Thanks for the clarification. As I said in my response, and as your article pointed out, "conception" is not a scientific term, it is a philosophical and social idea that people have about when human life begins.

And the point I was making wasn't about a "unique" DNA profile but just DNA in general. The point was made, for some reason I cannot fathom, that "the dead have their own DNA", which led to my point, which is that there is human DNA ALSO present not only at the time of conception (whenever you think that is) but BEFORE that time - in both the sperm and the egg....therefore making the discussion about whether what is inside the mother when the sperm and egg combine their two DNA's to form a single cell that immediately begins to grow is a "blob of cells" or the actual beginning of a human person's life. The DNA argument that it is present both before the beginning of life as well as after the end of life makes that argument very weak that it is just a blob of cells.

"When life begins" will become clearer as technology advances.

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Sometimes the direct t***h is the only way to get something across to someone.

The problem is, to lefties like pegw, the t***h doesn't matter...as long as they get their digs against Trump in they just blurt out wh**ever lies pop into their tiny little brains.

This is what you do when you quote Trump out of context like you did:

"Taking something out of context, whether done consciously or not, is designed to distort t***h and instead present a bastardised version of it. This can be done by omitting certain details from what was originally expressed, or replacing certain details with others, or even by surrounding what was originally expressed with information which results in a distortion of the original meaning......when we take things out of context often the majority of what is expressed is actually true, apart from a few ‘minor’ details. And this is why it is far more cunning, deceptive, manipulative and in fact abusive to take things out of context. For it is much more difficult for the listener to recognise that what is being expressed is actually not true, because in many cases it is very close to what the t***h is or represents– but due to the distortion it now contains no t***h whatsoever. Hence it is a far more sophisticated version of lying." ~ Brendan Mooney, Psychologist

https://www.brendanmooney.net/why-taking-things-out-of-context-is-worse-than-outright-lies--brendan-mooney-psychologist.html

Biden is so "tired" all the time he puts a lid on his day at noon. He needs his ice cream and his nap.

And his "stuttering"??? You haven't watched him speak at one of his many rallies, have you? 😀

Just wait until Biden has unlimited powers over you....you will be singing a very different tune when you can't even buy a loaf of bread without permission...

The C****-** shutdown: A timeline of how the p******c changed the US economy

Although the U.S. has passed the two-year mark since the arrival of C****-**, the country is still working to recover from the economic toll of the p******c.

In March 2020, the U.S. shut down its economy, shuttering businesses and telling all nonessential workers to stay at home in an attempt to slow the spread of C****-**.

The sudden shutdown took a drastic toll on the U.S., as businesses shed millions of jobs in an attempt to stay afloat and two p**********l administrations had to use executive orders and pass massive spending bills to try to stave off economic collapse.

Since the initial onslaught of measures that crippled the economy, the U.S. has slowly been working to restore the pre-p******c economy, but as businesses have come back and the public has moved toward living with the v***s, inflation has skyrocketed and presented new threats.

Here is a timeline of how the C****-** ravaged the U.S. economy and where it is now.

The economy before C****-** hit

Although there were grumblings of a new serious illness about to make waves around the world, the U.S. was operating normally in January 2020, and the economy under President Trump was relatively strong.

Unemployment was at 3.5 percent, with 5.8 million citizens searching for work, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

American businesses were doing well and the economy showed signs of growth with rising incomes.

In January 2020, consumer spending increased by 0.2 percent as incomes went up 0.6 percent.

March 2020 — The p******c hits

As c****av***s cases started to creep into the United States, President Trump signed the first C****-** package, the C****av***s Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act.

The measure doled out $2.5 billion in aid to local governments and international communities and offered funds to assist research for a v*****e.

But cases spread rapidly. And as sports leagues declared shutdowns in mid-March, the U.S. economy did the same. Restaurants, entertainment venues and retail stores were among the thousands of places to shut their doors to try and slow C****-**’s spread.

The unemployment rate spiked as millions were out of work.

Initial unemployment claims surged from 281,000 early in the month to 3.3 million by March 26.

Overall, the economy shed more than 850,000 jobs in March 2020 before a whopping 20.5 million were lost in April, leading to the unemployment rate climbing all the way to 14.7 percent.

On March 27, Trump signed a $2 trillion C****-** relief bill, the CARES Act, which gave each adult in the U.S. a one-time payment of $1,200 and added another $500 for every child.

Money was also provided to different business sectors, and small businesses were granted billions of dollars in loans and grants to counter the blow of the p******c.

The C****-** economy after the initial shock

The unemployment rate in April was the peak during the p******c and thousands of businesses were forced to close their doors, many for good.

Trump signed another $484 billion in c****av***s aid at the end of the month to help small businesses and provide funding to hospitals and for C****-** testing.

May, June and July saw the unemployment rate remain above the 10 percent mark, with little aid coming from the federal government.

When the unemployment rate finally dropped below 10 percent to 8.4 percent in August, Trump signed executive orders releasing new measures to help Americans who were still struggling economically.

The orders included measures to create the Lost Wages Assistance program and extend the moratorium on student loan payments.

The unemployment rate steadily declined through the rest of the year as people got back to work, hitting 6.7 percent in December when the first C****-** v*****es were distributed throughout the U.S. for the elderly or high-risk people.

At the same time, Congress agreed on another stimulus package for the U.S. that cost $900 billion.

That package gave direct checks of $600 to Americans, expanded the timeline for unemployment benefits, extended the eviction moratorium, and offered more money for small businesses and industries that were hit hardest during the p******c.

Data showed that 2020 was the worst year for economic growth since 1946, with the economy shrinking by 3.5 percent.

The economy surges and threatens to overheat under Biden

Unemployment still failed to reach pre-p******c levels in 2021 as the U.S. battled through new C****-** variants and various surges in cases but saw a loosening of restrictions.

At the beginning of the year, January saw an unemployment rate of 6.4 percent with 10 million people unemployed when Biden took office.

The first relief package passed under Biden was the American Rescue Plan, which was signed in March.

The plan offered $1,400 cash payments directly to citizens, increased the annual Child Tax Credit and expanded unemployment insurance and benefits.

As the delta variant C****-** wave subsided, states began loosening restrictions and returning to some semblance of normalcy.

Sporting events were fully packed with spectators, and entertainment venues began to open for business.

By the end of the year, the unemployment rate was back down to 3.9 percent as most businesses were allowed to reopen without interference from the federal government.

Gross domestic product in 2021 grew the fastest in decades as businesses reopened and millions were able to get back to work and get back to spending.

Overall, the economy grew by 5.7 percent and was able to recover faster than it did during the Great Recession.

The economy in 2022 and beyond

While unemployment hovered at just around 4 percent at the beginning of the year, the billion in payments to Americans and the return to work led to spikes in consumer prices on items like cars, groceries and utilities.

All states dropped C****-** restrictions, though some cities have renewed them as cases have increased, and v*****es and boosters are available for everyone over the age of 5.

No more relief packages have been issued but Biden has continued to extend the pause on student loan payments.

The unemployment rate was just 3.6 percent in March, the closest seen to pre-p******c numbers in two years.

Unemployment and job numbers have receded as the largest economic threat, as record-breaking inflation has taken hold and become a hot topic in the U.S.

Supply chain issues due to the p******c and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have caused a number of factors contributing to skyrocketing costs.

With the economy reaching inflation numbers not seen in 40 years, the Federal Reserve this week raised its interest rate by 0.5 percent, the largest such increase in more than 20 years.

Amid the surging growth and the spiking inflation, Democrats and Republicans are looking to seize on economic factors to gain support in the upcoming midterm e******ns.

https://thehill.com/business/3478647-a-timeline-of-the-c****-**-economy/


34% of America’s small businesses are still closed due to C****-**. Here’s why it matters
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/05/america-united-states-c***d-small-businesses-economics/

How Many Businesses Have Closed Due to C****-**?
https://websitebuilder.org/blog/how-many-businesses-have-closed/

I agree. Even Democrats don't like being called Democrats....they want to be called "Progressives". What kind of progress is getting involved in two wars...and helping to FUND both of them!!! $6 Billion to Iran (and how much did Obama give them???) and how many billions to Ukraine??? And "donating" billions of dollars of equipment to the Afghanistan Taliban....which has probably made its way to Hamas, who are most likely using AMERICAN weapons against Israel!

I don't know why only "some" people are getting this. I call it willful blindness. Either that or they have been blinded by something sinister...

Yup. And I can't stand hypocrites, either....you know those people who SAY they are a "Christian" yet supports men lusting after other men and women lusting after other women. They should at least be honest about what they are!! (It certainly is not a Christian!)

Do you know what quoting someone out of context is? In my book it is a LIE....you do that math!

Excellent points!

You are responding to Drue-Marie, but you direct your comment to me in the first paragraph, so I'm not sure what your intention is, but to me, conception is the moment the sperm (which has its own DNA) meets the egg (also has its own DNA) and forms a new cell with their combined DNA, and immediately begins growing into a human being. So I stand by my response to Drue-Marie that there is DNA both at the beginning (and even before) of life and at the end (and even after as Drue-Marie pointed out) death...and that there is no doubt once the egg and sperm meet and form a new cell that it will be a human being. Your article states "...conception is not a scientific term. It comes from social and philosophical ideas about when human life begins." So one person's idea of when it begins may be different from another's, based on that concept. Whether it completes the implantation or not was not at issue - the issue was that the egg contains combined DNA and will become a human being if all goes well (which it does a very high percentage of the time.) I really don't know what the point of Drue-Marie pointing out that "the dead also have their own DNA" is.

I was surprised she did so, though, because it ruins the argument by the pro-death people that it's not a human fetus...that it's just a 'blob of cells', and therefore a******n is okay...

I watched my mother die of dementia a year ago...in my opinion from watching him now and very very closely watching my mom every single day from the beginning of her dementia to the end... I would say Biden is in mid-stage of the disease.

What a typical lefty thing to do! Take everything everyone has been saying about Biden and turn it around and apply it to Trump....even using the same words and phrases! Trump is making "gaffes and slipups"..."too old"...can't use the teleprompter"...."not physically fit"...

Saying Trump is only 3 years younger than Joe...and therefore he's too old too is stupid....everyone knows people are different. One 78 year old person could look and act ages older than another 78 year old. Trump is way more alert and with it. He ad-libs...what's wrong with that? Biden has to be shown where to enter and exit a stage for goodness sakes! He barely knows where he is and he "puts a lid on" his day at noon.

You can't even come up with anything original?

Yup. I agree.

All while he was laughing at us...

Remember "Hope and Change"? He "hopes" our country "changes" into a Socialist/C*******t country! He let Joe set it all up for him....and now it's time to get rid of old Joe and make it real.....before the e******n.

And it is..... Very fast...

I HOPE I am so so so wrong!!

I think pretty soon they won't care that we know Obama is the one who is really running this country.

Be prepared in all ways!