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Do you think a person has a right to use your body without consent?

Do you think children have a right to use their parents organs without consent?

Do you think it is wrong consent is required to interact with other people?

Do you think it is wrong consent can be withdrawn?

Unless you answered affirmatively, you rationally understand self-ownership even if you have difficulty coming to terms with it emotionally.

In light of Elon Musk's $44 billion Twitter takeover, Black conservatives on social media hailed the South African-born billionaire's move as a feat for African Americans.

The deal was widely praised by the right, which perceived Twitter as exhibiting left-wing bias and censoring conservative voices. Musk has pledged to enshrine free speech on Twitter, which he has dubbed a "digital town square."

A number of right-wing Twitter users hoped to see their account bans overturned, while some GOP personalities—like Fox News host Tucker Carlson—returned to the platform.

 

However, Black conservatives also began celebrating Musk, who is white, as the first African American to own a social media giant.

"An African American owner of the largest social media company on earth," wrote Lavern Spicer, a Black GOP congressional candidate, around the time the news of a deal emerged. "This is historic."

Elon Musk was born in Pretoria, South Africa to a white South African father and a Canadian mother. He eventually obtained Canadian citizenship through his mother and, after moving to the U.S. by way of Canada, became a naturalized American citizen.

Newsweek could not find any record of the wealthy entrepreneur publicly identifying himself as African American, though that did not stop people in the GOP from applying the designation to him as early as last year.

During a Tucker Carlson Tonight appearance in December, GOP Senate candidate Blake Masters referred to Musk as "our country's richest African American."

This label has now resurfaced, especially among Black Republicans, following Musk's purchase of Twitter. Some references appeared glibber than others.

"Elon Musk is the first African American to own a large social media platform," tweeted Black conservative comedian Terrence K. Williams. "He is one of my favorite African Americans and it's sad to see so many people on the left attacking him during this Historic moment."

"The libs are melting down, now that an African-American owns Twitter," wrote Republican congressional candidate Billy Prempeh.

 When you get pregnant I will fully support your choice to carry the pregnancy to term. In the meantime you will just have to deal with things you find unpalatable. In a free society we cannot jail everyone whose choices we disagree with, especially when nobody's rights are being violated.

The 3.5 thing was to realise we cant really know when it began in those cases, estimate by fetal development and period cycles (if she is honest)

The server and everything else is in the UK, I don't trust Russia with that.

Stephen Christopher Yaxley was born on 27 November 1982 (making him 35 and a Sagittarius, for those who are wondering).

He later became Yaxley-Lennon to reflect the name of his stepfather Thomas Lennon. Sometimes he also goes by Stephen Lennon.

In 2013 he was convicted of possession of a false identity document with improper intention after using the name and passport of friend Andrew McMaster to enter the US illegally.

It was said by the judge at this hearing that his legitimate passport bears the name Paul Harris, although it’s unclear whether he’s ever gone by this name.

The English Defence League founder, whose real name is Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon, shared a video on Saturday saying that he had been detained in Cancún airport upon arrival with his children.

“I’m being deported as a matter of national security,” Robinson says in the video, in which he questions the decision to detain him, claiming to have done nothing but “criticise Islam”. Robinson has been convicted in the UK for fraud, stalking, assault, using someone else’s passport, using threatening behaviour, and contempt of court.

Robinson said his three children were with a friend who was travelling with them.

The Weather with a capital “W” 
First things first. California averages 300-plus days of sunshine per year. Think about that as you watch snowplows cruise by or while the long underwear does cartwheels in your dryer.  

Second, it’s always spring (or summer) if you live near the state’s expansive coast line, where temperatures rarely drop below 40 degrees or soar above the upper 70s. Of course, it’s warmer in Southern California than Northern California, but the real changes manifest when you head inland. There, the Pacific Ocean’s moderating effects are reduced, or in some cases, eliminated.  

Travel an hour or more east from the coasts and it won’t be uncommon to experience 80s and 90s during summer days but chillier winter nights in the 30s and 40s.  
If colder climes are your thing, head for the hills. The state is home to mountain ranges such as the Sierra Nevadas and the Cascades, where elevations can exceed 14,000 feet. California also is home to some of the hottest areas in North America, including Death Valley, which is quite possibly the hottest place on the planet. Several of the state’s deserts, including the Coachella Valley (home to Palm Springs), have four months of average high temperatures above 100 degrees. The trade-off is they also have six months of 70-to-80-degree weather. Just remember, it’s a dry heat. 

Varied terrain means an abundance of outdoor activities 
Moving from left to right, or from the Pacific to the East, you start with 840 miles of coastline, the third most of any state in the U.S. That means any water sport imaginable and beach activities galore. Miles of paths along the water offer opportunities for cycling, running, and inline skating. Several areas feature hills that are ideal for hiking. And did we mention beaches? The state is home to Surf City (Huntington Beach), equally “surfy” Santa Cruz and a host of other of notable beaches (Carmel, Coronado, Laguna, La Jolla, Newport, Pebble … it’s a long list).  

California also is home to some of the nation’s best skiing. Mammoth Mountain has one of the longest ski seasons in North America. Heavenly and Squaw Valley in the Lake Tahoe region are highly regarded as well.  

In between, the state has more than 430 lakes, and fishing on them and on the ocean is a popular pastime as well.  

Healthy state of being 
The combination of great weather and numerous activity options are two factors that lend themselves well to healthy lifestyle.  

US News has ranked California the nation’s healthiest state. Its rating takes a variety of health indicators into account, including obesity, smoking and mortality rates, among other things. The state’s healthcare system is rated as the nation’s fifth best, according to the same rankings.  

Need more evidence? Since 1924, California has produced twice as many Olympic gold medalists (122) than any other state.  

Booming economy 
According to the state’s research, California had a $3.1 trillion economy in 2019, which would make it the world’s fifth largest. Its labor force includes 19 million workers and nearly 764,000 employer firms. More than 99 percent of those have 500 or fewer employees, which is the federal government’s definition of a small business. And applications for new businesses rose 22.6 for the year ending June 2021, again according to the state’s calculations.  

California also is the top state for global trade, according to Bloomberg Business News. It exported $156.1 billion in goods in 2020, which represented 11.2 percent of all U.S. exports. 

 
In fact, every single industry except logging and mining saw job increases in 2021, according to state figures, and US News rated California’s economy as the 10th best in 2021.  
Employment opportunities galore 
It makes sense that any economy on the scale of California’s will have enormous upside and diversity of opportunities. As a result, the state’s median household income is the sixth-highest in America ($80,440 annually compared with the U.S. median of $65,712). 

The top-paying industries are technology and entertainment, neither of which should come as much of a surprise.  

The state is home to an estimated 2,000 tech companies, including industry leaders such as Apple, Oracle, eBay, Yahoo, PayPal, Facebook, and Google. Software, social media, robotics, fiber optics, and medical instruments are tech fields that have a massive presence in California.  

Entertainment is driven by film and television production, much of it centered in greater Los Angeles area. 

Travel and tourism contributed almost $115 billion to the economy in 2019, and that industry employs more than 1.2 million Californians.  

Another biggie is the service sector, which includes professional, business, education and health services, plus financial and leisure activities. Where possible, hybrid work models quickly were embraced by California firms.  

A darkhorse contributor to the economy is agriculture, which contributed $47.1 billion to the state’s economy in 2020, according to California.com. Milk, almonds and produce such as asparagus, grapes, lettuce, oranges, and tomatoes are the biggest parts to that. 

Elite education 
The state is particularly well known for its array of well-respected higher education institutions, including Stanford, University of Southern California, California Institute of Technology, and University of California campuses at Berkeley and Los Angeles.  

These are big businesses for the state. The University of California system, which includes 10 universities and several more research centers, contributes a GDP of $120 billion annually, and the Cal State University system adds $17 billion of annual economic activity. 

There are many secondary education options between public, private, and a growing number of charter schools that now numbers 1,300.  

We’ll drink to that 
California accounts for a staggering 87 percent of the wine produced in the United States. If it were an independent nation, California would produce the fourth most wine in the world, trailing only Italy, Spain and France. The most well-known area is on the North Coast, home to Mendocino, Sonoma, and the Napa Valley. Other vibrant vino-producing areas include the Sierra foothills, the Inland or Central Valley, the Central Coast (from the Bay Area to Santa Barbara), and pockets within Southern California, particularly inland near Temecula.  

At the forefront of renewable energy 
California accounts for 36 percent of the $900 billion renewable energy sector in the United States, per Bloomberg. The state derives 21 percent of its electricity from solar power, far outpacing any other state. It has been at the forefront of promoting hybrid and electrical vehicles.  

Endless entertainment options 
We can’t have all work and no play, now can we? Of course not. California has you covered there, too.  
The state is, of course, home to Disneyland and California Adventure in Anaheim, Six Flags Magic Mountain in Santa Clarita, Universal Studios Hollywood, Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park, Legoland California and SeaWorld in north San Diego County, Gilroy Gardens and Castle Park near San Francisco, the Monterey Aquarium, Hearst Castle, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and Fisherman’s Wharf. 
There’s also the world-famous San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park, Sequoia National Park, Yosemite National Park, Redwoods National Park, and the Golden Gate Bridge.  
So you like sports? This state is home to five Major League Baseball teams and three franchises each in the NFL, NBA, and NHL, plus high-end college programs in every sport. 
And you can rest assured that every major music and theater act will play somewhere in the state, quite likely several somewhere, during their tour. 

Plenty of culture 
The outdoors is great, but if art and museums bring sunshine to your day, there is plenty to choose from in that realm, too. The state is home to numerous world-renown museums and art galleries. These include the J. Paul Getty Center in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Norton-Simon Museum in Pasadena, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco, the San Diego Museum of Art, and the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens in San Marino near Pasadena and the Irvine Museum.