Two old towels and a pair of worn sneakers (updatedX2)

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Tuesday January 12, 2010 · 5:10 PM PST

2010/01/12 · 17:10

When I pulled around to the small parking area behind my apartment complex this evening, there was a woman messing around with some pieces of cardboard. I don't know if I've seen her there before, because frankly there are always people - homeless and not - scavenging things from the recycle bins and dumpster.

I got out of my car and had just opened the back door to retrieve the bag of cat food I had bought today when I heard a soft voice saying, "Ma'am, do you have..."

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Monday December 21, 2009 · 2:05 PM PST

2009/12/21 · 14:05

It has come to my attention that people with UID's above 150k are suspected by some of being "paid shills" for various interests - the health care industry, the DLC, Oncologists for Tanning, etc.

Intrigued, I took a gander at my own UID (well, to be honest, I initially misread it as IUD, and was halfway through a phone conversation with my gynecologist to find out the serial number on that thing she installed in me a while back before I realized my transposition - and boy, will I have to apologize to the doc for implying that she's a shoddy record-keeper), and lo and behold! Turns out that my UID is above the magic 150k trustworthiness cutoff.

It's true. I am a fully qualified shill-in-waiting.

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SheKos: When some are more equal than others

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Wednesday December 09, 2009 · 10:15 AM PST

2009/12/09 · 10:15

Welcome to SheKos! SheKos is a diary series for all Kossacks to explore issues related to feminism, women's history, and equality. We seek to find solutions within and beyond the Democratic Party to improve the lives of women -- and men -- regardless of race, sexual orientation, or economic status. We believe that women's rights are human rights and human rights are women's rights.

Let's face it - debating abortion rights is tiring. I cry "pro-choice," someone else cries "right to life." I say "reproductive freedom," someone else says "personal responsibility." And if anyone mentions "financial access," you can bet four or five others will chime in with "pay for your own abortion."

I'm weary of this debate. And frankly, it's not really about abortion "rights," anyway. No one has a "right" to an abortion; a right is something that equally applies to every member of society, whereas abortions are only available to women who can become pregnant. That's why the term "abortion rights" has an unsatisfying sound. It's inaccurate. It's not what the conflict is really about.

LeanneB

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Thursday December 03, 2009 · 9:19 AM PST

2009/12/03 · 09:19

Welcome to SheKos! SheKos is a diary series for all Kossacks to explore issues related to feminism, women's history, and equality. We seek to find solutions within and beyond the Democratic Party to improve the lives of women -- and men -- regardless of race, sexual orientation, or economic status. We believe that women's rights are human rights and human rights are women's rights.

LeanneB

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Wednesday November 25, 2009 · 9:09 AM PST

2009/11/25 · 09:09

Welcome to SheKos! SheKos is a diary series for all Kossacks to explore issues related to feminism, women's history, and equality. We seek to find solutions within and beyond the Democratic Party to improve the lives of women -- and men -- regardless of race, sexual orientation, or economic status. We believe that women's rights are human rights and human rights are women's rights.

This is my second SheKos diary dealing with domestic violence. The first examined as an overview the disturbing phenomenon of murders of women by their intimate partners, analyzing statistics, facts, and figures provided by U.S. agencies and organizations. This diary takes a more personal, case-study approach to the same topic.

LeanneB

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Monday November 16, 2009 · 9:25 AM PST

2009/11/16 · 09:25

UPDATE: Hattip to ontheleftcoast for suggesting I include a contact number for those who are living in fear of abuse:

1.800.799.SAFE (7233) 1.800.787.3224 (TTY)
Anonymous & Confidential Help 24/7

The Democratic party has made a lot of promises to women.
"We believe that standing up for our country means standing up against sexism and all intolerance. Demeaning portrayals of women cheapen our debates, dampen the dreams of our daughters, and deny us the contributions of too many. Responsibility lies with us all."

"Our policies will recognize that human rights are women’s rights and that women’s rights are human rights."

We agree. And that's why we're committed to making the Democratic party keep its promises. Join us.

LeanneB

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Wednesday November 11, 2009 · 10:07 AM PST

2009/11/11 · 10:07

We've all seen this. Heck, we've all done it.

Somebody starts to complain about something, something they've complained about before - perhaps often - and we feel impatience rising up inside us. Not this again, a cranky voice inside us sighs, and maybe we even sigh on the outside. And we catch the eye of somebody else and see that they are sighing too, and we share that look, a very meaningful look. A look that everybody recognizes when they see it.

It's the "Here we go again" look.

LeanneB

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Tuesday November 10, 2009 · 1:31 PM PST

2009/11/10 · 13:31

This is only a few blocks from where I'm working.

Officers were called to the intersection of Southwest Martinazzi Avenue and Warm Springs Street at 11:48 a.m.

Police said an armed person fired shots at the business.

A witness said the armed person was carrying two guns and reported hearing multiple shots and later a person running from the area with blood on her legs.

Not much to report as yet. One person is confirmed dead and various reports are saying as many as ten people injured. Shooter is in custody.

I'll update as things progress.

Updates over the jump.

LeanneB

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Thursday October 08, 2009 · 10:47 AM PDT

2009/10/08 · 10:47

UPDATE: I just read mcjoan's front page storyand was immensely interested in this paragraph she wrote:

That said, leaving any people out of the system should be of vital concern to lawmakers. There's a relatively simple fix to that--make uninsured citizens of those states who choose to opt out eligible to enroll in Medicare. Of course, that might create huge citizen lobbies in every state to get their state to opt out so that everyone could join Medicare, but it would be critical fix for covering more of the uninsured.

That's the approach I need to feel okay with the opt-out idea. If the bill contains a legitimate, viable provision for the hapless needy people of any state stupid enough to opt out, then I'm all for it. I simple couldn't stomach the idea of most of our states tooling off in the public option limo waving "So long, suckers!" to the residents of the opting-out states.

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Tuesday September 22, 2009 · 12:50 AM PDT

2009/09/22 · 00:50

For years... okay, for most of my life... I've dealt with being completely out of synch with my family when it comes to social justice and/or politics. I grew up during the sixties and seventies in a small Indiana city, and I totally bought into the liberal messages of the public service announcements of that era.

Right off the bat, that put me at odds with my own mother, a condition that has continued more or less unabated to this very day.

And yet, though I have always played a liberal alien to my hometown's science fiction movie conservative villagers, I was always able to find common ground with those close to me - neutral territory where we could safely admit we liked or loved one another even if we didn't agree on a damned thing.

These days, though, that neutral territory is shrinking to postage-stamp dimensions.

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Tuesday June 16, 2009 · 9:11 AM PDT

2009/06/16 · 09:11

I posted this last night, on a whim, because I was struck by how good I am feeling and how much that contrasted with the general mood I've been seeing in many diaries lately. It was a diary constructed and posted on the fly late at night, but the sentiments of caring and gratitude from those who commented moved me deeply.

So even though I know there is much today about which to be angry and outraged, I have decided to repost what I wrote last night, not because I have nothing different to say, but because perhaps there are a few more people who will be nourished by it in some small way.

Feel free to tell me I'm full of it, of course, if that will make you feel better. You can't spoil my good mood!

LeanneB

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Monday June 15, 2009 · 8:12 PM PDT

2009/06/15 · 20:12

I don't know exactly what may have gone on in certain diaries yesterday or today that resulted in lost of nasty things being said and some users being suspended or banned or taking voluntary timeouts or whatnot. I read a diary that alluded to these things and linked to another diary and so forth, but I didn't read the link.

I really don't want to. I don't think it will do anything positive for me, and I don't think it's doing anything positive for the community.

And I'm feeling rather positive right now. I want that to last.

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