Explain to me the fairness of a female being able to surrender a kid she doesn't want to the State (safe haven law) or give it up for adoption while a male is invariably on the hook for 18 years of child support regardless of the circumstances? Hell, she can literally take the used condom out of the trash, impregnate herself, and you're STILL on the hook.
Not showing up should not result in a suspension of justice and free reign to dispense outrageous judgements.
Uhh, that's exactly what happens. It's called a default judgment. What exactly do you think the court should do if a party fails to appear in a civil case?
There are People in the deep south who don't have running water much less access to the internet to buy those condoms. There are also places where people (usually religious) go out of their way to limit other people's access to birth control. You're probably someone who lives is a pretty liberal part of the country. Spend a few years in the bible belt or parts of the rust belt. They're scary, scary places...
Wow, stereotype much? I've been all over the deep south, lived in the not-so-deep south (Ashville, NC) for five years, I've yet to encounter any place besides hunting cabins that lack running water.
Personal responsibility. Some don't believe in it, they think it's the Government's job to use your money and mine to help people who aren't capable of engaging in it.
The GP isn't worth replying too, but here's food for thought for anybody who might be suckered in by his nonsense: The combination of pill and condom has a typical use failure rates of less than 1%, with a perfect use failure rate that's less than 0.1%. You are using condoms if you're sexually active, right? Last time I checked you can't cure AIDS with a visit to the abortion clinic....
Getting hormonal birth control from a doctor other than your regular doctor means that those two doctors have to both have access to your medical records or both consult on any issues you might have
Isn't that the whole point of the push for EMRs? And what stops her from seeing the regular doc then getting the script filled at a clinic? Or just paying the $10/mo for it? My insurance company isn't giving me free condoms, and I don't have any get out of jail free cards made available to me if my birth control fails.
Condom breaks and the woman doesn't want a kid with the guy? She can take the morning after pill, get an abortion, or give the child up for adoption. Man doesn't want a child with this woman? Too bad asshole, we're going to confiscate 15% to 25% of your post-FICA earnings for the next 18 years, and there's not a damn thing you can do about it, even if she broke the condom in the first place or lied about being on pills.
You should bump up those limits. Liability coverage is cheap and will keep you out of bankruptcy court if things go wrong one day. I have the max, $500,000 combined single limit, with another $1,000,000 of umbrella coverage hanging over that.
I'm dinged on a few areas I have little control over. First being the car, apparently it's one of the most popular stolen cars in America. Then our geography, we're in a part of New York with high DWI rates. Progressive was far and away the cheapest for both of us. I periodically check to see if this is still the case (easy to do when you work for an insurance agency) and so far it is. More's the pity.
Blah, typo.
We bought the cars together. Same dealer, same color, down to the add on options.
However, I am in favor of ubiquitously available contraception (for everyone, not just women, I'm egalitarian that way...).
We had it before the ACA's mandate. 85% of group health plans provided it. Non-profits in all 50 States and many local governments make it available to those who can't afford it. The cost is not prohibitive even for those without insurance who don't wish to avail themselves of the aforementioned options.
The mandate was a solution looking for a problem, or if I'm more cynical, it was an effort to throw red meat at the base and distract them from the shitty economy. "Sure, we can't get you a job, but don't for the other guy because HE HATES WOMEN!!!"
I'd concur with you. Viagra is the ultimate elective drug. Unless it's proscribed for cardiac reasons, then I'd be cool with it being covered. Ditto for those occasions when birth control pills are proscribed for hormonal imbalances. As an elective drug though? That's absurd. Particularly when there are so many low cost generics available. Not to mention the safety net of non-profits and government health departments that give birth control out to almost anyone who asks, in many cases without even means testing them.
I'll be cool with the ACA mandating equal pricing for the genders when my auto insurance company is held to the same standard.
Shakrai, male, 32, 790 FICO score, zero moving violations, zero accidents, six month premium for 2012 Honda Civic: $450
Shakrai's ex-gf, female, 31, 710 FICO score, three moving violations, two at fault accidents, six month premium for 2011 Honda Civic: $390
Same liability limits, I had higher physical damage deductibles, and a 10% discount for defensive driver training that she lacked, both through Progressive.
I wonder when the big man at 1600 Pennsylvania is going to fix this gender disparity?
(I think this, and many other things, should be paid for by the person themselves...)
That's kind of the crux of the matter, isn't it? A month of generic birth control pills costs about $10/mo. Purchased in bulk, condoms are about $0.50/ea. Both are readily available at no cost from a variety of sources for those who can't afford them. Setting aside the heated political debate, it seems foolish to route these sorts of purchases through your insurance company, with inevitable overhead, rather than simply purchasing them yourself.
Of course, low information voters on both sides eat this shit up. It's red meat for the bases of both political parties.
Let the flame fest begin!
Google won't let you opt out of their wi-fi location database without changing your SSID. So I'm the one who has to change my network and every connected device if I don't want to be part of their geolocation efforts. Because an opt-out by MAC address would be sooooooo difficult to implement.
Google inadvertently captured this very public data in the same stream as the public access point beacons.
If only there was a way to filter what they captured and not log everything. Maybe even a free piece of software so Google wouldn't have to blow the budget.
ST 2009 was a popcorn flick that had nothing whatsoever to do with Star Trek other than borrowing the title.
The highest grossing movie (without even adjusting for inflation) out of the real Star Trek movies was the one with the least amount of action and the most cerebral plot: Star Trek IV. That just goes to show you that you can actually market Star Trek to mass audiences without dumbing it down to the lowest common denominator. Oh, and guess what? Adjusted for inflation Star Trek IV comes pretty close to beating the aforementioned popcorn flick, and it did this with a budget of $21,000,000 vs. $150,000,000.
Can't wait for JJ to take his next huge steaming dump all over the Star Wars franchise. It'll be just as good as the prequels, but with lens flares! Stiff dialogue, action movie cliches, tits and ass, and a reliance on special effects over writing. What's not to love? Turn your brain off and shove $20 worth of popcorn and soda down your throat, because that's all it's going to be good for.
I tell them to turn to the study of mathematics, for it is only there that they might escape the lusts of the flesh. -- Thomas Mann, "The Magic Mountain"
