Jul
28
This is the second in the VirusHead Saturday postings of Laurie Anderson’s Public (Personal) Service Announcements.
It’s about the response of a “bunny” at the Playboy Club, where protesters (including Anderson) were calling attention to the economic exploitation of women and the treatment of women as animals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnS8Y4Qazhs
So if you want to talk about women and money…. [...]
Mar
21
It has been standard modus operandi of this administration that when it doesn’t like the facts, it stops the flow of information. Here’s yet another example.
We all know that the government prints money, and regulates the amount it prints to help control some factors of our economy. Whatever your theories or ideas might be about [...]
Mar
13
It is an extraordinary time.
We borrow money from other countries so that rich people don’t have to pay taxes.
We borrow money from other countries and let private corporations steal it.
And somehow, the American people seem to be all right with that.
Mar
05
I’ve been having an extended discussion/argument with a Canadian Jehovah’s Witness in the comments of an old post. Feel free to read the whole thing if you can bear it. Yes. It’s long. I know. There were some resources in my latest reply that I thought might help others - so here’s a piece:
Most of [...]
Aug
27
“Men by their constitutions are naturally divided into two parties: 1. Those who fear and distrust the people, and wish to draw all powers from them into the hands of the higher classes. 2. Those who identify themselves with the people, have confidence in them, cherish and consider them as the most honest and safe, [...]
Aug
18
“The tooth fairy must have really liked that tooth.”
“The only states I know are Georgia, Florida, Texas, Mexico and Japan.”
“When I’m a man, and you and Daddy are still alive, would you give me some money?”
Jul
03
tagged ~ I’m it. Ethereal Girl has tagged me for this meme. Of course, I’m way behind and just today found it!
1. What were three of the stupidest things you have done in your life?
I could have gone to Oxford for a summer of Shakespeare, but I stayed in the States because my boyfriend “would [...]