Archive for April 2010
Morning Widdershins: Better Than Nothing
Posted by: chatblu on: April 17, 2010
- In: Gay Rights | Healthcare | Human Rights | Morning Widdershins | Obama | Open Thread
- 26 Comments
A moral victory has come for same-sex couples, but at a heavy price. In February of 2007, Lisa Pond arrived in Miami with her partner Janice Langbehn and their children and boarded a cruise ship. Shortly thereafter, Lisa collapsed and was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Trauma Center. Janice and the children came over by taxi and [...]
Feminist Friday: I Want It All!
Posted by: madamab on: April 16, 2010
- In: Feminism | Human Rights | misogyny | Morning Widdershins | Obama | Open Thread | Patriarchy | Sexism | Women
- 22 Comments
No, not “career and kids” all. I’m talking about both equal rights AND equal representation. Right now, the energy in feminism seems to be going towards equal representation, which is great. From the Women’s Media Center, to E.V.E., to the New Agenda and many more, women everywhere are getting together to form new organizations and [...]
Labor Pains
Posted by: chatblu on: April 15, 2010
- In: Feminism | Healthcare | Women
- 27 Comments
SEIU President Andy Stern is expected to announce his resignation this week. His departure, to say the least, is unexpected after a fifteen year tenure during which he reshaped SEIU and doubled its size. When Stern became president, he decided to refocus the union and channel its energies into recruitment. He unveiled this new concept [...]
Activist Wednesday: Wanna Talk, Or Walk?
Posted by: madamab on: April 14, 2010
- In: Current Events | Ecology | Economy | Feminism | Human Rights | Morning Widdershins | Patriarchy | War
- 27 Comments
Well, I’ve got some good news for you – you can! Here are this Wednesday’s activist events for you: Tonight, April 14, 7 pm: Online chat with J.B. Poersch, Here. The first opportunity is an online chat with the DSCC Executive Director, J.B. Poersch. Wouldn’t you like to ask him some questions, or make some, [...]
Back from the brink?
Posted by: chatblu on: April 13, 2010
Happy days are here again! At least, according to Newsweek‘s Daniel Gross they are, anyhow. In his article “The Comeback Country”, Gross discusses at length his belief that America is coming back “stronger, better and faster than nearly anyone expected – and faster than most of its international rivals.” He cites the DJIA gains of [...]
Morning Widdershins: Give ‘Em the Ol’ Razzle Dazzle
Posted by: madamab on: April 12, 2010
- In: Healthcare | Morning Widdershins | Obama | Open Thread
- 24 Comments
The Huffington Post published a long, long, LONG expose of the ins and outs of Democratic Party politics last week. It’s been on my mind ever since I read it, since it clarified a lot of things for me. For example, why don’t the “progressives” in the Congressional Progressive Caucus seem to ever get anything [...]
Justice Clinton, anyone?
Posted by: chatblu on: April 11, 2010
- In: Hillary Clinton | SCOTUS | Uncategorized | Women
- 28 Comments
The retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens brings us to another SCOTUS appointment at an interesting time. Any number of much more mundane appointments have faced an uproar in the Senate, courtesy of the latest Republican scorched-earth policy. Alas, the Repubs are probably not going to loosen up and try to get along, as they [...]
Chatblu’s Soapbox: Where is the outrage?
Posted by: chatblu on: April 10, 2010
Rescue operations have been ongoing for the past several days at yet another coal mine. The Upper Big Branch mine in Montcoal, West (By God) Virginia sustained an explosion killing 25 outright and trapping 4 miners within. The cable networks have covered the rescue efforts for the past several days, and their research has turned up [...]
Feminist Friday: How Do You Solve a Problem Like La Palin?
Posted by: madamab on: April 9, 2010
- In: Gay Rights | Human Rights | Morning Widdershins | Obama | Open Thread | Patriarchy | Politics | Propaganda
- 32 Comments
I took a little flak last Friday for focusing on the sexism (which some didn’t see) in Wesley Clark’s fundraising letter about Sarah Palin, instead of focusing on how scary, scary, SCARY! she is and how what she said about targeting Democrats for “death” was wrong. Well, whatevah, because I write what I want to [...]
Census and Sensibilities
Posted by: chatblu on: April 8, 2010
I spent Easter as I do most other major holidays, with my “extended family”: my daughter, son-in-law, grandmonsters, and an assortment of friends who have no family in the general area. One of my daughter’s most interesting friend is Lori the Libertarian. Despite having four young children and breast cancer, Lori is very active in [...]
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