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    Roe v. Wade abandoned by Supreme Court

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

    I want to see their specific proposals, particularly regarding elections, voting and citizenship, privacy and bodily autonomy, separation of church and state, indigenous rights, equal protection of...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

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

    Maybe we need to motivate the private sector to solve the problem they created? On their own dime, not mine. I suspect that private sector price gouging either causes or contributes to increased...
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    Roe v. Wade abandoned by Supreme Court

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

    Interesting thing I just found out today: Google “Convention of States Project”. The right wing extremists are way ahead of me. They’re advocating for changes or a complete re-write of the...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

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

    Classic example of Republican
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

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

    Dude better get better lawyers. I wonder if he’ll be charged with perjury. In a way, I feel a bit sorry for him. If he was my patient, I’d ask for a psych consult. I can imagine how betrayed...
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    The Supreme Court has overruled Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision establishing the right to abortion.

    heron replied to Julie's topic in Nursing News

    Lotta uppity women in white suits out there. A good sign, I
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    The Supreme Court has overruled Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision establishing the right to abortion.

    heron replied to Julie's topic in Nursing News

    Fringe thinking is neither benign nor malignant. It is, among other things, the exploration of ideas that are not generally accepted or even apparent to the majority. If you visualize a bell curve,...
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    Roe v. Wade abandoned by Supreme Court

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

    The majority of voters voted for Hillary Clinton for president, and yet … I have read between 22 and 26 states plan to ban or plan to ban/severely restrict access to abortions. Voters elected...
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    Roe v. Wade abandoned by Supreme Court

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

    I know this could well be a one-off, but it eases my heart a little. My thanks to the folks of
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    The Supreme Court has overruled Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision establishing the right to abortion.

    heron replied to Julie's topic in Nursing News

    Define “evil”. My very existence is “evil” to a fairly significant fraction of society. According to them, I deserve the death penalty for being alive. Needless to say, I find all the...
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    The Supreme Court has overruled Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision establishing the right to abortion.

    heron replied to Julie's topic in Nursing News

    Umm … I’m a fringe
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

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

    I didn’t ask about the POTUS .. I asked about what you think should be done. Consent of the governed, and all
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

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

    How would you do
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    The Supreme Court has overruled Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision establishing the right to abortion.

    heron replied to Julie's topic in Nursing News

    Highly unlikely that right-wing sources would cover it. That would undermine their push to minimize women’s concerns over the fall-out. Centrist to left-leaning outlets don’t much care about those...
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    The Supreme Court has overruled Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision establishing the right to abortion.

    heron replied to Julie's topic in Nursing News

    Also just heard an interesting point made on MSNBC: that the very same folks that got hot under the collar about Covid restrictions because of the violation of the right to privacy and bodily...
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    The Supreme Court has overruled Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision establishing the right to abortion.

    heron replied to Julie's topic in Nursing News

    Glad there’s video … those sites really are pretty hair-on-fire slanted. Still … with states not only banning abortion but trying to criminalize travel out of state and going after out of state...
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    The Supreme Court has overruled Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision establishing the right to abortion.

    heron replied to Julie's topic in Nursing News

    I just read that a Republican legislator in West Virginia is advocating for a halt to child support enforcement. His argument: the threat of having to pay child support makes men pressure women into...
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    RN Jobs That Do Not Require Covid Vaccine

    heron replied to TraumaRN52's topic in Disaster Preparation

    But that’s what these “religious exemptions” amount
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    RN Jobs That Do Not Require Covid Vaccine

    heron replied to TraumaRN52's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Natural selection at work. Let it take its course. Sadly, the vulnerable innocent will fall, too. That’s how it works. I gotta wonder how the families of people dying of preventable contagion...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

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

    I think that was the most condescending post I’ve e ever read … and I’ve written some doozies in my day. So … how would your suggested solution work for, say a CNA single parent raising...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

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

    I’ll betcha she thought you were a girl. “You’re so angry” is a very common accusation when women fail at being nice and agreeable. Then she either remembered or found out that you’re a guy...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

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

    Meanwhile, the public formerly served by that school system now has to pay through the nose for iffy education for only some of their kids, while those private charter schools are not included in the...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

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

    Stick to testicle tanning … TMB never needed me to speak for him. When I agree with him, I get to say so. You’re just not happy dealing with the same answers you give everyone else. ETA: very...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

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

    TMB told you where he posted it. That you chose not to look is not the same as “nobody knows” You don’t know- and you deliberately chose that
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

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

    And what happens to the students left behind? Or the public school system stuck paying private companies out of their own budget? Once again, private business sucking the taxpayer teat dry. Isn’t...