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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1424633
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1424633
FR!!ST!!!
Don’t these people have anything better to do, like haunt a house?
Have to wonder if the ex is up to date on child support payments for his kids from other marriages.
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It certainly looks like the husband is doing this to get revenge on his ex and maybe for fame, too. Hard to imagine the court going through with it, but you never know.
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My ex had an abortion a few months before I first met her. She didn’t tell the guy, who was her boyfriend at the time. I thought it was kind of shitty of her. But she wanted out of the relationship and didn’t want a baby to make him want to stick around. She later told him about it.
We met, because we were both friends to a woman who was pregnant with her first kid. Our first kiss was right after the boy was born. In their apartment, which used to be a bar.
My ex eventually became a home-birth midwife. I think she’s done around 400 births or so.
I’ve always wondered if one (abortion) had anything to do with the other (birthing hundreds of kids).
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Of course he filing abusive cases. That’s what raging narcissistic abusers do. Abuse their victims in court. Probably pro se, and in forma pauperis. He probably thought that she cheated him out of a legal avenue for abusing her for the next 20 years. Perhaps he thinks he can get legal assistance from the “Punish Women” political party.
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I really 
Pro Publica. They are one of the absolute best independent, non profit group of journalists in the country. That reminds me, I need to support them, too! 
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OT, but target letters have been issued by Fani Wallis.
No, Trump isn’t one of them…yet.
Looks like she’s carefully moving up the chain, though…
Among the recipients of the target letters, the sources said, are GOP state Sen. Burt Jones, Gov. Brian Kemp’s running mate for lieutenant governor; David Shafer, the chairman of the Georgia Republican Party; and state Sen. Brandon Beach.
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made me think of this:
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Sorry, I was frist 7 hours ago when I posted the story, (Am I being smugly satisfied? Yes, yes I am this time, lol)
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Posted this early on today.
And then this was on the local NPR station this afternoon.
Shitty relationships cause fucking big problems for women. When will the next thing to be fought over is martial rape, again. Oh and consent laws, Sen. Lankford seemed to be confused about ages and the ability to consent.
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“He has no desire to harass” his ex-wife, Martineau said. “All he wants to do is make sure it doesn’t happen to another father.” I’ll bet…
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Oh, bless her enormous heart. I mean that, sincerely. What she did is one of the examples of a healthy psychological adaption to a significant life event. I’m sorry that she is your ex, but that is none of my business. 
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Meanwhile, in Texas at least he could sue himself:
In July 2018, the ex-husband, Mario Villegas, accompanied his then-wife to three medical appointments — a consultation, the abortion and a follow-up.
(Incidentally, later in the article it comes out that he was abusive and wouldn’t let his wife leave the house without him.)
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No doubt that’s why he is suing. Of course, not to enrich himself but to pay support for his other children. 
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He’ll never pay. If he gets anything, that’s beer money.
To help him forget. 
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From his Senate bio:
Before his service in Congress, James served students and families for more than 20 years in ministry, including 15 years as the Director of Student Ministry for the Baptist Convention of Oklahoma and Director of the Falls Creek Youth Camp, the largest youth camp in the United States, with more than 51,000 individuals attending each summer.
So maybe he’s just going by what he knows.
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And, boy, did that tidbit come as a surprise! /s
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Doing a little spitballing:
Could the woman sue Villegas for child support?
Or since "In July 2018, the ex-husband, Mario Villegas, accompanied his then-wife to three medical appointments — a consultation, the abortion and a follow-up. "
Could she sue as the helpless female for not doing his manly duty and talking her out of it. I mean if we are going to treat women like they are less then men, and that is clearly what is happening, then men must take responsibility.
I mean it just seems to me that to avoid inconsistencies applying the law, if we are going back to when women are not equal to men, then that has to include holding men liable for what women do especially, as here, the guy assents.
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First we have to kill all of the lawyers (present company excluded).
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