My wife was on the pill from 14 for quality of life purposes due to horrific periods. I fear for young girls having to deal with what she did and not being able to get relief.
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My wife was on the pill from 14 for quality of life purposes due to horrific periods. I fear for young girls having to deal with what she did and not being able to get relief.
Martin Alvito
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It's to the point where if they're going to depend on junk science, I think it's time to junk science them right back.
"We found a clear association between the consumption of Communion wafers/wine and deficiencies in cognitive reasoning skills, inability to sort through competing claims, severity of latent racial/ethnic biases, willingness to expose out-group members to disproportionate risks, measures of authoritarianism..."
"...these results remained robust after controlling for age, gender, income, educational attainment, ethnicity and other factors shown to influence these attitudes and reasoning skills in previous research..."
"Based on the participants' self-reported unwillingness or inability to discontinue or decrease their consumption, we conclude that these are addictive substances..."
"In summary, we believe that the potential hazards posed by these substances, both to the users and to others, have not been adequately addressed in previous literature. Further research is needed to determine the scope and scale of the societal harm posed by the consumption of these substances to users and those around them. Should the magnitude of that harm prove sufficiently great, policy remedies such as the addition of these substances to the DEA Schedules and court-ordered detoxification programs may prove effective policy tools..."
Less than 600 votes now.....come on Frisch!
Martin Alvito
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It seems unlikely that he'll pull ahead at this point, but recounts have swung elections that close a few times in the past. The threshold for a mandatory recount (0.5% of the winner's total votes) will land right at right around an 800 vote margin.
Agreed - I'm hoping, crossing my toes, trying to hex the incumbent, etc - it's down from over 1,000 vote difference - I just don't know how many votes had to be cured and from what counties, so it'll be close.
I couldn’t get out of bed for a day a month the pain was so bad before I eventually went on the pill which, although it didn’t eliminate the issue, significantly reduced it.
The pill is very much a medical treatment for a some issues above and beyond @RAFUH’s point that women should have the right to choose.
So that's why these religious loons hate radical islam. They're just jealous that they can't force the same oppressive control on people.
Next up for Fundamentalist Christian America:
"should women be dressing like prostitues, or should they be made to wear head-to-toe coverings?"
Or
"Should women be allowed education because they get ideas above their stations?"
Nah Joe Manchin holds one Dem seat in the senate.
Martin Alvito
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Lot of confusion on how this election works out there, so let's clear that up. Each party caucus puts a name in nomination. Voting is done by roll call, and members vote for an option verbally. The options in nomination can be voted for simply by last name - "McCarthy" or "Jeffries". Voting "Present" is effectively an abstention, decreasing the number of votes needed to get over the line.
However, these members could vote for anybody and have it block a majority, as long as they vote for someone 'by surname'. By rule, the Speaker does not have to be a member of the House. In 2019, Jim Jordan, Tammy Duckworth, Joe Biden and Stacey Abrams were among those receiving legit votes. The members cannot vote for 'your mom' and have it count towards a block, since there's no surname. If they happen to know your mom's name, they can vote for her.
If nobody wins, they do it all over again until somebody wins. So, why haven't we seen someone use this genius tactic before? They can hold the entire House hostage and prevent it from doing anything at all until McCarthy stands down, right?
Not really. In the case of a small number, McCarthy probably just makes some concessions to Jeffries to secure enough Democratic leadership votes to keep the railroad running, then punishes those who threw the tantrum. As it gets large, he just calls their bluff, lets them paralyze the House, waits for the media to turn on them and then makes some minor concessions so they can save face. Moderate Republicans crossing to elect Jeffries is a Democratic pipe dream for a bunch of reasons, and Jeffries knows that. The last thing he wants is the Speaker's chair and no ability to pass things by party-line. He's much better off letting that be McCarthy's problem.
The insurgents are lying about McCarthy's ability to appoint committee chairs by fiat, by the way. There are some fairly evil things that he can do, using the Steering Committee, to make it very hard for the conference to block his wishes. He can't stop a majority in the conference that's cohesive even in the event of secret ballot, though. He can only stall. The insurgents are just grousing because they don't have the votes to stop that. They want rule by a minority of the caucus, which they can never get.
Thought you might be interested in this, seems to be well received at the Vegas event
of interest perhaps
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