Julia Gillard – Australia’s new PM is a Sheila!

Another first – not from the United States. Julia Gillard was voted in as the first woman  Prime Minister of Australia today. She stood unopposed after Kevin Rudd was dumped.

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Happy Anniversary Title IX!!

In time for the Anniversary of Title IX, The National Women’s Law Center has put out a new Guide entitled: “It’s Your Education: How Title IX Protections Can Help You”. It’s going to be on my reading list for this week. What we don’t know is what can hurt us.

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Texas Two Step: Meeting Notice

Want to reform the Democratic Texas Two Step? changethecaucus.org has announced a meeting for 9-11 AM Friday, June 25, 2010, at the State Convention in Room 225 D-E, American Bank Center. Check HERE for the full notice. Several precincts have be able to get resolutions passed in their March conventions proposing changes to the rules, which [...]

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Afterbirth

Tiny newborn kittens. Feed them every two hours, and wipe their tiny bottoms, rub their tiny backs. Diarrhea and claws and  urgent demands. Ergg. The world’s irresponsibility, and mine, begets a penitent’s ritual. As they sleep, attuned to the possibilities, I write of the world’s catastrophes, and death.

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Green or Goo, You Choose

Bradford Plummer has an interesting blog today over at TNR. He notes that our reaction to the oils spill terrifies him. Well, I’m terrified too. I do understand the urgent need to reimburse losses for humans and companies who have been affected by this spill. In that respect the Government’s agreement with BP to supply $20 [...]

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Politico Reports Fund Deal with BP

BP Pledges $20 billion to Escrow fund: [DEAL REACHED: BP has agreed to finance a $20 billion escrow fund to pay claims to people who lost income in the Gulf Coast oil spill, an administration source tells POLITICO. Kenneth Feinberg, who was in charge of payments to families of victims of the 9/11 attacks, will [...]

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Gulf Disaster – Obama Transcript of Presidential Address

On my way over to the WH to download this evening’s Presidential address re: the Gulf oil spill, I noticed that Dandelion already had. So, here is that blog’s  transcript link with just about the same two word comment I would make were I able to be that polite right now: http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2010/06/15/barack-obamas-oval-office-address-on-bp-oil-spill-and-energy-transcript/.

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Smashing

We had a simply smashing day last week – one that I am still trying to digest. It started late, around 11:00 PM, when I, while half asleep at the blinking TV set, startled to the sound of grinding, tearing, screeching metal, and the rain of broken glass outside my front door. Then came the [...]

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