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#1096270
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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CatBus said:

darth_ender said:

Fair enough, but I do want to be clear, I favor the morning-after pill, as it prevents conception instead killing a fertilized ovum.

I am not 100% sure on this, but I think the morning-after pill prevents implantation, not conception. There’s this brief period where there’s a free-floating fertilized egg, but there’s no pregnancy because it hasn’t implanted anywhere. The morning-after pill prevents implantation, so the pregnancy never starts (thus it’s not abortion because you can’t abort a pregnancy that doesn’t exist)… BUT the egg is fertilized, and it’s lost because it can’t implant. So if fertilization is your point of no return, I think this means this is out.

The morning after pill prevents ovulation, so it only works if the woman hasn’t ovulated yet. It just delays it long enough for the sperm to die off.

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#1096247
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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TV’s Frink said:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/evangelical-adviser-trump-nuke-north-korea_us_598a62b3e4b0449ed5066531

Robert Jeffress, head of the First Baptist Dallas megachurch, told CBN on Tuesday that a biblical passage in Romans allows rulers to use “whatever means necessary ― including war ― to stop evil.”

He said:

“In the case of North Korea, God has given Trump authority to take out Kim Jong Un. I’m heartened to see that our president ― contrary to what we’ve seen with past administrations who have taken, at best, a sheepish stance toward dictators and oppressors ― will not tolerate any threat against the American people.”

Jeffress also said:

“When @POTUS draws a red line, he will not erase, move, or back away from it. Thank God for pres. who is serious ab. protecting our country.”

Ok then.

Sure, a letter written to Romans about not openly rebelling against the Roman Empire is actually about America being World Police.

This guy also said Obama was “paving the way for the antichrist”, so he’s out there.

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#1095625
Topic
Star Wars "Official" Canon Content Thread
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suspiciouscoffee said:

doubleofive said:

People seem to think Mara Jade has some kind of secret following among the common folk that won’t require any kind of explanation about who she is, just adding her will make an instant hit. Meanwhile in the Doctor Who thread, people were telling stories about educating people who Spock is, who actually has a cultural impact.

I’m fully aware most people have no idea who she is, but adding her in wouldn’t require that much explanation, especially if she’s missing/dead by the ST days and it doesn’t matter who she is.

“Mara Jade is your mother!”

“Who?”

“You know, Emperor’s Hand, she helped do Palpatine’s dirty work.”

“An Inquisitor?”

“No…”

“A Dark Jedi?”

“Not quite.”

“Well, how’d she get together with you?”

“After she tried to kill me for years and turned out OK and I gave her this lightsaber, I feel in love with a computer–”

“I thought Jedi weren’t allowed to love.”

“Look, kid, who’s the teacher here?”

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#1094972
Topic
Doctor Who
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Maybe Eccleston didn’t believe the reboot of Doctor Who was actually going to work. Think about how little Patrick Stewart was prepared for Star Trek: The Next Generation for the first couple years. It’s just a TV show to some, most eventually grow to love the role, but some just don’t.

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#1094419
Topic
4K restoration on Star Wars
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Tantive3+1 said:

What if in the future the SW fan community does succeed in convincing Disney to release the OUT in 4K but then 10-15 years later when 8k(4320p) is released Disney, for whatever reason, chooses not to budge on releasing it like they are now. What then?

Since you’ll have to be 5 inches from a screen the size of Rhode Island to see the pixels for 8k, I don’t think it’ll be much of a consumer thing.

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#1094228
Topic
STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 <strong>REVISITED</strong> ADYWAN *<em>1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION</em>
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Editroid said:

doubleofive said:

Editroid said:

adywan said:

Editroid said:

Even though he said a while ago that he wouldn’t kill Lando off in ROTJ:R, I still feel worried if he changed his mind.

I’ve already killed him off in ESB:R

You’re hilarious. 😄

HE CAN GET A JOKE!

Pardon me for being oblivious to the joke this whole time, but I have Asperger’s, and it’s hard for me to read social cues sometimes, especially if it’s all in text.

I understand that, but I personally have explained that it’s a joke many times before, but you still brought it up over multiple means of communication. I’m glad you finally believe me.