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Archives for July 2009

The Terminator: California Governer Cuts Shelter Funding by 100%

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Apparently missing his acting career, Schwarzeneger has made good on his promise to come back and has done so in the cheapest way. In an effort to prove that governments can run without taxes he has eliminated funding for domestic violence shelters.

The shelter in Madera County has announced it will cease operations, while, in nearby Kings County, the future is precarious.

Cooper said the timing couldn’t be worse as rising unemployment and the recession have caused calls for assistance to nearly double at the Visalia facility, run by Family Services of Tulare County. She said counselors are most alarmed by increases in domestic violence, homicides and murder-suicides that illustrate the recession can truly be deadly for some trapped in a cycle of domestic abuse.

Normally referred to as battered women’s shelters, the programs provide 24-hour transportation, counseling and a safe haven for victims of domestic abuse ›both female and male ‘›who fear for their safety. Children outnumber adults at Tulare County’s facility by a ratio of 3-to-1.

The shelter even offers a school with a credentialed teacher for the time school-aged residents are at the facility, which can be as long as 60 days.

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Women in need of shelter will now instead receive these lovely T-shirts

Lovely parting gifts for those looking for shelter
Lovely parting gifts for those looking for shelter

“Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time”

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Well had to clear off a few cobwebs but otherwise the blog seems to be standing.

I can’t believe this weather first it rains then it pours then it thunderstorms then it rains again. The sun came out and it was still raining. Must be monsoon season.

Shona Holmes is making the rounds lying for the GOP. A commentator after this article backs her up. One never knows if it is just your garden variety moron or a plant but re his assertion “In Canada, I was put on a year-long waiting list to see a knee specialist.” Either he really doesn’t need it badly or has the same relation to the truth Holmes has. My husband got a referral from the local clinic and was in seeing the surgeon within two weeks. When he has the arrangements made and is ready to go for surgery it will be 3 months from decision to procedure.

I’ve seen 3 specialists within the last year and quite the opposite from being denied procedures I have put a couple off while I consider if I want to undergo them.

When we took my son to emerg with a scare he saw a ped within an hour and the emerg was packed that day.

Our system may not be perfect but one only has to look to dentistry to see how private health care would work.

To support our health care system visit the Canadian Health Care Coalition

* sorry for the rambling post.

This is What a Feminist Looks Like

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Julie Zeilinger, is a 16-year-old high school sophomore from Pepper Pike, Ohio and the owner of theFBomb.org

In this case the “F Bomb” stands for “feminist.” However, the fact that the “F Bomb” usually refers to a certain swear word in popular culture is not coincidental. TheFBomb.org is for girls who have enough social awareness to be angry and who want to verbalize that anger. TheFBomb.org is loud, proud, aggressive, sarcastic…everything teenage feminists are today.

Never let it be said that feminism is dead!

Congratulations and good luck with your blog.

The Garden A Growing Concern

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The garden is doing quite well. The herbs could actually do with being repotted. They are too big to have so many in one container. It is lovely to just walk out on the balcony and gather a collection of fresh herbs to throw into whatever I’m cooking.. The morning glory have taken right off. Should be a wonderful display in a few weeks. The beefsteak tomatoes will soon be as tall as me!

The birds love the trellis. Often is it just full of birds waiting their turn for the feeder, which at the moment needs topped up again.