back basic consumer online privacy rights – allowing any internet service provider (ISP) to track, store, share, or sell our personal data – without our knowledge.
Think about it. Financial and health information…passwords…browsing history…even social security numbers. Anything we watch, write, or enter online or on our cell phones – all of it could be monitored, stored, and sold to the highest bidder.
All they need now is President Trump’s signature.
That’s why Senator Booker and I have sent a letter calling on the President to stand up for consumers and veto this resolution, and that’s why so many consumers are sharing their concerns with the White House.
I’ll continue to do everything I can to protect the personal information of consumers – it’s worth the fight.
Thanks for all you do to make New Jersey a great place to live, work, play, and raise a family.
Sincerely,
(here he posted a pic of his signature)
I don’t know about you, but I don’t want my personal info to be shared without my permission.
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Damned if you do and damned if you don’t. Fuck everybody.
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Well, autism isn’t something that you can “cure” in somebody. Now, if it were focused on determining specific causes and means of prevention, that would be different.
How do you know we won’t be able to cure in the future(maybe a couple hundred years from now)?
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It’s a great example of how the Republican Party does not believe in Americans’ constitutional right to privacy. I’m sure the so-called strict constitutionalist conservatives like Ben Shapiro have already BSed a justification for this.
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Damned if you do and damned if you don’t. Fuck everybody.
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Well, autism isn’t something that you can “cure” in somebody. Now, if it were focused on determining specific causes and means of prevention, that would be different.
How do you know we won’t be able to cure in the future(maybe a couple hundred years from now)?
Maybe we could prevent people from being born with it, but it isn’t a disease that can be “cured” like the flu. It’s a condition affects the development and functioning of the brain and types of physical and social development too. It’s beyond even making a crippled person walk again or giving a blind person sight.
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Damned if you do and damned if you don’t. Fuck everybody.
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Well, autism isn’t something that you can “cure” in somebody. Now, if it were focused on determining specific causes and means of prevention, that would be different.
How do you know we won’t be able to cure in the future(maybe a couple hundred years from now)?
Maybe we could prevent people from being born with it, but it isn’t a disease that can be “cured” like the flu. It’s a condition affects the development and functioning of the brain and types of physical and social development too. It’s beyond even making a crippled person walk again or giving a blind person sight.
You never know what medical developments will come in the next 200 years. But I agree it would have to be cured before the brain develops too much.
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How much taxpayer dollars does it take to change the lights to blue anyway?
Has the White House ever had the lights changed to pink for Breast Cancer?
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It’s a great example of how the Republican Party does not believe in Americans’ constitutional right to privacy. I’m sure the so-called strict constitutionalist conservatives like Ben Shapiro have already BSed a justification for this.
Did you mean this or were you being sarcastic?
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It turned rainbow. I don’t like the whole, “I did something with a specific color so that means I’m contributing!” mindset anyway.
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It’s a great example of how the Republican Party does not believe in Americans’ constitutional right to privacy. I’m sure the so-called strict constitutionalist conservatives like Ben Shapiro have already BSed a justification for this.
Did you mean this or were you being sarcastic?
Of course it isn’t sarcastic.
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It’s a great example of how the Republican Party does not believe in Americans’ constitutional right to privacy. I’m sure the so-called strict constitutionalist conservatives like Ben Shapiro have already BSed a justification for this.
Did you mean this or were you being sarcastic?
Of course it isn’t sarcastic.
Sorry. I’m bad at detecting whether something is sarcasm or not.
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It’s a great example of how the Republican Party does not believe in Americans’ constitutional right to privacy. I’m sure the so-called strict constitutionalist conservatives like Ben Shapiro have already BSed a justification for this.
Did you mean this or were you being sarcastic?
Of course it isn’t sarcastic.
Sorry. I’m bad at detecting whether something is sarcasm or not.
Generally speaking people don’t make sarcastic statements that are completely reasonable responses to a comment without even a subtle tongue-in-cheek angle to it. I’m not saying I’ve never done it before, I probably have, but as a rule that’s generally the case.
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It turned rainbow.
When did it do that, when the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage?
I don’t like the whole, “I did something with a specific color so that means I’m contributing!” mindset anyway.
It seems to be the “in” thing to do though.
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It’s a great example of how the Republican Party does not believe in Americans’ constitutional right to privacy. I’m sure the so-called strict constitutionalist conservatives like Ben Shapiro have already BSed a justification for this.
Did you mean this or were you being sarcastic?
Of course it isn’t sarcastic.
Sorry. I’m bad at detecting whether something is sarcasm or not.
Generally speaking people don’t make sarcastic statements that are completely reasonable responses to a comment without even a subtle tongue-in-cheek angle to it. I’m not saying I’ve never done it before, I probably have, but as a rule that’s generally the case.
There can be disagreements on what is and what is not completely reasonable, especially when talking politics.
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How much taxpayer dollars does it take to change the lights to blue anyway?
Has the White House ever had the lights changed to pink for Breast Cancer?
Good question! I just think actually doing something more concrete like passing legislation to fund more research is a tad more meaningful.
JEDIT: I guess moviefreakedmind answered that question.
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