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YES! Yesterday morning at dawn (had to adjust the light with iphoto) they were out there: a male, a female and a baby turkey.  My batteries died right after I took this picture, so that’s it for now… I gave them some cake, hopefully they’ll come back. … [Read more...]

I was going to write about Shona Holmes and the outpouring of Canadian rage she’s experiencing since she decided to pimp for private health care interests in both Canada and the US, but Bruce pretty much says it all. … [Read more...]

… step by step, inch by inch… the MSM awakens, stretches, lumbers out of the bedroom and, pushing past the furious discussion already in progress in the kitchen, puts on the coffee, stumbles to the bathroom for the Morning Ablutions, returns to the kitchen, clears its throat and joins the discussion: A U.S. ad featuring an Ontario woman who spoke out against the Canadian health-care system may be exaggerating the severity of her condition, say medical experts. Excellent, some professional opinions. Shona Holmes has appeared in U.S. ads saying she had to go to the Mayo Clinic in Arizona … [Read more...]

“Dear President Ortega, Your daughter was raped a month ago and she’s pregnant. Should she marry the rapist so that the Catholic Church can feel better?” “What happened to me shattered my dreams, my hopes – I wanted to be someone who worked outside the home but I spend all day at home looking after the baby…I can’t even sleep and I feel very unsafe, many of my days are a nightmare, it’s very hard to carry on and I feel very sad and very tired,” said “M”, who was raped at age 17 by a relative. Even though she was a victim of incest and rape, “M”, … [Read more...]

Well done, my reluctantly pro-choice friend, well done. … [Read more...]

Apparently missing his acting career, Schwarzeneger has made good on his promise to come back and has done so in the cheapest way. In an effort to prove that governments can run without taxes he has eliminated funding for domestic violence shelters. The shelter in Madera County has announced it will cease operations, while, in nearby Kings County, the future is precarious. Cooper said the timing couldn’t be worse as rising unemployment and the recession have caused calls for assistance to nearly double at the Visalia facility, run by Family Services of Tulare County. She said counselors are … [Read more...]

Be careful out there, Tweeps!: A 127-character tweet about a moldy apartment in Chicago could end up costing @abonnen $50,000. On May 12th Amanda Bonnen, who has since deleted her Twitter account, responded to a friend with the tweet, “@JessB123You should just come anyway. Who said sleeping in a moldy apartment was bad for you? Horizon realty thinks it’s okay.” @abonnen only had about 20 followers that directly received the message, but her profile was set to public, and Chicago-based Horizon Group Management discovered the tweet. Chicago Now reports the company then filed a defamation lawsuit … [Read more...]

During a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal about foreign policy and eastern Europe, VP Biden Took The LORD’s Name In Vain: “I can see Putin sitting in Moscow saying, ‘Jesus Christ, Iran gets the nuclear weapon, who goes first?’ Moscow, not Washington.” You might think, as any normal person would, that Biden’s offhand comment was pretty harmless… oh yeah? Well, here’s something to file under “O” for “Over-reaction”and “Over-sensitive”, with copies filed under “P” for “Persecution Complexes” … [Read more...]

Map of proposed and existing run-of-river licences via IPP WatchThe Province : Private power sources 'not in the public interest'"A bombshell ruling by the B.C. Utilities Commission ... refused to endorse Hydro's long-term call for 3,000 gigawatts of power from public and independent power producers (IPPs) because it was not "in the public interest."In other words, the commission shot down government claims that the province needs more power, NDP energy critic John Horgan told The Province."Power to export to the US, he did not need to add, which anyway is looking much less likely to be able to … [Read more...]

It has been a time of endings and beginnings for me. A long battle with months of infections came to an end and now I begin a new battle as my muscles resist a rude awakening as I return to regular mobility. A relationship ended and now I go forward refusing to fear that I am unlovable because I have a chronic illness. I have also parted ways with a political organization as I grow more confident in my own convictions and seek a politics of authenticity that begins with relationships in my own community. Finally, as someone who was... … [Read more...]

Fetus fetishists make a petition for “fetal consent to abortion”: “Any baby killer that does NOT obtain written or verbal consent from the child they kill WILL be executed for first degree murder within 90 days of the murder with no appeals process.” Fortunately it looks like this isn’t a super-popular petition, given there’s only 12 signatures: But 12 signatures (oh and look who #2 is:  Jill aka bayouchild… colour me fucking shocked) translated to 12 high-powered rifles at 12 different locations, hmmm yes, I can see a potential problem.  Do you see … [Read more...]

That the anti-choice movement has an image problem (or as they might prefer to call it, an “unborn image solution”) is undeniable:  that  whole “dead doctor” thing is like a ball and chain.   So, especially in the wake of Dr.Tiller’s murder, it only makes sense that they’d take any and every opportunity to call out the psychotic extremists that they claim inhabit only the “fringe” of the movement. In a post about euthanasia over at SUZANNE’s, new (at least to me) commenter “Jill” projectile vomits her 2cents worth of “murder, … [Read more...]

Hands up anyone even remotely surprised to hear a Fraser Institute alumnus making an argument in favour of slavery.In an argument with Rafe Mair at The Tyee "Yes, Sell the Rivers", libertarian Walter Block defends privatization using an example of what he is careful to call "voluntary slavery" :"My child is gravely ill. Only an operation can save his life. But, this medical care costs $100 million, and I am a poor man (we assume away the possibility of government health care that will swoop in and ruin our example).Seemingly, my only option is to witness the passing away of my beloved child.But … [Read more...]

You know — like Hitler! The GOP and health care reform, where batshit and bugshit collide: Oy vey.  It would be funny if there weren’t so many ignorant, ill-informed conservative types out there who actually believe this shit. … [Read more...]

Not Guilty: A Kansas judge on Tuesday ordered an anti-abortion activist to stand trial in the death of a Wichita doctor who was gunned down at his church. Scott Roeder, 51, pleaded not guilty after being bound over to trial on charges of first-degree murder in the death of Dr. George Tiller, who ran a women’s clinic in which he performed abortions. Tiller was shot to death May 31 as services began at Reformation Lutheran Church. Roeder also faces two charges of aggravated assault for threatening church members Gary Hoepner and Keith Martin.  [...] Roeder was nailed as the shooter by witnesses … [Read more...]

D’oh! (from JAB’s Twitter feed) … [Read more...]

Predictably, so far Randall Terry’s fire and brimstone campaign to DEFEAT SOTOMAYOR hasn’t had the intense effect he was hoping for… or any effect at all, really: As expected, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted Tuesday to confirm Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, setting her up for confirmation by the full Senate next week. All those weird, sick-fuck posters gone to waste!  I wonder if we’ll see the “artwork”  recycled for use in the Epic Battle against health care reform?  Why not?  The photoshopping is already so … [Read more...]

I can has attention please? Mah bowl has problem Is empty of cheeseburger. UPDATE: And mah haiku pome Wuz inside-out and backwards Dis make up fer it … [Read more...]