And I thought Mom was crazy!
Sorry, Mom...when you started talking about employers making health care decisions for their employees, specifically, women & reproductive health, I thought you were a bit "off." You had fallen...
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Border Kids Crisis: Can History of Orphan Train Movement Inspire Action?
Sixty thousand kids are at our border, having recently sought refuge from a violence few of us could imagine. For those of us that are parents, it is inconceivable to raise children under the...
View ArticleCivilians step up to protect Texas!
The Texas State Guard is apparently not sufficient in comforting the hearts & minds of some Texans during the upcoming Jade Helm 15 exercises. Enter the counter operation! Now WHO encouraged this...
View Articleaitchdee update: week 10
aitchdee is continuing her recovery from a prolonged illness at a skilled nursing facility in Sacramento, CA. She is working with physical & occupational therapists daily to increase her strength...
View ArticleNew Survey from the Trump Campaign: HELP us....Please give us direction!
What should arrive in my inbox this morning, but a message from the campaign of Donald J Trump. He urgently, no immediately needs my input on his critical election strategy. I also learn that without...
View ArticleThe SURVEY: Trump DESPERATELY seeking campaign strategy (input)!
Earlier I posted the plea from the Trump campaign that ended up in my mailbox. The plea itself is pretty sad, & doesn't seem like something Donald would approve. Previous diary...
View ArticleA Trump presidency: bad for us, bad for endangered species, bad for cows...
I have not always been a fan of Kathleen Parker, WaPo, but her most recent column, “Trump would lose the animal vote,” is very instructive. She uses the examples of Eric & Donald, Jr’s trophy...
View ArticleFrank Bruni NYT: Trump in it for the applause & adulation
Frank Bruni, Op-Ed columnist of the NYT, does a takedown of Donald Trump, exposing one of his greatest weaknesses: susceptibility to the admiration & the adulation of others. If Trump’s campaign...
View ArticleGUS: Moving More, Breathing Easier!
I’m a week in, and I keep looking at my stop smoking app. I rarely get credit for things I don't do, so I am delighted to get feedback. Plus it helps keep me focused on the positives of this process....
View ArticleA "feel good moment" break from politics: My Mom & the Pioneer Woman
Many of us, myself included, are exhausted as we near the end of this grueling presidential election that has, at many times, shown us the worst in people. I have found myself forgetting that most of...
View ArticleEfforts to stop Yiannopoulos & Shkreli lecture tonight (1/13/17) at UC...
Tonight the Davis College Republicans are sponsoring a talk by two of the most controversial young far right conservatives of recent memory. Students tried to shut this down through social media, but...
View ArticleEvil Does, As Evil Is Kobach: DACA Dreamers should 'go home & get in line.'
xEmbedded ContentWe should have known Trump would back down on DACA, especially if advised by Jeff Sessions & Kris Kobach, (R) Kansas Attorney General, a fierce opponent of the program. Yes, Kobach...
View ArticleJohnson Amendment Threatened
This happened Thursday, & I’m sure many of us missed it as we were neck deep in everything Russia. I didn’t see another diary that addressed how the House of Representatives would effectively...
View ArticleTrump Administration narrows definition of domestic violence
slate.com/…Slate reports that, as Trump has been dragging the country through the mud, his administration has been working behind the scenes to erode protection for victims of domestic violence. The...
View ArticleTo Test or Not to Test: New CDC guidelines
www.cnn.com/...Just days after Donald Trump announces & mischaracterizes a *new, miracle Covid-19 treatment,* plasma therapy, we learn that the CDC testing guidelines have been changed. They no...
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