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Last month, feminist blogger Biting Beaver wrote about a nightmarish experience she’d had with a broken condom and a callous medical system that refused to give her emergency contraception over the counter or by prescription.
Instead of getting medical care during the critical 72-hour window of opportunity, BB was stalled, humiliated, scorned, quizzed, and deceived. A nurse tried to tell her that EC was “the abortion pill,” and other health care providers grilled her about her sexual history and her marital status. Her pharmacy wouldn’t sell it to her OTC, her doctor wouldn’t call in a [...]
Full Story... →Check out the latest issue of Newsweek, and note the different covers for different regions of the world.
Gah.
Full Story... →Never let it be said that Republicans are anti-environment. It appears they really love PLANTS! OK, so maybe they are anti-environment. Turns out the kind of plants they like are the ones they mix in as “citizens” or “activists”, when their true identity is much more like “shill”, apologist”, or “donor”.
The biggest national story was that of Rockey Vaccarella, a Katrina victim who had a Sheehan-like trek to Washington to get a meeting with the President. Difference being ‘ole Rockey was a Bush ass-kisser and (shock of shocks) GOT A MEETING with der Bushmeister. Funny thing is [...]
Full Story... →Tito get me a tissue! DeWiners are here and they need some. I meant to comment on this last week and I know most of you are really missing my frequent Mattie Boy (ding dong boy to you) smackdown. Well, not to disappoint.
In case you missed it. Hah. He said “in case you missed it”…nevermind. Inside joke. Our boy the ding dong kid was all a flutter over the directness of the following DCCC ad that does not mix words or images in pointing out the pure incompetency of this administration and our current faux-leadership:
The only [...]
Full Story... →OK, today must one of those days in which every ounce of my discretion is tested. First there was fetus farming, now we have the entire menu of the wingnuts “American Values Agenda“. Modern day Republicans wouldn’t know American Values if it hit them in the face like an errant Cheney shotgun blast.
All of this non-legislative bullshit – from the attack on love and marriage, to the fight against scientific research and cures – is the saddest form of political maneuvering and one can only hope that the American people see it for what it is. Button [...]
Full Story... →OK, let me just preface this by saying that these people make me sick to my stomach. Seriously ill. These anti-cure stem cell research opponents are going to end up in the dust bin of American Politics. The President might want to maintain his kook base by penning his first veto, but I seriously doubt he will. It would be a huge mistake.
So here is the rundown. We have 3 things in the Senate:
SB 471 – The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act which is HR 810. This has been buried for over a year and is finally [...]
Full Story... →I was raised Catholic. I just knelt 4 times and had a beer while typing that – it’s a Catholic thing. Some might know that I’m no longer Catholic. I resisted the combination of calisthenics and spirituality I guess and became a Zen practitioner. Now I just sit and don’t think – I kinda like it.
I want to talk about something that i think is being hugly misrepresented and has the potential to really damage our country, our kids, and our way of life. The defense of marriage. Yet another Orwellian crafted message from those on the right [...]
Full Story... →Imagine the Ohio GOP saying one thing and doing another? Hard to believe, right? I’m sure you’ve all heard about the “evil outside interests” that are invading Ohio on the left. Well, not so much. Let’s separate fact from fiction, as it relates to the governor’s race. The Plain Dealer took a look and here is what they found: “Evil out-of-state money from ultra-liberal groups” is a bullshit Orwellian Republican talking point. Imagine that.
Consider this:
Blackwell, who as secretary of state oversees elections in Ohio, has raised about 25 percent of his $6.1 million from out-of-state donors, [...]
Full Story... →The poll is wrong. Whaaa!! Someone get the ORP a binky! You had to know this was coming. Don’t like where you sit in the polls? Attack the validity! Attack! Attack!
I wonder how bad they think Rasmussen is. SUSA just seems to confirm what Rasmussen told us back in May: Ted by 16!
It’s the old line: Polls are useless unless I are leading! LOL. So go ahead, attack all the polls. Then call for a recount when you lose by two digits. I got a message for brother Blackwell: You can run…but you cain’t hide! [...]
Full Story... →Ok, shakes down like this. While lefty blogs today talk about a complete 180 done by Mr. Ken Taftwell on his abortion position (BSB, PB), the wingnuts are all up in arms over a figure of speech. You know, when I say I will take you on anytime, anywhere? I probably don’t mean 3am GMT at the North Pole. But, by god, if that is what you say you want, then I FLIP FLOPPED damnit! LMFAO. I’m dyin’ over here.
Somebody get these guys some binkies. Do we see a pattern here?
Here’s the [...]
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Greenwald points out the real problem with the torture/detainment bill
My previous headline about this was “House approves torture“, but in reality it’s much more sinister than that. Glenn Greenwald points out that no longer is Bush simply assuming the legal authority to throw anyone – including US citizens who have never left the country – in a secret jail without the right to challenge in court, he now actually has that authority (or will, when the bill passes the Senate as expected).
This last point means that even if there were a habeas corpus right inserted back into the legislation (which is unlikely at this point anyway), [...]
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