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If I didn't feel badly enough about men these days -- 53 percent of them approve of Trump, says fivethirtyeight.com.

 

Sure.

 

I’m wondering if you missed it on the first read. It was infamous at the time, and is widely referenced, including in the 2014 LA Times column I quoted.

 

To you, it doesn't. To women who have to go through with it, maybe it does. The degree of the physical toll doesn't matter.

My question was should a person be able to do force another person to undergo a physical toll in order for the first person to survive?

 

Meanwhile ...

The Democrats are trusting Mitch McConnell.

Senate Will Vote Overwhelmingly to End Government Shutdown

 

"... on Monday, Democrats wanted more in exchange for the votes to end the shutdown."

Interesting ... I was told this was the Republicans' doing.

 

Black was out, and pink was in at the SAG Awards last night.

I guess the problems in Hollywood were all solved when women wore black at the Golden Globes.

 

It was the Democrats' fault as in "I'm starving. 'Here's a dog turd sandwich.' I'm not eating that. 'Well, I tried to help.'"

 

Big mistake.

 

I fail to see how postponing an issue for three weeks does anything for anybody. This CR does reauthorize CHIP for six years, so that's something, but in the end, the Republicans want to deport the Dreamers because of the party's white racism and there's not much Democrats can do about it except get votes on the record on the issue -- which of course McConnell and Ryan would shut the government down until Election Day to avoid. Those young men and women are fucked because so many white people in this country are so full of hate and fear.

 

I think the Republicans inadvertently put their foot in a bear trap when they took the Dreamers hostage. Some of them were just playing an extortion game for political advantage but did not truly intend to harm the dreamers. Some of them intend to play political games and then kill the hostage. They can't agree on an endgame.

 

Women supporting women is a beautiful thing.

Way to go Megyn and NBC.