By LisaB on Oct 10, 2008 in ACORN, Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud, Barack Obama, Bill Ayers, British, Current Affairs, DNC idiocy, Defunct Democratic Party, Race, Race Card, Racism, campaign | 59 Comments
1) Iceland considers bankruptcy. From the International Herald Tribune:
People go bankrupt all the time. Companies do, too. But countries?
Iceland was on the verge of doing exactly that on Thursday as the government shut down the stock market and seized control of its last major independent bank. That brought trading in the country’s currency to a [...]
By Uppity Woman on Sep 11, 2008 in Abortion, Abuse, Barack Obama, Current Affairs, DNC, Defunct Democratic Party, Democratic Party, Disenfranchisement, Donna Brazile, Equal Pay, Gender Bias, Hillary Clinton, Howard Dean, Media Bias, Misogyny, Nancy Pelosi, Sexism, women | 74 Comments
One Half of the famous fowl-mouthed Fowler couple offers an apology. We’re still waiting for one from the other half. You know, her husband Pat Robertson, the guy who thinks a hurricane during the Republican convention was a special gift to him from God.
In an interview posted on the political Web site Politico, Chairwoman Carol [...]
By medusa on Sep 2, 2008 in Arrogance, Ayers, Bamboozling, Barack Obama, Defunct Democratic Party, Misogyny, Sarah Palin, Sexism, Shakesville, Tennessee Guerilla Women | 233 Comments
Do people have any idea how exhausting it is to have to defend women from the constant torrent of sexism and misogyny? But no matter how exhausting, it is our principles as progressives which are under assault. We have to defend women, even in 2008. McEwan makes the point clearly:
I cannot walk away from misogyny [...]
