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http://fairfaxcity.patch.com/articles/us-ranks-as-25th-best-country-to-be-a-mother
Not sure if anything needs to be said about this article that isn't obvious to those reading it. How can we make it better in the U.S. for people to be parents? You constantly hear the right wing making innuendoes and speeches akin to how the decline in the birth rate is making it easier for immigrants to come in and so forth, and of course the whole anti-abortion stance... After reading this article, one has to wonder how they can sync their need for American women to pop out more kids when the environment to do so in is so much worse off than in ALL the other industrialized nations.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/14/new-obama-ad-seeks-to-undercut-romney-record-on-jobs/
Wouldn't it be interesting to make a connection to the “Greed is Good” Wallstreet film… Gecko = Mittens?
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/05/obama-newsweek-cover-gay-president-/1?csp=34news
Misleading title and magazine cover may create a bit of hoopla and mixed feelings for both supporters and detractors of the president. I get where the author of the article is coming from but Newsweek is putting this image on its cover for the sensationalist reaction that it will engender and not because it is a good representation of the content of the article.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304451104577392261536405038.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_read
No. Dads are the new “co-parents” you misleading idiotic title makers. Seriously?! Did the WSJ just proceed to denigrate women and their role as mothers… lemme guess, on Mothers Day? I guess the “stay-at-home Dad,” Dad/Father monikers aren't sensationalist enough? Oh, and Universality forfend that the WSJ might even contemplate a situation where it is a gay couple that either adopted or surrogate-sourced a child… It almost seems like they are attempting to say that a majority or average amount of men do more than women in the parenting role (in their opinion) but refrain from saying so because it would be an outright lie; some men DO do more than their partner/spouse, but it has been negotiated that way in the relationship. The fact is that each couple has to learn what works best for them as individuals, and that each couple also can’t assume current status quo is going to work for them for the life of the relationship. The breakdown of who does what (chores, etc) occurs according to preference, ability and negotiations when it is something both abhor to do. And let’s not stop there – what about the relationships that are made up of more than two people?
This was the best quote from the article, IMHO: “As men adjust to contemporary family life, Mr. Coltrane speculates that American culture may be on its way to phasing out the gendered roles of "husband and wife" and "father and mother" and replacing them with the functional roles of "spouse and parent."” I thought this was the best part of the article because it actually touched on the fact that spouse and parent can be functional roles without having a gender or sexual orientation attached to it. Wonder when people will start discussing renewable term marriage contracts as a replacement for the "till death or divorce" setup we have currently.
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/05/alt-text-scams/
Interesting and relevant.
http://www.wired.com/design/2012/05/identity-protection-wallpaper/
Tinfoil hat for your HOUSE! Sweet. They should make it industrial strength for house “wrapping” underneath the siding (like something you can layer on underneath the insulation layer). But this is not going to affect WINDOWS and what about people who like to sit on their deck? Somewhat useful…
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/14/opinion/a-better-pro-bono-plan.html?_r=1&hp
This should be changed to say Minimum, 50 pro bono service hours PER YEAR by all licensed lawyers. I mean, really, how can he even think about setting up destitute clients with unlicensed legal representation? For shame! However, a pro bono tax credit with a cap might be a really good incentive to get the entire profession in the mood to do some good for their communities. Of course, there will be caveats about not representing wealthy people for free or any of their normal client base, etc.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/14/business/media/audiences-now-rarely-drawn-to-live-television.html?ref=business?src=dayp
This is the reason I rarely watch things on SyFy or CBS… or any other channel that doesn’t make it easier for someone to watch their programming without having to have a cable subscription. I love my HuluPlus – and as long as their commercials don’t cut into the programming too much (BTW HULU, pay attention here: for each block of commercials, they should only last a total of 3 minutes, TOPS, and three blocks is enough for a ½ hour show, five blocks for a 1 hour show… and stop putting ads at the END OF THE SHOW, I AM NOT GOING TO WATCH THEM {it only started a week or so ago, they stick a block of commercials into the space between the end of the show and the show’s credit roll} bad enough you put them at the beginning of the show). Both of the mentioned channels have onerous online streaming experiences and do not offer their content to services like HuluPlus.
Anyone know if HBO or any of the other “pay” channels have subscription by show services? That might be a good idea for them to bring in more subscribers. Maybe networks should serve themselves ala cart to consumers directly, through “aggregater services” like HuluPlus or even on the device itself (like my Roku). That – would be great.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/logic-and-neutrality/
This article caught my eye b/c it has a great drawing of Spock talking to Sherlock Holmes. When reading through it, I was impressed by the erudite nature of the article itself. Good thought provoking stuff, something for the mind to chew on slowly in order to savor the taste of all those cool words.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/14/opinion/backward-on-domestic-violence.html
Getting mixed feelings about this… should it just get passed and then amended later? No. Looks like the current version as approved by the Senate should get passed. What the hell is the House thinking? *disgust* Why rip out all the wonderful stuff the Senate put into the bill... AND remove a list of currently protected people? IDIOTS!
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/opinion/sunday/fables-of-wealth.html?src=me&ref=general
Wow. Just wow. So corporations are sociopaths/psychopaths and about 10% of the people who work on Wall Street are psychopaths… does capitalism encourage/reward socio- and psycho-pathic behavior? I've had discussions with people about the corporate personhood claptrap but hadn't heard the capitalist argument before. Very interesting. Glad I work for a cooperative.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/opinion/sunday/the-amygdala-made-me-do-it.html?src=me&ref=general&pagewanted=all
Final article of the day for me was this little tidbit. I had a flashback to Adam Sandler's Waterboy film when I saw the title. Now I am waiting for someone to site these various books in a legal defense... Perhaps put forward by a lawyer, representing someone pro bono ala my above argument, in NYC?
What say you mateys?
Not sure if anything needs to be said about this article that isn't obvious to those reading it. How can we make it better in the U.S. for people to be parents? You constantly hear the right wing making innuendoes and speeches akin to how the decline in the birth rate is making it easier for immigrants to come in and so forth, and of course the whole anti-abortion stance... After reading this article, one has to wonder how they can sync their need for American women to pop out more kids when the environment to do so in is so much worse off than in ALL the other industrialized nations.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/14/new-obama-ad-seeks-to-undercut-romney-record-on-jobs/
Wouldn't it be interesting to make a connection to the “Greed is Good” Wallstreet film… Gecko = Mittens?
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/05/obama-newsweek-cover-gay-president-/1?csp=34news
Misleading title and magazine cover may create a bit of hoopla and mixed feelings for both supporters and detractors of the president. I get where the author of the article is coming from but Newsweek is putting this image on its cover for the sensationalist reaction that it will engender and not because it is a good representation of the content of the article.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304451104577392261536405038.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_read
No. Dads are the new “co-parents” you misleading idiotic title makers. Seriously?! Did the WSJ just proceed to denigrate women and their role as mothers… lemme guess, on Mothers Day? I guess the “stay-at-home Dad,” Dad/Father monikers aren't sensationalist enough? Oh, and Universality forfend that the WSJ might even contemplate a situation where it is a gay couple that either adopted or surrogate-sourced a child… It almost seems like they are attempting to say that a majority or average amount of men do more than women in the parenting role (in their opinion) but refrain from saying so because it would be an outright lie; some men DO do more than their partner/spouse, but it has been negotiated that way in the relationship. The fact is that each couple has to learn what works best for them as individuals, and that each couple also can’t assume current status quo is going to work for them for the life of the relationship. The breakdown of who does what (chores, etc) occurs according to preference, ability and negotiations when it is something both abhor to do. And let’s not stop there – what about the relationships that are made up of more than two people?
This was the best quote from the article, IMHO: “As men adjust to contemporary family life, Mr. Coltrane speculates that American culture may be on its way to phasing out the gendered roles of "husband and wife" and "father and mother" and replacing them with the functional roles of "spouse and parent."” I thought this was the best part of the article because it actually touched on the fact that spouse and parent can be functional roles without having a gender or sexual orientation attached to it. Wonder when people will start discussing renewable term marriage contracts as a replacement for the "till death or divorce" setup we have currently.
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/05/alt-text-scams/
Interesting and relevant.
http://www.wired.com/design/2012/05/identity-protection-wallpaper/
Tinfoil hat for your HOUSE! Sweet. They should make it industrial strength for house “wrapping” underneath the siding (like something you can layer on underneath the insulation layer). But this is not going to affect WINDOWS and what about people who like to sit on their deck? Somewhat useful…
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/14/opinion/a-better-pro-bono-plan.html?_r=1&hp
This should be changed to say Minimum, 50 pro bono service hours PER YEAR by all licensed lawyers. I mean, really, how can he even think about setting up destitute clients with unlicensed legal representation? For shame! However, a pro bono tax credit with a cap might be a really good incentive to get the entire profession in the mood to do some good for their communities. Of course, there will be caveats about not representing wealthy people for free or any of their normal client base, etc.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/14/business/media/audiences-now-rarely-drawn-to-live-television.html?ref=business?src=dayp
This is the reason I rarely watch things on SyFy or CBS… or any other channel that doesn’t make it easier for someone to watch their programming without having to have a cable subscription. I love my HuluPlus – and as long as their commercials don’t cut into the programming too much (BTW HULU, pay attention here: for each block of commercials, they should only last a total of 3 minutes, TOPS, and three blocks is enough for a ½ hour show, five blocks for a 1 hour show… and stop putting ads at the END OF THE SHOW, I AM NOT GOING TO WATCH THEM {it only started a week or so ago, they stick a block of commercials into the space between the end of the show and the show’s credit roll} bad enough you put them at the beginning of the show). Both of the mentioned channels have onerous online streaming experiences and do not offer their content to services like HuluPlus.
Anyone know if HBO or any of the other “pay” channels have subscription by show services? That might be a good idea for them to bring in more subscribers. Maybe networks should serve themselves ala cart to consumers directly, through “aggregater services” like HuluPlus or even on the device itself (like my Roku). That – would be great.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/logic-and-neutrality/
This article caught my eye b/c it has a great drawing of Spock talking to Sherlock Holmes. When reading through it, I was impressed by the erudite nature of the article itself. Good thought provoking stuff, something for the mind to chew on slowly in order to savor the taste of all those cool words.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/14/opinion/backward-on-domestic-violence.html
Getting mixed feelings about this… should it just get passed and then amended later? No. Looks like the current version as approved by the Senate should get passed. What the hell is the House thinking? *disgust* Why rip out all the wonderful stuff the Senate put into the bill... AND remove a list of currently protected people? IDIOTS!
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/opinion/sunday/fables-of-wealth.html?src=me&ref=general
Wow. Just wow. So corporations are sociopaths/psychopaths and about 10% of the people who work on Wall Street are psychopaths… does capitalism encourage/reward socio- and psycho-pathic behavior? I've had discussions with people about the corporate personhood claptrap but hadn't heard the capitalist argument before. Very interesting. Glad I work for a cooperative.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/opinion/sunday/the-amygdala-made-me-do-it.html?src=me&ref=general&pagewanted=all
Final article of the day for me was this little tidbit. I had a flashback to Adam Sandler's Waterboy film when I saw the title. Now I am waiting for someone to site these various books in a legal defense... Perhaps put forward by a lawyer, representing someone pro bono ala my above argument, in NYC?
What say you mateys?
