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  1. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/25/abortion-war-against-women-in-america And, of course, the long nightmare is just beginning. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/29/abortion-state-lines/ There will be lots of domestic violence over this, and many deaths. The war's been seething underground for some time, but Trump brought it out into the open by declaring : "You can grab them by pussy " and then getting elected president.
  2. How is it different? There is no Venn diagram. Trump is primarily, overwhelmingly, a narcissist. The whole reason he wanted the presidency - it sure wasn't from party conviction - was simply and almost entirely, for the purpose of being the central, biggest, most important face in every picture. That's why he had to lie about the turnout at his inauguration and kept rallying after he won the election: he needs a booster shot of adulation at least once a month.
  3. Not really. For Trump, central, biggest and most important is The President of the Great-Again America. He was about to be pushed off the great big presidential podium with all the world's cameras pointed at it. That's the single thing he wanted not to happen - at any price, by any means, ever. And he still hasn't given it up.
  4. His principle aim, forever and always, is to be the in the middle of the picture, bigger and more important than everybody else.
  5. If I were at a convention, wearing a furry costume over that vest, I might have some trouble a. replacing ice-packs without being noticed and b. getting the ice-packs. Not a bad deal for +/-$35... or, you could just make pouches inside the costume itself for free. In either case, if the venue is too cold for comfort, the same pockets can hold heating packs. https://www.amazon.com/Hot-Go-Reusable-Heat-Packs/dp/B016OA5YK0/ref=asc_df_B016OA5YK0/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=167137526383&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=18189880561444574356&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9019129&hvtargid=pla-307480580326&psc=1 also from the amazing amazon.
  6. No, no, bodies can generate their own electricity. The real problem with aging is that the cells get bored. Dr. E. Giger has the solution: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Cellular_regeneration_and_entertainment_chamber
  7. Sounds too complicated. Why not put that thought and effort into selecting a material that doesn't get too warm? Something that allows air circulation. Of course, it depends on what sort of animal you want to be and how much fur it absolutely must have.
  8. There is a quote function at the lower left-hand side of the box. Or you can highlight the sentence or paragraph you want to answer and get a quote selection message. That's what I chose above here. It is the most frequent problem with students and trainees. You're expected to internalize information in printed form, when visual may not be your best personal method of learning, and the content or form of the information may be foreign to your normal mode of thought. When that happens, you might consider thinking in terms of translation. Look at the paragraph as a pattern, rather than a block. See if you can pick out the most important words. Translate those words into your own language, and then put them back, each in its own sentence, to see if it makes better sense. It sounds time-consuming (especially for someone who has lots of material to get through in a short time) and at first, it is. But once you get the hang of it, it becomes faster. Another thing that often happens is, even if you turned off the radio and closed the window, there is still noise generated by your own brain. All the time you're reading, part of your mind is nagging you to get on to another subject, take out the garbage, call your parents, fill out those forms... or just look ahead to the next paragraph. It's very hard to turn off the noise in your head. People with different temperaments need different strategies for dealing with that internal distraction. You may want to address each of the characters nagging at you and tell them when you intend to take care of their concern. Or more simply, allocate time: this half hour is for Economics; the next half hour is for recreation, the half hour after is for family obligations - or however your life works. Keep in mind, it really is important to eat healthy, get some exercise and fresh air whenever you can and sleep enough. People get stupid when they're malnourished, musty and tired.
  9. I don't think it's a question of capacity. You have plenty, whether it's on a scale or not. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1025405628479 The problem is far less likely to be in the storage as in the input and/or output functions. One possibility is that you are unable to focus or concentrate on the material you want to remember, so it's never recorded. Another is that you actually stored it in long-term memory, but are unable to retrieve it at will - lost your password, to extend the metaphor. Of course, this analogy is nothing more than a metaphor; the human brain doesn't really work like a computer, and there is a lot more going on, physically, cognitively and emotionally, than the subject is aware of. There are also - as you might expect - many different approaches to solving the problem. There are many regimens to improve memory (and some cons, so watch out!) Here is some legitimate advice in general terms https://www.verywellmind.com/great-ways-to-improve-your-memory-2795356 , though it may not relate to your specific problem. To get at that, you need help to figure out what the specific obstacles are and how to remove them.
  10. You could try glycerol. They used to sell it in drugstores, but may not anymore. If you haven't any, perhaps a vegetable oil followed by soap. Very few mothers murder their children for spilling something on a counter. She may be quite cross, but you life is probably safe.
  11. A stable genius the likes of which we'd never seen before and fervently hope never to see again.
  12. Too many fresh new uneducated souls coming in. That'll stop now, thanks be to SCOTUS.
  13. They tend not to have long foresight, but I'm willing to entertain the idea that they don't see any Black people voting in 20 years.
  14. So, they've leaked the striking down of the 14th amendment already. I woulda bet a fiver 19 was next on the agenda.
  15. Were you expecting logic from a Trumpette? Anyway, the situation is more complicated and will have more and more dire ramifications than can be covered here, though I've expanded a bit on some of them in previous pages.
  16. Not big on irony, huh? https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/27/opinions/trump-rally-roe-white-life-miller-obeidallah/index.html
  17. Aside from your loose interpretation, which parts of my quoted remarks are factually incorrect?
  18. You may not hear it, but it was mentioned here as not-so-incidental outcome. Where states are making these Draconian laws, they have also gerrymandered voting districts, defunded or shut down family planning services, made access to birth control and prenatal care inaccessible to poor people and applied all law-enforcement unevenly among the population. It's no mystery what demographics have been, are and will continue to be most severely affected by new legislations and prosecutions.
  19. Information is readily available to all who care to know.
  20. FYI https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/fact-sheet/abortions-later-in-pregnancy/ The more that fish is dragged across the trail, the worse it smells.
  21. Your brush is too broad. Baby strokes!
  22. And lots of other things. Which may account for the 1,000,000+ Covid deaths in the country with the world's best medical expertise and highest medical cost. The social cost of these decisions is enormous. The economic cost is huge. The personal costs will be incalculable. The cost in already frayed national unity is yet to be determined. But, hey, it's a big step toward unabashed fascism, so the political gain makes up for everything. White women, rejoice! You are the designated incubators of a doomed master race.
  23. No, that one's personal, and not on topic.
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