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snacker

(3,619 posts)
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 10:28 PM Jan 2017

Gov. Mark Dayton collapses in the middle of his State of the State address

Source: Twin Cities Pioneer Press

Gov. Mark Dayton collapsed in the middle of his State of the State address Monday evening.

Dayton, 69, appeared to faint 45 minutes into the speech before a joint session of the Minnesota Legislature. He paused his speech and took a glass of water before collapsing onto the dais.

Read more: http://www.twincities.com/2017/01/23/gov-mark-dayton-collapses-in-the-middle-of-his-state-of-the-state-address/

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Gov. Mark Dayton collapses in the middle of his State of the State address (Original Post) snacker Jan 2017 OP
Shit, stay healthy Governor Dayton IronLionZion Jan 2017 #1
Scary Lotusflower70 Jan 2017 #2
Good to hear snacker Jan 2017 #4
He did faint once before and it was the result of dehydration dflprincess Jan 2017 #3
But recovered question everything Jan 2017 #5
They were trying to kill him....... a kennedy Jan 2017 #6
no JI7 Jan 2017 #8
I couldn't disagree more about Klobuchar. She is a champion of the adoption industry. StevieM Jan 2017 #9
what are you talking about? mopinko Jan 2017 #10
That one boggled me. Three of my closest friends were adopted. dionysus Jan 2017 #12
I am sure their birth mothers also love them to pieces. (eom) StevieM Jan 2017 #14
Perhaps. Afoption can also be done because the mother doesn't have the means to take care dionysus Jan 2017 #19
I have a beef with coerced adoptions. Which are a large percentage of them. (eom) StevieM Jan 2017 #13
and how has klobechar supported that? mopinko Jan 2017 #18
What I am saying is that the system is broken. And she supports the system. StevieM Jan 2017 #21
Andddd.. thats bad because? Adoption is better than forcing a kid to stay in a bad situation. dionysus Jan 2017 #11
Most adopted children weren't adopted because they were coming from a bad situation. StevieM Jan 2017 #15
Do you have any stats on coerced adoptions? dionysus Jan 2017 #20
Well the numbers were extremely high back during the Baby Scoop Era. StevieM Jan 2017 #23
This really highlights how absurd the 2016 election was. Hillary having a sick day was treated as StevieM Jan 2017 #7
Healing thoughts for Gov Dayton Cha Jan 2017 #16
He slurred his words before falling BainsBane Jan 2017 #17
Democratic Governor Mark Dayton of Minnesota. N/T CottonBear Jan 2017 #22

dflprincess

(28,086 posts)
3. He did faint once before and it was the result of dehydration
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 10:53 PM
Jan 2017

let us hope that that is the case this time.

We need Mark!

a kennedy

(29,721 posts)
6. They were trying to kill him.......
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 11:55 PM
Jan 2017

Might just be my opinion. Minnnesota..... hasen't been bought off YET. SOME ARE SENDING A MESSAGE. hope we live through it. Stay strong MN. It could be up to us. Amy klobchur is our candidate for 2020!!!!!!!!!

StevieM

(10,500 posts)
9. I couldn't disagree more about Klobuchar. She is a champion of the adoption industry.
Tue Jan 24, 2017, 12:54 AM
Jan 2017

Last edited Tue Jan 24, 2017, 01:53 AM - Edit history (1)

We need to start emphasizing family preservation.

dionysus

(26,467 posts)
19. Perhaps. Afoption can also be done because the mother doesn't have the means to take care
Tue Jan 24, 2017, 01:32 PM
Jan 2017

of the child, and would rather see the kid grow up in a loving family away from poverty, violence, drugs, or whatever... out of the three kids i know, one later found his biological mother, who didn't want anything to do with him, one guy, his mother passed away young, and the third guy never found her.

Anecdotal evidence, i know.

mopinko

(70,268 posts)
18. and how has klobechar supported that?
Tue Jan 24, 2017, 10:52 AM
Jan 2017

i find it hard to believe she would do anything to further that, or not be sympathetic to that.
forced how?

StevieM

(10,500 posts)
21. What I am saying is that the system is broken. And she supports the system.
Tue Jan 24, 2017, 02:26 PM
Jan 2017

To be fair, you could say that about a lot of lawmakers. But Klobachar wants to build the system up. I think it needs to be torn down.

StevieM

(10,500 posts)
15. Most adopted children weren't adopted because they were coming from a bad situation.
Tue Jan 24, 2017, 01:55 AM
Jan 2017

A lot of women are in dire financial circumstances and forced to accept a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Many others are coerced.

StevieM

(10,500 posts)
23. Well the numbers were extremely high back during the Baby Scoop Era.
Tue Jan 24, 2017, 02:34 PM
Jan 2017

Today they may be less but I think they are still way too high.

Too many women are in dire circumstances and forced to accept a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Others are told by their churches that adoption is an opportunity for forgiveness and redemption. Many more are persuaded that their kids are better off without them.

Finally, many women and girls change their minds after he baby is born, but are told that they "cannot break the adoptive parents hearts." They are deliberately made to feel like they are already the birth mother before the child is born. They are addressed as a birth mother before the papers are signed. And the prospective adoptive parents are called adoptive parents before the adoption had happened. Finally, they are asked to sign papers when hormones are racing and they are often under the influence of drugs, like painkillers, after birth.

I think adoption should only happen when the woman or girl does not want to parent. And the anecdotal evidence I have seen indicates that this fairly rare.

StevieM

(10,500 posts)
7. This really highlights how absurd the 2016 election was. Hillary having a sick day was treated as
Tue Jan 24, 2017, 12:52 AM
Jan 2017

a scandal, something that indicated she was a liar and a bad person.

Not one Republican expressed concern for her or wished her well.

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