Plei (quite a few posts ago)
It's funny, but a lot of your stated positions are very Hillary! (Outside of the war thing, where I believe she gets painted as a lot more hawkish than she actually is, given that even her support of the resolution that got us into the mess was worded very strongly in favor of the whole "only as a last resort should diplomatic solutions fail us") Who also gets painted as a centrist!
No, Hillary is a super hawk. Even on the Iraq thing, it took her a long time to say that the vote was a mistake and an even longer time to say that the war was a mistake. Her time as SecOfState provides other examples. For example, Obama was torn over the idea of pushing out Gaddafi in Libya. Hillary pushed hard for the hawkish position. When Gaddaifi was caught and killed, she quipped "we came, we saw, he died.". In her book, Hillary also essentially admits to pushing hard as SecOfState to make sure that the coup in Houduras stuck, with the pro-coup politicans pushing democratic forces out. Again, she boasts in her autobiography of this as a great accomplishment.
Incidentally Hillary is not just against single payer as a matter of pragmatism. She has explicitly said she thinks it is too anti-competitive, and too expensive. For her, being anti-single payer is a policy position. Hillary beats Trump of course. But on foreign policy and economics she still is a lesser evil, not a positive good. On social issues she has taken good positions up to a point. But it strikes me as hard to be truly feminist or truly anti-racist if you can't strongly oppose the economic inequality that devastates women and people of color.
Timelies all!
When I went to pick up the little guy at daycare, he was wheezing and having a bit of difficulty breathing. I took him to a nearby emergency room, where Gary joined us and we spent all night getting him checked out. He has some sort of virus that affects his breathing. He spent the night in the hospital. (Gary stayed with him.) They put him on oxygen and an IV. Now he's off of both, and breathing better.
The joys of parenthood, huh?
Oh, yikes, Sheryl. I'm glad it turned out okay.
I love to shop, so it pains me when I have shopping experiences that are horrible. nothing fit. Same brands, same sizes, completely not fitting in different ways. Next size up too big. Some size different brand, one can barely get on, one weird gaps and loose in places. Whole experience made me feel like I have an alien body not meant for human clothes. BAH! Grabbed the same size of something I have at home that fits, but is wearing out - company has changed the style and/or materials - no longer fits. Wearing mumus for the rest of my days.
Sheryl, I'm glad the little guy is on the mend!
Oh, Sheryl. Poor little guy and poor you guys! I'm glad he's doing better.
Sheryl, so sorry. That's scary. Glad he is doing better.
Oh dear, Sheryl, sending lots of ~ma to the little guy
Rebecca, I haven't enjoyed shopping in years, but I think I'm a little broken
completely not fitting in different ways. Next size up too big. Some size different brand, one can barely get on, one weird gaps and loose in places.
I find this frustrating, but at least at those times I can usually feel good blaming the clothes/manufacturers. It's the times when things don't fit and I blame my body that are bad.
That said, I haven't been shopping in a while, and probably should. Now that I"m not wearing "work clothes" anymore, I need more nice-but-casual things
this was all bra and jean shopping.
