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Ken Star to Kill off Existing CA Same Sex Marriages?

Posted in Feminism, just say no deal, LGBT, Politics, PUMA PAC, The New Agenda, tagged , , , , , , , on December 19, 2008| Leave a Comment »

 Kenneth Star (Remember him?) is arguing the case  for Prop 8 sponsors.

Prop. 8 sponsors seek to nullify 18K gay marriages

 By LISA LEFF

Associated Press Writer

Published: Friday, Dec. 19, 2008

[SAN FRANCISCO — The sponsors of Proposition 8 asked the California Supreme Court on Friday to nullify the marriages of the estimated 18,000 same-sex couples who exchanged vows before voters approved the ballot initiative that outlawed gay unions.

The Yes on 8 campaign filed a brief arguing that because the new law holds that only marriages between a man and a woman are recognized or valid in California, the state can no longer recognize the existing same-sex unions….

…The cases are Strauss v. Horton, S168047; City and County of San Francisco v. Horton, S168078; and Tyler v. State of California, S168066.]

http://www.sacbee.com/114/story/1487648.html

 

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081218 – Melamine:USA

Posted in Children, Feminism, just say no deal, Pets, Politics, PUMA PAC, The New Agenda, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on December 18, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Vietnam Based Interfood to the USA

Recall — Firm Press Release

FDA posts press releases and other notices of recalls and market withdrawals from the firms involved as a service to consumers, the media, and other interested parties. FDA does not endorse either the product or the company.

Interfood Shareholding Company Issues a Nationwide recall of Wonderfarm Brand Biscuits Because of Possible Health Risk

Contact:
Anthony Ma
323-780-3998

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — December 9, 2008 – Interfood Shareholding Company is recalling all lot codes of multiple varieties of the Wonderfarm brand of biscuits because they may be contaminated with Melamine. (more…)

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Thinking of Betty Jean’s Family

Posted in Children, Feminism, just say no deal, LGBT, Politics, PUMA PAC, The New Agenda, tagged , , , , , , , , on December 18, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Betty Jean and the ERA

If you haven’t been over to Oh My Valve’s yet today, go HERE. There is the most recent news, contact information on the judge that will preside over the domestic violence, and attempted murder case perpetrated upon Betty Jean’s daughters. 

For your edification, there is also a great list of statistics on domestic violence.

Politics are personal. Domestic Violence is personal. We all know this could my daughters, your daughters, or even your sons in this position. (more…)

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IL Won’t Hear Fit Case for Blagojevich

Posted in Feminism, just say no deal, Politics, PUMA PAC, The New Agenda, women, tagged , , , , , , , on December 17, 2008| 1 Comment »

Well, it was a good try, but mentally unfit? Is it possible there are no standard of proof for impeachment in IL?

Breaking News from ABCNEWS.com:

Illinois Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Motion to Declare Blagojevich Unfit to Serve [2:51 p.m. ET]

[Also today, Genson(Blagojevich’s attorney) said it would be illegal for the committee to use recordings from government wiretaps and he questioned the rules that the panel would implement as they assess the governor’s possible impeachment. The attorney said he had looked through the laws and the state constitution and found “nothing” about the basis for impeachment.

“I find nothing, nothing in any of those places that talks about what is the basis and what the basis for impeachment can be,” Genson said. “I find nothing in any of those places regarding the standard of proof.”

Replied Currie, “Impeachment is appropriate if there is cause for impeachment.”]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2008/12/blagos-attorney.html

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Our Thoughts

Posted in Children, Feminism, just say no deal, LGBT, Politics, PUMA PAC, The New Agenda, tagged , , , , , on December 16, 2008| Leave a Comment »

What Betty Jean said: Slap em on the wrist till they blow her brains out.

 

Warning Signs and Symptoms of Abusive Relationships

 

If you need immediate assistance, dial 911.

The National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233). 

When are we going to call this a hate crime?

Our thoughts are with BJ and her family.

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Tom Vilsack: Secretary of Agriculture

Posted in just say no deal, Politics, PUMA PAC, The New Agenda, women, tagged , , , , , , on December 16, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Cornland Speculators! Green Light Alert!

Politico.com Breaking News:
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President-elect Barack Obama plans to name former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack as his choice for Secretary of Agriculture at a news conference Wednesday, transition aides said.

http://www.politico.com

Because he made a brief run for President, On The Issues Org. has a bit on him HERE.

I’m being silly. The Cornland speculators already knew. If we had read the tea leaves properly (corn leaves?) we might have known as well.

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Feinstein to Head Senate Intelligence Cmte

Posted in Feminism, Great American Women, Politics, PUMA PAC, The New Agenda, women, tagged , , , , , , , on December 16, 2008| 1 Comment »

Wiki says:

“Senator Feinstein holds a number of “firsts”; she was the first female President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, San Francisco’s first female mayor, the first woman to serve in the Senate from California, one of two female Jewish senators (both of whom represent California), the first woman to serve on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the first woman to chair the Senate Rules Committee.”

While many of our eyes are focused on what’s happening with Kennedy, another event has unfolded. Dianne Feinstein is up to run the Senate Intelligence Committee! Out here in the land of the golden sunsets, we knew she was toying with a Governors run, and that would have been a pretty easy jaunt.

No doubt she has chosen the harder road. 

Feinstein gets nod to chair intelligence panel

Zachary Coile, Chronicle Washington Bureau

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

(12-16) 04:00 PST Washington ––

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein has been tapped as the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday, a post that would give her immense clout over U.S. intelligence agencies and the power to shape policies on wiretapping and the treatment of detainees.

Feinstein’s promotion was welcome news for other state Democrats, as well as Republicans who plan to run for governor in 2010. The 75-year-old senator has flirted with the idea of running for governor but has told friends and allies she would be unlikely to make a bid if she got the top post on the intelligence panel.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/15/MNBV14OHE5.DTL&type=politics&tsp=1

She deserves this appointment. She is exceedingly well equipped for the job.It’s going to put her right in the crosshairs, however, regarding FISA, and the Patriot Act. If you can’t remember how she voted on those particular items, check the Wiki linked to her name above.

Congratulations Dianne! Hope your ankle is healed.

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Gay Pride in Hong Kong

Posted in Feminism, LGBT, Politics, PUMA PAC, The New Agenda, tagged , , , , , on December 15, 2008| Leave a Comment »

The effort for human rights is universal. The desire for human dignity is universal. 

A Gay-Pride Revolution in Hong Kong

By DEENA GUZDER AND ANN BINLOT / HONG KONG

Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008

Gay-rights activists form a human chain around a rainbow flag in Hong Kong

Ted Aljibe / AFP / Getty

[There were no drag queens in sexy ensembles with heavy makeup strutting down the streets in platform heels or buff shirtless sailor boys splayed like starfish on moving floats. But Hong Kong’s first official gay-pride parade Saturday was still a colorful gathering; in fact, for a country that rarely acknowledges homosexuality, let alone celebrates it, it was downright revolutionary….]

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1866308,00.html?imw=Y

As the article suggests, homosexuality was not criminalized in Hong Kong until 1901, under the British colonial rule. The country was ceded to The United Kingdom in 1842, under the Treaty of Nanking. Yet they had managed to get along 49 years in Hong Kong, “buggary” and all.

The United Kingdom itself had a time worn tradition of sexual bias laws, extending clear back to 1533 when it passed the Buggary Act. However, 1901 was part of a period of ferment around the world; homosexuality was discussed by Freud, and Ellis, Murray Hall died, raids were conducted and people as well known as Oscar Wilde, had been convicted of gross indecency with men.

 

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Grand jury probes Richardson

Posted in Feminism, just say no deal, Politics, PUMA PAC, The New Agenda, tagged , , , , , , on December 15, 2008| 1 Comment »

This is interesting timing:

Updated: Grand jury probes generous Richardson donor’s state contract

By HEATH HAUSSAMEN 12/15/08 11:24 AM

[The U.S. attorney’s office has convened a federal grand jury to investigate dealings between the state and a California company that was paid almost $1.5 million for work related to a contract it won around the same time it donated $100,000 to political action committees formed by Gov. Bill Richardson.

The grand jury probe comes after months of investigation by the FBI, whose agents, according to Bloomberg.com, have asked “current and former officials” from the New Mexico Finance Authority if any staffers in the governor’s office influenced the hiring of CDR Financial Products Inc. in 2004. The grand jury investigation was first reported today by Bloomberg….]

http://newmexicoindependent.com/12651/grand-jury-probes-richardson-donor’s-state-contract

Murphy, over at PUMA ,wrote about it HERE.

I want to know how all these years of investigations are just now strong enough to bring to the light! I want to know why and who, of this mess. I don’t like the idea that the public is being managed. We all knew the Blagojevich thing was coming, yet we had to wait till just before the Guv was going to appoint a senator. Now, that act may have weakened the case against him because he didn’t actually appoint anyone? 

This all smacks of the sadly deficent period of our political life in the Clinton years, where the right wing rabid bats ruled by innuendo and accusation. Are they still? Let’s find out.

On the other hand, there is this: Audit, Audit, Audit! PUMAs can do something!

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Monday Ketchup – 081215

Posted in Feminism, just say no deal, Politics, PUMA PAC, The New Agenda, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 15, 2008| 1 Comment »

No texting! Just last year, the new California law went into effect prohibiting us from talking on our cell phones and driving concomitantly. We drove over the border, from Reno in July, on the day the last law went into effect, CHP’s were everywhere and had lines of people pulled over. However, had CA forgotten to include all those obsessive texters in that law.The state has now corrected that oversight. So, be prepared as you are driving across state lines for New Years. 

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