I would like to congratulate New York for surpassing LA in pilot filming, for the first time in history.
Minnesota Senate changes name of Asian Carp due to it’s “offensiveness.”
BREAKING: US economy shrank at 2.9 percent annual rate in first quarter, worst showing since recession
[quote]Sloth wrote:
BREAKING: US economy shrank at 2.9 percent annual rate in first quarter, worst showing since recession
https://twitter.com/AP/status/481777318810382336[/quote]
You beat me to it.
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
It might totally rebound second quarter, or be “revised” up to 3% growth, but I’m going to enjoy cracking jokes while I can.
[/quote]
Ouch!
lol, I should read threads before posting.
CASSELBERRY, Fla. -
A Casselberry mother was arrested on allegations of refusing to take her newborn, diagnosed by a doctor as dehydrated, to a hospital because of her staunch vegan stance.
Sarah Anne Markham was arrested Tuesday on a charge of child neglect.
According to Casselberry police, a pediatrician told Markham that her baby needed to be admitted to Florida Hospital South for treatment because the child was dehydrated and was losing weight.
Markham, however, went home and would not answer when officers knocked at her door.
Police used a locksmith to enter the apartment and interviewed Markham, who said she wanted to get a second opinion about her child, according to a police report.
Police said Markham told them that she wanted to pursue a religious-based treatment and did not believe that her baby was dehydrated because the child was having bowel movements.
Markham said she had contacted a “natural” or “vegan” doctor but was unable to provide any information about him, other than a name.
Markham said she did not give the formula/medicine that the doctor provided because she did not agree with the ingredients, which she said came from animals, the police report stated.
Markham said she purchased organic soy formula, and when asked if she confirmed with a doctor if it was safe for a newborn, she said that if Whole Foods Market sells it then the formula doesn’t contain any animal parts and, therefore, must be safe, according to police.
She then said she would take the child to Florida Hospital South but only because she was being forced to, according to authorities. About an hour later, however, she was still at home and was placed under arrest.
While en route to jail, according to police, Markham had a carefree attitude, even though she was told that she was not going to be allowed to see her child until a court hearing.
Supreme Court strikes down Obama’s recess appointments
The justices rule the president exceeded his power under the Constitution by filling federal positions when the Senate was on a brief break.
UNLV students balk at Hillary Clinton talk fee
?Our student government asks that Hillary Clinton returns part or all of the money back to students, back to the university,? said Benjelloun, who noted that he likes Clinton. ?We?ve been seeing increases in tuition, we?ve been asking students and families to come back to the table, and it?s time for private entities to come to the table as well.?
Ted Cruz an enabler? Say it ain’t so.
http://www.huffpost.com/us/entry/5537289/?ir=Gay%20Voices
Edit:
Oh, now I get it…
Tea Party darling and Senate candidate Ted Cruz has been pulled from the fag stag closet as reports have found his single largest long time donor is gay billionaire Peter Thiel. Thiel founded PayPal and was an early investor in Facebook. For Cruz’s aborted run for Attorney General in 2009, Thiel donated $251,000, nearly 20% the campaign’s total fundraising. Thiel has given Cruz $5,000, which is the maximum amount allowed, for his Senate primary and runoff against Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst. In May, he became the largest single donor by giving $1 million to the Club for Growth, a super PAC that supports Cruz.
Thanks Ted! Onwards and upwards.
t’s a strange hypothetical scenario to imagine. Pressure to accept a medical treatment, no tangible proof of its necessity, its only benefits conferred by the fact that everyone else already has it, and coming at a terrible expense to those 1 or 2 percent who have a bad reaction. It seems unlikely that doctors, hospitals, parents, or society in general would tolerate a standard practice like this.
Except they already do. The imaginary treatment I described above is real. Obstetricians, doctors, and midwives commit this procedure on infants every single day, in every single country. In reality, this treatment is performed almost universally without even asking for the parents’ consent, making this practice all the more insidious. It’s called infant gender assignment: When the doctor holds your child up to the harsh light of the delivery room, looks between its legs, and declares his opinion: It’s a boy or a girl, based on nothing more than a cursory assessment of your offspring’s genitals.
[quote]Sloth wrote:
t’s a strange hypothetical scenario to imagine. Pressure to accept a medical treatment, no tangible proof of its necessity, its only benefits conferred by the fact that everyone else already has it, and coming at a terrible expense to those 1 or 2 percent who have a bad reaction. It seems unlikely that doctors, hospitals, parents, or society in general would tolerate a standard practice like this.
Except they already do. The imaginary treatment I described above is real. Obstetricians, doctors, and midwives commit this procedure on infants every single day, in every single country. In reality, this treatment is performed almost universally without even asking for the parents’ consent, making this practice all the more insidious. It’s called infant gender assignment: When the doctor holds your child up to the harsh light of the delivery room, looks between its legs, and declares his opinion: It’s a boy or a girl, based on nothing more than a cursory assessment of your offspring’s genitals.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2014/06/26/infant_gender_assignment_unnecessary_and_potentially_harmful.html[/quote]
Is this serious?
There are a LOT of people who need to learn the basic lesson of “selecting your battles…”.
Mufasa
http://news.yahoo.com/justices-cant-employers-cover-contraception-141923713--finance.html
“WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Supreme Court ruled Monday that some corporations can hold religious objections that allow them to opt out of the new health law requirement that they cover contraceptives for women.”
At SCOTUS, Anti-Catholic chant goes up: “keep your rosaries off my ovaries.”
“birth control is not my boss’s business” chant the people trying to require bosses to cover birth control.
I’m surprised this came out of the University of MD.
Continuation of the Mike Rowe lawyer story, which I think is hilarious.
Is this what William Wallace fought for?
Why are white, working class children in Britain falling behind?
http://news.yahoo.com/why-white-working-class-children-britain-falling-behind-120006292.html
[quote]Sloth wrote:
t’s a strange hypothetical scenario to imagine. Pressure to accept a medical treatment, no tangible proof of its necessity, its only benefits conferred by the fact that everyone else already has it, and coming at a terrible expense to those 1 or 2 percent who have a bad reaction. It seems unlikely that doctors, hospitals, parents, or society in general would tolerate a standard practice like this.
Except they already do. The imaginary treatment I described above is real. Obstetricians, doctors, and midwives commit this procedure on infants every single day, in every single country. In reality, this treatment is performed almost universally without even asking for the parents’ consent, making this practice all the more insidious. It’s called infant gender assignment: When the doctor holds your child up to the harsh light of the delivery room, looks between its legs, and declares his opinion: It’s a boy or a girl, based on nothing more than a cursory assessment of your offspring’s genitals.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2014/06/26/infant_gender_assignment_unnecessary_and_potentially_harmful.html[/quote]
Genitalia is a poor representation of one’s gender. Gender is a living, breathing identifier, subject to change. It’s Gender Freedom. Why be boxed in?