commondreams has this up on the women of Togo protesting the government by a sex strike. They will refuse to have relations with their men for one week.
…I’m not sure a week is long enough, ladies…better count on making it longer…
I forget how long it took the Greek women in Lysistrata…
(hat tip to commondreams) The Onion has a funny spoof of Neil Armstrong’s moment on the moon here.
I met Neil Armstrong. Yes, I know, that sounds like I’m name-dropping…and I am… 🙂
Dignified is a word I would associate with him. He didn’t like a fuss being made about him and really seemed to dislike all the fame that came with his moment in history, imo. He was that rare individual who was confident enough in himself that he didn’t need to puff up his ego…something that seems lost in modern times–being humble while not thinking oneself as “less than”….
…is a word in Communications for when you’re talking in such a way that it seems you mean something when you really mean something else…
…such as this.
This is why I am upset that people who went to Obama fundraisers didn’t put that money towards a third party candidate–someone who will restore the Constitution, not sign anymore Free Trade agreements, not sign legislation that gives the top 1% tax breaks, push for livable wage, get us out of all conflicts, and will push for re-regulating banks and sustainable farming/regulating environmental polluters. And what happened to our antitrust laws, again?
That’s the candidate I want…
Good Grief. Food Stamp army’s?? Seriously?
…because, you know, GM crops have been proven safe for consumption. /snark
(Note that now they’re fast-tracking this poison through–so much harder for the public to be aware when it’s done under the radar.)
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This is hopeful news… (hat tip to organic consumers) Good for them!
organic consumers has this up on the companies that mount million dollar efforts to destroy the right-to-know GMO in food products.
Why would these companies do this? Because, as the article says, they can label GMO food as “natural”. This translates to Big $$$ for them. I know that they have done this in a national organic grocery store chain that has switched organic produce with conventionally grown produce and called it “organic”. The unsuspecting public trusts them and there are no government inspectors keeping watch over them…at least, there aren’t to my knowledge…
That’s another reason to buy local from farmers or organic stores that you trust. Know where your food comes from!
AP has this up on a yet another disease that implicates a destroyed immune system.
Let’s break this down, shall we?
She was from Vietnam, and came here after the war, in 1975. Although the article doesn’t state that, she most likely was exposed to Agent Orange–exposure to Agent Orange can cause immune system deficiency.
I also wonder about Celiac. When doing my research on it, I had read that Asians don’t get it–it’s just unheard of in that population…but knowing how the medical profession likes to make pronouncements of entire classes of people with a small sampling, I’m suspicious that she might have it and not be diagnosed nor tested. I didn’t have any overt symptoms–it was only because of my Irish-German heritage that I put the puzzle together. And it’s interesting that I have become more sensitive as I have adopted the GAPS diet–allowing my gut to heal.
There isn’t any mention of her diet, nor of the doctor asking her about diet….so one is left to wonder if she’s adopted the Western diet and is suffering because of it. I think the age thing is a big clue–our bodies are miracles that can take a lot of abuse before the cells break down and start to wreak havoc. This is something I’ve noticed on the mercury poisoning support group–some folks will have good health up ’til the time they reach 40, and then things start happening.
There’s also no discussion on toxin exposure. She lives in Tennessee, ranked 11th in toxic exposure. (What? Indiana is *only* ranked 4th? …we must be slipping in polluting our environment./snark) Note the assertion of the article that the EPA is right on top of things… the reporter apparently didn’t get the memo of the corporate polluters who worked to get those regulations repealed.
From the article:
The NRDC also framed its report in a political context, indicating that Sen. Lamar Alexander voted against an attempt by Sen. James Inhofe, R.-Okla., to repeal the Mercury and Air Toxics standard. Sen. Bob Corker supported it.“For too long, Americans have had no choice but to breathe toxic air pollution. Thanks to the EPA, the air is getting cleaner,” said Franz Matzner, NRDC associate director of Government Affairs. “But we need lawmakers who will help clean up the air we all breathe — not lawmakers who do the bidding of big polluters trying to repeal safeguards that protect children’s health. This and future Congresses should let the EPA do its job so all Americans can breathe easier.”
Here’s another article on the toxic junk in Tennessee by Kelly Hearn ( The Nation). Pay attention to the date–I think it could be significant to this woman because she began getting ill in 2009. Holy Crap. Mysterious disease…my arse.
Here’s another discussion on it (same blog). A good discussion on Celiac reaching across several populations that the medical profession has refused to acknowledge. Good Grief. The misery and diseases they have caused by their ignorance.
A thoughtful article here. This is probably the best summary of the weirdness of someone, like Ryan and Thurmond, whose actions speak louder than their personal lives–they have that mental blind spot where they don’t carry over.
If there isn’t a big explosion, or bomb, or someone bleeding…well, it’s just *got to be* something else besides toxic chemicals. Seriously. There are people who, faced with evidence, will still not believe that chemicals can do so much harm.
Also up from common dreams is this. I clicked on the link someone posted in the comments section for American Progress–the paper is too long for me to read on the limited time here, so I’ve scrolled down to the companies responsible for getting this law pulled–for the Midwest: Link here. (In case this doesn’t work, the page number is 11.)
For the general list (page 9) of those fighting the EPA: link here.
Another article in the comments section on the same subject here.
Again, the articles address the affects to humans, such as asthma, but fail to entertain the scope of all of nature being affected by the poisonous air. Not to mention the affects on crops.
…for being on welfare. That would make it sooo much easier for people to spot me on the street and hurl insults. Really, I can’t get enough of it from grocery store clerks who give me the *look* when I pull out my card….I need to have it from everyone I meet so they, too, can feel self-righteous about not being poor.
Here’s a news flash: nobody likes being poor. Nobody.
Your life is not your own.
You’ve lost your autonomy.
I lost my fucking house and the $10,000 I put into it.
Eagle 
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