Right now I’m reading Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende. Carrie Fisher’s Princess Diarist is next on the list.

I’m reading Der Nasse Fisch, the book on which Babylon Berlin is (somewhat loosely) based on. I got HOOKED on the series while I was on leave, and really wanted to read it in the original German. So that’s what I’m going through right now. Work is getting in the way (booooooo) but I’m having fun keeping my German up…

Books! This is my second book post. What are you currently reading? I’ve read 3 Carrie Fisher books this year. I was feeling addicted, but decided to start Lauren Graham’s memoir, which was a gift earlier this year. Next up: Kim Gordon and Patti Smith’s memoirs.

The Hyde Amendment dates to 1976. At the time, it was seen as making sure that no Federal dollars were spent on eugenics programs that forced the poor, the incarcerated, and the “undesirable” groups into forced sterilization programs, and forced abortions.ETA: By “seen as”, I mean seen as an effort to cease Federal…

Planned Parenthood receives a reimbursement from Medicaid from low income patients with Medicaid coverage. Title X Federal coverage also exists for reimbursement for low income patients without Medicare or other insurance...Title X uses a sliding scale, and patients show pay stubs to qualify. All of this is Federal…

Federal funds do not pay the rent at Planned Parenthood.

Facts don’t seem to matter anymore to increasing numbers of people.

I mean, doesn’t this only matter if you’re talking about the tangible dollars used? Like you literally don’t want your actual dollar bill to be used instead of the dollar bill Liberal Debbie donated? Which sounds like a petty point. If donations are large enough to cover the abortion services, isn’t that a moot point?…

Oh I’m sure it’s been brought to their attention, but it’s best to overlook that and just lie because no one on their side cares if they do.

Why is is that so many people don’t know about the Hyde Amendment???

I’m not sure if Jared and Ivanka are aware that the Hyde amendment doesn’t permit federal funds to pay for abortions, and PP also survives on private donations.

I also heard she controls the weather and wrote the screenplay to Glitter.

It sure does sound like Trump invited Putin to the White House for a playdate!

Or they’re sexist, whichever

The problem is the part of the employer NDA’s that limit what you can say about your treatment. NDA’s are very useful when working with or for a company (I have signed about 4 so far). I can’t reveal anything about the information I got while working on those projects, but none of them included anything about not…

Or that Obama wasn’t brave enough to hang himself.

I would really love to see employee NDAs made illegal. They’re basically a way to blackmail people with no power.