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And here open the goatse of heaven

I think it's fair to blame Vec for this one.

first past the post system

So we fix that, ne? If the big boys did manage to tear themselves into pieces, we'd probably see a hell of a lot more support for a more proportional style or somethin'.

Mm... no, when I read over the thing (There's a full text of it available on one of th'gov's sites, iirc), there weren't exceptions mentioned for anyone. Everyone gets tracked by the ISP. Supposedly the only ones that can request the information is government agencies, but...

Ha. Ahahaha. Yeah.

Look at the comments section....

Why would you say that True? Why? I didn't need to start my day off with a rolling circlejerk of poe's law.

This one was particularly hilarious/frakked up

Why does every argument descend into left/right food fight?  Can’t there be some facts that all can agree on?

What are the facts of this matter -- the fact is that this women is a Zionist Jew

There's some kind of logical fallacy there I've forgotten the name of, I think. Take an obvious premise and then going to something completely off the wall. There's a name for that, iirc.

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As for the first link, I love how blatantly deceptive that was. Completely misrepresenting what's actually happening; namely that the federal government is refusing to fund (in this case allowing ACA regulated insurance, I guess) organizations (of the sort in question) that refuse to provide contraception (and abortion, though that's a different case). There's no regulation or law that's preventing these anti-contraception groups from not providing contraception and still providing health care, they just can't do it and expect federal funding.

Which is kinda' the point; the gov's not supposed to be pissing money into the wind when it can avoid it (nevermind the reality). Contraception and abortion access have been full-stop proven to improve the general health situation of the areas it's provided. It'd be pretty damn stupid to continue funding organizations that try to push through practices that are (trivially easy to be) proven ineffective.

... $200 dollar fine for the people who apparently can't afford to pay fair? What?

... so, if you want to reserve your call sign, make three dummy accounts and refer yourself? Sounds like a plan~

My Dad checked himself into rehab this morning.  It's only way he'll be able to see his daughter and probably stop drinking.  He even told me he can't fall asleep unless he's drunk.  ;_;

That... isn't that great news?

Best of wishes to you, yeah. With any luck (and a great deal of effort on your father's part) he'll be able to kick the addiction and keep it kicked.