Archive for January 2010
MW: Same-Sex Marriage Makes Straight People Stay Together Longer!
Posted by: madamab on: January 13, 2010
- In: Feminism | Gay Rights | Healthcare | Human Rights | Morning Widdershins | Open Thread | Patriarchy | Snark
- 15 Comments
Well, kind of. Over the past decade or so, divorce has gradually become more uncommon in the United States. Since 2003, however, the decline in divorce rates has been largely confined to states which have not passed a state constitutional ban on gay marriage. These states saw their divorce rates decrease by an average of [...]
Morning Widdershins: The Surprise of the Century!
Posted by: madamab on: January 12, 2010
Okay, maybe I’m snarking just a tad. After all, no one could have predicted that an enormously popular Republican ex-Governor would end up as a pundit on Fox News. It’s not as though it’s ever happened before! Yes, get ready, America – it’s Sarah Palin, on the teevee! Former Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska has [...]
MW: The Letter Everyone Should Read, and The Haps
Posted by: madamab on: January 10, 2010
- In: books | Current Events | Healthcare | Media Tripe | Morning Widdershins | Obama | Open Thread | Politics | Propaganda
- 51 Comments
The Letter Rochelle Sivan speaks for me. Well-said, sister. Friends and members of the FDTC, I am writing this letter to tell you that as of this morning I have switched my voter registration from Democratic to Unenrolled and hence am resigning as the FDTC chair. I am a lifetime Democrat so this has been [...]
Morning Widdershins: Afghanistan Gets Uglier
Posted by: madamab on: January 9, 2010
- In: Current Events | Morning Widdershins | Obama | Open Thread | Propaganda | Snark | War
- 86 Comments
The Huffington Post reports: AP) KABUL – Thousands of Afghans shouting “Death to America!” protested the killings of children Thursday, the latest in a string of controversial cases in which international forces have been blamed for civilian deaths. U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal has ordered troops to use airstrikes judiciously and fire cautiously to reduce civilian [...]
Feminist Friday: What Do We Do In 2010? – UPDATED
Posted by: madamab on: January 8, 2010
- In: Feminism | Gay Rights | Healthcare | Hillary Clinton | Morning Widdershins | Obama | Open Thread | Patriarchy | Politics | Propaganda | War | Women
- 78 Comments
Everywhere I look these days, I see that there is a lot of disillusionment with the corruption of Barack Obama and his lapdog Congress. Whether it’s the vomit-inducing clusterfuckiness of the health “insurance” reform bill, the hatred of women and LGBT, the fact that our Nobel Peace Prize-winning President seems rather inclined to bomb and [...]
Morning Widdershins: Highland Flings
Posted by: chatblu on: January 7, 2010
Tomorrow begins our annual highland games. We have them in the winter because our woolen kilts tend to be heavy and hot, even when done (as mine is) in tropical weight fabric. Tomorrow night is the ceilidh (party) with the host pipe band and the musical exhibits awash in fine single malts, then the games [...]
Hyde-ing in Plain Sight: Reproductive Justice and The Single-Payer Movement
Posted by: madamab on: January 6, 2010
- In: Feminism | Healthcare | Morning Widdershins | Open Thread | Patriarchy | Politics | Women
- 46 Comments
In the fight for single-payer health care/Medicare for All, the obstacles are many and well-documented. There’s the fact that the insurance companies and Big Pharma have spent hundreds of millions of dollars lobbying our President and Congress to keep them in business; there’s the way our discourse is dumbed down by the media and Astroturfing [...]
Morning Widdershins: Once Upon a Time – A Wistful Rant
Posted by: chatblu on: January 5, 2010
I want my country back. No, I have not joined forces with those who want a white President and zero tolerance for terrorism, drugs, crime, immigration or the like. I want the country that was a world leader and the “shining city on the hill”. I would like to again return to some modicum of [...]
Morning Widdershins: The Haps, First Week of 2010 Edition
Posted by: madamab on: January 4, 2010
- In: Breaking News | Current Events | Iran | Israel | Morning Widdershins | Obama | Open Thread | Politics
- 42 Comments
Well, Widdershins, it’s a brand-new year, and our beloved President and Congress are tackling today’s pressing problems in the same energetic and effective way they’ve been doing all through 2009! They’re going to send the Yemeni Gitmo detainees back home, despite the fact that we know that Al Qaeda has an active training cell there. [...]
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