When Abortion was a Crime, I Would Have Been a Criminal

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Wednesday February 21, 2007 · 6:20 PM PST

2007/02/21 · 18:20

Over at the wonderful Pandagon (www.pandagon.net) the equally wonderful Amanda Marcotte, fresh off the Edwards blogging brouhaha, has announced their first book club selection chosen by readers:
When Abortion Was a Crime: Women, Medicine, and Law in the United States, 1867-1973

Which was also my choice for first book, because the book represents more than just history for me: when I was a teenager abortion was a crime: and the choices that forced women to make was another crime.

judybrowni

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Thursday February 15, 2007 · 11:49 AM PST

2007/02/15 · 11:49

In the past decade, I've waged a battle for my health care in what I've come to think of as The Health Insurance Wars.

Although I haven't been hospitalized since 1958:

I have been denied insurance by Blue Cross because I had the audacity to admit I -- horrors! -- required a drug prescribed by a doctor (which retailed for $20 a month, by the way.)

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Come the revolution, US health insurance companies should

145 votes Vote Now!

Come the revolution, US health insurance companies should

Have caps placed on their profits

5 votes

Be dissolved, and replaced by Medicare for all

58 votes

Be strung from their heels in the public square

7 votes

Be consigned to the lowest circle of hell

2 votes

Be forced into the ist two options, and make it a single-payer plan, please.

22 votes

Be forced into the 2nd two options: and add eternal suffering, pretty please.

51 votes

Polls say: Bush, literally, lower than dogshit

judybrowni

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Tuesday February 06, 2007 · 3:20 PM PST

2007/02/06 · 15:20

Radar makes some lovely, invidious comparisons between polls, and as it turns out, George W. Bush now has a lower approval ratings than fruitcake, Ryan Seacrest, or dogshit on your shoe:

http://radaronline.com/...

judybrowni

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Friday December 08, 2006 · 2:53 PM PST

2006/12/08 · 14:53

The argument against gay marriage in Canada is over, done, kaput.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/...

Hooray, and all that, but it begs the question: What the hell is wrong with us? If Canada can do it, why are we denying a basic civil right to our citizens?

I know what you're going to say: "But, our wingnuts are crazier than their wingnuts!"

judybrowni

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Sunday November 12, 2006 · 6:08 PM PST

2006/11/12 · 18:08

A Democratic Congress may be the best means of getting our troops home, but in the meantime, while we celebrate, they're still serving under fire.

Which is why I recommend to you one of my favorite charities: anysoldier.com

http://anysoldier.com/...

on which you'll find the addresses of soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan requesting stuff for their units: books, CDs, DVDs, magazines, toiletries, etc. Read More

FUN WITH RACISTS: The George Allen Insult Generator

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Wednesday September 27, 2006 · 12:54 PM PDT

2006/09/27 · 12:54

During these dark days when Republicans seem intent on dismantling the Magna Carta, as well as the Constitution and the Geneva Conventions, the least I can do to lighten the mood, is pass on some laughs at the expense of one of their own.

Slate (!) has dreamed up the George Allen Insult Generator: in which, no matter who you are (White, Black, Short, Fat, Woman, Arab, etc.) a cartoon George Allen will insult you, in the typically creative Allen fashion.

(And true to form, Allen has a bouquet of insults for every category -- you can keep coming back for more! Are you a woman? A few Allen hits: "Why, hello, twunt!" "Hi there, ho bag!" ) Read More

The Truth about Laughing Liberally concert tour (with Jokes!)

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Friday June 02, 2006 · 9:00 PM PDT

2006/06/02 · 21:00

Blaming Bush for our problems is like blaming an accident on the chrome dog on the hood of the Mack Truck. - Rick Overton

As Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart prove nightly, satire is often the sharpest tool for combating, the slings and arrows of the not-so-sharp tools in this administration.

The Senate is investigating profiteering on oil and gas. The important questions are: 1. Which oil companies are raking in huge profits? And 2. How big contributors are they? - Will Durst

Laughing Liberally is a concerned group of hilarious dyed-in-the-wool lefty political comedians who are taking their progressive laughs on the road to Los Angeles, Sat., June 3; the YearlyKos Convention in Las Vegas, Thurs.-Fri., June 8-9; Boston, June 15-17 & 22-24 and possible future stops in other states all in aid of those of who need a laugh or two to get us through until the next election, indictment or impeachment. Read More

O'Reilly Loses Over Half His Viewers 25-54

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Sunday May 07, 2006 · 6:33 PM PDT

2006/05/07 · 18:33

Never watched him, never will. Afraid my eyeballs will sear, and I know of his evil only second-hand through the prism of Stephen Colbert's acid mimic. But I'm aware O'Reilly's influence has been pernicious, and so was happy to read that influence is rapidly waning in the 25-54 age group.

In a ratings dive that should concern both his advertisers and the Republican Party, Bill O'Reilly has lost over half his viewers in the 25-54 age demographic in the last eight months, from over one million viewers in that age group down to 415,000.

O'Reilly is apparently turning off the quick, and isn't making it up with a gain in the dying dinosaurs (a slag I may make with impunity, since I've aged out of the demographic myself).

O'Reilly still delivers to what is considered a "respectable" 2,102,000 million viewers but that, too, is his lowest overall viewership since July of 2004.

Anybody got Colbert's figures? Wouldn't be wonderfully ironic if O'Reilly's loss equalled Colbert's gain?
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Save the Internet (LAST-DITCH ACTION!)

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Monday April 24, 2006 · 5:08 PM PDT

2006/04/24 · 17:08

The big telecom companies have lobbied hard for a bill in the House that's designed to destroy the internet as we know it -- and your reps will be voting on it in two days.

From Common Cause:

Telecommunications companies like AT&T and Verizon have lobbied Congress for the right to control where you go on the Internet, how fast you get there, and how much you pay for the service. On Wednesday, the House Commerce Committee will be voting on the absurdly-named COPE bill (Communications Opportunity, Promotion and Enhancement Act).

But the only "promoting" and "enhancing" this bill does is for the cable, phone and media interests that have poured nearly half a billion dollars into lobbying Congress over the past eight years to get the perks they so desire.

Please call your House member today. Ask your Representative to vote NO on the COPE bill: www.house.gov
The vote is happening on Wednesday, April 26 so your calls are needed today.

judybrowni

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Monday March 13, 2006 · 3:44 PM PST

2006/03/13 · 15:44

The health insurance lobby is at it again -- and the Republicans would love to help them gut the coverage you get now, while forcing you to pay even more outrageous premiums.

Spread the Word - Health Care Protections You Could Lose
Stop S. 1955: the Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act

If S.1955 is adopted, women and families could lose coverage for:

Contraceptives
Breast and cervical cancer screening
Maternity care
Osteoporosis screening
Direct access to ob/gyns
Emergency services
Mental health services
Well-child care
Blood lead screening
Colorectal cancer screenings
Preventive care and rehabilitation Read More

OLYMPIC CLOSING CEREMONY BLOGGING -- CAMPY, CLOWN FUN?

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Sunday February 26, 2006 · 7:05 PM PST

2006/02/26 · 19:05

Okay, if you were in on our left-coast blog of the opening ceremonies, you'll remember the rules: everything gay, gay, gay, gay is good (fabulous, as a matter of fact.)

We applaud the campy -- hell, since it's the closing ceremony, we'll even settle for cheap sentiment.

My only fear: the clown theme. Which will not only freak out those of you with the phobia, but makes me wonder if a clown theme can ever (or should) be fabulously gay, or campy. Read More

Olympic Opening Ceremonies Live Blogging -- Campy Fun!

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Friday February 10, 2006 · 9:25 PM PST

2006/02/10 · 21:25

Have you ever watched an opening or closing ceremony for the Olympics?

You should, they're not only a laugh riot, but gay, gay, gay, gay, gay.

Campy fun! Witness the segment meant to be a tribute to, I think, Switzerland: Skating Christmas trees and mooing cattle on wheels, with for some reason, couples waltzing in big white and black "cow spotted" costumes, and guys in lederhosen blowing giant pipe shaped horns. Read More

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THEY STILL SERVE: what you can send our soldiers in Iraq

FUN WITH RACISTS: The George Allen Insult Generator

The Truth about Laughing Liberally concert tour (with Jokes!)

O'Reilly Loses Over Half His Viewers 25-54

Save the Internet (LAST-DITCH ACTION!)

Stop the Gutting of Your Health Insurance -- ACTION TODAY!

OLYMPIC CLOSING CEREMONY BLOGGING -- CAMPY, CLOWN FUN?

Olympic Opening Ceremonies Live Blogging -- Campy Fun!