From Whalin’ to Palin, The Care2 Friday Wrap-Up!
Posted in Minnesota Women Writers, Robin Marty on February 19th, 2010 by Robin's Pipe – Be the first to comment
Happy Friday, everyone! I will be stepping into the gigantic shoes of Care2 blogger Steve Williams -- who wrote last week's amazing initial Friday Wrap-up -- and providing you with a quick look at the stories covered by our terrific writers this week.
More... Renewed Efforts to Combat Violence Against Women Coming From DOJ
Posted in Jessica Pieklo, Minnesota Women Writers on February 19th, 2010 by Jessica Pieklo – Be the first to comment
This year the Department of Justice marks the 15 year anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which, among other things, created the Office of Violence Against Women (OVW), an executive office charged with the mission of raising awareness...
More... A Closer Look at Nebraska’s Proposed “Fetal Pain” Ban
Posted in Minnesota Women Writers, Robin Marty on February 19th, 2010 by Robin's Pipe – Be the first to comment
By introducing the "Abortion Pain Prevention Act," Nebraska Senator Mike Flood has stepped away from his role as legislator and has instead positioned himself as a health authority...despite having no medical background.
But when it comes to determining when a fetus can feel pain, apparently your own anti-choice views have as as much influence on your opinion as actual medical science.
In Nebraska, the debate between science and ideology could help determine the fate of the "Abortion Pain Prevention Act," which would ban all abortions in the state performed after 20 weeks conception, except in cases of potential maternal death.
According to state Sen. Flood, 20 weeks conception (or 22 weeks as most people track a pregnancy), is the point at which the fetus can feel pain, according to the Senator and based on conversations he has had with doctors.
Of course, the doctors with whom he conferred are on the record as being anti-choice.
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Clown car politics: MNGOP circus strategy travels to Minnesota’s Eighth CD
Posted in Congress, Media criticism, Minnesota Women Writers, Politics, Prairie, Range, Sally Jo Sorensen, Weblogs on February 18th, 2010 by Sally Jo Sorensen – Be the first to commentBack in 2007, potential candidates started lining up in Southern Minnesota to run against then-freshman representative Tim Walz. By 2008, FDL/Mercury Rising blogger Phoenix Woman soon identified this as "The Clown Car" Syndrome, a strategy the MNGOP appears to be repeating in the First. Given the anemic fundraising by the candidates running against Walz, it's more of a kiddies' party than three-ring circus. The Republican Party seems to be taking the clown car on the road to Minnesota 's Seventh Congressional District, a seat now held powerful House Agriculture Chair and Blue Dog Collin Peterson. While progressives across the country are dismayed by Peterson's voting record, he remains quite popular in the sprawling rural district. Four potential candidates have hitched a ride.Since then, Forum newspapers have learned to check the Minnesota CD7 website, since the new candidates aren't sending out press releases. Unlike Bluestem, the papers' accounts-- and Minnpost's digest of them--aren't acknowledging the Clown Car Syndrome, or the long shot nature of the bids. More...
T-paw to corporations: Hey sailor, want a free one?
Posted in MN GOP, Minnesota, Minnesota Women Writers, Tild, Tim Pawlenty, corporate income tax, the Cucking Stool on February 18th, 2010 by Tild – Be the first to comment
What T-paw is really saying with that call for a reduction in corporate income tax.
Hey, Sailor, c’mere; you want a free one?
Hey, Sailor, c’mere; you want a free one? Part II
Hey, Sailor, c’mere; you want a free one? Part III
Oh, Timmy… You slut, you!
~ Conservative Political Conference Stunt Makes Joke of Violence Against Women by Using “Pelosi Pinata”
Posted in Minnesota Women Writers, Robin Marty on February 17th, 2010 by Robin's Pipe – Be the first to comment
Ah, CPAC. Like Thanksgiving, Fourth of July and Memorial Day all rolled into one, the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is a time for the best and rightest of conservative activists and politicians to gather, test out their Republican credentials, and glorify the memory of their patron saint, Ronald Reagan.
And what better way to brandish conservative principles than to act out a little violence against women?
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Mike Parry now and then: needing, wanting and bonding along the Stagecoach Trail
Posted in Minnesota Women Writers, Minnesota legislature, Politics, Rural development, Sally Jo Sorensen, State Legislature, Transportation on February 17th, 2010 by Sally Jo Sorensen – Be the first to commentIt is the first day of session and Republican Sen. Mike Parry's footsteps are still echoing down the halls of the capitol building, but he is already thinking of limiting his potential political career in St. Paul. Parry was elected as the senator for District 26 just two weeks ago during the special election that ensued after six-term Republican Sen. Dick Day resigned on Dec. 8, 2009 to take up a career as a lobbyist. Parry carried the election with 43.04 percent of the vote, compared to 36.5 percent for DFLer Jason Engbrecht and 20.32 percent for Independence Party candidate Roy Srp. One of the first bills Parry plans to write will deal with term limits — if he has his way, each legislator will be confined to just three terms.He has dropped seven bills in the hopper, most of which are bonding projects: More...
Cops Kill Great-Grandfather in Louisiana. Say Racial Profiling is Okay.
Posted in Jessica Pieklo, Minnesota Women Writers on February 17th, 2010 by Jessica Pieklo – Be the first to comment
Homer, Louisiana is a small town just outside Shreveport that, by all accounts, would hardly be the focus of national attention, but it is. Like many other small towns in the South it is struggling with a declining population and entrenched poverty....
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