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"President Trump is due to sign an executive order Thursday morning intended to allow individuals and small businesses to buy a long-disputed type of health insurance that skirts state regulations and Affordable Care Act protections. " https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/trump-to-sign-executive-order-to-gut-aca-insurance-rules-and-undermine-marketplaces/2017/10/11/40abf774-ae97-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html?utm_term=.bd6541516a25 Back in July Trump said “It’ll be a lot easier,” “We’re not going to own it. I’m not going to own it. I can tell you the Republicans are not going to own it. We’ll let Obamacare fail, and then the Democrats are going to come to us.” .Trump is attempting to force change by creating chaos. This seems to be his move on a wide range of things. Just apply pressure, undermine what is in place, and hope what follows is better or at least something that saves faces. Trump does this with foriegn policy too. Trump has already created chaos with North Korea. There is no clear way forward yet his rhetoric just becomes more and more incendiary. Trump does this on trade publicly questioning NAFTA. A country can't be ran this way though. If the ACA fails without an alternate in place millions will suffer. If a diplomatic solution isn't found with North Korea war will break out and millions will suffer. Trump's approach to forcing change through chaos with an eye towards negotiating over the rumble in ludicrous. The down stream effect might be catastrophic and Trump seems perfectly willing to risk that.

You may find it "ironic" that Canada is interested in encouraging people to reproduce yet have a healthcare system the provides contraception but I think that view distorts the purpose of what's provided. The majority number of women use birth control for reasons other than pregnancy avoidance. While condom use is important for STD protection which is critical to having a healthy population capable of reproduction. Bringing the importance of planned vs unplanned pregnancies into this only muddies the waters. It implies a direct relationship between a nations birth rate, outcomes, and the use of birth control. Can you provide a citation that such direct connections exist? "Among the reasons for using oral contraception other than the most obvious one are reducing cramps associated with periods, regulating periods, which for some women can prevent menstrual-related migraine headaches. Other uses include controlling endometriosis, a condition in which uterine tissue grows outside the uterus, and reducing bleeding due to uterine fibroid tumors. Some women also use birth control pills to control acne. In fact, the study found, most women who use the pill use it for multiple reasons. Only a minority — 42 percent — said they used it exclusively for contraception." http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2011/11/15/142358413/the-pill-not-just-for-pregnancy-prevention

Contraception serves more purposes than avoiding the opposite of "wanted children". This point really shouldn't have to made over and over again.

Unfortunately such research is against the rules: "The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studies a variety of public health threats every year, from infectious diseases to automobile safety. But for 15 years, the CDC has avoided comprehensive research on one of the top causes of death in the U.S.: firearms. While the CDC keeps surveillance data on gun injuries and deaths, it has not funded a study aimed at reducing harm from guns since 2001. The CDC estimates that firearms are one of the top five causes of death in the U.S. for people under the age of 65, so advocates of gun safety say the lack of comprehensive research is particularly glaring. The dearth of research funding goes back to 1997, when an amendment was added to an operations bill that passed in Congress with the language that the CDC will be barred from any research that will “advocate or promote gun control,” CDC spokeswoman Courtney Lenard told ABC News. Called the Dickey Amendment after Rep. Jay Dickey, a Republican from Arkansas who served from 1993 to 2001, the amendment is often called a ban, but it did allow for research on injuries or deaths from firearms. However, Lenard pointed out that after the amendment, Congress cut funding for the CDC by the exact amount that had been spent on gun research in the year before. While that $2.6 million in funding was eventually restored, it was earmarked for traumatic brain injury research, according to a 2013 article in The Journal of the American Medical Association."

Why does all of this matter? Love, monogamy, and your ability to project honesty/trust aren't rooted in how talented your fiance is. It is about who you are and not who she is.

Really??? I think jealousy is the most likely reason but there may have been another. For all we know it was money related; he didn't want to pay her child support anymore. Money is a very common motive for murder. I see no value in over estimating motives we don't actually know or understand.

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/clearances 14,610 people were killed in 2011 and over 5,000 went unsolved. Amongst those who were found guilt 5% on average plead not guilty. Of those who plead guilty some small percentage are not actually guilty and are later found innocent. Motive is often speculated. A person known to sell drugs gets killed and the motive is assumed to be drug related; that is no guarantee though. We all believe OJ Simpson killed Nicole out of jealousy but we really have no idea why he killed her. Same for Scott Peterson. We all asume he wanted to be with the women he was cheating with and/or didn't want to be a father but we really don't know. We just have ideas we accept. Granovetter's model is a terrific guide but ultimately cannot prove motive in a specific individual case. Only in cases where killers explain why (confesses, leaves manifesto, etc) can we ever really claim we know. Even then mental illness and mood altering medication may still have played a role unbeknownst to the killer themselves. In terms of preventing these things in the future I think it is most important to identify behaviors throughout a persons life than what their final motives may have been. Rather than getting caught up in what finally set off a Dylann Roof we should be identifying that White Nationalist groups are dangerous. In the case of Stephen Paddock we should be asking ourselves why a man was able to buy 33 guns plus numerous accessories in 12 months without drawing ANY suspicion. "Men who gamble are more likely to act violently towards others, with the most addicted gamblers the most prone to serious violence. A new study found that gambling in any capacity -- pathological, problem, or so-called casual gambling -- related to significantly increased risk of violence, including domestic abuse. " https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160906103311.htm

I reached my full height at 14yrs old. Most online sources indicate that males typically reach full height between 13-17yrs of age. I am sure some people continue to grow after that but it isn't common. I have not known anyone who continued to grow into their mid 20's.

It is reasonable to want to know why but it is unreasonable to be dissatisfied about how the investigation is going. A lot has already been revealed in a short period of time. The investigation is producing much as can be reasonably expected. As for preventative measures; for the first time in decades Republicans in Congress finally seem willing to act. That is huge. After Sandy Hook and San Bernardino absolutely nothing was done. Today Congress seems ready to outlaw bump stocks. While outlawing accessories which are designed circumvent the law in the first place seems like a no brainer it is actually a big deal Republicans are for it. It is a big deal because for the first time in my life time Republicans are acknowledging, even if only by default, bad intentions are associated with certian types of firearm purchases. Paddock bought 33 guns in the 12 months before the shooting and it wasn't considered suspicious because there has been an attitude in the U.S. that stockpiling weapons and weapon accessories is perfectly normal behavior (madness). Finally Republicans are acknowledginng that it isn't. That means in the future the FBI, ATF, DHS, and local PDs might actually be able to investigate those who are purchasing exotic accessories. Owning an armory of semi automatic weapons capable of easy convertion into fully automatic weapons might finally be formally (court issued warrants applicable) viewed as suspicious behavior. That is a huge step.

Unusual how; what are the police doing that posters keep vaguely implying this without explanation? As for the issue of motive I don't see anything unusual here. At least 10,000 people in the U.S. are murdered every year. We don't understand the motives of 90% of the killers. What was the motives of the Sandy Hook shooter other than he was crazy? Speaking of Sandy Hook conspiracies popped up that the whole thing was fake. It seems to me that withmany of these large tradegies people over analyze the details and draw odd conclusions. Not only do I think Paddock's motives might never be known I think it is unreasonable to assume they would be.

@Apex Anomally, telling us that you taught an eager group with notebooks and pencil in hand and that your fiance is Mensa seems like a grab for validatiion. Perhaps your history with women has nothing to do with your fiance's distrust. Perhaps she sees in you a constant need for validation that as a psychologist she understands can't be filled by any number of people muchless a single person. Your need for validation might be what drove your interested with picking so many women up in the first place? I recommend you consider what it is about you which can be changed rather than what she can be convinced of.

I understand what this post is implying? We know who the shooter was, what weapons he used, when he bought them, and etc.We know he had hotel reservations over seeing other venues in Chicago and Boston. We have seen interviews with his brother, store owner where he bought many of his guns, and people in Mesquite where he lived that saw him around town. There is already a Stephen Paddock wikipedia page up listing where he went to school and college, where he has worked, travelled, and etc. In my opinion an enormous amount of information has come out. As much information as could be expected. Unfortunately Stephan Paddock did not leave behind a facebook post explaining his actions. Paddock's motivations may never be fully understood or police ITs might find a deleted email to his brither explaining his actions. Either way it doesn't mean the police are behaving suspicious or doing anything unusual.

When being used for Endometriosis how is it "elective"? When being used for painful cramps how is it anymore "elective" that Motrin, Codeine, or any other of the various medications used to manage pain which are covered by insurance? When used for acne how is it anymore "elective" than traiz, tretinoin, or etc? You acknowledge that birth control is used from others things yet continue to call it elective with distinguishing between the various applications. Rather you are generalizing.

Investigators believe Paddock had scouted other venues. Federal investigators are looking into events in Chicago, Boston, and separate event in Las Vegas that took place a week before the massacre. Country music wasn't involved in any of the other events.

You keep repeating this despite it being provably untrue. As CharonY has already pointed out there are many reasons why a Doctor might prescribe someone birth control. As you will see in the survey I linked below pregnancy prevention is NOT the main cited reason for using birth control and hundreds of thousands who use birth control aren't even sexually active. You are using false claims to justify your position and whenever that is neccessary it means the position attempting to be justified is wrong. To your point: "The researchers examined data from the National Survey of Family Growth, a poll administered by the National Center for Health Statistics. In-person interviews of 7,356 women ages 15 to 44 were conducted between June 2006 and December 2008, with results being weighted to ensure the findings were nationally representative. Nationwide, about 11.2 million women ages 15 to 44, or 18 percent of all U.S. women, currently use oral contraceptive pills. Of these women, 86 percent report taking the pill for birth control. The other most commonly cited reasons for taking the pill are: reducing cramps or menstrual pain (31 percent); menstrual regulation (28 percent); treatment of acne (14 percent); and treatment of endometriosis (4 percent). Endometriosis is an often painful disorder in which tissue that normally lines the inside of the uterus grows elsewhere in the body, typically within the pelvic region, according to the Mayo Clinic. Furthermore, 762,000 women who have never had sex use the pill, primarily for non-contraceptive purposes. Fifty-seven percent said they use it to treat menstrual pain, 43 percent for menstrual regulation, and 26 percent for acne treatment" https://www.livescience.com/17061-oral-contraceptive-pill-guttmacher-survey.html

@ Waitforufo, how about we allow Doctors to decide which things their patients require. Rather than having lay people render judgements on the value of birth control, aroma therapy, and etc should not Doctors administering the care be empowered to decide what's best? Doctors have a very difficult job which often calls upon them to make life or death choices. They really do not need to added distraction of wondering about what is or isn't covered by their patients healthcare plans. If a Doctor want to prescribe birth control to a patient they should be able to and their reason for doing so is no ones business; Doctor patient privilege.

Yes I am sure about that. It isn't a secret. Politicians discuss it openly.

1 - what is true and what is a fact are interchangable just as binary logic of ones and zeroes can be read as yes and no. Philosophy seeks to understand and value; it is a system of thought. It is neither true or false. That is one of the reasons why analogies work so well in philosophical discussions. They promote relatability. 2 - This argument is over used. It implies a greater level of change than what exists. While in the last hundred years there have been additions to many scientific theries many more are still the same. Read a science book from a hundred years ago and it will say the Earth revolves around the Sun, Cells are the smallest known unit of life, and 2 + 2 will still equal four. Very few things which have been considered fact have been disproved with time. Isaac Newton Inner Square Law is still used to this day for various applications despite General Relativity. Knowledge is accumulative as you stated. Each new discovery or addition to information doesn't disprove what was previously understood.

I honestly cannot imagine that here in the States. Here in the States numerous steps are put into place to restrict who votes. To vote in the States one must register months in advance, travel to a specific prescribed location, andelection are nearly never held during the weekend which ensures huge portions of voters will need to figure out how to get time off of work/daycare/and etc. If every adult was sent a ballot the U.S. of A would be a very different place and policy would look very different on a wide range of issues.

CharonY already listed preventitive uses for birth control and you seem to by ignoring them completely. In my opinion the govt or an employer should not stand between a patient and Doctor. Whatever a Doctor, who is responsible for the health of their patient, says their patient needs are is what they are. It should matter what the definition of preventitive care is to waitforufo or Ten oz.

What gave you that impression? The shooter bought 33 guns in the last 12 months and in the interview you are referencing his brother mentions owning a semi automatc gun he uses to teach his children to shoot with. Are you under the impression most gun enthusiast are leftist? "On Election Day, gun owners did in fact come through for Trump. Sixty-two percent of gun owners voted for Trump, according to data from the 2016 American National Election Studies (ANES). " https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/05/09/gun-ownership-used-to-be-bipartisan-not-anymore/?utm_term=.f00d5162b17e I am under the opinion that the average U.S. voter who supports the current Admin and leadership in Congress has no real interest in resolving the policy issues you mentioned. Pride has nothing to do with it. They simply want certian things for themselves, believe ONLY they are entitled to those things, and actually enjoy the suffering of others as it provides relative perspective to their victories; someone one must lose for someone else to win. Hmmm - The Average American voter voted for the candidate you said gushed about your gun laws and healthcare system.

@ scherado, geordief's post is on topic. While it using the words "gun laws in USA" as a whole the post questions motives and justifications behind the laws as means of challanging the larger mentality of gun owners. It is nuanced but on topic as it tips its hat to a possible motive. Perhaps you should read the post geordief was responding to and then the post of theirs you qouted again with an eye towards subtext.

RangerX and basically everyone in this thread has denounced violence and any protest which violates law. This whole thread is just a bit of whataboutism by waitforufo who simplying seems to challanging everyone to post negatively about BLM. A point you are seconding above by falsely claiming RangerX cannot and or has not denounce militant actions as a means of baiting more direct criticism of BLM. I think it is clear that no one in here is supporting violence or the opression of anyones speech be any group.

By comparison this sort of implies Africa as a whole is the worst place on earth. That is debatable and unnecessarily dismissive of Africa as a whole which has nothing to do with this conversation. Opressive regimes, famine, and atrocities exist all over the world; to say that Assad, Kim Jung-un, ISIS, or etc are evil and use them as specific examples for comparison is more appropriate than just casually throwing the whole of Africa and "Islam countries" under the bus generalizing to an insulting degree.

Humans, like all animals, have a chemical brain which processes existence through feelings. The feeling of hunger, fear, warmth, fatigue, and etc govern much of the living experience. As feeling creatures humans are emotional. Love, hate, regret, anxiety, greed, boredom, etc are part of our experience. It is very difficult for people to distinguish between what is good and what is true. As emotional beings by default we tend to think all good and useful things are true. It seems to me like beecee is arguing that philosophy is not equal to physics and others are arguing that philosophy absolutely is. I think both positions are true but just from different perspectives. Philosophy is good but we can't conflate being good with being right. I have seen many times on this forum were a poster will qoute philosophers in an attempt to disprove peer reviewed science. Good ideas being mistaken for accurate/proven ideas; it happens a lot. So beecee does have a point. Where science is capable of calculating for something the often speculative process of philosophy isn't terribly useful. How many threads do we see where posters who can't explain what E = mc2 means are challanging a finite vs infinite universe, time travel, theory of relativity, or etc? Clearly in those are discussions where more physics and less amature philosophy is perferred. That said philosophy is the foundation of critical thinking. Without philosophy humans would cease to progress scientifically. So philosophy is still vital and important as ever. We simply must distinguish between what is good and what is true. Not settle for philosophical platitudes which provide emotional comfort without an executable or testable measure.