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She walks in poopy, late at night,
Then down the hall and 'cross the bed
O'er all the linens clean and bright,
To settle down upon my head;
Then acts offended at the sight
As I scrub out the reeking tread.
Occasional political observations, occasional meanderings, occasional chairs and other mentally abused furniture
I was having a romp on one of the popular-with-idiots-and-journalists (but I repeat myself) social media sites, last evening, and ended up going on a bit of a rant. It went like this:
After presenting a few basic facts on a guy's thread refuting his claim that restricting abortions means women will die from untreated ectopic pregnancies, I've just been told "You're obviously a dude with no empathy so bugger off".
Since my “dude” vagina and I are no longer welcome to clarify, there, re: why I’m not in a panic over the Roe “trigger” laws, I thought I’d put a few of my points here. I’ll start with the biggie: what does the MO law (the one everyone keeps citing as most restrictive & therefore “dangerous”) actually say?
Missouri bars abortion after 15 weeks; still allows for removal of dead unborn child lost to miscarriage, and permits chemical abortifacient treatments for medical emergency, (e.g. ectopic pregnancy) *in doctor’s office, under doctor’s supervision*, and gives the doctors power of decision, using “reasonable medical judgment”.
Response: “concerns mount” https://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/health/concerns-mount-over-medical-emergency-exception-in-missouri-s-abortion-ban/article_62de4b3b-87fc-55dd-b13f-81f18299186f.html.
If a hospital lawyer decides staff must wait until medical emergency becomes life-threatening crisis before treatment, and the doctors follow lawyer’s advice instead of protecting the health & life of the patient, the hospital should be in for a MASSIVE malpractice lawsuit.
Of course, the immediate response I got was “It’s happening already! There were nurses posting on their social media about it!” My reply: “It must be true because I saw it on social media! (eyeroll emoji)”, which was deemed, by them, a copout. But I’ve fallen for a few fairy tales on here, due to confirmation bias. I’m not saying it never happened…
but unless someone actually follows up with, say, multiple witnesses, some documentation, & maybe, a lawsuit or two, I’m inclined to have my doubts. It’s too easy for someone to hide behind credentials to push an agenda. Granted, that goes both ways, but (and here’s what started the shift of my own opinion on the issue a couple of decades ago), the pro-abort crowd has a longer history of lying.
First, they swore that all they wanted was simple legalization, to stop back-alley abortions & save women’s lives. Remember “safe, legal, and rare”? But, once legalized, the pro-aborts turned a blind eye to Kermit Gosnell’s charnel house for DECADES. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/58-horrific-details-from-the-kermit-gosnell-trial-that-you-do-not-want-to-read
Next, it was “we’re pro-choice, not anti-abortion”. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jun/8/churches-pro-life-centers-attacked-supreme-court-a/
“It’s not a human being.” “It’s just a parasitic clump of cells.” “It’s not alive until it takes its first breath.” https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3211703.
Under the new ruling, with trigger laws, “some states have NO exceptions.” https://ussanews.com/2022/06/28/fact-treatments-for-miscarriage-and-ectopic-pregnancy-are-legal-in-every-state/
“It’s a private matter between a woman and her doctor only.” Baby makes three.
Anti-abortionists only care about making sure the baby is born. They don’t care about its life afterward.”
I'm a bit agitated, lately, but Mother Nature seems to have arranged a good workout for me, this holiday weekend.
Yesterday started off pretty nicely. The sun was shining, the birds were singing, and the geranium was just beginning to bloom again after being transferred from the dining room to the front yard.
And then the sky darkened, the city emergency sirens started howling…
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Fun stuff coming up from the south |
strong winds tore through, flash floods and
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I wonder if I find a way to make the sidewalk look like this all the time? Safety questions aside, that is |
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Heirloom twig? |
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If hostas were palatable, I'd have a lovely chopped salad… maybe with some tomatoes |
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Is… is this Ed Harris and one of his grandkids? |
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He: Being a gentleman farmer is easy She: I broke a rib laughing at that |
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"You can't prove we did whatever your other camera says we did…" |
This week, Pop celebrates the 90th anniversary of his birth. I'm baking a pie or two, in honor of the occasion, and we'll have a bit of a celebration with our closest friends. First we send the invitations,
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Then there's the party, followed by the realization that we were FAR from politically correct in our conduct…
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but nobody around here really cares.
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These pix are numbered as though from a set, likely a small souvenir packet of scenes from around campus – or even around town. Clearly, I don't have the envelope/pouch/packet they originally came in, let alone a complete set. Still, I have learned something today (I might have known this long ago and forgotten it, but I prefer to pretend my memory is less flawed than that):
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Wallace Hall (or, as the label says, "89 Monmouth College") |
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"-80- Library - Monmouth College" Now called Poling Hall, but we old-timers still pronounce it "CAR-nuh-ghee" |
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"–87 – Auditorium" Still one of my favorite structures on campus. It's lovely, and has darned good acoustics. When they don't overdo the upholstery |
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"-86-Monmouth College Gymnasium" Ask me, sometime, about the dirt track in the basement. Under/around the pool. |