Dirty Politics – Page 14

The Vajayjay, the Womb, the AIDS test, the Eternal Battle

In a last-minute dick move we may as well have expected from the Bush administration, newly introduced regulations mean that basically anyone can refuse a woman health services now, for as long as their decision is based on nebulous “beliefs.” As Jill points out over on Feministe, this is being framed as an abortion issue,Continue reading “The Vajayjay, the Womb, the AIDS test, the Eternal Battle”

Speaking of trafficking and sex-work… Look what W is up to!

Some of the outgoing president’s decisions are disturbing to the extreme. Check this out: …The administration also wants to deny funding to organizations that help victims of sex trafficking if they also advocate legalized consensual prostitution. These and others can be found on ProPublica.org’s list of midnight regulations. Awesome. Once again, slavery and sex-work areContinue reading “Speaking of trafficking and sex-work… Look what W is up to!”

The mortal sin of disliking Sarah Palin

I think that this LJ author said it best: Woman A: I don’t like Sarah Palin. Woman B: YOU DON’T LIKE WOMEN! Woman A: No, I don’t like Sarah Palin. I liked Hillary Clinton a whole lot, remember? Woman B: YOU DON’T LIKE WOMEN! Woman A: You’re being unreasonable. Woman B: YOU SAID WOMEN AREContinue reading “The mortal sin of disliking Sarah Palin”

Brawl in Ukrainian Parliament

I love how the news still insists that Yuschenko is our “pro-Western” leader, when he is, in fact, our pro-Yuschenko leader. At least they’ve eased up on the “OMIGOD he was so HOT before he was poisoned” stuff, or so it would seem. The vultures are perched up high and watching.

Dear John McCain – No thank you

I was listening to Voice of America in Ukrainian the other day, and lo and behold, there was a segment on how McCain is targeting Ukrainian-American voters. And his entire shtick with that is apparently “f*ck Russia… I mean, I will help keep Ukraine independent.” No, you’ll just “help” split Ukraine in two. I’ve saidContinue reading “Dear John McCain – No thank you”