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Update: Austin Texas Two Step Mtg Notes

Posted in Feminism, Politics, PUMA PAC, tagged , , , , , , , on November 21, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Austin Chronicle Coverage of Austin Hearing on Two-Step

November 20, 2008 by End the Texas Two Step   

[If the panel of Texas Democratic Party leaders gathered at the AFL-CIO hall last Friday wasn’t clear on what’s wrong with the party’s dual primary/caucus system, Amy Wright gave them a good visual to work with. It was a chair. She had to sit in the chair to give her testimony because of a devastating car wreck months earlier.

“February 16 was a pretty memorable day for me,” Wright told state Sen. Royce West of Dallas and a collection of county party chairs and other party dignitaries. “I spent the day at a party event learning about caucuses. … And then on the afternoon of February 16, I was involved in a pretty horrible car accident.” The tragedy left three people dead and Wright in Brackenridge….]

http://changethecaucus.org/?p=165

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Henry Waxman

Posted in Feminism, Politics, PUMA PAC, tagged , , , , , on November 20, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Well, what do you know! Sometimes tenacity wins. Henry’s back where he was, only now he’s in charge!

Waxman unseats Dingell as House energy committee chair

By Eoin O’Carroll | 11.20.08

[To the delight of many environmental groups across the country, California Democrat Henry Waxman has ousted fellow Democrat John Dingell of Michigan from his post as chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce….]

http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/11/20/waxman-unseats-dingell-as-house-energy-committee-chair/

Except, now who’s going to run the Oversight Committee?

 

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Tom Daschle and our Food

Posted in Children, Feminism, Pets, Politics, PUMA PAC, tagged , , , , , , , , on November 20, 2008| Leave a Comment »

My mother was an early follower of Adele Davis. She later became a nurse, after a first career as a stay-at-home-mom,  and is always on the lookout for news in the field. She knows the history of the FDA and events in the 50’s and 60’s. She sent me this recent article on melamine from the NYT: (more…)

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Janet Napolitano Selected for DHS

Posted in Feminism, Politics, PUMA PAC, tagged , , , , , on November 20, 2008| 4 Comments »

Politico.com Breaking News:

Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano(D) has been chosen to be secretary of the Department of Homeland Security for President-elect Obama, Democratic officials said.

http://www.politico.com 

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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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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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