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Due on November 3.

(Apologies to those of you who hate sonogram photos. But I like them, so. Here we are.)

"As a pastor who has counseled hundreds of women regarding unintended pregnancies, including women..."

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:38:24 -0600

“As a pastor who has counseled hundreds of women regarding unintended pregnancies, including women who have suffered awful violence in their lives, I was both saddened and horrified hearing the callousness of Richard Mourdock’s words. How could his heart be so hard? God compels us towards acts of profound justice, compassion, and peace. God calls us to be in caring relationships with those who have suffered the most in this world. We are to bear witness and listen, mindful to not let our arrogance and hubris lead us astray.”

- Rev. Darcy Baxter

Read more responses to Richard Mourdock from the faith community here. (via think-progress)

I went to college with this woman. We lived in the same house. She is as amazing as this quote would lead you to expect.

Romney Says He Supports Popular Obamacare Provisions On NBC, Quietly Reverses Hours Later On Conservative Website | ThinkProgress

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 12:33:34 -0600

Romney Says He Supports Popular Obamacare Provisions On NBC, Quietly Reverses Hours Later On Conservative Website | ThinkProgress:

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This morning on NBC, Mitt Romney said that “there are a number of things that I like” about Obamacare and suggested he would retain: 1. The guarantee that insurance companies couldn’t discriminate against people with pre-exisiting conditions, and 2. The provision that allows young adults to stay on their parents plan.

Just hours later, his campaign quietly told a conservative website that he actually opposes those provisions of Obamacare.

Mindblowingly unsurprising.

Oy. This constant pandering makes me CRAZY.

Also. You can’t have the preexisting condition provision without the individual mandate. The economics don’t work. People with preexisting conditions are expensive to insure. The only way the insurance market makes economic sense with so many unhealthy people in it is if the pool of healthy people is also increased. Healthy people are less likely to buy insurance if left to their own devices, obviously, because the odds that they will need it are lower and they’d rather save the money and take the risk. The mandate forces healthy people into the pool, which balances out the larger group of people with health problems and means that health insurance remains economically viable for offerors.

Therefore, to oppose the mandate is to oppose the preexisting conditions provision. Romney, who claims to know all about finance and economics and business, should know this full well. I’m sure he does know this full well. Which just highlights the extent of his pandering: claiming he likes a popular provision when he knows perfectly well that it’s not economically viable without the individual mandate that he has promised to overturn on Day 1. Depressing.

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Running Chicken: Rick Santorum Doesn't Understand Rights

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:19:52 -0700

Running Chicken: Rick Santorum Doesn't Understand Rights:

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7M Californians had their rights stripped away today by activist 9th Circuit judges. As president I will work to protect marriage.
— Rick Santorum (@RickSantorum) February 7, 2012

It’s not at all interesting or surprising that Rick Santorum opposes the 9th Circuit ruling.

What’s…

This post sums up SO PERFECTLY (and concisely!) everything that’s wrong with the “stop judicial activism, give the people the right to pass their own ballot initiatives” bullshit that Prop 8 supporters keep spouting.

I especially love how both Callum and Santa are conveying...

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:35:22 -0700

I especially love how both Callum and Santa are conveying “get me out of here!” with their facial expressions, just in very different ways.

I can never resist a turquoise and yellow nursery, because they...

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:58:43 -0700

I can never resist a turquoise and yellow nursery, because they all remind me of ours.

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surisburnbook: Obviously Amy Poehler’s baby wants to be taken seriously, but it’s really hard to...

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:48:18 -0700

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Obviously Amy Poehler’s baby wants to be taken seriously, but it’s really hard to do that when his hair is just so red.

How did Amy and her brown-haired husband Will Arnett manage to have such a ginger baby?

Recessive genes scare me. You never know what’s lurking in Tom’s gene pool.

Um. Abel Arnett is my child’s doppelganger. The hair. The eyes. The chub. The furrowed brow. They look JUST ALIKE.

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Oooh. I so want to do this. I wonder how feasible it is?

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This nursery is SO similar to ours! LOVE, naturally. via...

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This nursery is SO similar to ours! LOVE, naturally.

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Ramshackle Glam (Tumblr): Glucose Screening Tests Are The Scariest Things EVERRRR!

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:06:52 -0600

Ramshackle Glam (Tumblr): Glucose Screening Tests Are The Scariest Things EVERRRR!:

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Spoiler Alert!

No, they’re not.

(That’s a kinda awkward shot, huh? I was trying to fit both of my bandaged arms in. Apologies to the squeamish. But can we just take a moment and appreciate HOW MUCH HAIR I HAVE?! Apparently it will all fall out the second I give birth.)

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Just from my personal experience, I think the glucose test that people get upset about is usually the three-hour test that is required if you don’t pass the one-hour screen. I had no problem with the one-hour screen, but I had to do the three-hour test twice (at 20 weeks and again at 28 weeks) and while it certainly wasn’t anything compared to labor, it was pretty unpleasant. I had to fast for 12 hours beforehand, then drink twice the amount of the sugary drink that you drink for the one-hour test, then sit in the waiting room for three hours without walking, eating, or drinking. So by the end of the test I hadn’t consumed anything except a bottle of liquid sugar for the previous 15 hours and I was on a serious blood sugar crash. I was shaking and sweating and could barely walk. Luckily I’d done enough research about the experience to know I should bring a snack with me to consume at the end of the test—otherwise I literally would not have been capable of driving myself home. It was a very uncomfortable experience and somehow didn’t seem like the healthiest way to test a pregnant woman for this condition. (My tests were negative both times, incidentally.)

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