My mom was an OR nurse in the 60s. Rich women either went abroad (I think it was legal in Canada) or they got a doctor to diagnose them with depression, because there was an exception written in the laws regarding the mental health of the mother. Note that depression can make you ineligible for jobs requiring security…

If people are asked their opinion about Obamacare it’s majority negative. If they are asked about the ACA, it is majority positive. They are the same law. Note this survey was taken before the news about increased premiums went out, so ACA opinions are probably lower now.

60% of abortions are to women in their 20s. 59% already have at least 1 child. One of the persistent incorrect stereotypes is that it’s just slutty teenagers with no impulse control.

In states where Obamacare was contentious the branding and publicity were tied to the state level implementation. Kentucky is one example; many Kentuckians don’t realize they are part of Obamacare.

Yes yes yes. I love NK Jamison; the Inheritance Trilogy has been on a 6 month reread for me. Fifth Season and Obelisk Gate are a cut above Inheritance Trilogy.

This. I am undergoing my second career change and haven’t been able to land a job in 5 months in my new field...which is IT, where the streets are supposed to be paved with gold. The advice I keep getting is to take an unpaid internship for a year so that I get enough experience to qualify for entry level work. LOL? I…

Stella Artois is just the teeniest, boringest tip of the grand Belgian beer-berg. So much good beer. However, there is so much good beer in the USA now that Belgium isn’t the siren song it used to be. But they still have amazing chocolate, too. Mm, chocolate.

Obvious troll. Smash, Hulk. Smash. Go get ‘me.

I know a couple of dudes in the Navy who are dedicated Nazi memorabilia collectors. One doesn’t have much interest in politics - I don’t quite understand why he is so into it. I suspect the other is all over Daily Stormer and etc. I also will be completely unsurprised when he is revealed to be a serial killer.

It’s a one-word bozo filter.

She is luscious, old-Hollywood style. That can be tough to style on a young person because we are so accustomed to seeing those looks on older women. She’ll grow into it and will be magnificent.

Whoa, this is important. Are there any major new outlets doing this story?

College kids have more energy than money. Is there a local or regional donation center they can staff? If you are in a fracking state there are probably similar efforts trying to keep frackers from poisoning wells.

This. Every single day, a different shill non-answering even the softest of softball questions. So disappointing, and yet NPR is still the best broadcast news that I know of. I hope in 2017 they ban all “political strategists” from their news programs.

I as reading Naked Capitalism’s analysis of Uber this evening and I kept thinking “but but but cabs are terrible.” While I have not taken as many Uber/Lyfts yet, so far the experience is far superior, on par with the livery vehicle service I sought out when I had one too many hair raising adventures in taxis.

Not then, but The Eyes Of My Mother would like to have a word today. Has anyone seen it? It seems like artsy torture porn, so it’s not on my will watch list. Worth it y/n?

Where would she be today without his firm guiding hand? /s

I saw Monster, the movie about the serial killer Aileen Wuornos, on Valentines Day with some friends. Completely packed theater. All of the couples around us landed there because every other movie was sold out. I can’t even imagine — like, go get ice cream or something instead. Soooo many walkouts that night.

This was my thought, too: Would they have done the same thing if Brando was assaulting a 19 year old guy?

Most people carry with them glowing information boxes that should be making us the most well-informed humans ever. Instead we are petty, distracted and dangerous to ourselves and others. We have the technical and neurobiological answers to creating a proper information ecosystem, but we don’t have a money answer. I…