Open Thread…………………………………………………Saturday, December 10

 

The world looks different now than it did several weeks ago.  All the leaves are finally down on most trees.  What didn’t fall off got blown away by the wind and the rain.  Is the world more transparent now the leaves are gone?  Have you been up on the Skyline Drive when there were no leaves?  Fabulous!  You can look into the soul of the forest.

Obama: Morning-After Pill Decision ‘Common Sense’

Huffington Post:

President Barack Obama said Thursday it was just common sense to keep girls under the age of 17 from being able to buy a morning-after contraceptive pill off a drugstore shelf. Citing his own two daughters, Obama said: “I think most parents would probably feel the same way.”

Plenty of pediatric leaders and women’s advocacy groups did not, as reaction flowed in to the administration’s decision to prevent the over-the-counter sale of the anti-pregnancy drug to sexually active girls of younger ages.

Critics said politics had trumped science, again.

Yes, pretty much.  President Obama, when he took office, pledged a commitment to scientific integrity.  President Obama has said that he had nothing to do with the decision but does support Sebelius. 

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Jews or Lose: Jewish Republican Coalition Forum

Or…who loves Jews more among  our Republican candidates.

Who better to evaluate than Jon Stewart.

 

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So, who won?  Jon has a Yarmulkometer to help keep score with benchmarks like “such a nice bo, calls his mother, a doctor (podiatrist), a real doctor, Mensch, a real Mensch, a super star of David.   But where was Ron Paul.