Archive for November 2010
MW: OMG! Astrological Armageddon?
Posted by: chatblu on: November 30, 2010
Mercury will be retrograde between December 10th and December 29th. During this time period, mercury will slow down, appear to stop, then seemingly move backwards. It’s really an optical illusion, and there really is forward motion of the planet, but mercury retrograde packs an astrological wallop. The timing of the retrograde places it in the sign of [...]
MW: The Haps, International Edition
Posted by: madamab on: November 29, 2010
- In: Afghanistan | Breaking News | Current Events | Government | Hillary Clinton | Iran | Israel | Media Tripe | Morning Widdershins | Open Thread | Propaganda
- 82 Comments
From WikiLeaks to Iran to the Koreas, the international scene has been hopping lately. The bubbling mix of friends and enemies, foreign and domestic, definitely deserves its own Haps. D’oh! WikiLeaks dumps 250,000 State Department cables. The United States was catapulted into a worldwide diplomatic crisis today, with the leaking to the Guardian and other international media [...]
Lazy Sunday: Historical Dramas
Posted by: chatblu on: November 28, 2010
- In: movies | Open Thread | You Tube
- 59 Comments
Another Sunday is upon us, and we’ll delve into historical dramas. This genre deals with those people, places and things that made history. Some films are quite historically correct, others take a liberty or two (or three) with the facts as we know them. Anyhow, H/T to DYB for today’s suggestion. (1) All the President’s [...]
MW: The Elusive Health Insurance Policy
Posted by: chatblu on: November 27, 2010
- In: Economy | Government | Healthcare | Morning Widdershins | Open Thread
- 85 Comments
Now you see it, now you don’t. Procedures that were covered this year will not, by masterful feats of prestidigitization, be covered next year. The day of the $500.00 deductible are long gone. The days of calling your family doctor to make an appointment are leaving as well. Now you get a book of “preferred [...]
Feminist Friday: Oops! She Did It Again
Posted by: madamab on: November 26, 2010
- In: Feminism | Hillary Clinton | Morning Widdershins | Obama | Open Thread | Patriarchy | Politics | Propaganda
- 52 Comments
You know, I was going to write a totally different post today. But Sarah Palin has been imploding so fast over the past couple of days that I felt compelled to write about her instead. It has become clear that Palin has been running an Obama-style campaign for a 2012 Presidential run over the last [...]
MW: Happy Thanksgiving!
Posted by: chatblu on: November 25, 2010
- In: Open Thread | You Tube
- 32 Comments
Happy Thanksgiving, Widdershins! I don’t know what everyone’s plans for today might be, but I’m fairly certain that food will be involved. There are regional and ethnic variations to the menu. For example, you can roast your turkey or deep fry it. You might enjoy stuffing, filling or dressing and it may be made from [...]
MW: National Insecurities
Posted by: chatblu on: November 23, 2010
The TSA just can’t win for losing. They have struggled to stay abreast – much less ahead – of catastrophic terrorism. After 09/11, TSA banned any sort of sharp implements including nail clippers and tiny embroidery scissors. After any number of sentinel events, we have devolved into inspecting footwear, banning any type of liquids, barring printer [...]
Afternoon Widdershins: The 30% Solution and Me – Two Years Later
Posted by: madamab on: November 22, 2010
- In: Feminism | Government | Hillary Clinton | Human Rights | Open Thread | Patriarchy | Politics | Sexism
- 55 Comments
When I wrote the post entitled “The 30% Solution: Why Democratic Women Are Voting for McCain/Palin” in 2008, I had no idea that people would find the idea so appealing. It made sense to me, though, to try another approach to gaining women’s equality other than looking towards traditional feminism. As I’m sure we remember, [...]
MW: Thoughts on solidarity and the 30% solution
Posted by: bluelyon on: November 22, 2010
- In: Feminism | Morning Widdershins | Patriarchy | Women
- 32 Comments
This started out as an answer to NW Luna’s comment to my post about the defeat of the Paycheck Fairness Act. It got a bit long so I decided to post my answer instead, and add a few more thoughts. Excuse my ignorance …. but TNA? “TNA” stands for The New Agenda, which, by the [...]
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