The first vote was shameful the second vote was an embarrassment. You have a former Senator actually convicted of bribery get a standing ovation and the leader of the opposite party talking about how he is the greatest dude ever. You have an administration that has had how many fuck ups with no investigation and seemingly strong evidence of crimes that will not be investigated because its best to look forward. And yet Blags not only looses his seat but is barred from running again for giving kids health insurance. You know one of the accomplishments that the current president ran on.

The link I provided was to a link of several dozen studies that he sites that show that moderate drinking does not cause FAS. Even your link from ACOG shows that the ACOG coincides that it is heavy alcohol use

Drinking at any time during pregnancy can cause problems. Alcohol increases the chance of having a miscarriage or a preterm baby. Alcohol abuse during pregnancy is a leading cause of mental retardation.

Heavy drinking during pregnancy can cause fetal alcohol syndrome. This is a pattern of major physical, mental, and behavior problems in babies who were exposed to alcohol during pregnancy. Smoking, drug use, and poor diet also may play a role in how severely the baby is affected by fetal alcohol syndrome.

See the key terms Alcohol abuse and heavy drinking being the terms used to describe the usage needed for mental retardation.

They also use this key phrase "It is not known how much alcohol it takes to harm the fetus" again going back to my point that they do not know the upper end of safe consumption so in there case they advise against the use of alcohol but by no means is one glass of wine all by itself going to do any damage.

Rapid weight gain is not healthy and it appears that she has put on about 30 or so lbs in the last year. Here is hoping she is healthy and her career is over with so I don't have to see her anymore (note not because she is now fat but because she can't sing and I am not into the southern trash look).

Rapid weight gain or weight loss is not healthy and she looks to have gained about 25 lbs at least and a couple inches in waist size in just a few months. That is a gain of probably 15 to 20 percent in a couple of months her friends and family should stop talking to the press and talk her into going to see a doctor.

that feminism has a lot of unfinished business

Every day the feminist movement becomes more and more of a religious movement instead of being based on reality. I know you will not be satisfied until you turn all men into women but if you want to actual improve relationships just stay out of it you have done enough to fuck up relationships already.

It is the feminist movement that has told society that women are the better parent and fathers are optional and are wallets. It is NOW that has fought to keep custody going to the mother in separations.

NOW has pushed for punitive child support enforcement and pushed the idea of the "dead beat dad" when the majority of men pay their child support on time. And most "dead beat dads" do not pay due to loss of wages either from injury or lay off or not being able to see their kids. While women that are ordered to pay child support default over 70 percent of the time.

Lets not forget how NOW has pushed the idea that men that actually do fight for custody are abusers.

Looking at the example complaints you notices something? Here is a hint all of the chores that the man screws up are inside duties. So lets be real, it is the husband the is expected to upkeep the car in most cases and to maintain the outside. But cutting the grass and cleaning the gutters does not get as much respect as doing the laundry.

So here I will give some free advice. If you don't like the way your husband does something do it your damn self and shut up about it. If he does not clean the bathroom and it bothers you do it and shut up. If it does not bother you than let it slide until it bothers one of you enough.

I'm still trying to figure out how this woman's decisions -- bizarre as I personally find them to be -- are any of our business. She's not on welfare and as far as I can tell she's not the one publicizing the story

She is the one asking Oprah for 2 million as a "child care" expert and as sick as our cult of motherhood culture is she will probably get it. While she might not be on welfare (though I find this highly doubtful as 6 kids alone would all but require to have at the minimum WIC) Her job is a "professional student" and living off her parents 100,000 dollars combined salary. If she does have private health insurance this birth is going to put her passed any and all lifetime max and we will be picking up the tab. That is why this is our business.

The birth required close to 50 doctors and nurses in 4 delivery rooms. The heaviest kid is 2 and half lbs so these kids are going to be in NICU for a couple of months. With no complications that is going to run 10,000 a day or 300,000 a month. So just base NICU costs are going to run over a million. The birth probably cost 150k or more in just personal. And these are the costs before leaving the door. And from the sounds of it there is NO legal father to offset the costs.