Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
Largest Mass Bee Slaughter in Wilsonville, OR
Posted in Disaster, Nature, Politics, tagged Bumble Bees, Dinotefuran, neonicotinoids, Safari on June 24, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Breaking! The Girly Proletariat just scored a win in the “free” market…
Posted in ERA, Feminism, Feminist Majority, Humanism, Politics, women, Women's Rights, tagged Facebook Protest on May 28, 2013| Leave a Comment »
(Frankly, Facebook has bothered me for a while for other reasons than that discussed in the reblog above. However, this is an important issue. Facebook needs to better understand, clarify and act on what constitutes harassment, violence, bullying and pornography as items of banal abuse of women.)
Last FDA Comment Day for Frankenfish
Posted in Disaster, Environment, Politics, tagged AquaBounty Technologies on April 26, 2013| Leave a Comment »
The FDA ends the comment period today on genetically engineered salmon, trout and tilapia.
Dubbed “frankenfish” after the movie, A brief bio is HERE.
Tell the FDA that ANY chance of these fish breeding with native fish is too great a chance.
President Obama Speaks at Planned Parenthood
Posted in 51 Percent, Feminism, Health and Food, Politics, women, Women's Rights on April 26, 2013| Leave a Comment »
The 2013 Earth Day Arrives
Posted in Climate, Disaster, Economy, Environment, Humanism, Justice, Nature, Politics, tagged Ammonium NItrate, Climate Change, Earth Day, explosion, West Texas on April 21, 2013| Leave a Comment »
We ponder the idiocy of a under-regulated pile of ammonium nitrate, and its death and destruction, in the lax and uncaring Texas sun. Even as the perennial day of green effort arrives, we point fingers at others, and refuse to be part of the solution.
What will we do to stop this madness?
3/27/2013 DOMA Supreme Court Transcript
Posted in Humanism, Justice, LGBT, Politics, tagged Defense of Marriage Act, DOMA, Equality, LGBT, Same Sex Marriage, Supreme Court on March 27, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Click the link to read today’s arguments: 12-307_jnt1
3/27/2013 Prop 8 Supreme Court Transcript
Posted in ERA, Justice, LGBT, Politics, tagged Equality, Prop 8, Same Sex Marriage, Supreme Court on March 27, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Click the link to read yesterday’s arguments: 12-144a.
World Water Day 2013
Posted in Climate, Environment, Politics, tagged Global Warming, Sustainabilty on March 22, 2013| Leave a Comment »
V DAY – I AM RISING
Posted in 51 Percent, ERA, Feminism, Feminist Majority, Humanism, Politics, women, Women's Rights, tagged Discrimination, Gender Equality, Rape, VAWA, Violence on February 14, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Pretrial of Five 9/11 Defendants Begins
Posted in Politics on February 1, 2013| Leave a Comment »
In case you missed it, the pretrial of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four others began this week. Already there are monkeys in the works.


