We knew this was going to happen. But still, it's upsetting. OBAMACARE and then the Dems federal expansion of medicaid (not available in many red states) is the best thing that happened to me.

For anyone who says the government cant deliver government insurance, come to WI. I will show you how good my coverage is. I would literally be dead if I l8ved in Florida. The GOP refusal to take federal funds to help people pay for much needed medical insurance/care would change my vote from red to blue in a heartbeat.

I created this post to inform people about the ways that community activism saves old growth forests and valuable natural treasures (aka environments that need protection). I hope the article is inspiring to everyone who reads it.

Looking around for the cheapest tires I could find online and then calling ahead to the place that says they price match and locking in the deal I saw online. And, that place had additional deals, like 100 off over $600. And I also was able to haggle down from $40 off on the lifetime alignment to $80 off on lifetime alignment. (I manage to hit curbs a lot so for me it is worth it. Lol)

I know we already had a post about Eau Claire. This is different.

What happens to you when you owe the city/county/state government? I know that debt collection is swift when I owe the government money.

Have any of these cities just let you off with owing them money? What happens if you owe them thousands? Do you trust your local government to collect debts to the city/county where you live?

I'm thinking about applying for a freedom of information request to see what these cities did to try to collect.

For those who dont know: Wisconsin cities are owed thousands from Trump campaign stops over the years. He has a national reputation for not paying his bills to police departments for the extra security needed for his campaign events. You may not realize this, but tax payers do not pay for campaign events.

That's just the background for what i want to address. Trump owes cities all over the state, including Milwaukee, Kenosha, La Crosse, and Eau Claire. Some of the bills go back to 2016. Thus, he may have run out the clock like the typical debtor he is.

But I dont see why we are being treated differently. If they dont collect on his bills, they shouldn't collect on ours.

Does it result in trees being cut down? Changing the landscape to evict critters from their homes? Introducing pesticides and fertilizers to forest ecosystems?

Every gardener likes to talk about what they do to get results. With a responsible gardening community, there needs to be honest conversations to acknowledge the environmental impact if gardening, techniques, chemicals, etc...

If this question upsets you or is against the rules, then I dont think we cab be considered to truly care about the land we manipulate for our use. ​

...its not a place that most people want to be. All the best countries move towards equality.

Iran was a thriving democracy. Then they decided to rob women of equality. Fell off the map. They have to pay outsiders huge sums to go work there because the men are not challenged at all. These cultures become full of violence. Religious factions fighting to the death all over Iran and ME about... wait for it... whether girls can learn math and read past a 3rd grade level. (Please correct me. I cant claim to know that anyone actually fights to let them go to school at all.)

They are so amped up in their male dominated worlds that they ride around in jeeps with machine guns and fire them into the air to celebrate as men. Women are not part of society, their male dominated worlds fall apart.

I mean, even in the US, if you look at the party of "traditional family values" aka a man as the leader and women and non-heterosexuals as subjective to man's delusional whims​- they always devolve into, "my rocket is bigger than yours. Watch... Boom your dead."

There is no legitimate argument for claiming that the world or the US is better off when women and protected classes are discriminated against.

Whether you are far left and cant be bothered to vote for lgbtq rights, women's rights, or the rights of inner city, underfunded kids to have green spaces to play... or you are far right and actively are taking protections away for protected classes, for protected animals, environmental protections, air, water, and ocean protections... there is no where in the world you can point and say that country is better off for not having these protections.

Dude. Women in the US are getting very sick bc they cant get modern medical care. And now planned parenthood is on the chopping block. And abortion rights are completely gone in 11 or maybe 13/15? States. Hard to keep track bc its constantly growing.

Yeah, let the next people keep on this trajectory and show women in thevUS how little you care for the very basic rights for PEOPLE, not "man", to ​live free of government oppression.

Some of these far right and far left people think the more we gravitate towards a Mexican style of weak government- where those with the most money and violence rule- or like Iran, thats what we need here. "OH its not that bad." Well, how many rights to modern medicine should women lose, or how many people need to die from preventable disease will be "bad enough" for you? Frigging privileged AHs.

Some people might call it a cult. A community where women hold all positions of power based on a spiritual relationship with nature. Helping men and women deprogram from patriarchy through communal living with women in charge. I understand if this sounds very cultist. I dont want it to be. But I know that communities with a political purpose often are seen this way. ​However, abusive behavior would not be tolerated. Abuse, manipulation and violence are products of competition and hatred/anger that is a cultural sickness and has become internalized. We all could benefit from a cultural center based on restoring BALANCE and healthy INTERPERSONAL habits that shake off patriarchal norms. If you are in US and study US history, you know how the patriarchy and white supremacy has shaped our communities. We cant just step out of it until we STEP OUT OF IT. Let's engage in a thought experiment about what a community like this would look like.

I dont know if other country's asylum laws allow people to leave US based on racism, but i would think that it could be a legitimate reason for a person to leave US. Idk. I can see arguments from both sides.

But wouldn't asylum be an obvious step. He left US for Costa Rica for political reasons and due to police brutality and systemic injustice. Thats what asylum seekers historically are about.

The episodes in season 3 have some really heavy stuff with small children being home when their parent(s) were murdered. Some of the scenes are a bit much imo. Like truly awful stuff.

Have any of you who sought an adhd/add diagnosis later in life been told that the typical course for diagnosis of ADD/ADHD is generally not a good indicator due to comorbidity (Like anxiety, ptsd, history of other diagnosis) so you were prescribed meds as a way to determine if they can help the symptoms?

Some jerk in another sub totally claimed they know more than my doctor and that its impossible that my doctor prescribed Ritalin without a formal diagnosis. But just because that isnt most people's experience, doesnt mean its not true. This type of "medicine trial" (not in the sense of a study conducted for an adaptation approval) is used all the time for all sorts of psych meds. And I think it is incredibly ableist for anyone to deny that someone can have an experience with their own unique medical issues that doesnt match whatever the ableist believes.

But because this jerk claimed its impossible, im curious if anyone else had had a similar experience.

Id love to reveal this ableist, but I can't bc its against the group rules. So please dont ask.

Idk if this is true. Its a fun watch. And yeah, the title is meant to be a joke. This is history told with a funny twist. So, I dont know if its all true. I know some of it is.​ can we post links?

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/victorian-women-s-medicine-was-a-scam-and-men-paid-the-price/vi-AA1W7syS?ocid=socialshare

I know it sounds kind of gross. But i want men to show as much skin S the ladies. Yes. Sheer nylon suits. See-through body con suits. Small little stick on type of- only covers the goods- type of outfits that the ladies like to wear. And I def want to see plunging necklines, very small booty shorts like swimming in Italy style and barely there leggings. Dudes step it up and give us skin. Im bored seeing the ladies.