{"id":17735,"date":"2015-11-24T15:04:56","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T23:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=17735"},"modified":"2015-11-24T15:04:56","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T23:04:56","slug":"on-the-edge11242015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/24\/on-the-edge11242015\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Edge–11\/24\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I plan to dress in human clothes and explore the public areas on the first floor of the hospital.  Of course, that assumes that PT and or OT does not get here first and exhaust me.<\/font><\/p>\n

Continuing much later, I did explore.  Then the prosthetic people came.  Surprise!!  New leg tomorrow.  Then PT came and worked me.  Then OT came and worked me.  I\u2019m exhausted.<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Warning: Proprietors are not responsible for reader aneurisms caused by the following sentence.<\/p>\n

Sarah Palin takes to Facebook to say Jesus likes guns. [Dingbat delinked<\/em>] <\/p>\n

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JESUS WOULD FIGHT FOR OUR SECOND AMENDMENT  <\/p>\n

Taking concrete defense measures (ie. arming ourselves) away from the good guys? Yeah… that… we don’t want that. As this hilarious parody says, “…it will really suck when only the bad guys have guns.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Let us not forget that Bloody Bullseye Barbie is the Republican who painted a bullseye on Gabby Giffords’ HQ shortly before she was shot. Jesus would take a coil of rope to drive out Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christians, today’s Pharisees, Sadducees, Scribes and money Lenders.<\/font> <\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Planned Parenthood sued Texas officials in federal court in Austin on Monday, seeking to block the state from cutting off its Medicaid funding, the latest in a series of lawsuits it has filed against Republican-led states after the controversy over its use of fetal tissue. <\/p>\n

Texas and a handful of other states \u2014 including Alabama, Arkansas and Louisiana \u2014 have moved to eliminate Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood amid the controversy. Secretly recorded videos<\/a> that were released starting in July purported to show Planned Parenthood officials trying to illegally profit from the sale of aborted fetal tissue and discussing the issue with abortion<\/a> opponents who posed as representatives of a biomedical firm. <\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood said that the videos were deceptively edited and that the group did not do anything illegal or unethical. Its officials said the state\u2019s decision to eliminate the group\u2019s Medicaid funding, set to take effect as early as Dec. 8, was politically motivated and without merit. <\/p>\n

The nonprofit organization\u2019s lawsuit alleges that Texas violated federal law and the so-called Medicaid freedom of choice provision, which allows those enrolled in Medicaid to seek services from a qualified provider of their choice. The lawsuit also accuses Texas officials of singling out Planned Parenthood for \u201cunfavorable treatment without adequate justification,\u201d a violation of the 14th Amendment\u2019s equal protection clause. <\/p>\n

The author is sacrificing truth for balance. The tapes were “edited”. Planned Parented makes tissue donations only with the consent of the patients. Reimbursements to Planned Parenthood only covered the cost of making the tissue donations, but there was never profit. As of 10\/15, Planned Parenthood makes tissue donations with no reimbursement whatsoever.<\/font> The Republican War on Women is still with us.<\/font> <\/p>\n

From Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>It’s that time of year again. Time for stuffing one’s face with delicious food while re-connecting with drunk aunts, racist uncles, and disappointed parents. Luckily, since 1981 the folks at Butterball have had a hotline for tips on cooking turkey to make the holidays run just a little smoother. Late Show host Stephen Colbert decided to take this goodwill and troll the hotline because, why not?  <\/p>\n