Rest in Peace, Dr. Tiller

L.A. Times “Dr. Tiller really was a warrior. He was a quiet, persistent, capable visionary, a true leader. Even if he had known it was going to end up this way, he wouldn’t have been deterred.” During his trial, when his attorney asked why he stayed in practice despite years of harassment, Tiller told the [...]

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Anniversary

A year ago today I was sitting in my mother-in-law’s home in the upper reaches of Pacific Heights on the lovely island of Oahu watching the charade otherwise known as the meeting of the Rules and Bylaws Committee of the Democratic National Committee. That day I lost my political identity. A year ago today I [...]

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Is Oprah dangerous to your health?

Aside from following Dr. Oz’s diet and exercise advice, if you follow the advice of many of Oprah’s guests you could very well be putting your life (or your children’s)  at risk or, at the very least, get taken for a ride. I am thrilled to see this Newsweek article which pulls no punches about Oprah’s support of alternative “therapies,”  Jenny McCarthy and [...]

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Bush sighting

Oh, I know, it’s awfully early in the morning to post this, but this has been one of life’s little mysteries to me of late.  Why so much Cheney and ZERO Bush?  This picture reminds me all over again why I don’t miss him. At All. Does he look smashed to you too? From the New York [...]

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‘Live a good life’

Via a friend on Facebook: ‘Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there [...]

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The Clown Rocks My World

myiq2xu at The Confluence (emphasis mine): According to the deranged haters, we are Republican ratfuckers, ignoring the fact that we consistently take positions that are to the left of Obama.  We don’t call Obama a socialist and criticize him for being too liberal, we slam him for not being liberal enough.  Unlike Obama we strongly [...]

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Bikes needed!

From my inbox: Happy Friday! Healthy Communities Partners have come together to engage 72 youth in the Dayton, Silver Springs, and Fernley area for a summer employment program that has three simple goals: 1) assist local businesses in these tough times with quality youth help at no cost to the business, 2) assist youth to [...]

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Sotomayor: Deference to authority?

While others are debating her pro-choice chops (not much evidence one way or the other out there), she does have an interesting record of giving a bit too much deference to authority. This particular ruling is especially galling to me as a free speech advocate. The ruling in this case has come under heavy criticism from some [...]

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Sotomayor

So, it appears the Republicans have been given their talking points about Sotomayor:  She’s ruled by her feelings and can’t be trusted to be a level-headed jurist. Oh puh-leeze.  Riverdaughter rips the meme to shreds. I haven’t had a good opportunity to read much about Sonia Sotomayor’s qualifications yet, but what I have read about [...]

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Wonderful day

Sweetie and I will be heading back to Nevada tomorrow. These few days with my father and step-mom have been really nice. Today, after morning errands we went around driving around Palos Verdes,  and wound up up at the public area of Donald Trump’s golf resort. They’ve got public trails that you can follow down [...]

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