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The Struggle Is Also Within ME

Submitted by Yohannon on Wed, 07/27/2016 - 4:18pm

So about "#NeverHillary".

Of course I should avoid those kind of hyperbolic #hashtag proclamations for the exact reason for this post. Words like "Never" and "Always" are generally a bad idea, as there is always a non-zero (or non-100) percent probability to... well, anything. Sure, sometimes the difference is very, VERY small... but in a world where anything really can happen, it's important to remember.

I've spent the last few weeks struggling with the whole Bernie v. Hillary conundrum, which only grew worse when the DNC e-mail dump came out last week showing that the conspiracy theories about the DNC favoring HRC (well, to be honest it wasn't much of a theory considering how baldly obvious it was) weren't.

DemExit Buffalo County Nebraska

Submitted by PriceRip on Wed, 07/27/2016 - 2:49pm

          I reregistered Nonpartisan and my wife reregistered Libertarian. I think my daughter will soon do the same. I just wish we-all could be "loud" enough that the MSM could not ignore DemExit. But as I have learned over the years, if "they" want to ignore us, "they" will ignore us, I don't expect much notice or respect from you know where.

Do we have Schumer to 'thank' for the capitulation?

Submitted by MsGrin on Wed, 07/27/2016 - 1:47pm

Sorry, I found the question but not much firm on an answer.

Here's the mention of it I saw on Facebook:

Schumer threatened to take away his Senate committee positions if he didn't concede, etc. He would have been ineffective in the next two years. I also personally believe that his family was threatened but there's nothing except the Clinton body count to justify my position. His Secret Service protection was also yanked.

Even the good, sympathetic stuff --

Submitted by Cassiodorus on Wed, 07/27/2016 - 1:37pm

is marked by the wrong presuppositions.

Take for instance Steven W. Thrasher's piece in the Guardian, "If Hillary Clinton loses in November, it won't be Bernie Sanders' fault." Both the piece and its author are sympathetic, or at least it can be said that I am convinced that Thrasher is one of the good guys. However...

Classifying difference

Submitted by Robyn on Wed, 07/27/2016 - 1:26pm

The Lancet Psychiatry has released results of what is being called the first field study on the topic of transgender mental health: Removing transgender identity from the classification of mental disorders: a Mexican field study for ICD-11

The conceptualisation of transgender identity as a mental disorder has contributed to precarious legal status, human rights violations, and barriers to appropriate health care among transgender people. The proposed reconceptualisation of categories related to transgender identity in WHO's forthcoming International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-11 removes categories related to transgender identity from the classification of mental disorders, in part based on the idea that these conditions do not satisfy the definitional requirements of mental disorders. We aimed to determine whether distress and impairment, considered essential characteristics of mental disorders, could be explained by experiences of social rejection and violence rather than being inherent features of transgender identity, and to examine the applicability of other elements of the proposed ICD-11 diagnostic guidelines.

Jill Stein Ballot Access - Crunch Time - 10 State Deadlines in Next 2 Weeks

Submitted by paradigmshift on Wed, 07/27/2016 - 1:00pm

The deadlines are here for Ballot Access that will determine if we have a sincere, honest progressive to vote for in November. The Green Party is using both paid petitioners and volunteers to gather signatures. You can donate here to pay petitioners. If you want to volunteer, here are state deadlines, and links to state Facebook pages and contact info for 18 states:

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