heron ASN, RN

Hospice

Member

  • Content

    4,641

  • Visitors

    46,612

  • Followers

    3

  • Likes

    4,985

All Content by heron

  1. heron

    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    You got it … proceeds to go to the activist group of your choice? All games aside, the amateur sociologist in me is fascinated. The mother in me is eternally grateful that my son and his...
  2. heron

    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I know … shall we start a pool as to which trope shows up here first? Threats, victim or religion? Gimme $5.00 on
  3. heron

    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    So … I believe that a copy of the warrant was given to Trump’s people. If it’s so egregious, why hasn’t he released it? Why hasn’t he released the inventory of what was seized? What’s
  4. heron

    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    A hit dog howls. Threats in one hand, a whole deck of victim cards in the other. Roy Cohn would be proud. Trump’s big mistake, which may yet prove fatal, is to assume that everyone is as...
  5. heron

    ETOHer...(and other slang)

    heron replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Hospital gown = “johnny” Likely brain-dead survivor of repeated and prolonged resuscitation = “heart-lung prep” Frequent flyer = “turkey” as in “the turkey flies again”...
  6. heron

    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Where did I say that we have a free market system in healthcare? In fact, I believe that a free market in healthcare is impossible and that all the capitalist rhetoric is just a cover for siphoning...
  7. heron

    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Ahhh … I see … you’re allowed to trot out your BON mots and take pot shots at liberals, but when challenged to ‘splain, please, it’s suddenly irrelevant and we’re all supposed to move on....
  8. heron

    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Well, you’re the one that pointed out that the ACA was supposed to solve the problems under discussion. Don’t let it come as a shock to you, but healthcare prices have been going up ever...
  9. heron

    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    So, what’s your beef? No one claimed that the ACA is a perfect fix, even in its original
  10. heron

    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Umm … the ACA is based on conservative ideas, including the mandatory insurance requirement. And, if I remember correctly, it never included single payer - it did include a public insurance option,...
  11. heron

    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Hannity was babbling about equal protection of the law, Hunter Biden’s laptop and, of course, Hillary’s emails. I imagine it’s something along those
  12. heron

    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Watching live coverage on Youtube. Fox talking heads are exploding. There are serious concerns about violence, at least at Mar a Lago where a crowd is gathering fast. ETA: I wonder what trump’s...
  13. heron

    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Not if the industry has anything to say about it. I guess it all depends on where conservative loyalties lie. I tend to think that the most we can hope for is that when private industry...
  14. heron

    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Yes, it does. However, I notice that the defendants in that case all looked gobsmacked in their photos. As if what they did became criminal all of a sudden and no one told them. Kind of hints at how...
  15. heron

    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Actually, that is the monetization. Dialysis tech was largely developed on the public dime. I worked at a public hospital that participated in that and had one of the first outpatient hemodialysis...
  16. heron

    Roe v. Wade abandoned by Supreme Court

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

    Years ago I repeated the suggestion that gun violence be approached as a public health issue. A user who was a frequent poster here at the time roundly condemned the idea. Still not sure I understand...
  17. heron

    Roe v. Wade abandoned by Supreme Court

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

    OK … if one assumes that your rationale is factually accurate, how does that prove that challenging the constitution is the sole province of democrats? Can you refer me to the polls that...
  18. heron

    Roe v. Wade abandoned by Supreme Court

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

    Fair enough. The site only claims 19 states passing the resulution with another handful where it passed one chamber only. I did read a statement by an advocate for the petition to the effect that they...
  19. heron

    Roe v. Wade abandoned by Supreme Court

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

    Actually, from my reading, the project already has the 34 state resolutions needed to call on congress to convene such a meeting. As to specific proposals, what I listed are possible...
  20. heron

    Roe v. Wade abandoned by Supreme Court

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

    TMB can speak for himself, but I’d like to address this, too. Here are some possible amendments that would remove constitutional blocks on known Republican an/or far right agendas: - repeal of...
  21. heron

    Roe v. Wade abandoned by Supreme Court

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

    Well, they get to propose anything they want. As Chare pointed out, those proposals still have to pass referendums in the states. Yes, the manipulation of the electorate by way of misinformation,...
  22. heron

    Roe v. Wade abandoned by Supreme Court

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

    So … how would you all amend the Constitution? I would start by enshrining the concept of separation of church and state as an explicit directive added to the establishment clause of the...
  23. heron

    Roe v. Wade abandoned by Supreme Court

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

    Note the full context of my reference to “complete rewrite”. I think that the end effect of this project (change vs rewrite) depends entirely on the specific changes
  24. heron

    Roe v. Wade abandoned by Supreme Court

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

    Fair enough
  25. heron

    Roe v. Wade abandoned by Supreme Court

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

    What else would a constitutional convention be for? Attempts to pass amendments are a rewriting of sorts. That’s kind of the definition of “amendment” isn’t it? No change in the...