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  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

    Me, I just took one year … youse guys are making me hit the
  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

    Both-sides-ism (aka false equivalence) … check. Is English your first
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    President Biden thread

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

    Well … you certainly do a great impression of rightwingnuttery: willful ignorance, check. Proud of that ignorance, check. Much of the time substitutes owning the libs for reasoned discussion, check....
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    President Biden thread

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

    Well, evidently You seriously don’t know about the John Birch Society? Don’t you know your own
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    President Biden thread

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

    This post makes no sense. MAGA is just a rebranding of dittoheads and John Birchers. Bad cosplay. ETA - the post was about the Medal of Freedom. Can civilians even get the Medal of Honor?...
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    President Biden thread

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

    Not hardly. Trump doesn’t get to take credit for Rush Limbaugh. Many of us old fahts have strong opinions about him from before Fox News sold itself into wingnut slavery. MAGA is just code for...
  7. heron

    Former MN police officer Derek Chauvin charged with second-degree murder; three other officers face charges

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

    I wonder if he still thinks he was doing a good
  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

    Growing up, my stepfather was a card-carrying John Bircher. This post reminds me of his dinner-table rants about the fluoridation of the public water supply. Plus ca change, plus ca meme chose
  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

    Why am I not
  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

    Knew it was fear of something
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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

    Speaking of lack of integrity … did Tucker Carlson really just blame mass shootings on women and marijuana? I don’t have the energy to deal with Fox News. It’s like being out in a hailstorm...
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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

    You still haven’t described “true conservative” unless opposition to amnesty (what kind of amnesty?) is your sole criterion for being deemed
  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

    Umm … that doesn’t answer the question. Maybe it would be easier to name some folks you consider to be “true
  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

    NOT a sarcastic question: what is a “true
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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 don’t have a source, but I think I remember hearing about this case a while (years?)
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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

    Vote.
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    Hawaii RN license by endorsement after completing probation in another state

    heron replied to sheela's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    What have you tried so
  18. heron

    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

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

    Why am I not surprised? I read it when I was about 18 or so. I was already firmly out of Christianity by then but I loved it anyhow. It’s still a favorite 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

    Thanks! I couldn’t remember where I heard it. I think it’s a riff on CS Lewis - “Screwtaoe Letters”
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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

    Then there’s the fact that abortion, birth control, homosexuality, gay marriage and even extramarital heterosex as well as any sexual contact that cannot result in pregnancy have all been illegal in...
  21. heron

    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

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

    Thank you - that was illuminating! It puts things like wage theft, OSHA, minimum wage, etc. in a whole new light. It’s easy to see how conspiracy theories get traction … so many possible...
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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

    Interesting that “liberty and the pursuit of happiness” seems to be left out of these discussions. Then there is “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or...
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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

    ?Those articles are hiding behind a
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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 … you have no clue. Planned parenthood goes back over a hundred years. The number of abortions has declined over 50% since Roe v Wade was decided in the 70’s. (That’s according to CDC...
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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 know what you mean about trolls. However, I have to point out that Viva las viejas has been on AN since forever. She and I have butted heads over this since the original break room turned into the...