Around The House

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[Around The House @ATHwithVicky]

No child is ever dead to a parent who loves them. This makes me sick sick sick.

[Around The House @ATHwithVicky]

Extremely extremely excellent

[Around The House @ATHwithVicky]

Did not know. Now I do:)

[Terrill Tailfeathers @Terrilltf]

For those of you who are unaware, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy are comprised of the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas on both sides of the U.S./Canada border. The Haudenosaunee confederacy of peace is the longest lasting participatory democracy in the world.

[Around The House @ATHwithVicky]

This is factually incorrect

[Mayor Jeremy Levi @jerlevi]

The Nakba narrative is a complete fabrication concocted by those who refuse to accept the reality of Israel's rightful existence. After Israel declared independence, it was attacked by surrounding Arab nations, and the Palestinians foolishly joined in their aggression. They were decisively defeated, and their so-called "catastrophe" was of their own making. Instead of acknowledging their mistakes, they perpetuate this falsehood to garner sympathy. It's time for them to learn that instigating violence against Israel will only lead to their own downfall.

[Around The House @ATHwithVicky]

When the Nation State hates women.

[Ryan Hamilton @TheRyanHamilton]

My heart is broken💔: As friends & family know, my wife was pregnant with our 2nd child, & about to begin her 2nd trimester. A few days ago she had severe pains, & bleeding, and had to go to the emergency room. There, it was discovered that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Devastated doesn't come close to what that feels like.
Unfortunately for people like us, because of the current laws in the state of Texas, that was only the beginning of this nightmare. Jess (my wife) had an "incomplete miscarriage", and what needed to happen, what was best for HER, and her health, was to terminate the pregnancy, and get the baby out.
The doctor gave her a medication that would move this process along, and sent her home. Where, apparently we would be handling it ourselves. We were told it might take a couple of attempts before it worked.
I'll let you decide how you feel about that.
After a long, painful night of the equivalent of early labor, the baby was still with her. So, we went back to the Emergency Center to get the 2nd dose. A new doctor was on call. He was an older man. You could hear him in the hallway as he said, "I'm not giving her a pill so she can go home and have an ab*rtion!". Being well aware that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Then, he came into the room to say, and I quote: "Considering the current stance. I'm not going to prescribe you this pill". Then, just sent us on our way.
The "CURRENT STANCE"?! Did he really just say that?!
No one should ever have to hear their wife say: "Get this dead baby out of me!".
Can you even imagine how that must feel?
The pain, and the bleeding continued. So, we decided to go to another hospital, about an hour away. There was a female doctor on call there, and we thought we might have better luck.
I should probably mention, the procedure to get the baby out is called a D & C. It's scary, & traumatizing, but sometimes necessary in situations like ours. Especially in emergency circumstances.
So we get to the next hospital. They take Jess in, ask her a bunch of questions, do a new scan... confirm that the baby is still there, with no heartbeat, and then disappear... for hours. Only to come back in and keep asking the same questions over and over. It's becoming clear that they're primary concern is NOT my wife's health. Instead, they seem to be worried about the legalities involved.
So, they decide it is not "enough of an emergency" to perform the D & C.
They do, however, prescribe another, stronger, final dose of the medication for us to try again... at home.
So, we go home to try again. Another long day/night of early labor pains. Only to discover my wife UNCONSCIOUS in the bathroom. Having to pick my wife's cold, limp body off of that bathroom floor, not sure if I was about to lose her, is something I will NEVER forget.
She had to be rushed to the hospital.
By this point she had lost so much blood, and bodily fluid, her body gave out.
They were able to stabilize her, give her the fluids she needed, and we came back home yesterday afternoon. We were also able to confirm that our baby was no longer with her.
Now, not only do we have to live with the loss of our baby... we have to live with the nightmare of what we just experienced because of political and religious beliefs. MY WIFE'S HEALTH SHOULD HAVE COME FIRST. PERIOD!
God knows what mental and emotional damage this has done.
If you consider yourself a staunch "pro-lifer" ... 1) You've never been through what we just went through, and 2) You should take a long, hard look in the mirror and reevaluate your reasons for supporting such a cold, barbaric, ignorant point of view.
It's not that black & white, and it's never going to be.
If you think your "Pray To End Ab*rtion" sign in your yard is "Christian", I suggest you revisit the teachings of Jesus and try again. If you support these laws that make ab*rtion illegal, and result in people being put through what we just were, you should be ashamed of yourself. I've never been so angry, or heartbroken... and the devastation I'm feeling must pale in comparison to what my poor wife is feeling.

[Taylor McNallie ☕ @TaylorMcNallie]

I don't ever wanna hear again how cops in Canada are somehow "better" than cops in the US. We've seen time and time again what these gangs will do, are capable of, and what they get away with.

Abolition and nothing less. #FTP

[Sean Carleton @SeanCarleton]

Earlier this year, @UAlberta said their hands were tied about a residential school genocide denialist speaking/fundraising on campus despite pressure from students and faculty. Today, they immediately called in riot police to crack down on their students for protesting a genocide

[Around The House @ATHwithVicky]

@mlseburner @morninglive No I don’t.

[Around The House @ATHwithVicky]

At least Evan has seen the error of his ways.

[Around The House @ATHwithVicky]

@CogitoEdu @mylesjude2 This joker may not want to learn more, but I do. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

[Around The House @ATHwithVicky]

Just heading off to the Library to find some books on the history of language now. So fascinating.

[Around The House @ATHwithVicky]

@Rick43784245 @ykcebg @eljmagee No, just more frequent:)

[Vicky Sanderson @vickysanderson]

It must be very convenient for Shai DeLuca to say he speaks for the Jewish community but give himself permission to dismiss/denigrate everything Jews he disagrees with do or say. The intellectual and moral laziness is astounding. Is ignorance or indoctrination at play here?

[Back On This App and It’s Still Hell @wickdchiq]

This is some deep antisemitism for sure. For La Presse to print something so offensive in the middle of the rise of antisemitism is perverse. I may oppose Netanyahu’s tactics but antisemitism in the West (which is Europe’s original sin) must be called out and stamped out

[Eglinton-Lawrence + Don Valley West 4 Palestine @ELDV4Palestine]

Hey @MayorOliviaChow, any thoughts on the "impact" of this vis-a-vis harm? Or do you only care when it's @CIJAinfo pretending to be scared of a dude dressed up as Spiderman climbing on public buildings?

[Around The House @ATHwithVicky]

@xm_muva Ditto, my Goddess.

[Around The House @ATHwithVicky]

Jill concludes by centering her own hurt feelings 4 having been called to account while never even acknowledging the feelings/safety of the BIPOC woman her pal smeared. Sickened, but no longer surprised, by the routine lack of concern 4 Brown/Black women by privileged white women

[Around The House @ATHwithVicky]

Jill thinks me calling her out for defending a privileged white man for smearing a BIPOC woman is defamation but is okay with that pal calling Canadian women of Palestinian descent Nazis and terrorists. It’s up to the “BIPOC community” to decide if they need support like that.

[Around The House @ATHwithVicky]

@JillSchnei I have zero interest in having your respect because I don’t think you deserve it.

[Eglinton-Lawrence + Don Valley West 4 Palestine @ELDV4Palestine]

Hey @BonnieCrombie, you were "torn up" and aired paranoid fantasies about protesters "infiltrating" after a dude dressed up as Spiderman climbed on a public hospital for a couple minutes while the Hands Off Rafah protest marched by...

Any thoughts about this?

[Around The House @ATHwithVicky]

@LWaler @MarkKersten Then you clearly also think the founders of Israel were also terrorists, because they too used armed resistance and terror to achieve their goals of statehood, and you conveniently forget that Bar Giora’s motto was that Judea would rise from blood and fire.