Archive for October 2010
Lazy Sunday: Horror Flicks
Posted by: chatblu on: October 31, 2010
- In: movies | You Tube
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Trick or treat, y’all. Yes, I’m still at the cat show, but I should be back home in time to eat all of the pass out the Hallowe’en candy. In the meantime, let’s amuse ourselves with today’s natural venue, horror flicks. This is really a huge category, and encompasses all sorts of things. There are [...]
MW: Songs of Protest, Rallies for Sanity
Posted by: chatblu on: October 30, 2010
Good morning, Widdershins. I’m at a cat show today, but I did want to put this post up and get it running. I’m hoping that y’all will live blog the rally so that I can catch up on events tomorrow when I get home. I also offer the category of protest songs. I know that [...]
MW: 2010, The Year of the Woman?
Posted by: chatblu on: October 28, 2010
- In: Civil Liberties | Current Events | Feminism | Government | Human Rights | Morning Widdershins | Open Thread | Politics | Uncategorized | Women | You Tube
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Como se dice, “el ano de la mujer”????? 2010 was thus advertised, with multiple postings (including my own, sad to say) trumpeting the primary successes as “Ladies’ Night.” Somehow, things have just not gone as planned, it seems. While we are still several days away from the actual midterm election date, prospects are anything but rosy for any [...]
MW: The Wave Pool
Posted by: chatblu on: October 26, 2010
Wave pools are swimming pools where artificial waves are created. There are a number of them scattered about the world, some of which generate waves of true surfing style and size. Politically, a wave is a surge of energy that builds and carries one party to victory while crashing the other on the rocks. Looking [...]
MW: The Haps, Wimminz Edition
Posted by: madamab on: October 25, 2010
- In: Current Events | Economy | Feminism | Morning Widdershins | Obama | Open Thread
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Here are your Haps for Monday morning, Widdershins – it’s all about Teh Wimminz! Christina Romer, former chairwoman of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisors, says cutting the deficit now would be a huge mistake. Now is not the time. Unemployment is still near 10 percent in the United States and in Europe. Tax cuts [...]
MW: Lazy Sunday – Diva Flicks
Posted by: chatblu on: October 24, 2010
- In: Morning Widdershins | movies | Open Thread | Women | You Tube
- 62 Comments
Happy Sunday, Widdershins. Here’s to another day of relaxation and fun with classic films anda salute the faboulous divas who brought them to us. H/T to Fuzzybear for this week’s selection. While the term “diva” frequently refers to the opera, I have extended it to cover the silver screen’s ladies as well. American movies have had their fair share of [...]
Feminist Friday: My Choice is Clear
Posted by: madamab on: October 22, 2010
- In: Feminism | Morning Widdershins | Open Thread | Patriarchy | Politics | Uncategorized
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The candidates for Governor of New York are less than thrilling. I have to admit that I am one of the few who likes our current Governor, David Paterson, who was forced to abandon his 2010 run by the might of the Bloomberg-Obama-Kennedy power bloc in New York. They never forgave him for appointing Kirsten [...]
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