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Monday, May 4, 2009
Faux News, White Supremacist Court Justice
Over at Fox Nation, a place where supposedly people "care" about America and people "decide." I found this tasty piece that sure riles up those non-existent rightwing extremists. Now if you look real close at the picture you will see clearly how well our Supreme Court resembles America according to Fox. So why not throw another old white guy in there? Obviously because President Obama is a racist bigot who comes from the North and hates America, is a socialist and thinks women actually make up 51% of the United States population.
RAAAGGEGGEEEEE!!! Faux News, calls this fair and balanced, you are looking at the utmost imbalanced court everrrrr, WOMEN, ASIANS, LATINOS, RAAGGEE!!!
If you would like to see what ridiculous looks like here are some of the witty responses:
Anonymous Dave: UHHH..Because their White. White Males have been the new minority for quite some time
Hugh from Florida: Because Michelle (you know, wide-glide) wants a Naturally Obnoxious Women to rule. That would be N.O.W........!!!!!
Detox: Ditto!! It's called "Reverse Discrimination" NObamamma already denounced his "Whitey" heritage, so what would you expect from the RACIST ILLEGAL president?
Sammy: The decline in America began with affirmative action. Instead of choosing who is best for the job or position, a person is chosen by race or gender. America's loss.
It is apparent I must calm down, however when I see this it's like reading articles and comments about the Civil Rights Act in 1964. The oh woah is me party of Republicans and rigthwing extremists will most likely filibuster the crap out of Obama's nomination regardless of who he nominates. It's this type of ridiculous nonsense that hinders open and intelligent conversations about race, gender and sexuality in America. How can we ever learn about each other if we forget to read a history book? Or even Wikipedia...
"the Constitution does not set any qualifications for service as a Justice, the President may nominate anyone to serve."
Anyway I am going to go back to my job now which I wouldn't have gotten if I wasn't Asian, under qualified and totally without the experience or ability to ANSWER A FUGGIN PHONE. And if you think I am a reverse racist, my first pick for the nom nom was Mills Lane. Suck barrs.
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4 comments:
- Paddy K said...
Wait, you mean the GOP will delay Supreme Court nominations... sort of like when the roles were reversed a couple years ago and the Dems did everything they could to block Alito and Roberts.
Politics is politics.
- May 5, 2009 at 9:00 AM
- Asian-American Pundit said...
Yes, but when Democrats do it, it is "unconstitutional." When Republicans do it, it is saving America from activist judges.
Wonk wonk.
- May 5, 2009 at 9:33 AM
- Paddy K said...
I'm not defending the Republicans and their flimsy arguments. I'm saying that the Dems had their own bullshit excuses for blocking/delaying Bush's nominations also. See: Sens. Biden and Kennedy at the Roberts and Alito hearings.
When Dems do it, it's saving Constitutional rights from "reactionary" conservative judges.
Same bullshit, different party!!!
- May 5, 2009 at 10:01 AM
- Asian-American Pundit said...
AtriosThat sums it up nicely.
Politics is politics, the Faux Nation much different.
- May 5, 2009 at 10:47 AM

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Murray-Darling infrastructure works 'urgent'
The Murray-Darling Association will write to the Federal Government asking it to fast-track water-saving projects in the Murray-Darling Basin.
The Association's annual conference in Adelaide has seen heated debate between Basin states' representatives over water sharing.
Ray Najar, from the Association, says South Australia has upgraded its water infrastructure during the past three decades to save water and it is time other states achieved similar savings.
"We've got systems in the Murray-Darling Basin which are well over 100 years old," he said.
"South Australia have been able to work on those systems and upgrade them in the last 30 years and we would like to see that emulated in the eastern states."
Mr Najar says there is an urgent need for more inland water storage.
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The new Murray-Darling Basin Authority will hold a board meeting at Renmark in SA on Tuesday.
The Authority says regional meetings let board members view community issues first-hand as they work to develop a Basin-wide plan.
Chief executive Rob Freeman says he understands people's frustration at delays in establishing the Authority and plan, but it is a complex process.
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"It's taken us a long time to basically over-allocate this Murray-Darling Basin and the idea that you can fix it in a year or two is also not real."
He says community feedback is a vital part of the process.
"There's actually a statutory process that's almost as long as the time we've been given to develop the plan, to road test that plan with communities," he said.
"And there will be meetings in every town hall, there's a process whereby people can send in a submission and we not only have to publish your submission, but we actually have to publish how we've responded to it and whether it's been incorporated into the Basin plan."
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(CNN) -- How do Burmese punks keep their mohawks standing tall?
Why does cash in Myanmar need to be kept clean?
What does making a kissing sound in a Yangon restaurant get you?
As recently as a year ago, few people would have cared about the answers to any of these questions.
But newfound political freedom has brought a surge in tourism to the once isolated country, making Myanmar a 2013 traveler's hot spot, and a place worth getting up to speed on.
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1. New Year celebrations last four days
The diverse culture of Myanmar has increasingly drawn tourists to its historic landmarks and warm beaches. Here, tourists sun themselves along Ngapali Beach in the Southeast Asian country. Click through to see more of what to expect when visiting Myanmar, also known as Burma.
The Sule Pagoda lights up the night sky as people wait for the bus in Yangon. Pagodas serve as shrines for Theravada Buddhists, the majority religion in the country.
Scooters zip down the road in Pyinmana, a logging town and sugar refinery center near the new capital, Naypyidaw. The capital moved from Yangon to Naypyidaw in 2005.
Young Buddhist monks walk on their daily alms collection at the sacred golden Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon.
Old Burmese money shows the picture of Aung San, a leader in Burma's struggle for independence and father of Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi. This money was abolished by Gen. Ne Win, who ruled over Burma for 26 years.
People ride in a rickshaw on a road north of the town of Sittwe.
Bagan, the historic former capital of Burma, has thousands of Buddhist temples, pagodas and monasteries from when the Kingdom of Pagan was at its height, from the 11th to the 13th century.
A woman sits in her shop lined with mannequins in a shopping center in Mawlamyine.
A line of umbrellas sits in front of an old building in Bagan.
Women from the Akha ethnic group wear traditional clothes. There are 135 official ethnic groups and seven ethnic minority states in Myanmar, according to the United Nations.
People transport flowers across Inle Lake, a large freshwater lake.
Light traffic moves through the capital, Naypyidaw.
Women wear traditional longyi around their waists in front of a modern movie billboard in Yangon.
The Uppatasanti Pagoda at the center of Naypyidaw is a replica of the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, the former capital. It's 30 centimeters, or about 1 foot, shorter than the original and was completed in 2009.
Volunteers sweep the floors at the golden Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon.
Wooden figures sit for sale as incense burns behind them at a stall in Indein, a village by Inle Lake.
The temple of Phaung Daw U, the largest on Inle Lake, is lit as dusk falls in the village of Ywama.
A Buddhist monk checks out a stand in Pyinmana.
A motorbike passes the Assembly of the Union, where the country's upper and lower houses of representatives meet, in Naypyidaw. It is locally called Pyidaungsu Hluttaw.
A Burmese boy climbs on a gargoyle statue at the sacred Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon.
A novice monk rings the Mingun Bell, the world's third-largest bell, in Mingun village, about 21 kilometers (13 miles) southwest of Mandalay.
People pass through a shopping area near the central market in Mawlamyine.
A young Burmese man dressed as a woman entertains residents of a neighborhood in Mawlamyine.
A Burmese man of Indian descent makes tea in a stall in Mawlamyine.
Women carry fruit baskets on their heads on Ngapali Beach.
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Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown: Myanmar
The Burmese make a big deal of the New Year. Thingyan, known as the "water throwing festival," is celebrated in April. This year it takes place April 13-16.
Everything shuts down over the four-day New Year -- banks, restaurants, shops. The biggest celebrations are in Yangon and Mandalay.
During the New Year water-throwing frenzy everyone throws and sprays water at each other. Staying dry isn't an option. Water symbolizes the washing away of the previous year's bad luck and sins.
On New Year's Day, the fourth day of the festival, fish and birds are released as acts of merit and feasts are held for monks.
In recent years of privation, hard-core Burmese punks used leather glue to spike up their hair at New Year. The superstrong glue meant their mohawks stayed standing through the Water Festival, but when the party was over they had to shave their hair. These days, Burmese punks use hairspray.
Myanmar: Is now a good time to go?
2. Myanmar has fantastic beaches
Myanmar has 1,250 miles (2,000 kilometers) of coastline and some of the finest stretches of beach in Asia. Many beaches along the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea remain undiscovered by tourists and unspoiled by development.
Many of them face west, so they produce great sunsets.
The best known is Ngapali Beach, a 45-minute flight from Yangon, where almost two miles of white sand are lined with palm trees overlooking the Andaman Sea. Here, you'll find a number of large resorts.
Less developed is Ngwe Saung, a beautifully unspoiled beach that's a five-hour drive from Yangon. Also called Silver Beach, its eight-mile (13 kilometers) stretch makes it one of the longest beaches in Asia.
3. The Internet isn't censored anymore, but it's still slow
The Internet arrived in Myanmar in 2000, but high prices and slow connections mean it's still not widely used.
Under the former government, websites such as YouTube and Gmail were blocked, but restrictions have largely been lifted and last month Google chairman Eric Schmidt visited the country.
Far more popular than the Internet are mobile phones, though here, too, prices are high compared with other Asian countries. Local IT firms are lobbying to introduce cheaper SIM cards and a breakthrough is expected soon.
A U.S.$15 SIM card for mobile phones will be made available in June, in the run-up to the Southeast Asian Games to be held in Myanmar in December, but will be available only to foreigners.
4. You'll need plenty of cash -- and make sure it's clean
There are few ATMs in Myanmar, so visitors need to bring plenty of U.S. dollars. The higher the denomination, the better the exchange rate.
Your greenbacks should be squeaky clean -- that means no creases, stains, marks or tears. A note that's folded or even a little worn is worthless in Myanmar.
At present, credit cards are accepted only in five-star hotels and up-market shops and restaurants, usually with a 2-3% fee added to the bill. But this is changing. By the end of the year, credit cards should be more widely accepted.
The local currency is the kyat (pronounced "chat") and U.S.$1 will get you about 882 kyat. The new 10,000-kyat note (less than U.S.$12) is the highest denomination -- be prepared for a bulging wallet.
There's little worry about carrying a lot of cash. Crime against foreigners is rare and the Burmese -- the vast majority of whom are Buddhist -- are generally honest.
Myanmar records 1 million tourists, surge in tourism income
5. A kissing sound gets you a beer
When the Burmese want to get a waiter's attention they make a kissing sound, usually two or three short kisses. It's the sort of sound you might make if calling a cat.
Walk down 19 Street in Yangon's Chinatown and you'll hear that kissing sound a lot. This narrow, pedestrian-only street is where the Burmese come to drink.
Restaurants line either side of the street and chairs and tables are set out in front.
The local brew is Myanmar Beer and it's cheap -- about 60 cents for a glass of draught.
This is prime people-watching territory and if you keep an eye out you'll spot Yangon's hip-hop royalty on the prowl.
Just don't expect to see any females. Most Burmese women -- married and single -- stay home in the evening. That's not to say Western women aren't welcome. It's understood that foreigners have different customs.
6. Hotels are expensive
Room rates shot up 350% last year, which means that a room that cost U.S.$25 a night in 2011 now goes for almost U.S.$100.
It's a simple matter of supply and demand. Since the country opened up, business travelers and tourists have been packing flights to Myanmar. There are a lot more visitors -- more than a million last year -- but roughly the same number of hotels.
More hotels are on the way, but they take time to build and the hotel shortage is expected to continue five to 10 years. Book accommodation well ahead.
A lot of hotels are renovating and since they don't want to miss out on the visitor boom, they're staying open while upgrading. When making a reservation it's worth checking to see if any work is in progress and, if so, requesting a room away from the noise.
Myanmar hit by severe hotel shortage
7. The men wear skirts
The traditional Burmese dress is the longyi, a wraparound skirt worn by men and women. Men tie theirs in the front and women fold the cloth over and secure it at the side.
NLD Leader Aung San Suu Kyi is known for her beautiful longyis and tailored tops. Her high-profile appearances have helped boost the popularity of the traditional dress among young women in Myanmar.
As for what's worn underneath, that's a matter of personal preference. In the cities, Burmese men usually wear underwear beneath their longyis when they go out, but at home wear it as the Scots wear their kilts.
In the countryside, underwear is much less common -- for men and women. As one man jokingly put it: "Longyi are great. Free air-conditioning." That's a plus, especially when the summer temperature tips 104 F (40 C).
It's completely acceptable for a foreigner to wear a longyi and can be a conversation starter.
8. The food is exceptional
It's considered rude to eat with the left hand as this is the hand used for personal hygiene. To spell that out -- the left hand does the job of toilet paper.
So eating -- as well as giving money -- is always done with the right hand.
A typical Burmese meal includes steamed rice, fish, meat, vegetables and soup and all the dishes arrive at the same time.
The Burmese use their fingertips to mold the rice into a small ball and then mix it with various dishes.
As is the norm, Buddhists usually avoid eating beef and the Muslims don't eat pork.
Meals are served with plenty of condiments -- from sweet to savory -- and everyone has their preferred way of customizing a dish.
Myanmar vs. Burma. Which do you prefer?
9. The trains are seriously bumpy
The poor condition of railway tracks means carriages get shaken about. This makes for a bouncy ride, but trains are still a great way to see the country.
Myanmar's trains are slow and have a reputation for running late. The most reliable route, Yangon to Mandalay, takes about 16 hours, assuming no delays.
On overnight trains, there's more chance of getting some shut-eye in an upper class seat than in a sleeper. It can get surprisingly cold a few hours after dusk, so it's smart to bring something warm to wear.
Buses are usually a faster option, but they're often crowded. Domestic flights are the most comfortable way to cover long distances and relatively cheap.
10. Yangon has a newspaper vendor on every street corner
After five decades under a repressive military regime, the Burmese are enjoying their newfound press freedom and showing a healthy appetite for news.
In the past, all publications had to submit their stories to the Press Scrutiny and Registration Division for approval. Censorship was gradually phased out in 2012 and at the beginning of this year the bureau was formally abolished.
Under the former ruling military junta, Myanmar had a reputation for jailing anyone who dared voice opposition; that included many in the media. Last year was the first year since 1996 that no journalists were jailed.
Burmese journalists who fled the country and were forced to live in exile are slowly returning.
April 1 was a landmark for the country's media. For the first time since 1964, daily newspapers were permitted. It's a big step for press freedom, but there are concerns that some of the popular weekly newspapers will struggle to make the transition to daily circulation.
11. The people with red teeth aren't vampires
Chewing betel nut is a national pastime. Small street stalls selling the palm-sized green leaves are everywhere.
The leaves are filled with hard squares of betel nut, spices and sometimes a pinch of tobacco and then folded up and popped in the mouth and chewed.
You have to chew a while before you feel the mild narcotic effect of the betel nut.
At about 6 cents a wrap it's a cheap hit, but there's a downside. Not only does betel nut stain your teeth a reddish-brown, the little packages are spat out on the floor when finished -- making for messy sidewalks.
It's also highly addictive.


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Yemeni forces kill dozens of Saudi soldiers
Dozens of Saudi soldiers have died after Yemeni army troopers, backed by fighters from popular committees, launched an attack against a military camp in Saudi Arabia's southwestern region of Najran.
The Saudi soldiers lost their lives when Yemeni forces fired a barrage of mortar shells at Quwwah base, which lies near the border with impoverished and crisis-hit Yemen, on Monday evening, Arabic-language al-Masirah satellite television network reported.
Separately, Yemeni forces and allied fighters launched a number of BM-21 Grad rockets at al-Mo'tan military base in the southwestern Saudi region of Jizan, sending flames and columns of smoke high into the sky. There were no immediate reports of casualties.


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Prime Minister John Howard says he fears Australia may one day be the target of a terrorist attack.
Mr Howard has told Channel Nine, his hope for 2004 is that Australia remains a prosperous, happy and stable country with a strong economy.
But he says his greatest fear is terrorism.
"I guess at the back of mind I worry about a terrorist attack," he said.
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So I am a little famous again.
They let me be on the radio!!!!
Yep, I was an Art Hound for Minnesota Public Radio this week. I talked about the show Dirty Girls Come Clean: The Return produced by Freshwater Theatre and playing at Nimbus Theatre this weekend and next. I am pretty excited about this show because it sounds awesome and it is stuffed full of amazing performers. Like a turkey but you won't fall asleep.
And yes, I totally say that I am a woman in general. Which is now the name of my unwritten one-woman show. Heather Meyer: Generally a Woman. Buy your tickets now. Maybe I should start a Kickstarter about it. Hmmm...


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John McDaniel, the former campaign manager for Blondell Reynolds Brown who recently plead guilty to stealing $103,000 from her campaign and from another political action committee, on Monday reached a settlement agreement with the Philadelphia Board of Ethics for mutliple violations of the city's election finance laws.
McDaniel agreed to pay $12,450 over the ethics charges, but his fine will be waived if he is sent to federal prison for his guilty plea. His sentencing is scheduled for May 14.
The Ethics Board settlement says McDaniel contributed $4,600 to Blondell in 2011, $2,000 more than allowed. He made the contributions so that Brown's campaign fund would have enough cash but did not inform the Councilwoman that his giving exceeded legal limits.
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Charles Gibbs, McDaniel's lawyer, said his client "is accepting responsibility for his actions and the settlement agreement is yet another step in that direction."
Brown could not be reached for comment. In late January, she and her campaign committee, Friends of Blondell Reynolds Brown, agreed to a record $48,834 in Ethics Board fines and repayments, largely for taking excessive election contributions from Progressive Agenda PAC.
Her settlement also detailed how she used $3,300 in campaign funds to repay a personal loan from Chaka "Chip" Fattah Jr., son of U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah (D., Pa.). She claims that McDaniel then falsely listed the loan repayment as a campaign expense for a printing company.
The Ethics Board Settlement with McDaniel lists numerous other campaign-finance violations, including:
In 2011 and 2012, he gave Brown a total of $3,750 in cashier's checks and checks drawn from his personal bank account to help her pay Board of Ethics fines for violations of the city's campaign finance law. That broke a part of the city code that says people can't make gifts to City Council members that might be expected to influence them.
On April 21, 2011, McDaniel wrote a check from Reynolds Brown's camapign account to Progressive Agenda for $1,000 to cover election-day work in Germantown. McDaniel did not want Reynolds Brown to know who he was using to do the work so, so he instead said the money went to Progressive Agenda and then had that PAC pay the workers.
In 2012, after he became a city employee with the help of Mayor Michael Nutter, McDaniel maintained control of Progressive Agenda PAC even though he knew that city workers are not allowed to engage in political fundraising and certain types of political activity.
On March 8, 2012, McDaniel accepted and deposited in Progressive Agenda's account a contribution check of $42,000 from the Laborers District Council PAC. Progressive Agenda used the money to fund get-out-the-vote efforts in Philadelphia and surrounding counties and educational activities related to the Pennsylvania Voter ID Act. That violated a law that city employees may not solicit or accept political contributions.
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Maurice Freedman, Herbert H. Hadra, Robert H. Arronson, Philadelphia, for appellant.
Otto W. Woltersdorf, Philadelphia, for appellee.
Before Rhodes, P. J., and Hirt, Reno, Ross, Gunther, Wright and Woodside, JJ.
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GUNTHER, Judge.
This is a divorce proceeding instituted by the husband on the grounds of indignities to the person and cruel and barbarous treatment. After many hearings the master recommended that a divorce be granted on the ground of indignities. The master's recommendations were approved by the court below, a decree of divorce a v. m. was entered, and the wife has appealed.
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There could be no dispute that the husband-plaintiff's evidence, if true, is more than enough to constitute a cause for divorce on the ground of indignities. The ill conduct complained of included constant cursing and the use of vile epithets, threats and even pretenses of suicide, frequent shouting and screaming in a hysterical and embarrassing manner, several physical attacks on the husband, including an incident where she caused her father to beat her husband severely, and frequent statements that she was sorry she married and did not love him. The marriage lasted only about seventeen months, at which time the defendant left the plaintiff. They resided with his parents, to which she had agreed before the marriage. The plaintiff further testified to his attempts to secure a separate abode, but they were unsuccessful because she was dissatisfied with the apartments procurable in his wage bracket.
The testimony of the wife was essentially a denial. The defendant testified that they 'got along wonderfully.' except for certain relations with the mother-in-law, yet there were several separations before the final one, and she claimed that he slapped her all the time during arguments. She tried to blame her mother-in-law for much of the difficulties which she admitted did occur. Yet she admitted agreeing to live there, but then, significantly, added that she decided on her honeymoon 'to go on my own from that time on.' She also admitted the incident where her father and her husband quarreled, but attempted to explain her allegedly innocent part in the affair by an explanation we find unworthy of belief, especially in light of the contradictory testimony of several witnesses. There were other
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Marselisborg Palace
Marselisborg Palace is located Aarhus, Denmark, and is the summer residence of Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik of Denmark. Unlike the other Danish royal residences (Amalienborg, Fredensborg Palace, and Gråsten Palace) Marselisborg is privately owned by The Queen.
The current palace was built between 1899-1902, but the land has royal roots which go back much further. In 1661, King Frederik III owned the estate, then called Havreballegaard, but was forced to turn it over to one of his many creditors, Gabriel Marselis. His son, Constantin, renamed the estate Marselisborg in 1680, and upon his death in 1699, left the estate to King Christian V. Christian, in turn, gave the property to his illegitimate son, Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve, who then left it to his nephew, Frederik Danneskjold-Samsoe. After his death in 1770, the property had many different owners, until it was purchased by the city of Aarhus in 1896.
In 1898, the people of Aarhus decided to build a palace as a wedding gift for the future King Christian X and Princess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. 10 acres of the old estate were allocated and construction began in 1899. The funding raised included the construction of the building, but not any of the furnishings. Instead, numerous people, organizations, and towns around Aarhus each took on a different room of the palace, providing furnishings that were fitting for the future sovereign and his family.
The palace was completed in June 1902, and presented to the couple, who soon took up residence. The Crown Prince also leased additional land and later purchased the entire area. This now encompasses over 32 acres of land around the palace, much of which is known as the Memorial Park, and extends from the palace to Aarhus Bay. King Christian X and Queen Alexandrine would spend nearly every summer at Marselisborg for the rest of their lives.
But after Queen Alexandrine's death in 1952, the palace remained mostly unused. The new King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid already had their own summer residence, Gråsten Palace, and had no use for Marselisborg. By the mid-1960s, there were rumors in the media that Princess Benedikte would take up residence, and that the palace may become a temporary home-in-exile for King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece. After receiving requests from several organizations to donate the property for their use, the King instead decided, in 1967, to give the property to then-Princess Margrethe and her new husband, Henri de Laborde de Monpezat, as a wedding gift. Princess Margrethe was not overly thrilled at being given the property, but Prince Henrik saw that the property had great potential and was instrumental in updating both the palace and its gardens. Using some of the funds received from the Danish people for their wedding, the couple undertook an extensive modernization of the palace before taking up residence in the summer of 1968. To this day, The Queen and her family use Marselisborg Palace during the summer, as well as often celebrating both Easter and Christmas.
Marselisborg Palace is perhaps the smallest and most intimate of the sovereign's residences, and the one which allows her the most privacy. However, it's small size occasionally brings about necessary changes to the traditional holiday events. In 2014, with the entire extended family of 44 people coming together for Christmas, it was necessary to move the celebrations to Fredensborg Palace instead. The Queen herself has stated that her one complaint with Marselisborg is that there isn't much room for guests to stay.
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Normally my mom (yes, I'm a loser) buys my underwear (I'm a guy, by the way) and she always buys boxers. I was wondering if there was anyway I could tell her I'd prefer boxer briefs without soudning weird. I want to switch because a guy I like (gasp! yes, I'm gay, too) wears them, and plus, I'm pretty active, and I've heard it's better to wear boxer briefs in place of boxers when doing anything physical. Any tips?
The first thing I'd think of to do, and although it doesn't sound like the easiest, it probably is, is just to ask your mom about it - just say something like, "Hey, maybe I could start picking out my underwear from now on?" Not mean, just nice. How old are you? I mean, because at some point we all gotta start buying our own underwear. I don't think you're a loser 'cause your mom buys your underwear - my mom did till I told her I'd really rather pick out my own.
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Today's post is about a product that I've been testing for a couple of days now. I have come across this brand a little bit ago and have even spotted it in the Philippines when I went back home last July. Here's ONE Natural Shea Butter Lip Balm in Cherry Pie.
The 0.36 oz / 10 g quantity may not sound a lot, but it is plenty for a lip balm. It is made with shea butter and comes in an aluminum tin container for easy use and transport. The cardboard packaging is 100% recyclable. The front text reads "Cherry Pie" and "Like mom use to make". Also spotted is "One moment to enjoy * One less thing in a landfill * One life to live * One planet to preserve" forming a circular frame sort of on the tin cover label.
Taken directly from the hang tag of the product packaging:
DIRECTIONS: Place a little on your fingertip and smooth over your lips. Natural, moisturizing lip balms are so yummy to smell, you'll never want to be without them on your lips.
What I love about this product? It's housed in a small, sturdy aluminum tin container that makes it easy to use and carry. The formula is moisturizing without being greasy. Since the weather right now is pretty cold, it might take a little bit more effort to get the product out to apply on the lips since the formula hardens more. The smell and taste isn't very strong in my opinion. The one I tried is Cherry Pie. It's suitable for those who can be sensitive to scents probably. Cherries aren't my favorite fruit, so I can't really vouch if it's really "like mom use to make" or not. The lip balm is light pink in color, but I can't tell there is color when applied on the lips. It's almost like it's just a tint of pink. As usual with ONE products, all packaging is recyclable to help the environment.
What I don't like about this product? Nothing really. I might prefer certain scents over the other, but that's not much to complain about really.
It retails for about $2.99 and is available at Target and ULTA stores nationwide, Target.com, Walgreens.com, and OneBathandBody.com. For that price, not bad for the amount of use you get out of it. Price may slightly vary too, since I looked online at Target and Walgreens and they differ by some cents.
*Products in this review have been provided by the PR company or manufacturer for an honest opinion.*


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June 8, 2011 in Sports (E)
[prMac.com] Boca Raton, Florida - Announcing that Sports Data Systems, Inc., the developers of myGolfstats, has released an announcement about myGolfstats 2.0 for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. The golf scoring application, which experienced record breaking downloads in April and May this year, provides the same tools used by professional golfers. A rich host of features, along with a USGA handicap offering, are responsible for myGolfstats remaining in the top 10% of all golf apps for several months, where it is holding and steadily continuing to climb.
Since its 1.0 launch, myGolfstats has steadily climbed the charts in the App Store. The application, which went from brand spanking new to hitting the top ten percent in the Golf category at warp speed, saw record breaking numbers in April and May of this year and the trend shows no signs of slowing down.
"We now get about twenty to forty downloads per day, depending on the day," says Bill Helman, co-owner of Sports Data Systems. "The weekends are better of course. During the Masters Golf week, we had over two hundred downloads on that weekend." Helman backs those figures up with Apple Financial reports and expects another spike in business with the US Open in two weeks' time.
The myGolfstats application provides the same tools used by the pros. Users are able to easily record and track golf scores for all members of their group, get tips, find out how far they hit with each club and much more in this easy to use, feature rich product.
One of the most exciting aspects of myGolfstats is an exclusive offer to obtain an official USGA handicap. The application can provide free handicaps for everyone but for a nominal fee, users are able to acquire their own official handicap and see their scores posted on the United States Golf Association website.
All in all, the myGolfstats app is an exciting, fun and easy to use program for those who love to golf. The myriad of functions and features make it pretty simple for even amateurs of the sport to feel professional and improve their game.
This list provides a good sampling of the features offered in myGolfstats:
* Keeps track of golf stats
* No additional downloads or registrations required to track stats
* Includes fairways, GIR, scramble, sand saves, putts, score, handicap and more
* USGA handicap available for a nominal fee
* Post scores on a partner website as a free additional feature
* App is easy-to-use, fast, fun
* Set a goal and compare after each round
* Lets users know how far they hit each club
* Tips section allows players to jot down pointers from a pro
* View the scores of all golfers in a group
* Scorecard is always current and color coded for birdies, eagles, bogies, etc.
* Round summary stats are displayed for easy viewing, just like pros use on TV
* App calculates handicap after 5 rounds and continues updating
* Stats are displayed in graph form
* Score sharing with Facebook and Twitter friends
It's pretty easy to see why myGolfstats has been sitting in the top ten percent of all golf apps, almost since its days of launching. With golf season now in full swing, the application is steadily climbing in download numbers, which naturally will result in a higher ranking. Seems that it will only be a matter of time before Sports Data Systems can report that myGolfstats has moved up to the top five percent of the leaderboard.
Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch and iPad
* Requires iOS 3.0 or later
Pricing and Availability
myGolfstats 2.0 is only $2.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Sports category. Promo codes are available for qualified reviewers. Please specify the website or blog you represent when making your request.
Sports Data Systems is dedicated to providing the best stats in a fun fashion for all golfers, so they can improve their game. The myGolfstats app makes practice time more focused on the areas that need work. Golf is a game and Sports Data Systems makes it better and more fun. Copyright (C) 2011 Mobile-App-Marketing-Makeover. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.


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Sometimes, and for different reasons bow hair needs a good cleaning. I often hear about folks using soap and water to clean bow hair, but let me explain why it's not the best method to use.
First off, pinene which is a component of rosin isn't water soluble and second, soap is an emollient. The combination doesn't break down or dissolve the old rosin, but instead softens it and moves it around.
What ends up happening is that the rosin becomes soft enough to fill in the tiny irregularities in the horsehair, thus creating an unwanted smoother surface.
People are fooled into thinking that the rosin has been removed because the bow will no longer generate useable tone, but the rosin is still there.
The only reason the hair can no longer create useable tone is because it now has a flat, smooth surface, which means there's nothing there to grab/release the string...no tone.
After cleaning bow hair that way, people apply their new rosin and then wonder why their bow no longer accepts rosin or performs the way it used to.
They then assume the hair is worn out and so they replace it, undergoing a needless expense.
The best way to clean the bow hair is by utilizing rubbing/isopropol alcohol and a clean cotton cloth.
The alcohol will dissolve the old rosin, allowing it to be completely removed by the cotton cloth.
It's an easy, safe and uncomplicated process. One that you shouldn't be afraid to carry out.
There are some precautions we need to first discuss though.
It's a good idea to cover the wood of the bow with something like plastic kitchen wrap because if alcohol comes into contact with the finish on the wood it could damage it.
Also, the ends of the horsehair "ribbon" are attached to your bow using small wooden plugs. If the alcohol or any moisture for that matter gets in there, those plugs could swell, causing the bow to crack/split. Make sure you have the frog and tip well covered!
Lastly, before starting the cleaning procedure you must be sure to fully relax the tension on the hair. If you leave the hair with tension on it and then get it damp with the alcohol it will possibly stretch and once that happens the hair will no longer be able to be brought back to playing tension. So, make sure you've completely relaxed the tension on your bow before applying the alcohol.
Ok, here we go.
Use a clean, all cotton cloth....T-shirts work great.
Now saturate an area of the cloth about 3 X 3 inches with the alcohol. Wet, but not dripping:)
Next, grab the bow hair at one extreme end or the other with the alcohol soaked portion of cloth. You want to pinch the bow hair so that the alcohol soaked portion of the cloth is in contact with both the top (playing surface) and the bottom of the horsehair.
Now, while pinching the hair, slide the cloth in one smooth, uninterrupted motion to the other extreme end of the hair. It doesn't take a lot of pinch pressure, so be gentle.
Next, rotate the cloth so that an unused, but still saturated portion can again be placed in contact with the hair.
Always start your passes with the cloth on the same end you made the first pass from and simply repeat the pinch and slide part you did on the first pass. Rotate, pinch, repeat.
I usually only takes 5 or 6 swipes like this to remove the old rosin from the hair.
Very important! - Do not tighten the bow hair to add tension until you are completely certain that the hair has dried from the alcohol!
If you tighten the hair before it has completely dried it could stretch and if that happens it will never be able to be brought to proper playing tension again.
That's it! You now have a clean bow that is ready to accept your new rosin.


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When his only friend dies, a young dwarf named Finbar McBride (Peter Dinklage) relocates to an abandoned train station in rural New Jersey, intent on living the life of a hermit. But his solitude is interrupted by his colorful neighbors. Finbar's new crop of friends includes a struggling artist (Patricia Clarkson) coping with the recent death of her young son and a talkative Cuban hot dog vendor (Bobby Cannavale).
Rating: 6 out of 10
This is an interesting little character piece — no pun intended.
This is as small as indie films get, with a tiny cast, a tiny town, a small house and a lead of small stature. But it's all intentional. We follow Fin, a loner whose only friend dies and leaves him a station house on an old train track. Fin and his friend were train enthusiasts and ran a hobby shop until he died. Fin packs up and leaves the shop behind to live in the station house where he meets a local child, a hot dog cart worker , and a divorcee who all try to befriend him.
Fin is reluctant, but his world gets just a wee bit larger with each relationship he builds. We see his internal struggles, his lack of communication and drinking that keep people away. Peter Dinklage is oustanding in the lead, and it's nice to see a little person getting a lead role that doesn't require them to be an elf or a hobbit. There are tons of layers to his character, which holds the movie together. It's a very slow, simple film that isn't for everyone. If you like character pieces, this is a good one.


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US History-chapter13 Reconstruction
the period after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union
freedmen's Bureau
Organization run by the army to care for and protect southern Blacks after the Civil War
the act of excusing a mistake or offense
Fourteenth Amendment
Gave African Americans citizenship
Military reconstruction Act
1867; divided the South into five districts and placed them under military rule; required Southern States to ratify the 14th amendment; guaranteed freedmen the right to vote in convention to write new state constitutions
fifteenth Amendment
a constitutional amendment that gave African American men the right to vote
Andrew Johnson
17th president of the United States, came to office after Lincoln's assassination and opposed Radical Republicans; he was impeached
debt peonage
a system in which a person is forced to work to pay off debts
Northerner who traveled south to make money off of the Reconstruction.
white Southerner supporting Reconstruction policies after the Civil War usually for self-interest
A person who works fields rented from a landowner and pays the rent and repays loans by turning over to the landowner a share of the crops.
tenant farmer
farmer who works land owned by another and pays rent either in cash or crops
Ku Klux Klan
founded in the 1860s in the south; meant to control newly freed slaves through threats and violence; other targets: Catholics, Jews, immigrants and others thought to be un-American
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th President, ended reconstruction by removing federal troops, disputed Tilden/Hayes election resulted in the Compromise of 1877
US sanitary commission
founded to provide adequate health care and stop the spread of disease
to accuse government officials of misconduct in office


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What is Obesity?
Obesity means an amount of body fat that exceeds the level generally considered healthy for a particular height.1,2 There are many methods of measuring body fat, some of which are expensive and time consuming. Body mass index, which is inexpensive and easy to calculate, is typically used as a proxy. Health officials recommend that individual health assessments should consider other factors as well. Research has demonstrated that a high BMI is strongly correlated with the same negative health consequences as high body fat, although the association between BMI does vary among ethnic groups.
BMI is a person's weight in kilograms divided by his or her height in meters squared. For measurements in pounds and inches, BMI is calculated using the following formula:
For adults, BMI levels are associated with the following weight classifications:
Methodology for Obesity and Other Rates Using BRFSS
Annual Data
Data for this analysis was obtained from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System dataset (publicly available on the web at www.cdc.gov/brfss). The data were reviewed and analyzed for TFAH and RWJF by Sarah Ketchen Lipson, PhD candidate and Daniel Eisenberg, PhD, Associate Professor, Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
BRFSS is an annual cross-sectional survey designed to measure behavioral risk factors in the adult population (18 years of age or older) living in households. Data are collected from a random sample of adults (one per household) through a telephone survey. The BRFSS currently includes data from 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands. Variables of interest included BMI, physical inactivity, diabetes, hypertension and consumption of fruits and vegetables five or more times a day. BMI was calculated by dividing self-reported weight in kilograms by the square of selfreported height in meters. The variable 'obesity' is the percentage of all adults in a given state who were classified as obese (where obesity is defined as BMI greater than or equal to 30). Researchers also provide results broken down by race/ethnicity — researchers report results for Whites, Blacks and Latinos — and gender. Another variable, 'overweight' was created to capture the percentage of adults in a given state who were either overweight or obese. An overweight adult was defined as one with a BMI greater than or equal to 25 but less than 30. For the physical inactivity variable a binary indicator equal to one was created for adults who reported not engaging in physical activity or exercise during the previous thirty days other than their regular job. For diabetes, researchers created a binary variable equal to one if the respondent reported ever being told by a doctor that he/she had diabetes. Researchers excluded all cases of gestational and borderline diabetes as well as all cases where the individual was either unsure, or refused to answer.
To calculate prevalence rates for hypertension, researchers created a dummy variable equal to one if the respondent answered "Yes" to the following question: "Have you ever been told by a doctor, nurse or other health professional that you have high blood pressure?" This definition excludes respondents classified as borderline hypertensive and women who reported being diagnosed with hypertension while pregnant.
Why are Reported National Obesity Rates Higher Than State-by-State Rates?
How is it that only [x] states have obesity rates exceeding 35 percent, yet the national obesity rate is 37.7 percent? This paradox is explained by the fact that people do not always accurately report their height and weight. State obesity rates are collected by the BRFSS, which relies on selfreported height and weight. Research has demonstrated that respondents tend to overestimate their height and underestimate their weight. In fact, one study found that, due to this phenomenon, the BRFSS may underestimate obesity rates by nearly 10 percent. There is also research indicating that certain groups of people are more likely to misreport their weight and/or height. For example, one study found rural Blacks are more likely than rural Whites to misperceive their weight. Another study of adolescents found that females underreported their weight more than males, and overweight individuals underestimated their weight more than non-overweight individuals. The NHANES survey, from which the national obesity rate is derived, calculates its obesity rate based on physical examinations of respondents. Accordingly, the higher rates reflected by the NHANES survey are likely a more accurate reflection of the true extent of the obesity epidemic.
1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About adult BMI. https://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/adult_bmi/. Accessed April 26, 2017.
2 The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Overweight and obesity statistics. https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-statistics/overweight-obesity. Accessed April 27, 2017.


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Today (22/09/16), the Guardian newspaper printed this article about the findings of research undertaken by ActionAid, which conclusively proves that women worldwide work an average of more than two years more than men, due to doing the majority of caring and domestic labour across the globe. Although this news will be firmly of the No Shit, Sherlock variety to women, especially those with children, it is good to see the facts laid bare and made clear by such a well-respected organisation. It calls for this labour to be respected, recognised and valued, and to be shared more equally by men and the state. This is all good. However… chief executive, Girish Menon, makes it clear that ActionAid thinks women should not actually receive anything tangible for this, like, say, money.
Ah, that old "mums love their kids so shouldn't be paid for looking after them 24-7" chestnut. I bet Girish Menon loves his job. I wonder if he would be happy not to be paid because of that. I suspect there'd be a good reason why him loving his job isn't a reason to not be paid (suggestions: his penis, lack of wiping shitty arses, etc., etc.). Let's tell that to the thousands of women approaching retirement in the UK, who are going to receive little or no pension because they haven't paid enough national insurance due to being stay at home mums and/or housewives. I'm sure the appreciation for what they did will totally make the terror of their upcoming poverty feel much better and magically become manageable. Let's tell that to the billions of women worldwide trapped into domesticity and abuse and exploitation because their husband/father/brother/uncle/etc. has all the money and therefore all the power. A few compliments about how much they love their kids will make it all better. Especially if they're living in poverty and pregnant with their 11th child despite being told another pregnancy could kill them.
Here's his quote in the Guardian in full:
"We do not mean to suggest that all unpaid work, including unpaid care work, should be remunerated, or to ascribe a monetary value to unpaid care, which includes what we believe to be intrinsically invaluable activities, such as loving and nurturing children and family".
Note how the labour of mothering is reduced to wording that indicates emotion and ephemeral things, not the actual non-stop, sheer hard slog of mothering, which is 24-7, and especially so with babies and toddlers. Note how it's the age-old romanticised way of describing mothers, trying to make them feel special while denying their real, hard, ordinary work and dehumanising them as flesh and blood people, as though mothering is just floating about sighing "I wuv my baybee" blissfully.
He goes on: ""Rather, ActionAid believes women's unpaid work should be recognised, reduced and redistributed – between women and men, and between the household and the state."
Yeah, that's going to happen when it's seen as women just floating about sighing "I wuv my baybee" blissfully.
Finally: ""Women's labour – in and outside the home – is vital to sustainable development and for the wellbeing of society. Without the subsidy it provides, the world economy would not function. Yet it is undervalued and for the most part invisible."
Good analysis, can't fault it. But can't you see that if it subsidises the world economy and that's unfair, how do you think supporting the continuation of it for free will change any of that? And seeing as it is so vital, how dare you not conclude that it shouldn't be paid?!
Let's look at the 'logic' of what's being said: 'Being a mum or carer is vital, valuable, wonderful work. That's why you shouldn't receive any money for it and should instead pay other women to do it for you'. Yes, that makes perfect sense. What ActionAid is suggesting is both idealistic yet simultaneously limited and mealy-mouthed. It reads like it wants this inequality and oppression to be done away with… but not too much. Like it wants to help women but doesn't want to upset the men who benefit from their oppression and exploitation by doing so. Like it can't picture a world where women aren't oppressed in this way, but they just want people to be a bit more polite about it, and hey, fellas, would it kill you to wash up now and then?
I'm sure that this isn't what their intentions are, but it is how it reads. The analysis of how this could and should be ameliorated is woolly and empty. They want caring and domestic work to be respected and valued, and for men to do more and for there to be more support from the state. All fantastic and vital aims. Which won't work without remuneration, which is what I intend to make clear in this post.
If this labour is so valuable, then why refuse to pay for it and tell women the way to better themselves is to do other work that is paid and get other women to do the caring for them? That's not fooling anyone. That's telling women to behave exactly like men do to their wives/partners, and thus just upholding that misogynist, hierarchical model, not smashing it. It's just passing the buck. When our government (UK) implemented a new policy for shared parental leave, less than 3% of men eligible took it up. And why would they? When women don't get paid for it, don't get respected for it, when men know full well how much stress it causes them, how thinly it stretches them, why on earth would they sign up for that? When they are getting away with exploiting women that way already, if it ain't broke, why fix it?
There is no impetus for men to start doing more caring and domestic labour or respecting women more for doing it. If they gave a shit, they would already be doing more and respecting more. There's the paradox. There's the reason why calls for change like this one sound good but are just full of hollow words. Asking men to change and do more means asking them to give up their privilege and entitlements to do exactly what is demeaning and beneath them in their eyes and to respect and value that which their very masculinity is built around not respecting or valuing, to participate in the very activities that they are trained from infancy to see as their free due from women, to see as inferior nonsense that allows them to do their real, male work.
You can't make the changes they call for in societies where capitalism is king, where all other labour is paid, where all other labour is only justified as labour by payment. Where only paid labour is acknowledged and respected. Where wage is used as justification for men being seen and treated as superior, better, more important, 'the man of the house' and so on. In every society, men's labour is paid better or the only labour paid and this is used to excuse and normalise inequality and oppression.
In fact, this approach fundamentally ignores the fact that patriarchy can only exist and operate through the abuse and exploitation of women's reproductive capacities. When male supremacy is created and maintained through acquiring a woman as a possession through marriage (including the prevalence of polygamy or having concubines in many parts of the world) to be used basically as a domestic and childbearing, child rearing servant or slave, the idea of getting men to magically relinquish their power, privilege, entitlement, domination and egoism by valuing the very labour that allows them all that would be laughably naive if it wasn't so offensive. Besides, patriarchal cultures have always justified the way mothers and other women are treated by spreading what is nothing less than the propaganda that women are exalted and prized as mothers. That we are fragrant, beatific, angelic creatures who bring succour and sophistication to the brutish brows of men, so stressed and exhausted by the paid labour they have to perform to keep their 'Angel of the hearth' in the private sphere, where they belong, too fragile, infantile and yet too dangerously alluring to be allowed into the public sphere. Men who are simultaneously so strong, mighty, brilliant, intelligent, capable and powerful that they should have all the money, jobs (or best jobs and positions), power, you name it, yet so weak, stupid, immature, confused, unable to control themselves, etc., that they can't work out how to use a kettle, change a nappy, hold a baby or understand sexual consent.
And what about the work cultures that women are being encouraged into to escape the apparently valuable, important, brilliant work that is also beneath them and not worth paying for, what of those? Here in the West, the fact that we have a gender pay gap that became illegal over 40 years ago yet which will not be closed within the working lifetime of anyone alive today, massive numbers of women being made illegally redundant or downsized during or after pregnancy, over 80% of austerity measures solely affecting the work, pay and contracts of women, plunging huge numbers into poverty, huge problems with sexual harassment in the workplace, problems with promotions, raises, and so on, and so much more, is an absolute luxury compared to the paid work women do in the majority of the globe, and the environments and culture they do it in. That's if they even live in countries where women are allowed to do paid work or allowed out of their own home as grown-ass, intelligent, capable women without a male chaperone. Or where women are not forced to seclude themselves from the rest of society in horrific conditions when they menstruate. Or where wives are not allowed to refuse sex to their husbands and can be made to go service him at any time of the day, anywhere he wants, should he demand it. And where all the legislation that is supposed to protect the rights of women and girls, however meagre, however inadequate, is ignored, exploited, got around and seen as an offence to men. It's no good talking of creating laws to protect women and girls when the ones that already exists are already flouted, because men have all the power, and – here's a clue, ActionAid – money.
So much needs to change. So, so much. I can see why ActionAid might think that a realistic approach is to basically appeal to the better nature of misogynists (the ultimate oxymoron) and hope that men will feel charitable enough to just be a bit nicer to women. Like giving a loyal dog the scraps off your plate. Like indulging a precocious child with a pat on the head.
Everyone understands that having access to one's own money is the way to greater freedom and equality for women (financial abuse is one of the greatest forms of abuse globally, including for women who are the sole earners). Everyone understands that when women have less or no money, freedom and equality are restricted or impossible. So why on earth the refusal to remunerate women for the most common form of labour on earth – mothering and caring?! Why refuse to remunerate women for the work of over 80% of all women? Why refuse to remunerate mothers for work that you acknowledge that it is vital and important work which allows the world economy to exist and flourish?! Why refuse to remunerate women for unpaid work that is worth over £1 trillion in the UK alone, a figure that is almost equal to our entire GDP? Why refuse to remunerate women for the work that the UN unequivocally says is what allows every economy on Earth to even exist? (I guess I'm answering my own questions here)
Why is looking after children seen as work worthy of payment only when it's not for your own children?!
Why refuse to truly acknowledge it as genuine labour, full stop?
What lies behind every refusal to accept that it must be remunerated, even coming from those on the furthest left, or with the most genuine of good intentions, is the fear of making men, of making society in general, give up the exploitation of women. Not only in terms of caring and domestic labour, although that most of all, because it is the most intrinsic. This refusal is born of a fear of truly accepting women as equal, as real, as human, as worthy. It is a refusal to cut the umbilical cord of exploiting females, in all ways, not just via motherhood or domesticity. What would happen if we truly start seeing and treating caring labour as real labour? Valuing care threatens everything that patriarchy and masculinity stand for – why else was it chosen to be twisted into the primary way to control and oppress women?! It is, and always has been used thus precisely because it is so vital, is so essential, for all humanity. It has to be done, it needs to be done, and care, of all sorts, of all types, for all people, matters more than anything. The only way to gain power over this is to devalue it and those who do it.
Imagine the paradigm shift across the entire globe if we really did start respecting care. It is possible, if we start where we are – in a global society which prioritises pay. As mothers, having others patronise us and pay lip service and offer the occasional break is more insulting than doing and saying nothing. We don't need studies to tell us that things are unfair and that we are doing more, doing too much, and yet being told we do nothing. We need money to be literally put where these mouths are. – EP


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