heron ASN, RN

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  1. heron

    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I didn't read the article. I was responding to the theoretical discussion regarding "threatening" vs
  2. heron

    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Why would an unarmed civilian, going along on their civilian business, not make the same
  3. heron

    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Exactly
  4. heron

    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    This "brandishing" vs "displaying" vs "threatening" strikes me as a distinction with no difference. The presence of the firearm in the hands of the homeowner is the threat, in my opinion. The...
  5. heron

    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

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    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I wonder what would happen if the girls who reported forced sex in the CDC report on teen behavior trends, started shooting
  7. heron

    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    This CDC report shows increasing incidence of sexual violence and forced sex among teenage girls. The report is titled "Youth Risk and Behavior Study" and is available on the CDC website. Of...
  8. heron

    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    No, I describe it as being unwilling to take responsibility for your deliberate
  9. heron

    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Umm ... no. Your ignorance is your responsibility, not
  10. heron

    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    This is either incredibly disingenuous or incredibly lazy - or maybe
  11. heron

    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    For someone who has such stringent standards for other people's posts, your own knowledge base is woefully skimpy. You simply don't have a clue what you're talking
  12. heron

    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Who does
  13. heron

    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Federal funding of PP does not, by law, go to pay for abortion
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    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Keeping in mind that bills of attainder are unconstitutional, what would that reallocation look
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    Comparing how news media headlines and reports on the same story

    heron replied to Roitrn's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I'm not going to play dueling citations with you. When reading your posts, I remembered hearing about Sen. Byrd back in the day. Yes, he was a member of the KKK for a time. He also fought against...
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    Comparing how news media headlines and reports on the same story

    heron replied to Roitrn's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Seems odd that a user so invested in combing media for evidence should so drastically misrepresent Sen. Robert Byrd. As far as trump is concerned, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck,...
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    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Poor thing is trying her very best to start a fight. Why? Who profits from keeping the American electorate angry and
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    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Not to mention what precise "tenets" are being taught and to
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    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    What is CRT and why is it bad in an advanced placement high school
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    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Agreed - and my opinion is that the supposed depredations of teaching about racism, history and differences in identity have not been documented except as poorly thought out attempts by poorly...
  21. heron

    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    So ... I "need" evidence but you don't? QED and thu-ank-yoooou
  22. heron

    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Do you have evidence of the emotional trauma supposedly being inflicted on white cisgendered straight kids by hearing that some kids' parents are the same gender? Or that those beautiful, iconic stone...
  23. heron

    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I have no doubt that there are incompetent or ill-advised teachers who think that guilt-tripping kids = education. Given the right-wing assaults on actual educators, the proportion of such...
  24. heron

    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I don't much care about Newsmax, to tell the truth, so not following that debate. Censorship is alive and well - I just disagree about who is censoring whom. It's now illegal to teach history in...
  25. heron

    What caught your attention in the world today?

    heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Newsmax is not known for accurate reporting, AEB their reporting on the Big Lie, health misinformation and crackpot conspiracy theories. Interesting that a "conservative" outlet, presumably a...