January 11, 2014

Excellent job of keeping to message despite being the minority on the money loving cable channel...

I recommend Jon Stewart's take down of the financial punditry:

January 11, 2014

Good link led to more, video and gifs. Dial-up waming!:

The Polar Vortex, Explained in Two Minutes

Want to know more about the frigid blast of air that's been sweeping the country this week? Dr. John Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, has got answers for you.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/010714_polar_vortex.mp4

President Obama's Plan to Fight Climate Change

President Obama believes we have a moral obligation to lead the fight against carbon pollution. Share the details of his plan to help make sure people in your community get the facts:



Our Nation’s Energy History

Did you know the U.S. uses more wood as a source of fuel than we did in 1775?



I posted on this, but appreciate this link as it shows how involved the scientific community is in combating the problem. Here's a thread on his Executive Order and who is working on this with him:

President Obama Issues Executive Order On Climate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/110219113

I posted a video and the transcript of the fact sheet on the EO there.

January 11, 2014

They're already reporting that the NJ senate says Maddow's wrong; CC just appointed his new AG.

The woman who started this was kicked upstairs by CC to get her silence. Nohting gonna come of it.



We've been sold another shiny while rights are being taken away and not reported, while a disaster in WVA goes without a mention; while public schools continue to be trashed. The GOP is digging us a hole we will find almost impossible to climb back of in generations to come.

January 11, 2014

I replied to a previous post, but you didn't answer, so I guess it sank off the page. I never could

afford Part D. So I got Part C. There is no premium, but there is a huge discount on RX, prices for all kinds range from $2 to $10 as I said in my previous response to you.

I am not eligible for Medicaid, only Medicare. The company took over my Part A and Part B from Social Security with no increase and gave me Part C which is not the expensive Part D but includes both A and B and gives full drug coverage.

January 11, 2014

But everyone that subscribes turns up dead:

January 11, 2014

And the shelf life is great! Not being sarcastic, but it's not really *good* for us...

I used to make it with the Ro-Tel for people to have with corn chips, carrot and celery sticks, etc. Every so often I'll break down and buy a case of Ro-Tel to add to stews and soups.



OMG!!! I don't have any Velveeta!

January 10, 2014

Doing a search on the lack of abortion access is torture is flooded with anti-abortion links, but

Going further down in results, past Liberty University and other group websites, we find:

http://www.asafeworldforwomen.org/about/safe-world-blogs/gab-chaparro-blogs/3776-my-mother.html

There are still a few out there:

https://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/shalev.htm

https://europeanprochoicenetwork.wordpress.com/tag/un/

That leads to this:

http://reproductiverights.org/en/press-room/un-committee-against-torture-ireland-must-ensure-access-to-lawful-abortion

A few more:

http://www.hhrjournal.org/2013/10/25/human-rights-versus-legal-control-over-womens-reproductive-self-determination/

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&reference=A7-2013-0426&language=EN

http://reproductiverights.org/en/feature/human-rights-day-2011

http://www.policymic.com/articles/30925/un-report-classifies-lack-of-access-to-abortion-as-torture

My favorites:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/03/09/1192866/-UN-official-Bans-on-abortion-amount-to-torture

https://godlessfeminist.wordpress.com/tag/un-convention-on-torture/

http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/0/4cad275a8b5509ed8025673800503f9d

http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/why-reproductive-rights-matter-open-society

http://www.prochoice.org/about_abortion/facts/economics.html

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/07/01/2239101/abortion-contraception-budget/

Those may be useful in discussions with those on the other side. Because there are a lot of them:

http://www.pollingreport.com/abortion.htm

What is happening now:

http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/government-and-you/who-decides/

http://www.prochoicemass.org/

http://womensenews.org/story/reproductive-health/110801/un-agencies-duck-taking-stand-safe-abortion

http://www.wrrap.org/

Leave you with all of those.

January 10, 2014

Bridge Music:

January 10, 2014

'New provisions affirm that trade agreements cannot change U.S. law without Congressional action.'

http://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/TPA%20One%20Pager.pdf

Far superior to the WTO, which slapped down many state laws on child and slave labor and environmental damage. It was a major reversal of years of hard fought progressive legislation. .

Thanks, pampango.

January 10, 2014

Show the people who tell you that this:

And this:

Tell them they own this:

And to grow the fuck up.




I still use the same four PCC canvas bags I bought over twenty years ago. The stores have paper and plastic that are biodegradeable for items that need it. Most stores here don't offer a bag when you shop. And some offer cardboard boxes to carry things in to be recycled if the stuff exceeds the number of bags you have or need. .