Dammit man, I'm a Blogger, not a Socialite!

The Blitz here manages to qualify as Britain's Darkest Hour, thus triggering the return of Arthur from the Realm Avalon.

He does not speak a lick of modern English. He speaks an unholy mishmash of Brittonic and Late Classical Latin.

(Honestly I can see the latter becoming a plot point if they manage to get their hands on a Roman Catholic priest to act as a translator. It wouldn't be a perfect arrangement, but probably better than anything else.)

Truthfully he probably gets mistaken for a madman.

Somehow manages to steal a Spitfire out from under the RAF's nose, proceeds to use it to bring down like half an enemy squadron on his own, then lands in a field in the middle of nowhere.

has the "ship grace with everyone ever" blunt rotation hit the eel hive mind yet

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I agree that abortion and miscarriage are not the same thing. Miscarriage is an unintended pregnancy loss while an abortion is an intentional decision to end a pregnancy. The important distinction is to whether abortion automatically makes it morally or legally wrong.

Many things involve intentionally ending a bio life but we don't treat all of them as murder. The key issue is whether a fetus has the same moral and legal status as a born person, and whether that status outweighs the person's right to control their own body.

A pregnant person is being asked to devote their body, health, and future to sustain another life. So saying abortion kills is not really an argument by itself, it's just a description of one aspect of abortion.

If that's your position, then the burden is on you to explain why. You're the one arguing that the location of a human being determines whether they have rights or are worthy of legal protection. I don't believe a person's value depends on where they are, how developed they are, how dependent they are, or any other characteristic. I believe every human being possesses intrinsic worth simply by virtue of being human. If you think there are additional qualifications a human being must meet before they deserve protection, then it's up to you to explain what those qualifications are and why they matter.

The pregnant woman is being asked not to kill her child. Parents have a legal and moral duty to provide for and sustain the lives of their children after birth, and society rightly treats the neglect of that duty as a crime. But for some reason there is a debate about whether this duty exists before the child passes through the birth canal. No one is asking a woman to become pregnant. But once she is carrying a child, I don't think it's unreasonable to expect her not to kill that child.

If you acknowledge that abortion intentionally kills an innocent human being, then asking why the government should "force someone to remain pregnant" misses the point. The real question is whether the government has a duty to protect the inalienable rights of all human beings, among which is the right to life. The Declaration of Independence states securing those rights is the fundamental purpose of government. Whether governments always fulfill that responsibility is a separate issue.

If you believe the government should "force" us not to murder each other after birth, then you already accept that the government has a legitimate role in protecting the right to life. The only reason to suspend that principle for the unborn is if you believe unborn human beings are not entitled to the same protection and that would require justification on your part.

If you are in this country and took the job, which I hope you didn't, now is definitely the time to look into a pro-bono labour rights lawyer. You're definitely eligible for back pay of any tips withheld and probably more. If you're in any progressive state there's a good chance your rights go beyond this. Regardless, federal regulations:

On a personal note I am seeing red over the situation. Fuck them for the audacity to pull this shit. Fuck them for being manipulative, abusive bosses.

basic pronunciation followed by egyptological transcription in parentheses and translation in quotation marks.

frame 1: inek inpu (i̓nk i̓npw), “I am Anubis”

frame 2, poison: em wenem (m wnm), “do not eat”

frame 3, smoke detector: pa-yee pu em khenem khety (pꜣy pw m ḫnm ḥty), “this is for smelling smoke”

frame 4: ah-sh pa-yee tchen yot khena ta-yee tchen mawt (ꜥš pꜣy.ṯn i̓t ḥnꜥ tꜣy.ṯn mwt), “call your father and your mother”

frame 5: ankh wedja seneb (ꜥnḫ wḏꜣ snb), “live, prosper, and be healthy” ← like egyptian “farewell”

To The Person Who Was Sitting Near Me On The Train - Jordan Bolton

Camera rotates to reveal bat has been hanging upside down above a human doing the exact same visual gag and each ruined the other's bit.