Actually, there is a difference. I have chronic anxiety (multiple psych diagnoses). I take benzos. My body has become accustomed to them. I am habituated. I would have to medically detox or taper very slowly to go off them. But, I lack the psychological component of addiction. There is a psychological difference…

After my knee surgery, I had to throw a massive screaming fit because I am allergic to opioid painkillers (they make me relentlessly projectile vomit) and the g-d nurses would not stop injecting them. I screamed and juked (a real feat on a bad leg) until they did what I asked and rang my doctor. I explained to him…

As a former medical type person, I’ll add that this is entirely the fault of the US healthcare system. There are certain people who have untreatable conditions that require constant pain management. But many people have conditions which could be treated or at least managed via surgery and/or PT. The problem is that…

I agree. I am 41 and had 10 back surgeries and suffer from dibilitating pain every moment of every day without pain medication and physical therapy. I am almost certain he was simply in pain and BC he had used a certain med for so long his body built a tolerance to it. That then turns into a need to increase dosage.…

The over-prescription of opioids, and lack of legal alternatives in this country is a travesty.

Dude, you paid for a movie ticket/cable and received a movie/tv show. End of contract.

Nobody would be expecting her to give in to all of his demands in order to get his support in the general if she was a man. The onus to compromise and negotiate and concede would be squarely on the dude getting his ass handed to him in the delegate count and the popular vote rn.

Not really, I see a lot of independents staying home. Both parties are going to have to rely on getting their bases out to vote.

There is some tiny part of me that’s relieved that even among the Republican base, he still isn’t winning the majority of the votes (if the Republican side was down to just 2 opponents for the last few months, we’d probably be seeing different numbers and a MUCH closer race.) It’s.... almost reassuring how many actual…

The emails only ever became an issue because of the Benghazi obsession. It came up when partisans tried to FOIA all her Benghazi-related emails.

I have a group of friends that gets together every once in a while to play tournament-style Texas Hold ‘Em for a $5 buy-in. Low stakes, but we have fun, and that’s the point. We have a special house rule that if you are dealt a 7 and a 2, and you can still win the hand with those terrible cards, everyone still in the…

Good god, don’t count it won as yet. We cannot cannot cannot get complacent. We have to ensure people actually get out and vote. The only thing going for us is that some of the loudest, dumbest Trump supporters are also the ones that can’t be bothered to, you know, actually vote.

But of all the women who could go first, she’s the most qualified. I hear all the “she’s not trustworthy”, “she’s a politician”, “I don’t like her”. GOOD. She’s PERFECT to be the first woman. She’s tough enough, she can make deals across the aisle, she can take the punches. She’s a political animal with rapacious…

When I heard this quote, at first, my heart sank into the pit of my stomach.

The only thing Trump has going for him is THE RACIST CARD.
(ie: his 100% Gallup approval ratings among racists.)

YUCK.

Pretty sure the Woman Card *TRUMPS the Racist Card* in any game I’ve ever played.

Trump’s makeup person is confused about the white around his eyes. JUST the eyebrows, please- not the whole eye area.

And once again, this time with feeling:

I mean it’s horrifying that we have to hear/read about him saying this shit, but please, say more Trump. Say much more. Call her the C-word. Say she can’t possibly run a country if she bleeds from her “werever” for one week a month. Talk about how you wouldn’t fuck her with a stolen dick.

Trump is right. It’s such a huge advantage to be a woman in politics. That’s why we have so many women senators and governors. Ditto Silicon Valley. Those women pitching start-ups to VCs really have it made. Don’t even get me started on how unfairly biased Hollywood is towards women directors and screenwriters!