The abortion law builds on legislation passed in 2010 that represented a major shift for a traditionally Catholic country, transforming Spain into one of the most progressive countries in Europe on reproductive rights. Spain's constitutional court last week rejected a challenge by the right-wing Popular Party against allowing abortions in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy.
The debate will be heated in Spain, I imagine, as the conservative opposition pushes back. My daughter had horrible menstrual pain during her adolescence and young adulthood. I'm certain that she would have benefitted from that time.
Yep. It's a highly competitive field. We don't use a stand alone pharmacy here in Alaska, we use the pharmacy that is in the grocery store we use. Stand alone pharmacies need to give people a reason to go there rather than to a more convenient pharmacy, a few choose to give some people a reason not to visit their pharmacy. It's unfortunate that our rights to self autonomy related to health care is not universal in this country. Women have fewer rights in some "conservative" parts of the country and that is unacceptable in 2024.
I only take trazodone to sleep and sometimes a benzo and have to use the pharmacy where I work. It takes some planning but not too horrible. But I don't like the choice was takien away. I'd rather use the pharmacy a couple of blocks from me that has weekend hours and longer hours.
We discharged a patient AMA the other day and helped arrange some testing for her outpatient but she was insistent that she had to go back to work. I wondered what's wrong with America that a sick hospitalized patient is going to risk her health so as not to lose her job or not get paid for missing more time. This wouldn't happen in Denmark.
I'm listening to a podcast while doing some chores and the person being interviewed spoke of cattle eating chicken feces mixed into their feed and I wanted to do a deeper dive.
Intersting.
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Poultry litter (also known as chicken or broiler litter) is a mixture of chicken feces, feathers and bedding materials like sawdust, peanut hulls and pine shavings sweeped up from chicken coops, and typically used as a fertilizer and as feed for cattle, according to a studypublished in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
I'm listening to a podcast while doing some chores and the person being interviewed spoke of cattle eating chicken feces mixed into their feed and I wanted to do a deeper dive.
Speaking of chicken manure and it's uses don't miss the Manure EXPO 2024 this Summer!
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The North American Manure Expo will return to the Northeast in 2024. Join us July 17-18 in Auburn, NY. Experience the thrilling demonstrations and engaging exhibitors of the Expo in the heart of the Finger Lakes region. Tour local facilities to witness the best in manure innovations of the Northeast. See spreaders, agitators, separators and other technology side-by-side – and witness the manure expertise that separates the Manure Expo from every other farm show!
Anyone with any 4th of July travel plans? I'm working that day and my usual schedule and it's too hot around here.
But apparently record number of travelers will be on the road and in the air next week. Gas prices are lower. Apparently people are prioritizing travel during the times of inflation and maybe cutting back elsewhere. Not bad for a bad economy.
Not traveling over the 4th, but going to the Oregon coast at the end of July. We were lucky to get campground reservations in a state park. Apparently, lots of people are able to afford traveling on the road.
I don't know if your label of bad economy is sarcasm, but I think, for the most part it is pretty good. More available and affordable housing would help a lot.
I understand that credit card debt is up, which makes me think people want immediate gratification. IMO, credit cards are just another form of predatory lending.
Not traveling over the 4th, but going to the Oregon coast at the end of July. We were lucky to get campground reservations in a state park. Apparently, lots of people are able to afford traveling on the road.
I don't know if your label of bad economy is sarcasm, but I think, for the most part it is pretty good. More available and affordable housing would help a lot.
I understand that credit card debt is up, which makes me think people want immediate gratification. IMO, credit cards are just another form of predatory lending.
It was sarcasm. While I think the economy as always is shaky, it's relatively good.
I've read credit card debt has gone up as well. Wether it's reckless spending or people making ends meet, not sure.
I do think like any economy, there are haves and have nots.
I think with July 4th on a Thursday people are taking a long weekend.
I think the millennial generation and particularly the Gen Z generation are having the idea of work-life balance (Gen Z seems hell bent on doing the bare minimum of work having decided employers care nothing about them and they don't get paid enough) and adding travel as a priority while perhaps cutting back on other material things. Social media influencers are big on this and photo ops on the road are all over Tik Tok and Instagram. Some say "here I am boarding a plane while my PTO was denied" or "I'll never be 23 back backing across Europe again". Stuff like that.
Traveling has gotten more expensive with inflation but my budget for travel didn't go up, it just takes a little longer to save for a trip (overtime helps), but I still prioritize travel as part of my monthly budget.
I work with a lot of young people in their 20's. One is now in Oregon exploring the mountains and forests there. One is in London. Another just got back from a Mediterranean cruise with stops in Spain and Italy. I have a friend that just returned from Italy and she said the crowds were huge.
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It looks like the SCOTUS just gave president Biden a wide berth to do all manner of things without any concern for his own legal liability, as long as his lawyers can claim that the thing was a part of his official acts. For instance, Biden could identify a serious threat to our country and order the military to neutralize that threat and he would be immune from legal jeopardy, even if that official act was an assassination of an American citizen.
Next the lower courts will decide if it was a official act of a former president to conceal government documents and obstruct efforts to return the documents to the National Archives.
It looks like the SCOTUS just gave president Biden a wide berth to do all manner of things without any concern for his own legal liability, as long as his lawyers can claim that the thing was a part of his official acts. For instance, Biden could identify a serious threat to our country and order the military to neutralize that threat and he would be immune from legal jeopardy, even if that official act was an assassination of an American citizen.
Next the lower courts will decide if it was a official act of a former president to conceal government documents and obstruct efforts to return the documents to the National Archives.
Only if a judge ruled the assassination was an official act.
If the ruling had gone the other way, it would give prosecutors a even wider berth to go after presidents and ex-presidents.
Only if a judge ruled the assassination was an official act.
If the ruling had gone the other way, it would give prosecutors a even wider berth to go after presidents and ex-presidents.
I read an article "now the President can assassinate you". Fear mongering.
I like the caveat that it must be in the commission of official duties. But I am concerned of the lack of accountability and as Vox describes it's "a blueprint for dictatorship". I'm not sure ideological (is that a word?) it fits well with me. I'll have to ponder it. At the end of the day I have to respect what the highest court of the land says. They haven't always gone in Trump's favor, but they were good to him with this one.
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Only if a judge ruled the assassination was an official act.
If the ruling had gone the other way, it would give prosecutors a even wider berth to go after presidents and ex-presidents.
That's correct. But the person would still be assassinated while the legal system slow walked that investigation and prosecution. We've seen in Trump's very important legal troubles that those cases can be delayed for years when the person is a former president. Or maybe they could just get a pre-emptive pardon, like Nixon.
If Trump was president in such a scenario, there would be no investigation or prosecution. Project 2025 puts all of that under the control of the Chief Executive for a purpose. We could guess what that purpose is, but we should start with the things that Trump has already said. Retribution is a big part of Trump's agenda. It was prominent in his Waco speech, remember?
That's correct. But the person would still be assassinated while the legal system slow walked that investigation and prosecution. We've seen in Trump's very important legal troubles that those cases can be delayed for years when the person is a former president. Or maybe they could just get a pre-emptive pardon, like Nixon.
If Trump was president in such a scenario, there would be no investigation or prosecution. Project 2025 puts all of that under the control of the Chief Executive for a purpose. We could guess what that purpose is, but we should start with the things that Trump has already said. Retribution is a big part of Trump's agenda. It was prominent in his Waco speech, remember?
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I only take trazodone to sleep and sometimes a benzo and have to use the pharmacy where I work. It takes some planning but not too horrible. But I don't like the choice was takien away. I'd rather use the pharmacy a couple of blocks from me that has weekend hours and longer hours.
We discharged a patient AMA the other day and helped arrange some testing for her outpatient but she was insistent that she had to go back to work. I wondered what's wrong with America that a sick hospitalized patient is going to risk her health so as not to lose her job or not get paid for missing more time. This wouldn't happen in Denmark.