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Thermal Thursday: Chasing the Devil
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Thermal Thursday: Gun Laws: The Love of Money is the Root of All Evil
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Thermal Thursday: Progressive Christianity and Equal Justice: With Jon...
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View ArticleThis Week in the War on Women, 4/2-8/23: Justice Edition
I’ve been thinking a lot this week about “equal justice under the law,” one of our supposed American values. The indictment and arrest of $Rump seems like the least that needs to be done. Not only do...
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Thermal Thursday: Progressive Christianity and Enemies
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This Week in the War on Women, 4/9-15/23: Crime and Taxes
It’s April 15! Happy Tax Day! Get your return in on time! Just kidding. Since today is Saturday, and DC has its own Emancipation Day holiday about April 16 (the anniversary of the end of slavery in DC)...
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Thermal Thursday: Open Thread
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Thermal Thursday: Justice Open Thread
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Thermal Thursday: Progressive Christianity and LGBTQ+ Again
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View ArticleThis Week in the War on Women: With a Poll!
I have recently found out that I have been neglected by the so-called medical establishment, resulting in a lot more hassle for me and my family, and I am livid! I am so upset that I don’t even want to...
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Thermal Thursday: Rich Versus Poor Justice Edition
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Thermal Thursday: Caregiving Edition
First of all, a HUGE Thank You! To the anonymous donor who renewed my DKos subscription for me. It’s a much more functional website because subscriptions eliminate most or all ads, making the...
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Thermal Thursday: Open Community Thread
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Thermal Thursday: Medical Scheduling Misery
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This Week in the War on Women, 05/28/23-06/03/23: Happy LGBTQ Pride Month!
LGBTQ Pride Month has begun and the stakes seem higher than ever. Here is a brief history, www.history.com/… Since it was called Gay Pride Month, the name has changed to be more inclusive, with some...
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Thermal Thursday: My Crappy Day
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Thermal Thursday: Fare Well, My Online Friends
I don’t usually start at the beginning on #ThermalThursday, but just to be clear for any startled rollovers: I have lost two good online friends this past week, Ekaterin and CameronProf. That’s what...
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Thermal Thursday: Does It Matter If We Think The Christian God Is Cruel?
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Thermal Thursday: A New Catchphrase
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This Week in the War on Women, 6/25-7/1/23: Women in Climate
As I look out the window at the haze from Canada’s worst wildfire season in decades, despite our location in upstate NY being about 500 miles away from the nearest flames, I think “surely there are...
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Thermal Thursday: Seven New Deadly Sins and Calls to Action
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View ArticleThis Week in the War on Women, 7/9-15/23: Good News from Suburbia
Our local village had an election in June for mayor and council. And behold, the decades-long red government (with many contests often having gone uncontested) flipped unanimously to blue (that is, all...
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Thermal Thursday: Project Liberty
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This Week in the War on Women, 8/20-26/23: Another Caretaker Edition
Welp, as usual caretaking duties for the elderly are a lot more strenuous than many (men!) like to admit, so I am running way late. Please use this space to chat, and I will add items to the diary...
View ArticleThis Week in the War on Women, 9/24-30/23: Another Caregiver Edition
Since caregivers are so overwhelmingly women, I find this an appropriate opening topic for WOW. And since I care about climate, I have recently been wondering about adult diapers (Mom is bed-bound, so...
View ArticleCombating the Climate Crisis, One Issue at a Time: Your Halloween Pumpkin
As I’ve been repeating for a while, we do have many climate crisis solutions and one of the BIG ones is to stop wasting food! Stopping food waste would make a big improvement in the climate crisis,...
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This Week in the War on Women, 12/10-16/23: Strength Edition
Lately I have read report after report on Daily Kos about gerrymandering and Democratic politicians retiring because their old districts are now bright red, they can no longer win, so they are moving...
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This Week in the War on Women, 12/31/2023-1/6/2024 - Open Thread
Welp, it’s been a strange week, so we have no author tonight. Please consider this an Open Thread. Pull up a chair, pour yourself some coffee and chat, let us know what’s going on in your world, and...
View ArticleReligious Freedom Day: Freedom OF and FROM Religion: With POLL!
Happy Religious Freedom Day! What, didn’t know? Yep, every January 16 is RFD. From President Biden’s Proclamation (emphasis mine): The constitutional right to practice our faiths peacefully and...
View ArticleThis Week in the War on Women, 1/14-20/2024: Positives and Negatives: With a...
I inadvertently fell asleep on the couch before writing my pithy opening tonight! So let’s just start with a smart, well-prepared, emotionally mature young girl: Indiana girl, 10, given award for...
View ArticleThis Week in the War on Women, 2/11-17/2024: Awards Edition: With a Poll!
In the spirit of the great WOW2 diaries, I am searching for notably accomplished women who you may have never heard of. Women are doing new great things every day! Checking the news for awards brought...
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This Week in the War on Women: Open Thread 03/03/24-03/09/24
Published yesterday, I found this interesting: From Psychology Today (author has a Ph.D in cognitive psychology): Debunking the Myth of the Man-Hating Feminist: How feminist women have been seriously...
View ArticleThis Week in the War on Women, 3/10-16/24: Rewards and Punishments Edition
Let’s start with a somewhat disturbing punishment: The parents of murderous school shooter Ethan Crumbley have been convicted of involuntary manslaughter, first the mother in February, now the father....
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This Week in the War on Women, 4/14-20/24: More Tech in Trouble Edition
In slightly weird news, Women Who Code is shutting down! I know, tech is having problems everywhere, and especially websites are having to figure out funding streams. But WWC is far from just a...
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Happy Palindrome Day!!! Illustrated; with a Poll!
That’s right, today is (without the punctuation) 42424. Or backwards, 42424. These days don’t happen often — the next will be along in one month, one day and one year! Usually palindromes are forgiven...
View ArticleThis Week in the War on Women, 5/12-18/24: Another Caregiver Edition
Whew, another stressful week in caregiving! For those of you who are also taking care of elderly or disabled friends or relatives, recognise that part of your stress is because of our culture, from...
View ArticleThis Week in the War on Women, 6/9-15/24: Cheffery Edition
I like to start out with some amazing women doing amazing things recently. So:According to the NY Times: The James Beard Chef and Restaurant Awards were presented Monday evening, June 10:To some...
View ArticleThe Biden Interview: That Went Better Than I Expected
I did not try to type up a transcript whilst President Biden spoke with George Stephanopoulos (hereafter George, as with all due respect I can only spell his last name with a lot of help from...
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This Week in the War on Women, 7/7-13/24: Project 2025 Part 1
Project 2025, as you have probably heard, is the 900+-page monstrosity (in all senses of the word) created by the Heritage Foundation and their ilk to remake the federal government in their own fascist...
View ArticleBREAKING: $RUMP Press Conference
From the UK Independent: Finally they call him like he is:Harris-Trump live: Ex-President says he’d debate Harris 3 times in September duringlie-filled press conferenceJust a quickie because this is...
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This Week in the War on Women: 8/11-17/24: Project 2025 Part 2
Project 2025 is the 900+-page monstrosity (in all senses of the word) created by the Heritage Foundation and their ilk to remake the federal government in their own fascist image. They figure nobody...
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This Week in the War on Women, 9/8-14/24: Kamala Harris Debate edition
Trigger warning: Discussion of sad pregnancy outcomes! In light of the debate, though, I think we need to face facts. Let’s debunk the most egregious lie from this past week’s debate between VP Harris...
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This Week in the War on Women, 10/13-19/24
Of course the main thing on everyone’s mind is, what is VP Harris doing today? You will be happy to know that she was in Detroit earlier today with singer Lizzo. And she is in Atlanta this evening with...
View ArticleVEEERRY Interesting... Election Thread Discussion
Welp, I went to the polls this afternoon and thought you might like to know my observations. Especially given that NY polls don’t close until 9 and final counts aren’t expected until later this month!...
View ArticleThis Week in the War on Women, 12/29/24-1/4/25: Reaching Out Edition
What the heck happened to our votes in November? I am still trying to figure it out. There are approximately 245 million eligible voters in the United States. Of those about 155 million actually voted...
View ArticleDo Not Share This Photo! $Rump and RFKJr might not like it!
NPR has learned, from more than one source at the CDC, that the $Rump administration and the Department of Health and Human Services led by RFK Jr. told them to stop the paid flu vaccine campaign. As...
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This Week in the War on Women 3/16-22/25: Medical Open Thread
I don’t have a lot of time this week, but let’s start with some women’s medical news!How can women advocate for themselves when it comes to health?Learn about your condition from reputable sources,...
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UPDATED: Screw-Ups: $Rump Team Sends Journalist War Plans; They Don't Even...
The Atlantic just reported on this colossal Screw-Up Crew about 2 hours before I wrote this and I didn't see it reported here, so here we go: The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War...
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This Week in the War on Women, 3/23-29/25: Open Thread: Coping
In these fraught times, I thought it might be a good idea to discuss coping with the war on women, rather than dwelling on the Mu$k/$Rump (Mumps) crap show tonight. So I hope readers and commenters...
View ArticleSomewhat Reassuring: AP: "Social Security Administration probes origin of...
Also letters sent “by mistake”. It’s not just you. I have seen some diaries and comments here at DKos about dysfunction when they try to sign onto the Social Security portal. The SSA knows and says...
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