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CA Supreme Court to Tackle Prop 8

Posted in Feminism, Politics, PUMA PAC, tagged , , , , , , , , on November 19, 2008| Leave a Comment »

What do you know!

Supreme Court takes up gay marriage issue

Bee Capitol Bureau 

Published: Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008

The California Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to consider complaints by opponents of Proposition 8 that it improperly revised the constitution to ban gay marriage. The court declined to stay its enforcement in the meantime.

Court spokeswoman Lynn Holton said the court asked the parties involved to write briefs arguing three issues:

(1) Is Proposition 8 invalid because it constitutes a revision of, rather than an amendment to, the California Constitution?

(2) Does Proposition 8 violate the separation-of-powers doctrine under the California Constitution?

(3) If Proposition 8 is not unconstitutional, what is its effect, if any, on the marriages of same-sex couples performed before the adoption of Proposition 8?

Holton said the court established an expedited briefing schedule. She said oral argument could be held as early as March 2009.

http://www.sacbee.com/1095/story/1412194.html

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Tom Daschle

Posted in Children, Feminism, Politics, PUMA PAC, tagged , , , , , , on November 19, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Is it news or is it Kabuki?

Politico.com Breaking News:
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Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) will be secretary of Health and Human Services in the Obama administration, a senior Democratic official said.

For more information…http://www.politico.com 

Played against backdrop of Pine Ridge and the fact that SD went for Hillary, there is irony here. Does he get the staff he lent to Obama back?

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Jackie and November 18th

Posted in Children, Feminism, Politics, PUMA PAC, tagged , , , , , , on November 18, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Today, November 18th, is the anniversary of the Jonestown massacre. Representative Jackie Speier posted an article commemorating the event and the herstory around it HERE.

Anyone who was alive at the time and especially, living in California, remembers this event. The memory is seared into those who survived, and the relatives of the lost. (more…)

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UPS Email Virus Alert

Posted in Children, Feminism, Politics, PUMA PAC, tagged , , , , , on November 17, 2008| Leave a Comment »

My friends are reminding me of a UPS Virus alert updated last week. Since it’s getting to be that time of year for increased package deliveries, be on the lookout for suspicious emails regarding UPS shipments. The UPS website has the scoop HERE.

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Update: End the Texas Two Step

Posted in Politics, tagged , , , , on November 17, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Change the Caucus Org affirms that the DNC has the power to end Texas caucuses without going through court action. It appears that this could be decided by merely changing the number of open delegates in a presidential year. To my mind this seems like a potential last gasp option for Texans, but it would not resolve the remaining issues for the rest of the caucus states. Read their report and see what you think: (more…)

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Monday Ketchup – 081117

Posted in Politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 17, 2008| Leave a Comment »

How the west is shaping up for the Democrats: (more…)

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Melamine:China – 081116

Posted in Children, Feminism, Pets, Politics, PUMA PAC, tagged , , , , , , , on November 16, 2008| Leave a Comment »

 As a reminder, melamine contamination in the imported USA food supply, is currently determined by FDA inspection of 1% of products moving though our ports: (more…)

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Does the Texas DNC Care?

Posted in Politics, tagged , , , , , on November 16, 2008| Leave a Comment »

This process must be followed in order to get rid of the Two Step, but what’s up with the laggards? Texans – are you happy about this?

Poor Attendance of Members of Advisory Committee

November 15, 2008 by End the Texas Two Step   

[Unfortunately, the TDP Advisory Committee has not published any minutes of their meetings, but Scott Cobb has been at every meeting so far except the one in Lubbock, so from his notes we know which members have been showing up to hear testimony from the public. The first meeting in Austin did not have any public testimony, but it was the best attended meeting. Since that initial meeting, attendance of the committee members has dropped off by about half. Some people have still never attended any meetings, including the first one. A few more have never attended any meetings where the public was allowed to testify. JB Hall is the only committee member who has attended every meeting. Linda Burgess and Senator West have only missed one meeting each. Good for them!…]

http://changethecaucus.org/?p=143

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Background Noise

Posted in Feminism, Politics, PUMA PAC, tagged , , , , , , , on November 15, 2008| Leave a Comment »

So did you see Obama’s first televised  weekly delivery? Needless to say in the interest of modernity, it was on uTube. This means, of course, a whole bunch of us will not have privy to his pearls. If you can watch it, go HERE and send a transcript to the rest of us. In the mean time, he’s chosen more staff members: (more…)

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