Cutting Cable

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Sunday December 01, 2013 · 10:34 AM PST

2013/12/01 · 10:34

About a month ago I received a letter from my cable company thanking me for my loyalty and reminding me that my two year contract was about to expire. The letter informed me that I was going to get a 'customer appreciation discount' of $24.00 off my monthly bill. At first, I just assumed that it would be taken off my regular bill, but decided to call the company, just to be sure.

Boy, am I glad I did.

Ferretlass

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Monday June 06, 2011 · 4:57 AM PDT

2011/06/06 · 04:57

http://www.prurgent.com/...

I really wish I was making this up, but apparently the anti-choice camp has now gotten into the movie making biz by producing this 'gem'. No, I did not even watch the trailer, because the premise of the film is so downright creepy. Having no interest in ever seeing this drek, I can just imagine the ending: the kidnapped women pop their kids out, decide they all want to stay with their captors and become baby mills.

Ferretlass

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Tuesday July 27, 2010 · 6:11 AM PDT

2010/07/27 · 06:11

Sunday I went to a local farmer's market and one of the vendors had a crate full of kittens. One in particular was too adorable to resist, so we now have a new kitten to the menagerie. I've grown up in a household with many pets, and mine is pretty diverse; three aquariums of various sizes, five ferrets, a pair of zebra finches, a corn snake and now two cats.

Ferretlass

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Friday May 28, 2010 · 5:52 AM PDT

2010/05/28 · 05:52

According to a NYT article a new study outside the US has come to the conclusion that laws forcing women to have ultrasounds before having an abortion do not change the women's mind!

Ferretlass

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Monday May 18, 2009 · 5:24 AM PDT

2009/05/18 · 05:24

Yes, there are extremists on both sides of the abortion debate. I stand firmly and proudly on the pro-choice side, not only because of my personal experiences, but because I feel it is not the government's place to tell me what to do if and when I become pregnant. I also believe that the government should not legislate the dogma and ideology of any particular religion on it's citizens.

Ferretlass

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Tuesday November 18, 2008 · 8:21 AM PST

2008/11/18 · 08:21

My husband just was put back on indefinate layoff again last week. He worked at a plant that makes interior parts for SUVs and trucks. He was just recalled from another indefinate layoff that lasted for nearly three years this February.

more of this sad tale after the fold:

Ferretlass

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Wednesday July 30, 2008 · 7:41 AM PDT

2008/07/30 · 07:41

I have a lot of sympathy for the people of the Unitarian church in Tennessee. When the story first broke, I had a bad feeling about the motive and was saddened to see that my suspicions were correct.

I hope and pray that this will be an isolated incident and not a trend as it becomes more apparent that our next President will be a Democrat.

One thing the incident did was remind me that there are people out there; other social liberals who are always under the threat of death from misguided people drunk on the hateful writings of right-wing 'personalities'. I'm talking about those who work in women's clinics and Planned Parenthood; be it the doctors, nurses or escorts who risk their lives to make sure patients can access these clinics to get the services they need.

More after the fold.

Ferretlass

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Wednesday July 09, 2008 · 6:15 AM PDT

2008/07/09 · 06:15

When the news broke about Helms' death, I was not surprised to see some of the diaries about it. I have to admit, I shared many of the same sentiments and did a brief post of my own on my personal blog. But when I saw some of the titles, I thought: 'uh oh, some conservative pundit is going to see these diaries and point at them saying: look there, on that eeevul librul site DaitlyKos, they're a bunch of hatemongers! Waah!'

sure enough...

Ferretlass

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Wednesday February 13, 2008 · 6:17 AM PST

2008/02/13 · 06:17

I'm here today to share some good news. My husband was laid off from a good-paying job with benefits in 2005. Yesterday, after giving up all hope, he got his recall letter yesterday! I don't know how much he will be making, but it does have benefits (eventually) and even if it pays what his former job did, it's closer to home and he will be getting raises. All in all, unless he is put right back on layoff again, it is a very good thing!

Which has me thinking about the tax stimulus plan and how giving workers a job that pays them enough to make ends meet would be a better solution to the problem of our sagging economy.

More after the fold

Ferretlass

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Saturday January 19, 2008 · 5:49 AM PST

2008/01/19 · 05:49

As you probably know, the 35th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade is coming up this Tuesday, January 22. Already the fetus fetishists are up in arms, doing their usual anal best to intimidate women into bearing children they can ill afford to, all to promote their 'ideology' and to perpetuate misogny throughout America.

This matter is of great personal interest to me, not just ecause of when it falls in the calendar.

You see, January 22 also happens to be my birthday.

More afer the fold...

Ferretlass

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Thursday December 20, 2007 · 6:02 AM PST

2007/12/20 · 06:02

Earlier this week The Wisconsin Legislature passed Assembly Bill 377/Senate Bill 129 aka "The Compassionate Care for Rape Victims Bill" and will almost certainly be signed into Law by Governor Jim Doyle.

While the bill had bipartisan support, the votes for passage were not unaiminous. In fact, the loudest dissentors came from those representing my own District: Rep. Dan LeMaheu of Oostburg, Rep. Steve Kestell of Elkhart Lake, and Senators Joe Liebham of Sheboygan and Senator Glen Grothman. Not surprisingly, all are Republicans.

What this Bill does is mandate that all Wisconsin hospitals now have to provide information and offer Emergency Contraception for any rape victim who comes to the hospitals and requests it.

So why on God's green earth would anybody in their right mind oppose this?

More after the fold...

Ferretlass

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Tuesday December 04, 2007 · 8:57 AM PST

2007/12/04 · 08:57

Yesterday I was involved in a rarity in my life: a civil argument with a 'pro-lifer'. This is an earnest young Republican man who was interested enough in a blog of mine on another site to comment and engage me in a discussion about women's rights. He was very polite and was good enough to keep religion out of the discussion, something I appreciated greatly.

Naturally, the topic of the discussion led to the 'rights' of the unborn.

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