Whatever her choices with regards to her pregnancy and her body, they are HER CHOICES and second-guessing her would be hypocritical in the extreme.
Which Obama should say loudly and repeatedly. And then give a little glare.
Zoe: Is there any way I'm gonna get out of this with honor and dignity? Wash: You're pretty much down to ritual suicide, lambie-toes.
'War Stories'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Trudy Booth - Aug 31, 2008 12:31:50 pm PDT #6411 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Kathy A - Aug 31, 2008 12:52:59 pm PDT #6412 of 10003
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I just got off the phone with my sister, who is currently on her long-delayed honeymoon (they married last October) in Hawaii. They're staying on the west coast of Maui in what sounds like a really nice condo within sight of the ocean. When they got there a few days ago, there was an open house going on just down the street, so they got curious and decided to go. While chatting with the real estate agent about where they were from, etc., the agent said that he was a transplant, born in Joliet, IL. Well, that's where Sis and I are from! Turns out, he's a year older than my brother and had dated a girl who was my stepmother's cousin.
Small world.
msbelle - Aug 31, 2008 1:16:19 pm PDT #6413 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
really small world.
going to open houses while on vacation is such a great idea. well, if you like them I guess. I just love seeing inside houses. I really need to just go on more here in the city, you know in all my free time.
erikaj - Aug 31, 2008 2:15:07 pm PDT #6414 of 10003
Always Anti-fascist!
I don't give a damn if she's the Virgin Mary(Although watching her turn up on a taco chip at the convention when she's supposed to be somewhere else would be amusing.) She's too extreme and seems not to know her ass from her armpit. It would be pretty weird for a 16yo to have a Down's baby, but I suppose it could happen. But let's be the one group of people not fixated on this woman's womb...it's hard enough to accept the righties using it as her qualification, imo.
Typo Boy - Aug 31, 2008 2:36:16 pm PDT #6415 of 10003
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
On the lighter side, the Knights Templar are suing the Vatican.
It occurs to me (as someone who is not a lawyer but enjoys trying to think like one) that the suit raises questions of standing. Aren't all current groups claiming to be "Knights Templar" really new groups started from scratch? Having the same name (or even borrowing some rites) from a group wiped out centuries alone doesn't give you rights to sue on their behalf does it? Because it if does, the modern Druids have an awesome suit against Italy.
Cashmere - Aug 31, 2008 2:56:37 pm PDT #6416 of 10003
Now tagless for your comfort.
There has to be some sort of loss shown, right? Some reason to sue? If someone has hard evidence they had a relative who was in the KT, and it caused some hardship for their family, maybe. But that seems like a really difficult thing to prove.
msbelle - Aug 31, 2008 3:00:55 pm PDT #6417 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
opps. it helps if I refresh. nevermind.
SailAweigh - Aug 31, 2008 3:09:08 pm PDT #6418 of 10003
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
pretty weird for a 16yo to have a Down's baby,
I think it's just the law of averages, erika. My next door neighbor got pregnant at 15 and her baby had Down's syndrome. While the risk increases after age 35, there's still a 95 in 10,000 chance overall that a baby is going to have Down's.
Ginger - Aug 31, 2008 3:11:04 pm PDT #6419 of 10003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
It sounds like it's a group of descendants who are suing. Considering that there's evidence that the Knights Templar were tortured and killed and their goods stripped from them for reasons of politics and greed, I can see wanting to clear an ancestor's name. I don't think there were many relatives of the Templars who were not harmed, but that's a lot of g'g'g'grandfathers ago.
Hil R. - Aug 31, 2008 3:25:06 pm PDT #6420 of 10003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Considering that there's evidence that the Knights Templar were tortured and killed and their goods stripped from them for reasons of politics and greed, I can see wanting to clear an ancestor's name. I don't think there were many relatives of the Templars who were not harmed, but that's a lot of g'g'g'grandfathers ago.
Yeah. I can't imagine them being able to prove that.
The Sound of Music is making me want to visit Salzburg. I'm still planning on a trip through Europe after I graduate. I need to see whether I'm graduating in May or August, though, and where I get a job.