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Cake day: July 1st, 2023

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  • It’ll sound counter intuitive, but one way to avoid problems with oxalates is to consume calcium rich foods with oxalate high foods. For example, a glass of milk (soy milk counts) with a PB&J.

    The reason this works is the calcium binds with the oxalate in your stomach and not your liver/kidneys.

    For this to work, you have to consume both at the same time.



  • To sum up the reports here. Hamas is in the west bank, ACCORDING TO THE IDF.

    And if you read any of the articles you actually posted, you know that there are a lot of problems with just verifying what the IDF claims as true. For example, Wissam Khazem’s death where the IDF quickly hid the body and hasn’t allowed any 3rd party verification.

    Or the fact that in the very same article about Wissam Khazem’s death, it goes on to talk about how snipers killed elderly and disabled people in the region.

    You see, Israel likes to play this neat trick where every person they kill is suddenly hamas. So, excuse me for not believing israelie intelligence sources when we have crystal clear evidence of them massacring civilians.

    But again, are you going to answer my question. How many hostages are in the west bank?



  • You did not answer my questions.

    But I’ll answer yours. Hamas is not in the west bank you dolt. There is no “pretending” about it. You actually have to be mentally ill to think that somehow “Hamas” has spread out of one of the most heavily guarded regions through Israel and into the next most heavily guarded regions, the west bank.

    I guess if you’ve now taken israel’s definition of “hamas” which is all arabs, then yeah, hamas is literally everywhere in the region.

    Now, explain why fighting “hamas” involves desecrating bodies and bulldozing homes? How is that counter terrorism? Oh wait, you don’t think arabs are human so I guess that makes it ok, right?



  • You’ll stick with the theory an innocent death is for the the greater good until it’s your innocent death.

    I never said the death was for good. Nor have I said that it’d be immoral for a doctor to break the law. The death is because of a horrible legal reality and a doctor that complies with the law isn’t some sort of monster. There are justifications for that decision, but you won’t respect them. I am not some moral absolutist like you appear to be. Things can be murky.

    You could make the same argument that someone without insurance or means should be denied access because the hospital needs only paying customers to stay in business.

    I could, but I’m not making that argument. In fact, I argue strongly that the entire healthcare industry should be nationalized and paid by taxes. Just because that’s my desired outcome doesn’t mean that I turn around and shame doctors and nurses for working for more than minimum wage. Which is effectively what you are saying “These doctors are making healthcare expensive for all because of their salaries. They should work for free!”

    In the exact same vein, I argue that abortion should be legal and highly available. But that’s not the environment I or doctors find themselves in. So, sorry, I’m not going to fault doctors for not playing hero.


  • Secondly, you seem to suggest that an innocent death is for the greater good. Sure you want to stick with that?

    I’m suggesting that we have a real life trolley problem. Save a pregnant person’s life, remove yourself from being able to save the life of someone that has a heart attack, stroke, or any other list of life threatening diseases.

    Yes, I want to stick with that because that is very much the situation these doctors and hospital systems find themselves in.

    And, to be real clear, many of these doctors are leaving the red states to get out of this situation. And I don’t blame them for doing that.




  • A doctor or hospital gets to make the choice to save the life once. Once they make that call, it’s jail time, loss of license, and financial ruin.

    What doctors are doing is leaving the states with these laws. In my state, hospitals are closing down their OBGYN units because they simply can’t find doctors that will work there.

    Like, I’m sorry, I don’t expect someone to destroy their lives and family lives for a patient. Further, the jail time also hurts patients they can help with non-abortion related medical issues. These doctors taking principled stances will not impact the law makers or their constituents who pushed for the laws. The rabid anti-abortion terrorists literally celebrate the murders of doctors that have performed abortions.