I think I might understand where you’d get that impression, but personally couldn’t disagree more. as part of the LGBT community I’m horrified by the HRC’s endorsement of Clinton, who didn’t support gay marriage until 2013. it’s great that she’s decided to get on board with the trend of many progressive movements that…

I would guess because they are both almost identical, in most policy ideas and personal ideals. Yet bernie is only accepting donations from the citizens, while hillarys top 4 out of 5 donors are large banks, then many of the rest of the top ten are super pacs, regardless of who runs those pacs, super pacs are why our…

My interpretation is that he thinks economic justice is life-threateningly important and that hot-button issues and identity politics has been used as a wedge issue to prevent politicians from actually addressing the colossal economic unfairness that we are facing.

“How are conditions in Jersey right now, Mike?”

And maybe she actually IS a lesbian, in which case, Taiwan deserves even more kudos for this vote!

I WANT A WOMAN PRESIDENT. Yes, I will vote based on gender, just like men (and some women) have done since the beginning of time. I don’t care if Hillary isn’t the perfect candidate...she is smart, has experience, and she is a woman. I sooooo tire of the Bernie lovers who clearly don’t understand how important it is…

China invading Taiwan would be a spark that would ignite the powderkeg of simmering tensions in that whole region.

Chen (President from 2000 to 2008) was much more confrontational with the PRC than Tsai is likely to be, and the PRC has its own internal problems these days. No issue.

Maybe some lady-diplomacy is exactly what these trigger-happy cocksure international territory disputes need. Lil less cock, lil more talk.

This is NOT the first case of Zika virus in the US. It is the first known case of a microcephalic infant born to a mother who had Zika virus — that she picked up in Brazil. There have been several cases of Zika in the US already, all contracted from somewhere else. The connection between microcephaly and Zika is not…

Actually, for a far more accurate definition, the plural of penis is a party.

See, that’s what I was thinking. They’re giving this long list of accolades, plenty of opportunities for this guy to have done this to others... And this is the only report?

I’ll admit, as an ER doctor, many elements of this story seem suspect. Morphine wouldn’t generally ‘incapacitate you’ to the point you can’t move/react without severely impairing your level of consciousness/ability to breathe. Moreover, it would be very unusual for a doc to actually have access to syringes of morphine…

Yep. And that hospital is fully electronic. He couldn’t slip someone ringers without a trail a mile long.

Oh, and I did some googling. Andy Jagoda is the chair of EM at Sinai. David Newman can’t be his supervisor, and it seems kind of unlikely they’d schedule a department chair and a celebrity physician to work a Monday night shift together. Is there independent confirmation they were even both there?

Highly unlikely that he would have administered a second dose. There are very few medications that doctors administer and morphine isn’t one of them. Morphine is super tightly regulated. In fact, just to take it out of the computer-locked machine requires a second nurse be present to witness the wasting whatever…

Yup, RN here too. I’m sorta sceptical, could see this scenario with sedative hypnotics, or with Versed or a benzo, but I have never seen incapacitating sedation with IM opiates. Also, the nuthouse atmosphere of ED’s are not real conducive to clandestine spooging, major activities/bodies/folks walking about. But I…

I believe you. But the story above suggests that the woman remained conscious, but otherwise incapacitated. At least that is how I interpreted it.

It is an odd one. Best case scenario this was some sort of fever dream caused by the medication. Worse scenario it was not. The fact that the hospital is commenting and has stopped him from seeing patients makes me think there might be some evidence (dna/sperm?) which will be hard to explain away? Could be anything…

I agree, more info is needed. When I was an ER nurse, morphine and most other pain meds were given by IV, not injection. Her account sounds sketchy, whereas the doc has what appear to be great credentials. Putting his face up like this, people will assume he's guilty. Ugh all the way around, regardless of whether he…