February 28, 2013
This straw has actually been around since 2011 but I have no idea how available they are in the USA.
Meanwhile, back in the USA, DrinkSavvy.com has teamed up with a Chemistry Professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA has come up with glassware that also changes it’s appearance to alert the consumer of potentially harmful substances in their drinks.
The video at the above link is very informative –
April 16, 2012
Reprinted in part from Blue Gal’s website… GO HERE to view full post – it’s so brilliant I’m jealous!
April 1, 2012
OzMud, words I never thought I’d say, but this Republican member of Congress speaks for me:
As the only Republican Congressman at a rally for the Equal Rights Amendment on Thursday, Rep. Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.) gave women an unexpected piece of advice: Give your money to Democrats.
“I think these are very precarious times for women, it seems. So many of your rights are under assault,” he told the crowd of mostly women. “I’ll tell you this: Contribute your money to people who speak out on your behalf, because the other side — my side — has a lot of it. And you need to send your own message. You need to remind people that you vote, you matter, and that they can’t succeed without your help.” […]
“This is a dogfight, it’s a fistfight, and you have all the cards,” he said. “I can only tell you to get out there and use them. Tell the other women, the other 51 percent of the population, to kick in a few of their bucks. Make it matter, get out there, get on TV, advertise, talk about this. The fact that you want [the ERA] is evidence that you deserve it and you need it.”
That Republican is right: it’s time to make Republicans pay at the ballot box for the war on women they are waging across the country.
At Daily Kos, we have endorsed three of the strongest Democratic women running for Congress you will find anywhere: Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts, Darcy Burner in Washington, and Ann McLane Kuster in New Hampshire.
Please, click here to contribute $5 to their campaigns. We really do hold all the cards, and it’s time we started playing them.
Keep fighting,
Kaili Joy Gray, Daily Kos
Because it’s April 1st I was skeptical – but Google directed me to Firedog Lake and Huffington Post, both with the same story so *I think* it could be true. How cool is that!
Also, below the article at HuffPo (link above) there is a series of video clips, each part of an interview with Carole Burnett talking about her part in ERAback in the 1070’s when equal pay for equal jobs didn’t exist in any form at all. You have to sit through an abundance of short commercials, but I for one would sit through fire to hear this incredible woman speak… so what’s a few Cadbury Egg promos!
March 6, 2012
With 11 sponsors and two radio spots down, Rush Limbaugh’s proverbial ship is taking on water at a rapid pace.That’s good news for the rest of us.
Emailed Update & Link from the Daily Kos includes this:
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Click link above for full article and access to petition.
Sarah’s FB post ostracizing Pres. Obama for his phone call to Ms. Fluke was regrettable. Considering the pounding given David Letterman over a late night joke aimed at her eldest daughter, one would have expected her to flash a bit more maternal towards Ms. Fluke. Surely this is a sign her opinions are crafted for her and that she’s handsomely compensated for her lunatic diatribes.
From Todd to Rice to McCain to Ailes, clearly there’s always been someone’s hand up the bumpit puppet’s ass.
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2 Excellent reads at the Daily Beast – click headlines for links…
Whatever the damage to the nation’s top radio talker, he has put a face on the argument that President Obama’s party has been mounting for months—that Republicans are waging a “war on women.” In calling Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke a “slut” and a “prostitute” merely because she testified to Congress in favor of insurance coverage for birth control, Limbaugh has given the Democrats an indelible image to make their case.
While Rush is still a giant of the talk-radio industry, there are signs of erosion. Right-wing talk-radio ratings have been declining, at least in part because of PPMs, a new, more accurate way of measuring listenership. In Chicago, Boston, and Minneapolis, local talk-radio stations outperform the station that airs Rush and his national conservative-talk cohort. In San Diego, Philadelphia, and Washington, the local NPR station outranks the Rush affiliates. <snip>
In what might be another ominous sign for Rush & Co., Mike Huckabee will be starting a nationally syndicated radio show in April for the Cumulus network, which could be positioned to displace Rush in some markets. A former preacher, governor, and presidential candidate, Mike Huckabee is highly conservative, but he is also unfailingly civil.
Big companies join the Rush exodus – Allstate, JC Penny, Netflix, Capitol One to name a few and:
March 3, 2012
Nancy Pelosi begins by thanking the media for organising video coverage of this hearing – after Republican Leadership denied her access to the actual senate forum. What a disgrace. Republicans are crossing a dangerous line and I so hope 2012 election results will reflect real America.
She the People has the best report here.
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Hardball airs Limbaugh’s reaction to hearing of the president’s call to Ms. Fluke.
And of course Rachel Maddow has the most complete coverage of the story in it’s entirety
Think Progress is tracking the sponsors leaving the Limbaugh radio show, has an excellent article on the economic benefits of easy-access contraception and a show of support page for standing with Sandra Fluke that anyone can sign.
Here’s hoping this young ladies experience open’s the hearts and minds of many more American voters to the real danger of the Republican quest to diminish women”s rights.
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As of this posting, this FB page dedicated to boycotting Rush Limbaugh’s radio show has been up for 20 hours, has more than 6,000 likes, and the combined sections of the page have hundreds of shares and comments. I’s absolutely phenomenal how this vile creature has solidified the nation. The old adage of ‘all we need to unite is a common enemy’ is more true today than ever.
Maybe we should be thanking him, after all.
Oz Mudflats 