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  1. Natural "Medicine"?

    macawake replied to Allison Minor-Green's topic in General Nursing

    That’s quite a claim you are making. I agree with BostonFNP. I think you need to link the studies that have made you believe this so that we can read them and discuss them. You can’t just claim...

  2. Roe v. Wade abandoned by Supreme Court

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

    Does anyone else see the pattern I see? Look at life expectancy, maternal and infant mortality across the various states in the U.S. How are most of the states who already have or are...

  3. Roe v. Wade abandoned by Supreme Court

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

    I respect individuals who oppose abortion and choose not to have one. That’s in my opinion each individual’s right. I have zero respect for people who think they have the right to force their will...

  4. The Psychology Behind Talking Politics.

    macawake replied to Davey Do's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I think you’ve touched on an important point here. Much of the media seems extremely polarized, at least cable news. My own goto news sources are more neutral middle-of-the-road but I try to follow...

  5. The Psychology Behind Talking Politics.

    macawake replied to Davey Do's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I can’t speak for other posters, but I tend to use ”I believe”, ”in my opinion” or ”I feel” when I want to make it clear that it’s simply my beliefs or opinion I’m sharing. I will...

  6. NPO: When It's OK To Take Meds vs. Not OK To Take Meds

    macawake replied to Kelly Kristen's topic in General Nursing

    I get the feeling that you might be talking about two different categories of NPOs. One who has failed a swallow test and another category of patients who are NPO for another reason, for example...

  7. What caught your attention in the world today?

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

    That won’t work on me. I feel no shame for calling you out when you make remarks that do indeed come off as callous and flippant. It seems to me that you feel you should be able to say things...

  8. What caught your attention in the world today?

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

    Hmm.. no. It doesn’t make one wonder. (Just curious, what exactly are we supposed to be wondering?) Your President recently gave a big speech about democracy being under attack. Nothing...

  9. What caught your attention in the world today?

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

    As a nurse you should know that contraceptives do not work 100% of the time. And we’ll just have to see for how long contraceptives will be ”easily available”, won’t we?...

  10. President Biden thread

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

    I didn’t ask for one. I asked IF it was one (or a nationwide, widespread pattern). I had no idea what you were referring to so I was trying to get you to quantify the phenomenon. The perceived...

  11. President Biden thread

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

    Thanks for the links. Based on this information I think it’s difficult to estimate how common this is. Is it 1% of all the nationwide elections? More? Less? I would think, and hope, that it’s not...

  12. President Biden thread

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

    Is the phenomenon you just described a pattern? Something that’s happening in many instances across the country? In order for it to be used as a meaningful argument that Democrats in general don’t...

  13. President Biden thread

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

    Which parts of the speech has he tried to ”walk back”? Could you post a link to him doing that?

  14. President Biden thread

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

    That would appear to be the rational deduction… https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmi/pr/2022_0823_Fox_et_al

  15. President Biden thread

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

    Considering her age, I guess that it shouldn’t come as a shock. But I still think it’s a sad day. Not many people have the same job for seventy years. Not many people even work for that long....

  16. President Biden thread

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

    I’m surprised by the result of that poll. Makes me wonder if all the people responding had actually listened to or read the entire speech? I don’t think it was divisive at all. Identifying a...

  17. The Psychology Behind Talking Politics.

    macawake replied to Davey Do's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I asked the question of Davey since it’s his thread and I assume that he thought the point he made about empirical knowledge in politics vs hearsay he said/she said was an important one to make. He...

  18. The Psychology Behind Talking Politics.

    macawake replied to Davey Do's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    It’s an election year. I noticed the same uptick in activity in 2016, 2018 and in 2020. I expect we’ll see the same in 2024. My thoughts are that which part of the forum gets the most...

  19. The Psychology Behind Talking Politics.

    macawake replied to Davey Do's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I know what the word empirical means. You started this thread and I’m assuming that you thought the statement that ”the majority of knowledge in talking politics” isn’t empirically...

  20. The Psychology Behind Talking Politics.

    macawake replied to Davey Do's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    You are of course absolutely correct. I must confess that I don’t understand what ”the majority of knowledge in talking politics” that Davey referenced, even is?! What it is exactly...

  21. FBI Raid of the Traitor's Country Club!

    macawake replied to SummerGarden's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Why on earth would anyone call you a ”megaphile”? Are you a supporter of the Make Ecuador Great Again movement? Egypt? East Germany? (Eh… that would be a meggaphile, wouldn’t it? And...

  22. FBI Raid of the Traitor's Country Club!

    macawake replied to SummerGarden's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    In my opinion, the only ”bizzar” thing here is your post. The hammer and sickle ? Good grief. It’s funny, when I see the color red in American politics, I think of the Republican...

  23. President Biden thread

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

    What a spectacularly poor analogy ? People who choose to embrace illiberalism, authoritarianism and lawlessness but don’t want to be criticized for that choice, have nothing in common with...

  24. Grifters will Grift!: Republicans Demand to Know what Happened to Vanishing GOP Millions!

    macawake replied to SummerGarden's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I think that I might be. I’ve had ☕️☕️☕️☕️ + ???????<— H2O ?today… Probably need some

  25. Grifters will Grift!: Republicans Demand to Know what Happened to Vanishing GOP Millions!

    macawake replied to SummerGarden's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Shucks?!! Or.. you’re shocked? A portmanteau