Onto a secondary topic, it includes the "media frenzy" and the contract clauses that force players, coaches, and others to appear before the media... Plus the media in general, when it comes to the Superbowl (but, this has to do with our country; or at the least certain segments and populations of our country). But, really it's about the general stupidity and levels we have turned this ONE event into!

Only a few interviews are worth looking at typically and they tend to be AFTER a game, not before it (as that amounts to "what ifs", "probably might", "we sure can try", and "if I win, I'll go to 'insert Measleland or another place here' with my wife/kid/family/parrot"). I absolutely hate the fourteen hour pre-game show that the NFL and the channel hosting this *thing* that apparently people watch, that is quite like a: "super-fabulous-orgasmic-serotonin ovulating-dopamine excreting-heroine junkie nerve conduction transfer-fourteen people high at a rave experimenting in an orgy with all the holes and toys available"... OK, so maybe that is a bit too far, but still...! It really is the most "grandiose" setups for a game, that doesn't need such a grandiose setup.

The should just make it a damned national holiday already--everyone already stays home or is basically forced to, since one half of their family is probably glued to the TV for quite awhile.. Although I know we always "had" these interviews on the TV, but we never really listened to them, because they bring out 40 people who essentially ALL say the same thing (the only difference is if it is a different team and or if they are extremely religious--they will then tell you how their team will win, "...no matter what...", and then if they are religious proceed to randomly give you the, "God is on our side...", mantra...which always made me laugh--literally, out-loud).

Then they cut back to the ex-coach's and arm-chair quarterbacks who have been given a one day opportunity to tell the world what they think, and how he game will go (and it never does).

Needless to say, I HATE, with a passion, the "pre-game show" (which didn't exist in it's ridiculous form for a VERY longtime until the late 80's and early 90's). I'd rather them move all of their prime-time TV shows that will not be shown that night, due to the game, to that period of the day and let us watch that instead before the game (then they can give us a modest 45-30 minute pre-game; not this 5-hour marathon of ads and marketing, with a bunch of talking faces trying as hard as they can to make a name for themselves in that time-span).

Only people like "Beast Mode" can save that time allotment and make it worthwhile (if you think it is "entertaining", you REALLY need to stay away a bit from Football, and I'm saying that as a concerned friend...)--because right now, although a lot of people flip their TV over to the channel with it on...it is a massive waste of money and time--that somehow generates massive amounts of money (talk about "very careful" and "orchestrated" money setups and schemes; but luckily they have idiotic companies paying them gigantic sums of money for their commercials to air...even before the game comes on...). And, I wish people wouldn't just flip over to it, to have it on in the background (as most of the time I've noticed, whether it's a game at my house, someone else's OR an actual Superbowl party--no one watches that crap, it just sits on that channel...making them "think" they are getting ratings, but they actually aren't. It's kind of like saying that people go to Tailgate parties to park cars and see how neat the cement is...

Wow, it's been so long since I heard this or saw this video. Yes, it still affects me on a physical level. Oh baby. I think I ovulated.

*engineering at least for the antikythera mechanism.

oh, and *femme and *horrorshow for the ovulation footage.

Fetuses = persons means miscarriage = homicide, anybody here supporting that?

The law says not born = not a person, simple criteria, other options for criteria exist, but nobody is really talking about implementing them.

We could go with brain waves, so then we are all legally obliged to be vegans ( I already am, so that's okay with me)

We could go with "sentience", which, as already mentioned humans are not born with.

We could go with chromosome count, in which case folks with downs syndrome don't count.

We could go with conception, thereby resulting in the complete state regulation of all female reproductive systems. Did she ovulate? Did it fertilize? Did it implant? Did she miscarry? These are all facts that the state MUST know in order to protect fetal human life, and the last two are, at least, man-slaughter, so get ready for a massive rise in the female inmate population.

Here's a nice little hypothetical I like to throw out: Let's say I see you in public being and asshole ( don't say not me, we have all done it) and I retaliate by jumping on your back and sucking your blood, which I now use as my only form of sustenance. We are both clearly human, we both clearly have human rights, I am clearly being a parasite, and it has clearly happened as a consequence of something you have done. Do I have the right to parasitize you? Do you have a right to stop me, even if your stopping me causes my death? Do you, in effect, have a right to self defense which over rides my right to enslave you? If so, how can a ball of cells over ride your rights, when an acknowledged person can not?

umm.. a few weeks after pregnancy? Well doctors tell you to wait six weeks due to infection, and there is this:

ovulation was noted to have a mean reoccurrance time of 45 days following childbirth according to a major study. No one ovulated earlier than 25 days.

So while a D-S baby is rare for a 17 yr old, so would getting pregnant so soon, but not unpossible. Of course the easy, Ockham explanation is that you people are falling into Rovian trap and should give it up about who was pregnant when. What the fuck do you care?

They don't talk about coitus-induced ovulation, where ovulation is accelerated by the act of intercourse, increasing the chance of sperm being present when ovulation occurs.

Krupo

From the wikipedia article

"After sex, pregnancy may occur if an egg is released and the sperm and egg meet. But the sperm are available inside the woman for days, so a woman who releases an egg one, two or three days after sex can become pregnant. If, however, she takes emergency contraception after sex but before releasing an egg, the emergency contraception will prevent the egg from being released and thus prevent pregnancy. Since pregnancy can result if emergency contraception is taken after an egg has been released, EC is not 100% effective, and it becomes less effective when there is a delay in administering it.

The emergency contraception pill should not be confused with mifepristone (also called Mifeprex, and formerly known as RU-486), an abortifacient which is taken after implantation has occurred, aborting the pregnancy. The morning-after pill must be taken before implantation, or it will have no effect.

Earlier, it was believed that emergency contraception worked by preventing blastocysts from implanting in the womb. Today, however, current medical science, as reflected in research papers published in respected medical journals, states that emergency contraception works by preventing ovulation. Recent medical studies in animals (the rat and the monkey) did not suggest that emergency contraception prevents implantation; however, this mechanism of action cannot be ruled out in all cases, as it is impossible to prove a negative."

So while there is perhaps a small chance of Plan B preventing implantation most scientists agree that it works by preventing the fertilization of an egg. The woman while strong in her convictions is espousing a view point at odds against current prevailing scientific research.

I really enjoy the chance to talk about abortion, I just think that it's important that talking points do not become the publics main impression on a subject.