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Feb. 23rd, 2011 01:06 amThere are reports of mercenaries firing indiscriminately into crowds in Tripoli.
* From a BPAL forum discussion of historical birth control, photos of early modern douches (possibly NWS): http://bigblogofmedievalmiscellany.blogspot.com/search/label/douche
It is amazing how much I know about ancient world, medieval, and late 19th-early twentieth century prophylactics.
The site is well worth exploring for it's odds and ends of culture just generally.
* RIP, Nicholas Courtney, best known as "The Brigadier." I grew up watching this man act on Doctor Who, and he was as familiar and comforting to my child self as Mr. Rogers. http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2011/02/nicholas-courtney-doctor-who-actor-dies-at-81.html
* A lovely thing on Nicholas Courtneyt, with pictures of "the Brig" with various Doctors: http://box-in-the-box.livejournal.com/486668.html?style=mine
* I have never and will never benefit from WIC, but I support prenatal care and early nutrition for newborns and their mothers. Why are they cutting WIC while claiming women need to die from ectopic pregnancy to protect the "life" of nonviable cells? If the reason they want to let women with miscarriages die is because even already dead fetuses are more important than the lives of women, why don't they want to retain funding that increases the chances of healthy fetuses and newborns? Isn't that incredibly hypocritical? Pro life my ass.
* Also, if they consider fetuses so sacred, why don't they have the same reverence for toddlers? Why is the same budget cutting head start money, when head start is the most effective thing you can do to improve the future health and learning of those small human beings as they grow? It seems to me, all those supposedly "pro-life" republicans should be in favour of the well being of toddlers and small children and not just fetuses, and yet somehow, they are vehemently against it. It's almost like they don't give a damn about the children in poverty they are demanding to be brought into the world whether or not there is any money to pay for them. I say, if you are "pro-life" you need to also be in favour of preserving the lives, health, education, and wellbeing of the already born instead of insisting the only lives that matter are the ones that have never drawn breath. One can debate when life begins, but I have trouble seeing how breathing, eating, moving toddlers, teenagers, adult women, and doctors don't count as alive.
* Possibly NWS, though only the man is topless. I just really like how this is drawn: http://www.lutherlevy.com/?p=979
* Ezra Klein and Chris Hayes on Republican Union busting:
* From a BPAL forum discussion of historical birth control, photos of early modern douches (possibly NWS): http://bigblogofmedievalmiscellany.blogspot.com/search/label/douche
It is amazing how much I know about ancient world, medieval, and late 19th-early twentieth century prophylactics.
The site is well worth exploring for it's odds and ends of culture just generally.
* RIP, Nicholas Courtney, best known as "The Brigadier." I grew up watching this man act on Doctor Who, and he was as familiar and comforting to my child self as Mr. Rogers. http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2011/02/nicholas-courtney-doctor-who-actor-dies-at-81.html
* A lovely thing on Nicholas Courtneyt, with pictures of "the Brig" with various Doctors: http://box-in-the-box.livejournal.com/486668.html?style=mine
* I have never and will never benefit from WIC, but I support prenatal care and early nutrition for newborns and their mothers. Why are they cutting WIC while claiming women need to die from ectopic pregnancy to protect the "life" of nonviable cells? If the reason they want to let women with miscarriages die is because even already dead fetuses are more important than the lives of women, why don't they want to retain funding that increases the chances of healthy fetuses and newborns? Isn't that incredibly hypocritical? Pro life my ass.
* Also, if they consider fetuses so sacred, why don't they have the same reverence for toddlers? Why is the same budget cutting head start money, when head start is the most effective thing you can do to improve the future health and learning of those small human beings as they grow? It seems to me, all those supposedly "pro-life" republicans should be in favour of the well being of toddlers and small children and not just fetuses, and yet somehow, they are vehemently against it. It's almost like they don't give a damn about the children in poverty they are demanding to be brought into the world whether or not there is any money to pay for them. I say, if you are "pro-life" you need to also be in favour of preserving the lives, health, education, and wellbeing of the already born instead of insisting the only lives that matter are the ones that have never drawn breath. One can debate when life begins, but I have trouble seeing how breathing, eating, moving toddlers, teenagers, adult women, and doctors don't count as alive.
* Possibly NWS, though only the man is topless. I just really like how this is drawn: http://www.lutherlevy.com/?p=979
* Ezra Klein and Chris Hayes on Republican Union busting:
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