I’ve long felt that the best way to reduce abortions (yes, really) was early education and easy access to birth control. Teaching children about where babies come from, and how, best arms them to deal with what becomes one of the most important aspects of their adult lives. Shouldn’t we at least offer them some guidance, like we do before we let them drive cars?

No, apparently. Not if you’re religious, anyway. Teaching children how babies are made isn’t, to them, “arming them with information.” Not at all. No, it’s “condoning sex” and, for some reason, “condoning sex” is a bad thing. There’s not a single human being alive today anywhere on the planet who didn’t get here because some guy went “ugh” and it’s supposed to be a secret? Oh, and, not for nothing but the sex is happening whether you condone it or not. The only question is: is it a blind, risky behavior or is it well-educated, better protected behavior?

So I was happy to learn that OB/GYN’s have taken to TikTok to present videos on the entire spectrum of the subject. LOVE. IT! Anything someone wants to know can be found there. FINALLY, the internet steps up for something good. It’s not a perfect solution and I, for one, am certain that if actual doctors get out there and pass along sound information, some ideological schmuck will start making them, too, supporting all the wrong, deceptive things. It’s the conservative way. Can’t make a valid case? Well, then, make up a lie! (It should be the Republican slogan these days.)

I STILL think we should teach children about human reproduction in school starting at about age 9 – is that Fourth Grade? – and for all the cons who can’t believe I might support telling children truthful things, I think every lesson should include the idea that abstinence is the ONLY way to ensure no babies and is a perfectly reasonable choice. And, no, I wouldn’t teach 9-year-olds about what ‘The Joy of Sex’ called, ‘Sauces and Pickles’ until later. But I live in the real world where real people do real things and one of those things is the big “it.”

I’ll tell you this: Since I’ll never convince always-wrong cons that schools are the best place for such education, I’ll have to settle for the work-around of doctors on TikTok. Thanks, docs…

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Okay, that’s it for the good news. Back to paranoid Cult 45. Kevin McCarthy recently told lying Fox Not News “Someone has lied here. If we find that Garland has lied to Congress, we will start an impeachment inquiry.” Well, he’s right, someone IS lying. Um, that would be the CheetoJesus himself, Donald Trump. Of course, Kevin McCarthy and Jim Jordan tend to lead the pack. There are LOTS more. It’s just that none of them are Merrick Garland.

The cons really don’t like worshiping a criminal. Their “solution?” Destroy the evidence! Handcuff the prosecutors. Muzzle the whistleblowers. Fervently pretend thousands of people are in on the “conspiracy” – all of them jealous of what a great job the trumpster did as President. (Yeah, that sounds right.) They tightly close their eyes, shove their fingers in their ears, and shout, “La, la, la” as loud and as long as they can. They seem to think it’s not a crime if they don’t confess it…

The closer the walls get as they press in around trump, the louder Cult 45 screams. They don’t care if you’re a long-time con and full supporter of the dumbass who also happens to believe in the law. Nope, definite RINO. The “party of law and order” (I’m not kidding. That’s what they used to call themselves.) now wants to eliminate the FBI (still led by a Trump appointee) and maybe even the DOJ. After all, who needs justice? All in an effort to protect the lying, criminal, sexual predator, alleged traitor, Donald J. Trump. (Though Jim Jordan might have some more…personal motivations as well…)

I’ll tell you this: I’ve often wondered what it takes for people to so completely deceive themselves – and what it does to them over time. It looks like the final answer to the second part is? Madness…