How did Dr. Schlesinger explain himself to the medical Board?

 https://medicallicensuregroup.com/medical-license-misdemeanor/

The purpose of the medical board is to protect the public’s safety. Certain misdemeanors can imply that you may have experienced impaired judgement, substance or alcohol abuse or even financial negligence. Medical boards ask questions about past crimes because they want to know if there is something about your personality or character that could pose a public safety risk. The relationship between a doctor and patient is personal, sacred and built on implicit trust, so the medical board is simply trying to advocate for your future patients by asking about any misdemeanors. 

The good doctor - falsely claimed he was a psychiatrist and tried to have his wife committed - even though she wasn't crazy. He apparently was never disciplined for this.

 https://www.quora.com/Can-another-person-have-you-committed-to-a-mental-hospital-with-false-allegations-against-your-will

The law changed in the 1960s under the “Lanterman-Petrus-Short” Act which prohibits non-professionals (family, friends) from having another person committed based on their say so. Before the 1960s it was easier to use false accusations to get someone into the system. Presently, involuntary hospitalization must meet a strict criteria of danger to others, self, or gravely disabled (unable to make decisions about self care, resulting in danger to self). The local police are authorized to make an assessment for a “5150” if what they see directly constitutes a danger to self, others, or grave disab

Divorcing an Abusive Husband (What Every Woman Needs to Know)

 https://www.survivedivorce.com/divorcing-abusive-husband

Few situations in marriage can leave you feeling more powerless and afraid than being in an abusive relationship with your husband.

It is not a situation that happens overnight.  Abuse is a gradual process that goes down a long and dangerous slope and creates far-reaching emotional, physical and financial consequences.

There are steps an abused wife can take to escape, but these take planning and effort while still trying to manage the day-to-day minefields of an abusive marriage.

Recognizing the signs of abuse, understanding the motivations of the abuser and why an abused wife continues to stay in a marriage are all keys to a greater awareness that must be reckoned with as part of the process.

 I’m a domestic violence advocate not a therapist but if I can put my therapist hat on for a moment, let’s go back to an abuser being a little boy and maybe at some point in his life finding that he felt totally powerless.

Perhaps he had one parent or another or both of them that were abusive, and he felt that the world was not a safe place and he felt that a loss of control threatened his very existence.

This may have been followed at some point in his life where he decided he was never going to feel powerless again. The stage is now set as an adult for him to decide he is never going to feel powerless or a loss of control again.

I said before, that abuse is a learned behavior. They often learn at the master’s knee. If you talk to any one of the 1,400 women I worked with, in most cases, you’ll find that with their partners, one of their parents was incredibly abusive growing up. Sometimes he is born different—with an apparent lack of empathy. More often it gets drummed out of him.

Chilul HaShem

Writing about the Church in Middle Ages

 

Tuchman, Barbara Wertheim . A Distant Mirror . Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. 

The clergy on the whole were probably no more lecherous or greedy or untrustworthy than other men, but because they were supposed to be better or nearer to God than other men, their failings attracted more attention.

Urgent!

 

Are Couples That Live Together Before Marriage More Likely to Divorce?

 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/meet-catch-and-keep/202101/is-living-together-marriage-associated-divorce

 Despite changing norms and perceptions, premarital cohabitation still appears to be a risk factor for divorce (Rosenfeld & Roesler, 2019). This does not mean that every couple that lives together prior to marriage later divorces; nor does it suggest that not living together first guarantees stability. It simply looks at the group data at large and shows a trend between living together prior to marriage and subsequent separations. Across all years examined in this study, the odds of divorce were 1.31 times higher for women who cohabitated prior to marriage.

New Reporting Outs The Betrayers Of Our Democracy

Halachic question

 You decide to daven in the Ezras Nashim to avoid the mass of unvaccinated and unmasked people

Someone who is obviously sick - sneezing and coughing - decides to daven there to avoid transmitting his sickness.

Question - what should you do?

1. do you object to his presence? He will likely join the main minyan and thus you are causing people to get sick

2. You conclude that your health is paramount and tell him to leave

3.You say nothing and simply leave

4. You tell him to go home and not to endanger others ?

There's a limit to my sympathy for the unvaccinated

Covid: 'This will be a really, really tough winter' for the unvaccinated, doctor explains

Jim Jordan Admits To Texting Meadows | Zerlina

Jim Jordan, Once Tapped to Serve on 1/6 Committee, Now Identified in Mark Meadows Text

 https://www.newsweek.com/jim-jordan-once-tapped-serve-1-6-committee-now-identified-mark-meadows-text-1659936

Representative Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who was once tapped as a possibility to serve on the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack, was one of the Congress members who texted former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows the day before the insurrection, it was revealed on Wednesday.

Originally attributed by the January 6 committee only to an unnamed "lawmaker," Jordan's office confirmed in a statement that he had sent at least one text to Meadows, the former top aide to ex-President Donald Trump who was charged with obstruction of Congress on Tuesday.

The text was not an original composition by Jordan, according to the statement, but was a forwarded message containing a legal argument from former Pentagon Inspector General Joseph Schmitz.

DeSantis shares stage with activist who posted QAnon-related conspiracy theories on social media

 https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2021/12/17/desantis-shares-stage-with-activist-who-posted-qanon-related-conspiracy-theories-on-social-media-1401448

 A Miami activist Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office handpicked to amplify his criticism of critical race theory has espoused views aligned with QAnon conspiracy theories and appears to support those who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

Eulalia Maria Jimenez, the chair of the Miami chapter of Moms for Liberty, stood with DeSantis earlier this week as he touted legislation to combat critical race theory. During the press conference, Jimenez described last year’s demonstrations after George Floyd’s killing as “race wars” and railed against critical race theory teachings. 

 But on Instagram, Jimenez echoed QAnon conspiracy theories by writing about “children being smuggled through underground tunnels for the enjoyment of demons” and posting a picture from the Jan. 6 riots with a caption that said “the storm is upon us. Trust the process.” She also called Covid vaccines “poison.”

Israeli forces arrest Palestinian terrorists behind Homesh attack

 https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/two-palestinians-arrested-by-israeli-forces-near-jenin-report-689136

 The IDF, Border Police and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) arrested the two Palestinian terrorists behind Thursday's shooting attack in Homesh early Sunday morning, just two days after they killed 25-year-old Yehuda Dimentman and injured two other yeshiva students.

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