tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280538612012-02-11T17:40:03.409-08:00Forget Big Brother...It's Lil' Sister!Amusing and Informative, Your Lil' Sister Loves to Get the 'Scoop' on the National News Media and To Present a Variety of Obscure, Under-Reported and Highly-Newsworthy Items From Around The Globe; You'll Also Be Privy To Pieces of My Own Personal Paranormal Phenomena; and Frequently Hear of Things Your Parents, Clergy, Society and Uncle Sam didn't bother to tell you... But, I will.
In Other Words:
The Way This Grrl Sees It:SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.comBlogger3051100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-23398959472231512222012-02-11T17:40:00.000-08:002012-02-11T17:40:03.419-08:00Ted Olson and David Boyce v. CA's Proposition 8: 9th Circuit Court Ruling a Victory For Same-Sex MarriageForget what makes "odd-bedfellows"...
One of the most curious alliances ever to occur in the world of litigation has just scored an enormous victory:
In the U.S. 9th Circuit Court Of Appeals: David Boyce and Ted Olson - lead counsel for Al Gore and G.W. Bush, respectively, in Bush v Gore - have won the latest battle in their fight to overturn California's 2008 ballot measure known as "SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-86220617509271482832012-02-11T17:00:00.000-08:002012-02-11T17:00:51.918-08:00Pete Hoekstra: House Racist/Hypocrite vs The Truth About America's Chinese DebtNEWS FLASH...
For those of you whom have - like myself - long been lead to believe (often by Republicans who are frantically crying: Wolf!" or, perhaps, in this particular case: "Panda!") that China holds the greatest percentage of America's Debt...
Here's A Little Priceless Nugget O' TRUTH:
The nation of China holds only (Drum roll, please)...: 8% of America's Debt.
That's E-I-G-H-T Percent,SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-7489945606083018752012-02-04T03:41:00.000-08:002012-02-04T03:41:40.158-08:00Eric Schneiderman: NY's Heroic AG Is Holding Wall Street (BofA, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase) Accountable... Hurray!!Eric Schneiderman, Heroic Attorney General of The Great State Of New York has just filed a huge lawsuit against Bank Of America, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan/Chase - accusing them of fraud, deceptive and illegal practices (including false documents) for what they did to American homeowners and to the American economy.
It's all about Accountability.
Wall Street Must Be Held Accountable for what they SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-61753825820989324352012-02-04T03:17:00.000-08:002012-02-04T03:17:29.229-08:00GOP May Claim Its War On Unions Is "All About Economy/Jobs"... No. It. Isn't.Wisconsin was the 1st state in which a Republican-led legislature and GOP Governor focused all their efforts into destroying union rights/collective bargaining - claiming that, "It's all about the economy.".
And - Surprise! Surprise! - It wasn't.
Since then, several other states sadly stuck with Republican-led state legislatures and/or Republican Governors have followed in (soon to be voted outSFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-6006757071819944692012-02-02T18:40:00.000-08:002012-02-02T18:40:29.892-08:00The World Has Suffered An Enormous Loss In Recent Days... Susan Poff, San Francisco Bay-Area Nurse Practitioner.
This is a photo of my late Friend, Susan Poff, with another Friend, Mary Howe.
The World suffered an enormous loss, in recent days, of both Susan and her husband, Robert Kamin.
Their sudden and untimely deaths were (and are) an unbelievable shock and an utterly inexplicable tragedy...
One which has left a vast, painful and empty chasm - not only in my Heart - but, also, in Our World.
SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-38229573248537859582012-01-27T01:11:00.000-08:002012-01-27T01:13:49.327-08:00From The Rachel Maddow Show: "Facts Are Facts". (*And Politifact.com - Isn't)Question: Do you or does anyone you respect use "Politifact.com" as your Go-To Fact-Checker for things Political?
If so, then be forewarned/fore-armed with this one simple Truth:
"Politifact.com"... Isn't. And, what I mean when I say "isn't" is that "Politifact.com" isn't inherently factual.
If you've been going there to Fact Check - Please Stop.
If you haven't gone, but you were thinking about SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-90928358397653976072012-01-26T08:39:00.000-08:002012-01-26T08:39:17.522-08:00GOP State Of The Union Rebuttal Choice Mitch Daniels: Excuse Me While I ROFL!!If you need any more proof that the GOP is either:
A.) Insane. B.) Completely Out of touch with REALITY. and/or C.) All Of The Above...
The guy they picked to deliver their rebuttal to Obama's State of the Union address was Mitch Daniels.
The same Mitch Daniels who was George W. Bush's Senior Budget Director. The very same dim-witted dolt who claimed that the Iraq War would cost us $50 billion.
SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-27067519756121836942012-01-21T07:14:00.000-08:002012-01-21T07:18:42.069-08:00From The Rachel Maddow Show: Newt Blusters / Attacks Media / Avoids Answering Pertinent "Values", "Hypocrisy" QuestionsFriday Night's GOP Debate:
Newt Gingrich was asked to comment on his 2nd wife's, Marianne's, interviews - in which she claims he came to her - after she'd been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and after he'd already been cheating on her; and whilst, simultaneously, he was condemning then Pres. Clinton for his lack of moral leadership - and he asked her for an "open marriage".
Newt's SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-11628762165136100212012-01-20T01:41:00.000-08:002012-01-20T01:44:12.225-08:00ABC News: Mitt's Millions In Cayman Islands. Romney Campaign denies tax shelter. (with TRMS video)Politically, Thursday was a roller-coaster of a day, with some GOP Presidential Primary candidates riding Upwards and some tumbling Down:
"No Newt Is Good" Newt Gingrich rode the crest of the wave whilst "Mr. 1%" Mitt, uh, didn't.
On Wednesday, ABC News reported that the Multimillion $ Mitt (who admitted to lounging in the shallow end of the tax pool: paying only 15%) stashed Million$ of his SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-34797313344234056682012-01-18T17:55:00.000-08:002012-01-18T17:55:37.850-08:00What You Need To Know About: SOPA and PIPA: Just The Facts (Source: PCWorld.com)In case you didn't know exactly what SOPA and PIPA are (if so, don't worry, you're not alone), but are eager to learn what all the hubbub is about - just as long as it won't take too long...
Well then, here are The Facts and Just The Facts:
(Thank You to PCWorld)
SOPA and PIPA: Just The Facts
(FYI- the link will open in a new window)
Enjoy!SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-5231631142633334942012-01-18T04:18:00.000-08:002012-01-18T04:18:19.291-08:00The Rachel Maddow Show: Racism A Growing Issue For Gingrich, Paul. (with video)On Martin Luther King Day, during the South Carolina GOP Primary debate, hosts from Fox TV utterly ignored the enormous elephants in the room by refusing to ask Ron Paul about voting against the National MLK Holiday or about his being against the Civil Rights Act.
Then, "No Newt is Good Newt" Gingrich refused to accept that he'd offended/insulted countless Americans (and African-Americans, in SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-45821919321766139122012-01-16T08:08:00.000-08:002012-01-16T08:08:09.755-08:00Does Corporate Cash Explain the Networks' Silence on SOPA? | Save the InternetIt's Genuinely Newsworthy - So, Where's The News Coverage?A Media Matters for America study shows that most of the major networks - ABC, CBS, Fox News, MSNBC and NBC - have failed to cover opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA).Does Corporate Cash Explain the Networks' Silence on SOPA? | Save the InternetSFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-17395594906431473592012-01-16T07:53:00.000-08:002012-01-16T07:53:23.507-08:00Colbert: ‘The more money you have, the more you can speak’ | The Raw StorySpeaking at the Iowa State Fair last year, Mitt Romney asserted that “corporations are people.”Following that line of Mitt-belief, Stephen Colbert's former (and newly Jon Stewart-controlled) Super PAC released an ad on Saturday attacking Mitt Romney as a “serial killer” due to his record of destroying corporations (which Mitt said are "people") as the head of Bain Capital.Here's Sunday's Colbert SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-89735667296469917822012-01-13T00:49:00.000-08:002012-01-13T00:50:28.563-08:00From The Rachel Maddow Show: "President Colbert" A Possibility?Brian Stelter at The New York Times has tweeted a tantalizing tidbit...
Stelter tweets that Stephen Colbert (of The Colbert Report) is transferring his Colbert Super-Pac to Jon Stewart and forming an "exploratory committee" for a possible run for the Presidency.
Colbert, himself, hinted at that very possibility on Wednesday night's show, after hearing news reports that, according to at least SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-41513155050783820632012-01-13T00:14:00.000-08:002012-01-13T00:21:32.461-08:00Insensitive? Who Me?: Mitt Romney (the Hoser) and Seamus (the Irish Setter)"Insensitive? Who?... Me?"
I hadn't heard, until recently, about the unburdened-by-human-sensitivity Mitt Romney incident where Romney packed the family's large Irish Setter, "Seamus", into a dog-kennel which was strapped atop the Romney-mobile for an undoubtedly blustery 12-hour ride to a lakeside in Canada. Apparently, it became a rather messy trip during which the roof-rack kenneled canine, SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-44669044080641743032012-01-09T21:01:00.000-08:002012-01-09T21:01:20.405-08:00Netherlands to close prisons for lack of criminals (Decriminalization actually worked?)"Netherlands to close prisons for lack of criminals"My 1st Thought when I saw the above-titled article post...
"Bravo Netherlands!"
My 2nd Thought...
"Here's irrefutable proof that All is Not lost. Not only that, but that Humanity would be very wise to cease with the "It's 2012! The Mayan's said the World's gonna end. We're doomed!" nonsense and any other similar thoughts/acts of self- and/or SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-35189535391705341482012-01-05T11:01:00.000-08:002012-01-05T11:02:15.941-08:00Obama Is My President: Richard Cordray Appointed To Head Consumer Financial Protection BureauObama Is My President:
I may not agree with everything he's done - cough*NDAA*cough - but, I'm thrilled that President Obama just made four (count 'em: 1, 2, 3, 4!) recess appointments.
As Rachel Maddow said, "He never does that.".
Our President appointed three people to the National Labor Relations Board - so that they may have a quorum/continue to function - and (Drum roll, please...) he SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-91582162607378386352012-01-03T03:49:00.000-08:002012-01-03T04:05:01.807-08:00Radical NDAA Bill A Clear & Present Danger For Americans - Rachel Maddow ShowDespite an earlier veto threat - followed by revisions by Congress - President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
The NDAA funds our military AND this particular one includes a number of highly radical and inexplicable provisions. For example: It authorizes the military to arrest American citizens 'suspected of terrorism' and - for the first time in our history - detain SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-67984996238007062422012-01-01T13:24:00.000-08:002012-01-01T13:27:31.270-08:004.0 Earthquake In Youngstown; Official Cause: Natural Gas Fracking4.0 Earthquake In Youngstown; Official Cause: Natural Gas Fracking
From the "I (Don't) Hate To Say, 'I told you so.'" Files:
Surely, you recall the recent flurry of earthquakes in Ohio?
Ohio, a state not known for having significant seismic activity and yet, within a series of smaller ones, it was shaken by one measuring around 4.0-4.3 recently?
A while back, when I recommended the film "SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-79333650504832872952011-12-29T22:56:00.000-08:002011-12-29T22:56:36.576-08:00Speaking of monsters... er, Monsanto - Read "Monsanto’s Harvest of Fear"Speaking of monsters... er, I mean Monsanto...
"Monsanto’s Harvest of Fear" is a terrific & in-depth investigation by Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele that appeared in Vanity Fair in 2008.
And, don't let the year put you off in the least. This is a well-researched, timely and informative article and, thereby, a worthwhile read...
Especially if you are someone who is unfamiliar with SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-66861017003404639112011-12-26T20:59:00.000-08:002011-12-26T21:02:55.302-08:00Advocates Press For Recess Appointment Of Consumer Bureau Chief By Obama / The HillDear President Obama:
Please give us a reason to uncork the champagne on New Year’s Eve:
Use your recess appointment power to overcome the idiotic roadblocks of GOP Senators and appoint Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Chief Richard Cordray and your nominees to the federal bench.
Thank You!
We of the 99%
Advocates Press For Recess Appointment Of Consumer Bureau Chief By Obama - The Hill's OnSFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-63903557271732987812011-12-24T22:28:00.000-08:002011-12-24T22:28:17.726-08:00So This Is Christmas... Well, A Rough (Ruff?) Night Before, Anyway..."Ruff" day for my dog, Jessi.
Dx: Transitional Cell Carcinoma (an inoperable bladder cancer). She'd been doing fine until Friday. She simply wouldn't eat. When she finally did, she threw it all up hours later. Normal behavior, energy, elimination, otherwise.
Today/Saturday/Christmas Eve: Refused favorite food. Eventually, she lapped up a bowl of H2O and then, promptly, threw it all back up (SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-13975511528317520042011-12-08T23:23:00.000-08:002011-12-08T23:23:25.338-08:00Jon Stewart on Indefinite Detention: "You can take away our Lives, but only We can take away our Freedoms.""You can take away our Lives.. But only We can take away our Freedoms".
Congress Passes 2011 Defense Appropriations Bill - including "Indefinite Detention" (of You & All Americans).
Pro-ID Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC): "We're facing an enemy... who will do anything & everything to destroy our way of life."
Jon Stewart: "So we're gonna destroy it before they can get their hands on it!".
SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-44438388764159929252011-11-18T00:35:00.000-08:002011-11-18T00:40:42.122-08:00Congressman McGovern Introduces the People's Rights Amendment | freespeechforpeople.orgOn Tuesday, Congressman/Hero Jim McGovern proposed a bill of timely/timeless importance.
Its purpose is clear and most worthy: To overturn the Supreme Court’s horrifying 2010 ruling in "Citizens United v. FEC".
Entitled the “People’s Rights Amendment”, it's a major breakthrough for the nationwide grassroots movement to end "corporate personhood"; to restore our Democracy; to return the U.S. to SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-28045788683863115602011-11-17T16:35:00.000-08:002011-11-17T16:43:30.585-08:00Who's Behind The Mayhem At Occupy Oakland? OWS? *Hint: It Ain't "Anarchists"Sadly, over the last several years, I've noticed that very small, totally self-absorbed and decidedly sociopathic groups of people have developed a penchant for showing up at whatever peaceful rallies, demonstrations and/or marches happen to sprout up anywhere...
If that event happens to meet the following criteria:
1.) There are at least several hundred (although, they'd prefer several SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-82913868630811931802011-11-11T14:27:00.001-08:002011-11-11T16:11:18.365-08:00The Rachel Maddow Show ~ Herman Caine: Peculiar Politics, Practical Joke Or Performance Art?"Well... Duh!"
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know... I know...
And, to be honest, I've been asking myself those very same questions:
"How could we have missed so many colorful clues - left right in front of our faces - that Herman Caine is the penultimate prankster?"
"How did we not pick up on the hints that ol' Herman Caine has - in actuality - been pulling our national leg?"
Is it True? Has Herman SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-2121110362423478332011-11-11T04:26:00.001-08:002011-11-11T04:44:24.932-08:00U.C. Berkeley: Promoting A Proud History Of Activism Whilst Violently Attacking Occupy Cal ProtestersSproul Plaza. Occupy U.C. Berkeley protests. Wednesday.
After being told by U.C. Berkeley administrators to clear protesters from Sproul plaza, dozens of more-than-happy-to-oblige and riot gear-clad police officers - who resembled attack dogs more than employees - violently & repeatedly bludgeoned many of the casually-dressed, hand-holding and uh, Unarmed student protesters with their batons SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0San Francisco, CA 94103, USA37.7749295 -122.419415537.674516 -122.577344 37.875343 -122.261487tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-88857224681904007782011-11-10T16:01:00.000-08:002011-11-10T16:18:26.330-08:00Romney Campaign "Flips-Out"? Absolutely! And, Electoral Wins: MS Gov Elect Bryant and, uh... Satan?Mike Huckabee (on his Fox TV show) asked Mitt Romney if he supported a Constitutional "Personhood" Amendment, Romney (immediately): "Absolutely." Then Mississippians soundly trounced that GOP-led initiative. So, Romney campaign now says media is misrepresenting him when it says he supported it.
In Other 2011 Electoral News...
Phil Bryant (R) won the Mississippi Governor's race, telling SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-22835469234571965972011-11-10T03:26:00.000-08:002011-11-10T03:33:35.804-08:00Health and Climate Change: 7 Ways You Are Being Harmed - The AtlanticTragically, Newt Gingrich isn't alone in his ongoing denial of the veracity of Global Warming/Climate Change.
F.Y.I.~ If you're denying Global Warming, you're not only denying the genuine dangers it will pose to us later...
But, you're also denying the measurable harm it's already causing to people.
And it's not just harm being done to people "somewhere else".
It's measurable harm whose origin SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-37661774837482653702011-11-06T20:27:00.000-08:002011-11-06T20:27:18.989-08:00Shale Shocked: “Highly Probable” Fracking Caused U.K. Earthquakes, and It’s Linked to Oklahoma TemblorsAs I went about my day today, I made a point to ask as many people as I could if they'd heard about the earthquakes in Oklahoma. In particular, I asked if they'd heard about Saturdays 4.6 and Saturday night's 5.6 (Oklahoma's biggest quake on record). About half of those I asked hadn't heard about any of it. That said, all of them had been/were shocked and surprised at the news - especially SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-8126222935772336012011-11-06T10:41:00.000-08:002011-11-06T11:07:19.361-08:00Fracking Anyone?: 5.6 Earthquake Hits Central Oklahoma After Earlier 4.7 (... among others)What the Frack??*...
Late yesterday (Saturday), a magnitude 5.6 earthquake - Oklahoma's strongest on record - hit near Sparks, 44 miles northeast of Oklahoma City. It was felt throughout the state and in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, northern Texas and parts of Illinois, Wisconsin.
This quake came in the wake of Saturday's magnitude 4.7 quake that was felt from Texas to Missouri.
"Oklahoma SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-59037650684413801232011-11-05T21:52:00.000-07:002011-11-05T21:52:03.088-07:00The Disney Princesses, George Takei, and Unhealthy Gender-Based Programming... The Disney Princess Parade...If you think such icons/heroines are "harmless"... Think Again.With it's ever-growing parade of "Princesses", Walt Disney Corp. continues to bait its world-wide and very influential sea of hooks with what amount to utterly Impossible Dreams for girls of all ages, everywhere. For Generation after Generation. And, who knows? Perhaps Disney's Princess-production SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-72249995525167853712011-10-30T14:54:00.000-07:002011-10-30T14:54:47.040-07:00Keep Wall Street Occupied*Eureka!!This is an Absolutely Brilliant Idea which only involves making use of the Postage Paid Business Reply Envelopes which can be found inside the 1000's of unsolicited credit card offers that the Big Economy-Ruining Banks inundate our mailboxes with...*Now, you can freely and non-violently confront those Criminal Banking Corporations without having to confront the threats posed by violent SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-12476849868939509512011-10-30T12:31:00.000-07:002011-10-30T12:31:47.303-07:001000 Americans Spell Out "TAX THE 1%" on San Francisco Beach... This gorgeous group of humanity is only the latest in the countless number of reasons I simply LOVE San Francisco.Here's the story from HumanBannersSF.com:1000 Americans Spell Out "TAX THE 1%" on San Francisco BeachSFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-66576050273101119712011-10-28T16:30:00.000-07:002011-10-28T16:30:27.346-07:00Strange Bedfellows: Militias Exercise Their 2nd Amendment Rights To Protect Occupy Phoenix!Now I'm Stepping Into The 'Twilight Zone'...
Dateline: Phoenix, Arizona...
*Now hold on, just give me a moment, here. Don't start rolling those eyes just yet...
This is Truly Awesome:
"The whole point of the militia movement was to defend the People against gross violations by the Government of the Peoples’ Constitutional Rights. For instance: suppressing Peoples’ 1st Amendment Right to SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-42150493916772566862011-10-28T14:56:00.000-07:002011-10-28T14:57:59.890-07:00From RawStory: Doctors Say Scott Olsen Suffered Brain Damage, Is Unable To SpeakStill ~ Some Good News Also Arrived With This Announcement...
Iraq Veteran Scott Olsen, who was critically-injured by Oakland Police On Tuesday night, is now awake and lucid, yet he is currently unable to speak. He is able to communicate by writing notes, although his ability to spell has been damaged. Scott's doctors did determine that he has suffered brain damage from the force of the blow of SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-77556954596950131222011-10-28T07:35:00.000-07:002011-10-28T07:51:25.340-07:0010/27/11 Rachel Maddow Show: Continuing Developments At Occupy OaklandThe Rachel Maddow Show continues to cover the recent violent police actions which targeted Occupy Oakland.
Maddow reported that the condition of the hospitalized 22 year old Iraq War Veteran, Scott Olsen, has been upgraded from 'critical' to 'fair'. Also included was video taken at a press conference, held Thursday, of the Oakland Police Department's Interim Chief as he announced that a full SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-27567942157423633012011-10-27T18:33:00.000-07:002011-10-27T18:34:40.804-07:0010/26/11 Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Parks and Demonstration: Oakland Police Attack Occupy OaklandI Stand With Scott Olsen. I Stand With Occupy Oakland. Stop Police Brutality.
After two weeks of Peaceful demonstration, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan and the Oakland Police Department had, apparently, had enough of Occupy Oakland.
Between them, the two parties decided that Occupy Oakland's camp in Oscar Grant Plaza had become "a Public Safety Threat".
And so, on Tuesday, armed with the allegation SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-82822574265401143692011-10-27T08:26:00.000-07:002011-10-27T08:26:41.987-07:0010/26/11 Rachel Maddow Show: Coverage Of Violent Police Response To Occupy Oakland.The Rachel Maddow Show Segment On The Oakland Police Department's Violent Attacks On The Occupy Oakland Protesters On Tuesday.
Hurray!! The OPD's Criminal Response (and others like it) To Peaceful American Protesters Is Garnering Not Only National, But International Press Coverage.
The World IS Watching... the Oakland Police Department, the San Francisco Police Department, etc.
Visit SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-21713199937989406062011-10-26T20:44:00.000-07:002011-10-26T20:44:16.487-07:00Two Tour Iraq War Marine Veteran Scott Olsen Shot By Police At Occupy Oakland"To Protect And Serve?"The Oakland Police Department has now surpassed the LAPD in the Annals Of Police Brutality:On Tuesday, Riot Gear-Clad OPD officers attacked Occupy Oakland Protesters with Rubber Bullets, Tear Gas and Flash-Bang Grenades. The assault resulted in the arrest over 100 people and in serious injuries to many of those present as well. Scott Olsen, a Two-Tour Iraq War Marine SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-25670474037782795892011-10-26T00:34:00.000-07:002011-10-26T00:34:08.703-07:00Police Attack Occupy Oakland Camp - UprisingHere's A Breaking And Significantly Newsworthy Event - And It Still Hasn't Appeared In Any Of The Usual News Outlets...Early Morning Police Attack On Occupy Oakland:Hundreds of riot gear-clad Oakland Police Department officers amassed at Frank Ogawa Plaza/Oscar Grant Plaza at around 4:40 am Tuesday and began firing rubber bullets and tear gas to break up the Occupy Oakland protests. After SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-23055642772438503702011-10-23T18:35:00.000-07:002011-10-23T18:35:40.150-07:00Bill O'Reilly Sends America's Troops What They Need Most: His Books. (*Please Do Not Re-Gift)Bill O'Reilly supports America's troops by sending them what they need most on the battlefield: his book "Pinheads & Patriots".
Upon learning of "Papa Bear" Bill O'Reilly's generous gift to our brave military, Stephen Colbert said, "It is a Perfect Gift for these warriors. I know reading his books always makes me want to kill somebody.".
An American soldier serving in Afghanistan posted a photoSFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-31704572874564061932011-10-23T00:11:00.000-07:002011-10-23T00:11:15.213-07:00Semper Fi: Occupy Marines Bringing Reinforcements To Occupy America
Semper Fi.
Breaking (Good!) News...
A major mobilization has begun whose sole purpose is to facilitate the participation of U.S. Marines (and the various other branches of our beloved military) in the Occupy America Movement.
"Their website OccupyMarines.org, is calling for “Non-Active ‘Occupy’ Military Supporters Only” and they are organizing a dress code which will help identify their branchSFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-20219752533148715642011-10-20T16:18:00.000-07:002011-10-20T16:18:44.013-07:00"Shake Out. Don't Freak Out." Was Brought To You Today By The State AND Cali, Herself.
Today, Thursday October 20, 2011, at 10:20 am California held its statewide "Great California Shake-Out" to remind Californians that: A.) We live in earthquake country. and B.) What they should do before, during and after an earthquake.
Then, at 2:41 pm today, Thursday October 20, 2011: Mother Nature hosted an earthquake in the vicinity of Berkeley (3.9 to 4.1 magnitude) to remind us that we SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-41276855591330674992011-10-19T13:22:00.000-07:002011-10-19T13:22:04.388-07:00G.E. Strategies = $ Billions In Profits And Zero $ In Taxes. Gee, G.E....General Electric is America’s largest corporation and it (yes, that's "it" and not "he" or "she") had a very good year in 2010: G.E. reported $14.2 billion in international profits and declared that $5.1 billion of those profits came from its U.S.-based boffo biz.
So, a great question to ask is this...
"What Did General Electric Pay In Taxes for its $5.1 Billion In American-Made Profits?"
ZeroSFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-54056684101244352132011-10-18T02:22:00.000-07:002011-10-18T02:25:00.249-07:00CitiGroup Posts 3.4 Bln Profit & Arrests OWS Protestors in TS; Barney Frank on Rachel MaddowIt's only been a mere 3 years since they received a $45 Billion taxpayer paid bail-out after contributing to our nation's massive economic disaster... and "too-big-to-fail" (still) Citigroup's earnings are up 74%, to 3.4 Billion. This was their seventh straight quarter of growth. (Er, "yippee"?)And, this past Saturday, about 20 or so Occupy Wall Street protestors were summarily arrested at SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-39823267359355895672011-10-11T13:48:00.000-07:002011-10-11T13:48:14.626-07:00(GOP) Machine Against The Rage (Occupy Wall Street, et al). In Other Words: It's Working.Fox & Co. (I won't call Fox "news" - it isn't) conservative bobble-heads, GOP presidential wanna-Be's, right-wing talk-show hosts (rodeo clown glenn beck still breathes piss & vinegar on radio), etc. have entered "Full Panic Mode" and are getting hysterical over the Occupy Wall Street protests and its Occupy spin-off protests across America.
(That said, there's no better proof than this that theSFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-1273064594442992602011-10-11T13:02:00.000-07:002011-10-11T13:03:20.261-07:00Americans Are Fighting Back Against GOP War On Voting... And Winning!*Urgent Plea: America, Please Don't Take Your Right To Vote For Granted!
There's an organized, law-changing (GOP) attack on American voting rights (minorities, early voters, troops overseas, etc.) across the country.
Also, the various recent attacks on union-rights are no less than attacks on both the middle-class and the Democratic Party.
How do you combat these utterly Anti-U.S. ConstitutionSFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-51513849017809062192011-10-05T05:27:00.000-07:002011-10-05T05:27:33.499-07:00Rachel Maddow Connects Dots On Pakistan's Role In Attacks On US TroopsGreetings!
(Ooh... Trust me: This is a Really Good One.)
I now present you with a brief clip from TRMS whose subject is a most rare beauty: It's actually Newsworthy!
And yet, despite possessing one of the most uncommon of qualities, this little diamond-in-the-rough remains - presently at least - a huge story of great and growing importance which - for unknown reasons - goes on widely-unreportedSFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-14969609668704484242011-09-30T01:31:00.000-07:002011-09-30T01:31:15.959-07:00King Abdullah: Women can "participate" in 2015 vote. Meanwhile, woman gets 10 lashes for driving a car.9/29/11 The Daily Show With Jon Stewart:
Great News: Municipal elections in Saudi Arabia.
My first thought: "Yeah, and it sucks that the Saudi women can't vote.".
And... Abracadabra! King Abdullah declares that Saudi women will be able to "participate in voting"... in 2015.
That said... The Genuine "Bottom Line" goes like this: "The Big A" did not actually come forward and say - specifically SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-83340326335234104652011-09-28T12:08:00.000-07:002011-09-28T12:10:05.946-07:00My Review Of "The Crow: Wicked Prayer" (I felt compelled to share)
Just watched "The Crow: Wicked Prayer" on Netflix... (Ugh!)
That said... my viewing experience compelled me to immediately pen a review about it and I wanted to share said review with you:
"I was definitely torn as to whether to give "The Crow: Wicked Prayer" 2 or 3 Stars.
On the 2-Star hand: I didn't like "Wicked Prayer" even remotely as much as its predecessors. And, sure, perhaps TC:WP SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-18500402502405583142011-09-28T03:15:00.000-07:002011-09-28T03:15:45.255-07:00Media Undercuts Obama Speech With Backwards Narrative"Press On!"
President Obama was back in form as he gave an energetic & rousing speech to thundering applause at the Congressional Black Caucus in recent days.
Despite the actual Truth, the AP's report said that Obama had chided the CBC and told them to "Stop complaining."
Despite the actual Facts, the beltway media, fox news & CNN's Blitzer & even Yahoo! News all headlined with and trumpeted SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-88305957144491521522011-09-25T02:03:00.000-07:002011-09-25T02:03:22.555-07:00Americans Behaving Badly. GOP Debates. Tea Party Mean-ority. Oh, And Infrastructure.1st GOP Debate: Crowd Applauds Legalizing Heroin. CNN TP Debate: Crowd Applauds Letting Sick/Injured Uninsured Americans Die (Silence from Candidates). Fox GOP debate: Soldier In Iraq Asked About Protecting Advances In Gay/Lesbian Rights ~ Crowd Boo'd Soldier. Santorum: Didn't Hear Boo-ing (Liar). Not One Of The Candidates Spoke Up For The Soldier/Pointed Out The Crowd's Unconscionable DisrespectSFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-17696137112035870612011-09-23T00:37:00.000-07:002011-09-23T00:41:50.711-07:00Obama Draws Line On GOP Games... Hip Hip Hooray!Dear President Obama:
I simply Love that shiny, strong Backbone you're exercising.
I sincerely hope the Dems in Congress follow that strong lead - if they haven't been before now.
And, please, don't feel bad about showing off that spine of yours - in both word and deed - because (without exception) you have gone above and beyond the call... You've shown great dedication to your goal of being SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-1964426450272637702011-09-21T19:24:00.000-07:002011-09-21T19:28:24.160-07:00NC’s Anti-Gay House Majority Leader: Gay People Are ‘Things’ Whose Relationships Can Be ‘Treated Differently’NC’s Anti-Gay House Majority Leader: Gay People Are ‘Things’ Whose Relationships Can Be ‘Treated Differently’:
North Carolina House Majority Leader Paul Stam (R) and Minority Whip Rick Glazier (D) debated the proposed constitutional amendment prohibiting gay marriage in North Carolina at the UNC law school this afternoon. Towards the end of the event, Stam — who supports the measure — suggested SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-51102491044475321692011-09-20T15:57:00.000-07:002011-09-20T15:58:46.546-07:00Boehner Sets New Standard For DisrespectFact: Never Before in the history of America, has there been as much aggressive, intentional and utterly-unpatriotic disrespect shown to a sitting United States President/the Office of The President of the United States as has been shown, repeatedly, by GOP members of Congress.
Their ongoing monkey-wrenching at every real and imagined opportunity is offensive, infinitely-petty and only paints SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-81376143357551435982011-09-13T14:26:00.000-07:002011-09-13T14:30:16.785-07:00Logan Utah Bystanders Rescue Motorcyclist Pinned Under Burning CarEven in this World that is - far too often - fraught with Headlines of Horror...
(Every once in a while) Something Utterly Transcendent & Truly Inspirational Happens...
Recently,, a random group of about a dozen men and women - mere bystanders - in Logan, Utah came running to the aid of a motorcyclist whom had been struck by a car and was pinned underneath the burning wreckage.
Thank and Bless SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-2233179867705146492011-09-06T00:19:00.000-07:002011-09-06T00:19:33.278-07:00Texas Governor /GOP Candidate-Wannabe Rick Perry... Wants You!Texas Governor & GOP Candidate-Wannabe Rick Perry Wants You!
Well, to be more specific, Rick wants to relieve all Americans of their ("unConstitutional", as he calls it) Social Security Safety Net when you get older.
Social Security is nothing more than "Big Government's Shackles", Rick says.
And yet... If you're a woman of childbearing age, "Tricky" Rick Perry wants to impose his ridiculous SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-86785187222327330922011-08-27T09:47:00.000-07:002011-08-27T09:47:52.565-07:00Cop Rapes Woman at Gunpoint, 11-Year-Old Rape Victim Smeared, Accuser Sued for $2 Million: Is US Society Failing Victims? | | AlterNet"Cop Rapes Woman at Gunpoint, 11-Year-Old Rape Victim Smeared, Accuser Sued for $2 Million: Is US Society Failing Victims?"
I'm guessing that the last bit is a rhetorical question.
Instead of letting anyone (GOP) get away with trying to change the definition of "rape" (they did, and failed) ~
Perhaps something like "re-branding" is called for and may improve this sickening societal SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-5637888081179997772011-07-26T21:36:00.000-07:002011-07-26T21:56:50.993-07:00Oslo Norway Terror Attack: Right Claims 'Jihadists Did It!'. Perp Is Fundamentalist Christian. US Gun Lobby Doesn't CareA heinous (and - contrary to Fox News/Murdoch's WSJ/Wash Post's J Rubin's claims - unconnected to Al Quaida/Jihadists) terror attack in Oslo, Norway at the hands of a native Norwegian Anti-Muslim Fundamentalist Christian (!) who bombed government offices, shot 68 people & left 98+ dead, has led to calls for Norway's police to be armed.
*A Simple Truth (recent events prove): Neither a lack SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-32834106411267627852011-07-20T05:21:00.000-07:002011-07-20T05:22:20.253-07:00House Republicans Willful Refusal To Raise Debt Ceiling: Is It A Bluff?... Or Treason?Congressional House Republicans have been ignoring/downplaying/denying what not only would be but, in fact, already are some significantly damaging effects of their party's unwavering refusal to raise the debt ceiling...
What they don't seem to understand is that, by their uncompromising action (or inaction) and the single motivation/intention behind it (if they actually follow through SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-51977478085226859642011-07-19T15:36:00.000-07:002011-07-19T15:39:17.626-07:00News Of The World, News Corp, News America & Rupert Murdoch: "Hacking, What Hacking?" (Ethics? What Ethics?)Contrary to what Scandal-Ridden News Corp says...
And, contrary to what News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch, his son James and the recently arrested former editor of News Corp's News International, Rebekah Brooks, are undoubtedly going to claim when they testify (*perjure) themselves before Parliament, today...
The raging and utterly-disgusting Phone Hacking Scandal going on right now in Great SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-79553304740889293982011-07-12T19:08:00.000-07:002011-07-12T19:08:39.564-07:00Legal Concealed Firearm Fiasco Endangers The Great State Of OhioTrue Or False? ~
The State Of Ohio Just Made It Perfectly Legal For Civilians To Carry Concealed Firearms Into Bars In That State?
Believe It Or Not... It's True!
(Beat The Rush: Buy Your Greyhound Ticket, Now!)
There Is One Exception To The New Law:
If You Are Already Drunk, You Are Not Allowed To Concealed Carry In The Bar.
My Condolences To The Various Bar Staffs, Ohio's Finest and The SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-71005056284893127912011-07-06T13:13:00.000-07:002011-07-06T13:13:27.726-07:00The Men Who Stare At Goats: The Rest Of The Story... It's A Trip!I just watched The Men Who Stare At Goats on Netflix. And, I wanted to share the review I submitted:
Netflix's "Most Helpful" Review(er) said: "Son of Dr Strangelove, headed for cult movie status." ~ I agree. Absolutely! Although I came to this movie with more information on the subject than the average viewer probably has and, therefore, found it didn't quite live up to what I'd hoped it would SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-10217506982529541162011-06-29T02:12:00.000-07:002011-06-29T02:12:42.035-07:00Gravity Is Like SF's MUNI: Frequently Helpful. But, Sometimes, It Really Sucks.Everyone's familiar with that ol' quote that declares: "Nothing in Life is certain but Death & Taxes." - right?Well, I'm hereby making a well-deserved (and proven) addition to that itty-bitty little list.There's another thing in Life that's certain and this is it: If you ride a skateboard, it is absolutely certain that you're gonna wipe-out, eventually. (And yet again (eventually) after that. SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-23969545552228153792011-06-28T05:51:00.000-07:002011-06-28T05:51:56.290-07:00Fort Calhoun Nuclear Plant vs Missouri River: Everything's Fine... (Not.)Fort Calhoun Nuclear Plant vs Missouri River...
Fort Calhoun had been using 8ft., inflatable "aqua-dams" in an attempt to prevent the rising floodwater from the Missouri River from repeating a series of events similar to those which recently led to Japan's significant and ongoing nuclear disaster at Fukushima (the tsunami knocked out the power; stopping the flow of massive amounts of water SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-45498701628824497172011-06-24T22:47:00.000-07:002011-06-24T22:47:29.553-07:00New York State Moves To Legalize Same-Sex Marriage (CNN)Today the Republican-controlled New ("If You Can Make It There, You Can Make It Anywhere!") York State legislature cleared the way for the legalization of same-sex marriage.
The bill is now on its way to the governor's desk to be signed into law. (Whew!)
Visualize me doing "The Snoopy Dance".
Intolerance is so Dark Ages.
* In the interest of full-disclosure... Personally, I agree w/Mae West SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-5870931190719189162011-06-23T19:57:00.000-07:002011-06-23T19:57:30.030-07:00Ahh, The Good Ol' Days... Remember When They Did This...? (Yeah, Me Neither.)
I received this priceless gem in an email today from Peter Koechley of MoveOn.org and was inspired to share it with as many of you as possible... Enjoy! SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-61736758692448157352011-06-20T10:50:00.000-07:002011-06-20T10:50:36.136-07:00Supreme Court Rules for Wal-Mart, Against Complainants in Sex Discrimination Case | AlterNetFirst there was the disastrous "citizen's united" ruling and, now, here's yet another example of how urgently we need to overhaul/change the Supreme Court.1.) Change the nomination/appointment process. 2.) Throw out the "for life" clause in the appointments/Add the option of issuing "pink slips" for incompetence. and 3.) Add some serious independent oversight.The Dark Ages have crept far SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-65893965120393060232011-06-20T03:15:00.000-07:002011-06-20T03:17:02.612-07:00Business Insider: Second Nebraska Nuclear Plant Threatened By FloodingHave YOU heard about the 2 nuclear plants in Nebraska threatened by floodwater?
If not, you're not alone.
Even before it was acknowledged that the second nuclear plant was being threatened, the threat to the first plant seems to have been rather - I dunno - methinks hush-hush is quite apropos.
As you probably recall, the Fukushima nuclear disaster involving three nuclear reactors and at least SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-56845347369585602652011-06-18T23:04:00.000-07:002011-06-18T23:04:43.768-07:00VIDEO: At Republican Leadership Conference, Obama Impersonator Tells Racist Jokes; Audience LaughsIMHO...That any political group - let alone one of our two major parties - would sink so low as to open their "Leadership" Conference with such a disrespectful (of our sitting President) and utterly racist manner is shameful, embarrassing to our nation and nauseating.Btw: Anyone know the name of the Uncle Tom?(From: Thinkprogress.org)"The nation’s GOP elite gathered in New Orleans this SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-7288637079759332252011-06-17T11:03:00.000-07:002011-06-17T11:10:49.348-07:00Wisconsin's Most Anti-Woman BudgetThe nationwide (and still ongoing) legislative attacks on women's health and healthcare providers are a timely (and serious) example of Why it is So Important that Every American Be Registered To Vote; Also, That Every One Understands The Facts Re: The Politicians and Measures/Propositions To Be on Their Particular Ballot; And, Especially, Everyone (Please) Vote, dammit.
Here's an article, SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-44010465797668003132011-06-13T16:25:00.000-07:002011-06-13T16:25:44.810-07:00You've Got The Look! You've Got The Look!... (Ugh!)Ladies (& Guys, I guess):
D'ya know that look a guy gives you - even one you know - where it's painfully obvious that said fellow is just seeing/looking at "a girl" - in fact, could be any girl - and he's not seeing/looking at You, whatsoever?...
(He could be looking at the proverbial "piece of meat"?)
As for me... I really, really abhor that look...'specially when it's followed by a come-on/SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-15685845532659103392011-05-31T16:04:00.000-07:002011-05-31T16:04:11.942-07:00Fukushima Japan: No More Headlines & Half-Life HeadachesFukushima Japan: No More Headlines & Half-Life Headaches
Nearly 3 months after a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck, the reactors at the Fukushima nuclear plant are still spewing radiation. The plant's operator, Tepco, has now confirmed that three of their reactors likely suffered meltdowns.
(Sigh.)
But, wait...
There is... well, maybe not "Hope", but... there's definitely "InspirationSFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-76290942233178404332011-05-31T15:21:00.000-07:002011-05-31T15:24:05.117-07:00World Health Organization: Cell phones/Mobiles 'May Cause Brain Cancer'Hello? Mom? Dad? Bro? (Other Bro?)...
See! I told you guys that I wasn't a Conspiracy Theorist.
* I simply happen to be Waaay Ahead of my Time.
And no, don't worry... I won't say "I told you so".
But... (Argh! It's soo tempting!)
Please tell me that you guys all remember back when I was posting all of those "Cell Phone Use & Brain Cancer" flyers all around town and I was telling everyone I SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-1267449823354014242011-05-31T14:52:00.000-07:002011-05-31T14:52:10.311-07:00BBC: Blackpool Shale Gas Drilling (Fracking) Suspended After QuakeFracking: It's not just about flame-throwing faucets, anymore...
(As if anyone could possibly need more reason than that to bring it the whole "Boom-ing" business to a grinding halt, bringing in Independent scientists/environmentalists and oversight and... take things S-L-O-W-L-Y.)
Apparently, the movie "Gasland" hasn't had it's needed impact in the ol' U.K.... yet.
Nope. Fire from our faucets SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-59525168124680419792011-05-30T17:12:00.000-07:002011-05-30T17:12:13.392-07:00Top Scientologist Charged With Coaching Sex Abuse Victim To Lie About AbuseAnd this group campaigns against psychiatry??...
"One of the Church of Scientology's most senior figures, Jan Eastgate, has been arrested and charged in Sydney. She has been charged with perverting the course of justice in relation to allegations she coached an 11-year-old girl to lie to police and community services about the sexual abuse she suffered from her stepfather who was a member ofSFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-82992379973452401132011-05-25T23:48:00.000-07:002011-05-25T23:48:25.329-07:00The Senate's LBJ Room: The Sistine Chapel Of The West It's Not. From TRMSThe Sistine Chapel Of The West It's Not...
In the 1850s, in what is presently the Senate's LBJ Room but what- at that time- was to be a library, the decorating decision-makers planned on showcasing four library-relevant-themed Neoclassic fresco-style paintings.
The four themes were to be: 1.) History 2.) Geography 3.) Philosophy and 4.) Print.
The first two paintings had been finished when, SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-82214431503958552762011-05-25T00:54:00.000-07:002011-05-25T00:54:43.436-07:00Medicare Medicare Medicare Key To Dem Win In NY House RaceYou're all familiar with the chant of "location, location, location", right?
Well, in yesterday's Special Election held in New York's 26th Congressional District, "location" certainly has special significance: Historically, NY26 has always been a Red oasis in the Great and predominantly Blue State of New York (they're so Red, they voted for Palladino...).
But, oh... The times... They are SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-82523143772403621162011-05-20T01:39:00.000-07:002011-05-20T01:39:01.792-07:00When Aliens Attack Interactive Survival Guide- National Geographic ChannelHey Boys & Girls (And Aliens):I just stumbled across this fun and interactive (and Informative) Survival Guide from the National Geographic Channel that helps to prepare you for when Aliens (or Republican Presidential Wanna-bes) Attack.Several helpful games included.Whatcha waiting for? Check it out!Enjoy!When Aliens Attack Interactive Survival Guide- National Geographic ChannelSFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-17031392096619547122011-05-18T23:03:00.000-07:002011-05-18T23:03:26.416-07:00McCain: Torture Ineffective. Santorum: McCain Doesn't Understand Torture. Dumb-De-Dumb-DumbBoth Senator John McCain & the Director of the CIA (who would definitely know) publicly refuted last week's rampant GOP claims which gave credit to the use of torture ("enhanced interrogation") in bringing about the death of Bin Laden.
Decidedly Un-Presidential candidate, Senator Rick Santorum's reply to McCain:
"McCain is wrong. He doesn't understand how enhanced interrogation works..."
Oh, SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-12247507913454055352011-05-18T22:14:00.000-07:002011-05-18T22:14:37.865-07:00GOP Senators Vote To Keep Greasing The Palms Of Big Oil - With $21 Billion In Taxpayer SubsidiesGOP Deficit Reduction Ideas:
Liquidate Fort Knox?
(This was satirical suggestion which appeared in The Onion about 3 weeks ago. And, it has actually been a suggestion offererd by some conservative politicians)
Sell Off Utah?
(The Federal government owns about 70% of the state. Armed with this little fun-fact, one conservative congress member, Dennis Ross (FL), voiced his opinion that we should SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-42557105263420132052011-05-17T17:35:00.000-07:002011-05-17T17:35:10.249-07:00From: J. Smooth. A Brief Note On Not Feeding The Trolls. (Troll: trump,d.)If you're unfamiliar with J. Smooth or "Ill Doctrine.com"...
Please check out this brief video.
It's a hip, clear, concise & to the point 'teaching moment' on...
The 24-Hr Cable News-Created Cult of Personality:
Subject: trump, d. (Small-case lettering is Intentional.)
Enjoy! (I did.)
(Thanks to The Rachel Maddow show for bringing J. Smooth and Ill Doctrine.com to my attention.)
SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-6788787577223626272011-05-13T21:03:00.000-07:002011-05-13T21:03:09.435-07:00Wasilla High School Choir fights intolerance to perform Queen song at graduationWasilla's (Yes, that Wasilla) High School symphonic jazz choir has been rehearsing Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" for their upcoming graduation all year.Then, Principal Dwight Probasco yanked the classic hit from the playlist.Why?Because, allegedly, a parent (intolerant twit) had made multiple complaints of inappropriateness since Queen's phenomenal late lead singer, Freddie Mercury, was gay...SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-54237819289575519092011-05-13T19:59:00.000-07:002011-05-13T19:59:49.813-07:00We Only Have Your 'Asbestos' Interests In Mind, Eh?"We Only Have Your 'Asbestos' Interests In Mind, Eh?..."
You might find this shocking, if you still live under the delusion that Canadians are harmless:
Asbestos, Quebec - a blue-collar Canadian mining town - is proudly selling 400,000 tons of chrysotile fiber (asbestos) a year to India. Not only that, they are also actively promoting greater use of the slow-hacking-death-inducing stuff SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-62408216753305843912011-04-30T02:42:00.000-07:002011-04-30T02:42:43.470-07:00"William And Kate's Big, Fat Anglican Wedding" - Or - "Let Them Eat (Wedding) Cake!"Re: The "Royal Wedding" of KaWill (or is it Willate?)...
* Here's a little Non-British Bonus:
Those of us who live outside of Great Britain may enjoy watching the shiny shindig (or not) from a distance...
Smiling throughout as we gaze at the happy couple, admire the exquisite dresses, sit slack-jawed gaping at the ornate carriages and - depending upon the camera angles - possibly notice theSFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-32838484257776741682011-04-27T17:07:00.000-07:002011-04-27T17:08:01.133-07:00Daily Show: Friends Without Benefits. GOP Sen. Stearns Says FU To 1st Responders...Off all the Bone-Headed, Idiotic & Infinitely-Offensive Congressional Amendments shoved into a bill before they'd begrudgingly approve it...
As if Congress's taking 9 yrs. just to pass a Healthcare Bill that would assist our 9/11 First Responders in paying for their medical expenses - paying for treatment of the cancers and the respiratory diseases they've developed after sifting through the SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-86825820477241228992011-04-26T08:52:00.000-07:002011-04-26T08:52:06.928-07:00Krugman Reviews: Deluded P.Ryan; bi-partisan if it kills ya Obama & Progressive Yes We Can PlansHey Boys & Girls:Below you will find a crystal clear, concise, to-the-point & user-friendly overview of the current federal budget proposals - Courtesy of Mr. Paul "Listen to the Voice of Reason" Krugman over at NYT.Mr. Krugman touches on the Big Three:Mr. Paul "I'm not Courageous/But I'm Cute - for a Republican" Ryan's Magical Thinking-Non Deficit Reducing-Robin Hoodlum GOP Plan; President SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-56496632760207481512011-04-26T05:03:00.000-07:002011-04-26T05:03:58.196-07:0011-Year Old Texas Girl Gang-Raped By 18+ Men & Boys. Community Expresses Concerns For... Her Rapists!Rape is a Crime of Violence. {Period.}Regardless of Appearance/Manner of Dress - No One "Asks for it" or "Deserves it". {Period.}
And yet, despite this - somehow - the practice of victim-blaming continues... even in respected media outlets... even when the rape victims are children.
In a Just World, during the trials of rapists, details on such minutiae as: the victim's make-up applicationSFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-17945944189077204452011-04-21T22:40:00.000-07:002011-04-21T22:42:22.476-07:00Daily Show: Tales of Principled Behavior- Obama Birth Cert. Mystery, Or Bill O'Reilly Just Blew My MindIf anyone at any moment throughout my Life had ever suggested to me that I would be expressing the following sentiment, I would have been either: A.) rendered completely helpless for a good five minutes (at least) due to convulsing into hysterical fits of laughter or... B.) suggested that they had - in that very instant - simply become irrevocably insane.
The words that I never (in a SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-52637367069505033162011-04-18T15:26:00.000-07:002011-04-18T15:26:44.346-07:004/18/11 Breaking News: San Francisco Bay Area Earthquake!Yippie-kai-yay!We just had an Earthquake. It was entered somewhat South of San Francisco.I felt a jolt-rumbling-jolt as the floor jerked and the walls rattled as I sat in my bedroom in a 100+yr. old Victorian.Current Estimate is: 3.8 on Richter.(My Dad says the smaller quakes release pressure, thereby staving off bigger quakes. *I don't know if that's true- but, it makes me feel better :) .) HadSFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-15450543426795001412011-04-15T08:30:00.000-07:002011-04-15T08:30:18.577-07:00Inquiring Minds Wanted To Know: Was Sarah Palin's Pregnancy A Hoax?Sure, throughout history, there have been women who chose to make an intentionally false claim of Pregnancy.But, never ever has any woman made such a claim on the scale of this recent example...Half-Governor Sarah Palin. And uh, no... I Kid You Not.Scandalous?Absolutely!Still... Apparently, La Palin wasn't actually preggers.And, not only that, but Trig isn't Palin's son - he's her grandson.Don'tSFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-87609339160222669232011-04-07T16:08:00.000-07:002011-04-07T16:08:51.383-07:00Versace 2011: That's Mighty White Of Them..."That's Mighty White Of Them..."
Umm...
I must say that, after having perused Versace's Fall/Winter 2011 Collection runway fashion show images, that I'm... Wow... Well, I'm...
I guess "Stunned" would be a good word.
Mind you, I don't mean "Stunned" in good way.
"Why?", you might ask... (Please Ask.)
Because every single runway model - in both Versace's men's & women's collections - is... SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-10667983128777360352011-03-23T20:54:00.000-07:002011-03-23T20:54:21.398-07:00This one's short & sweet: *Best Shop Sign (*Ever)...Best Shop Sign*:
(*Ever)
"Unattended Children Will Be Either Eaten Or Sold Into Slavery."
- Braindrops Piercing & Tattoo (You gotta Love Tha Haight.)
I happened to see this sign after deciding to let my facial piercing (self-pierced by Yours Truly) close and get a new professional piercing done in its place.
Me: Hollow piercing needles? Go figure! What will they think of next?
(I'd SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-33198650137177763292011-03-23T11:44:00.000-07:002011-03-23T19:58:08.295-07:00Porpoise rescued from rice field after Japan tsunami
Pet shop owner Ryo Taira rescues the young fin-less porpoise from a flooded rice paddy two km (1mi) inland. (AFP/Asahi)
(Yess!) I just found this golden nugget of Good News originating from tsunami-devastated Sendai, Japan (Insert visual of me doing the "Happy Dance", here):
Japanese animal rescue volunteers have saved a porpoise from a rice field after it washed two kilometres inland by SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-27737887237452429772011-03-15T19:11:00.000-07:002011-03-15T19:37:16.645-07:00Victim of Bullying A Web Hero! Have YOU Body-Slammed A Bully Today?!A Warning To Bullies Everywhere:
No matter how big and bad you think you are - there's going to be someone bigger and badder than you.
And, there's this (I'm speaking now as a former bullied kid):
You think you're getting away with... you do it all the time... anytime... to anyone...
And well, hell, no one's raised a finger to stop you.
And (contrary to what nearly every single adult suggest SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-16855054001878102962011-03-15T00:08:00.000-07:002011-03-15T00:08:34.215-07:00Japan's Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant: Where 3 Isn't Company - It's A Catastrophe.As if you didn't need anymore reasons to dislike Mondays...
As if the devastating 8.9 quake and subsequent tsunami in Japan, followed shortly thereafter by the news (with video) of an explosion at the building housing a nuclear reactor at one of Japan's 50 nuclear plants wasn't enough...
Here's an update:
There are three reactors at Fukushima's Dai-ichi nuclear power plant which are now facing SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-5323779357907680412011-03-12T04:10:00.000-08:002011-03-12T04:10:45.388-08:00Location Location Location, Right? So, How Did Japan End Up W/50 Nuclear Plants?Japan is one nation I'd never have expected to go with the perpetually-poisonous (toxic waste w/half-lives) and potentially disastrous-beyond-belief route of energy production that is nuclear power.
Boy, was I wrong.
Despite it's geographical location, which is smack in the midst of " The Ring of Fire" and despite being struck, frequently, by sizable Earthquakes which are often SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-74985938875818588872011-02-18T14:38:00.000-08:002011-02-18T14:38:49.656-08:00Apathetic Americans: Please Take A Lesson From The Inspiring People Of Wisconsin.Wisconsin's Republican Governor Walker and Republican State Legislators are in the midst of a Modern Day Witch-hunt... A Union-Busting, Democratic Campaign Donation-Eradicating Witch-hunt.
It appears that they thought that if they:
A.)Lied about the reasons for their actions. and if they
B.) Steam-rolled and strong-armed their anti-middle class legislation through like greased lightning...
SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053861.post-84305527860496775742011-02-15T23:13:00.000-08:002011-02-15T23:13:10.367-08:00The Bane Of The GOP And Of Congress: House Majority Speaker John BoehnerPost Mid-Term Elections: Republicans snookered enough voters to take a majority of seats in The House Of Representatives.
The reigning GOP leadership - individually and collectively - made a point to declare before the press and for-the-record that: The Republican Party is "... all about Jobs. Jobs. And Jobs.".
O.K., so be it. Make it so, Mr. Speaker. Create more jobs for Americans. Like you SFGrrl Wonderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15108741572272916681noreply@blogger.com0