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Susan G Komen will no longer be providing funding to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screening. The reason is because they were pressured to by pro-life groups. Also, their new VP of Policy ran for office on the platform of defunding Planned Parenthood.

It's horrific her politics now means low income people will suffer. Disguesting.

The article is here: The article is here.
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I hope everyone had a merry, happy insert holiday here.

This is making the rounds, but I had to share it. I adore this little girl and applaud her parents.


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actual SC1 post...

I had to do the Redial recap for Road Not Taken last night. It's been far too long since I've seen an episode and oh how I missed it.

Of course the result is that I had a dream I was living back at my parents house in Vermont (that they no longer live in) and Amanda Tapping was our new neighbor. Seems she didn't like me prattling on about the show in the dream as they then moved. Sigh....

Also, please, please, please tell me there is a Dr Rodney McKay vs Dr Sheldon Cooper story out there somewhere in the interwebs. Please oh please oh please.....
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‎"And that is why I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere." - Elie Wiesel accepting his Nobel Peace Prize in 1986.

When I was six or seven, my parents took my sister and I to see Sesame Street Live!. I don't recall at one point during this show this occurred, but I vividly recall the events. My mother spotted a guy pulling out a knife and holding it against his child's neck. She pointed it out to my dad and while he ran over to grab the guy, she went to find a police officer. The guy was arrested and I know my parents sat there with two very freaked out children while someone came for them. This whole time my sister (who was two or three) sat and watched the show. But I remember them jumping into action and it impacted my life more than one would think.

Because for me, not speaking up is not an option. I pester, I call the cops, I casually place myself between people arguing on the Metro, I've mastered the art of the glare and the "you've got to be kidding" stare. It's almost amusing how just staring at someone as they act like an asshole can stop them. But I am a coward. I've seen a knife pulled and you bet I ran the other way. I also called the cops, but I ran away. I admit if I thought my own personal physical safety was at risk, I would not stick around. Collapse )