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Characteristics of Psychopaths

1. Aggressive, callous, and cunning
2. Complete absence of conscience and empathy
3. Very adept at manipulating others
4. Willingness to engage in immoral, criminal conduct
5. Willingness to take what they want and do as they please, regardless of who is hurt or wronged
6. Deceptive ability to appear outwardly benevolent
7. Deceptive ability to behave in superficially charming ways to hide purely selfish motives
8. Willingness to use intimidation and violence to control others in order to satisfy their own needs
9. Willingness to intentionally violate the basic inherent human rights of others
10. Complete absence of any sense of guilt or remorse for the harm their actions have caused to others
11. Rationalization of their own immoral behavior
12. Will attempt to lay blame upon someone else for their own conduct
13. Denial, will deny their own wrongdoing outright
14. Utter contemptuousness toward the feelings and desires of their fellow beings
15. Pathological lying, will say anything without any concern for truth to advance their own hidden agendas
16. Ablity to feign [fake] normal human emotions and empathy
17. Distorted sense of the consequences of their actions
18. Total failure to accept any responsibility for their own socially irresponsible ways
19. Strong bellef that they will never be brought to justice for their criminal behavior

It sure explains a lot.

the live baby to dead soldier pipeline up and running

Honestly, didn't know the VA offered abortion services. I am a female veteran and I also worked for the VA. Never heard of abortion services. The service probably came with strings attached. Women's health is still evolving at the VA.

Substantive progress was made under Democratic presidents. But you’re a DUer, you know what’s been going on with women’s rights in the SCOTUS and with Trump and every person he’s brought in. Also, you know what’s being done to our civilian medical delivery system.

I’m sorry. I don’t usually follow the military as such, but I do follow women’s rights, and that includes those in the military.

Edited to add: Trump and Hegseth are both abusive and rapists.

10 steps back.

There have been times since Hillary”lost” that I have been beside myself with rage or grief or disbelief or all of them at once. I’m old — there were any number of things I thought were settled law, done and dusted, progress made toward the US becoming a mature society.

I don’t need to go down the whole list, but take for instance the Imperial Presidency. Surely we settled that with Dick Nixon, right? Right? Apparently not.

Maybe this is the emoji I need tonight….

Lost on the birth control coverage but won on the pregnancy discrimination. My employer cancelled my employee health insurance when I got pregnant. They would not give me light duty, so eventually my water broke 2 months early. Son was premature. Where was the VA thru all of this? No where to be found. I have a lot of anger about what is happening to women's rights. I feel like all the progress I made has been erased, including my service as a female combat veteran.

You take care

Appreciate you!

At that time if an enlisted woman became pregnant and wasn't married, she was told to "Take care of it". She had 24-hrs. to deal with it and be back on duty.

You've come a long way baby NOT!