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Think Progress:

GOP Congressman Argues Against Multiculturalism: ‘There’s Only One Race Here, It’s The American Race’

BY SCOTT KEYES ON AUGUST 14, 2013 AT 2:52 PM

Readers: Another sick mind of another sick republican speaking out. Thoughts? Blog me.

Anna of Guam, Clarise, Hollie, Beatrice, et al: I just wanted to check in and see how everything is going over there. The recent news is from 3 days ago so I am HOPEing that the flash floods are over. Wishing you and yours safety. Hafa Adai.

Marina: Your comment cracked me up.

Trudy:  It is all over the place sometimes, and I love it too. Yes, the girls on this blog are awesome.

Good for you for wading into politics. I was the same way a long time ago. If you don’t get involved then you don’t have the right to bitch about it, and more importantly, make informed decisions.

As far as becoming a girlz, I will take your comment to mean that you are ready. Thanks for being here.

Helen: I ask myself that question all of the time. When I think of the statement that the Dalai Lama made, “The world will be saved by the western woman,” I think “Yes!” And then I see who our western women are voting for. We will make huge changes when we stick together, side by side, and vote for what’s right and good for all, instead of falling lockstep behind the corrupt, sick, republican men, who care more about their own self aggrandizement than the livelihood and health of women.

LeTa0: Amen Brother.

Barbara: Your comment made me lol. I HOPE you are looking out for yourself.

Marvin: Are you living under a rock? Come up and get some air every once in awhile, you might learn something.

Peace out.

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Good morning!

First things first. (Not necessarily in order of importance)

Love.

Anonymous: Well, posting here, you just told many parts of the world already. :) Love may or may not last but while you’re deep in it, it is truly wonderful. Savor it. Appreciate it. Give it. Revel in its juicy deliciousness. I HOPE the Love you give is returned back to you. :)))

LeTa0: I love your comeback, but then most of what you post is right on in my book. The world does know and yet there are so many who are blinded by their racism to do anything about it. They would rather believe the rewritten history of the tiny minded repubs than take responsibility, put their racist thoughts to rest, and do something for the betterment of the entire country.

And since you continued the conversation on Obamacare, I thought I would keep it going.

Second things second. 

Health.

Women are always the last to get good health care simply because men in power just don’t care enough about us to do what is best for us. They care more about controlling us. That changed with Obama and Obamacare. Obama cares about women and Obamacare ensures that women get the care they need.

Here’s the write from Think Progress:

Last Year, Nearly 13 Million Women Of Reproductive Age Didn’t Have Health Insurance

BY TARA CULP-RESSLER ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2013 AT 11:33 AM

CREDIT: Shutterstock

Almost 13 million American women between the ages of 15 and 44 didn’t have health insurance in 2012,according to a new analysisfrom the Guttmacher Institute. When that demographic is broken down by economic status, nearly one in four women living below the poverty line didn’t have health care that year.

That’s especially problematic because uninsured women in that age group may not have any way to access affordable family planning services — especially if they’re living in poverty. Over the past decade, unintended pregnancies have become increasingly concentrated among low-income women who can’t afford birth control. The United States also has some of the highest rates of teen pregnancies and first-day infant deaths in the developed world, and women’s health experts say that’s largely due to the gaps in access to family planning services.

“These bleak statistics not only underscore the urgent and ongoing need for safety-net programs such as the Title X national family planning program, they also demonstrate the significant potential gains to be made as the Affordable Care Act’s expansion of public and private insurance coverage gets underway,” the Guttmacher researchers note.

Fortunately, several key components of the Affordable Care Act will ensure that women have better access to health insurance in the coming year. Obamacare will extend coverage to additional low-income Americans through its state-level expansion of the Medicaid program, as well as give federal subsidies to uninsured Americans to help them purchase plans on new insurance marketplaces.

And once more women gain insurance, they’ll also have better benefits to suit their reproductive needs. Obamacare requires insurers to cover a range of gender-specific preventative services — like contraception, cancer screenings, HPV vaccinations, maternity care, and well-woman check ups — at no additional charge. The health law’s birth control provision has been in place for a little over a year by now, and an estimated 27 million women are already benefiting from it.

Without Obamacare, the cost barriers to contraception can be prohibitive for many women. One study conducted in 2012 found thatnearly half of young women admitted they hadn’t used their birth control method as directed in order to cut down on expenses. And the most effective forms of long-lasting contraception were out of reach for many women because they can cost hundreds of dollars out of pocket. Problematically, birth control can actually be more expensive in low-income areas.

But even as the federal health reform law is making big gains in this area, that’s not necessarily the case when it comes to state policies. State-level family planning programs have been subject to huge cuts in recent years, as Republican lawmakers have slashed women’s health funding in at least ten different states.

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Readers: Yes and leave it up to the repubs to try and take it away. Thoughts? Rants? Blog me. Thanks for being here with me.

Lindy: Now why didn’t I think of that?

Allen: Again…Now why didn’t I think of that? You could be right on with your assessment.

Happy Saturday everyone! Blog me.

Peace & Juicy Healthy Love….

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Good morning!

I just love when one link takes me to another and another and another and I end up finding something really cool.

I like this site and what they’re doing.

Their tagline is “We all believe in a gender equal world. Obviously,” with a side bar saying “Duh.”

But more than 500 million girls and women will be denied the opportunity to take part in the next generation’s development.

This doesn’t have to be the reality.

Organizations working for girls and women currently raise less than half the average amount raised by other nonprofits and charities.

Catapult can change that.

We’re combining the financial power and actions of people like you to help tackle gender inequality around the world.

I am not sure all believe in a gender equal world. In fact I am pretty sure that there are some people (men mostly) that don’t believe in a gender equal world which is why we aren’t a gender equal world. Obviously. (duh.)

But hey, I still like their optimism and of course I love that they’re doing something!

Where I would put that “Duh” though is in their secondary page where it asks the question, “Why girls and women?”

And their answer:

Because equality for girls and women makes a better planet for everyone.

(“Duh!”)

To some people — it’s about rights. To others — it’s about smart economics. Either way — we cannot see progress in our world without addressing gender equality.

There are so many organizations already doing brilliant work for girls and women. They have the expertise, the cultural understanding, and they’ve scoped solutions for big changes. They just need funding.

Any woman who start an organization to help women and girls are Wonderful Women of the World in my book. Kudos to the founders, Maz Kessler and Jill Sheffield, of Women Deliver 2011.

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Readers: There are so many wonderful groups that support women and Girls. Check out a few and see which one calls to you….and then give some time. Thank you.

Nice to see you’re all back with me! Thanks for giving me your time. Have a beautiful and blissful weekend!  Love and more love…

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Good morning!

Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines [Feminist Parody] “Defined Lines”

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As humorous as this is – this is serious stuff. Like it?  Blog me.

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Good morning!

TOP HEADLINES

Ohio man who held 3 women captive hangs himself

The Cleveland man serving a life sentence for holding three women captive in his home for a decade hanged himself in his prison cell, officials said Wednesday in another startling twist in the case that appalled and transfixed the city.

Ariel Castro, 53, was found hanging around 9:20 p.m. Tuesday at the state prison in Orient, said JoEllen Smith, a spokeswoman for the corrections system. Prison medical staff performed CPR before Castro was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

“He took the coward’s way out,” said Elsie Cintron, a neighbor who lived up the street from the former school bus driver in Cleveland. “We’re sad to hear that he’s dead, but at the same time, we’re happy he’s gone, and now we know he can’t ask for an appeal or try for one if he’s acting like he’s crazy.”

There was no immediate comment from his three victims.

Castro was sentenced Aug. 1 to life in prison plus 1,000 years after he pleaded to 937 counts, including kidnapping and rape, in a deal to avoid the death penalty. At his sentencing, he told the judge: “I’m not a monster. I’m sick.”

Castro had been in protective custody because of the notoriety of his case, meaning he was checked every 30 minutes, but was not on suicide watch, which entails constant supervision, Smith said.

An autopsy showed the death was suicide by hanging, said Dr. Jan Gorniak, Franklin County coroner. Gorniak would not comment on the circumstances in which Castro was found.

The three women — Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight — disappeared separately between 2002 and 2004, when they were 14, 16 and 20 years old. They were rescued from Castro’s home on May 6 when Berry broke out part of screen door and yelled to neighbors for help.

Elation over the women’s rescue soon turned to shock as details emerged about their captivity. Castro fathered a child with Berry while she was being held. The girl was 6 when she was freed.

Investigators also said the women were bound with chains, repeatedly raped and deprived of food and bathroom facilities. Knight told investigators she was beaten and starved to force her to miscarry over and over.

No one answered the door Wednesday morning at the home of Castro’s mother and brother.

In Castro’s old neighborhood, Jessica Burchett said his suicide had short-circuited the life sentence.

“It does give a little bit of closure to the families and people that got affected by what he did,” she said, “but at the same time he deserved to be in there for his life because of what he did to those girls.”

At the home of Berry’s sister, a woman who didn’t identify herself said from the porch that there would be no comment. An officer in a passing patrol car kept watch on the street.

Wearing their familiar red berets, members of the Guardian Angels volunteer patrol group stationed themselves outside DeJesus’ home and said her family didn’t want to be bothered as the community absorbed the news.

Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson said in a statement: “I ask the community to continue to respect the privacy of the survivors so that they can move forward with their lives.”

Messages left for the women’s lawyers were not immediately returned.

Castro was watched closely in the Cuyahoga County Jail in the several weeks after his arrest and before his guilty plea, with logs noting his activity every 10 minutes. He was taken off the suicide watch in June after authorities determined he was not a suicide risk.

Castro’s attorneys tried unsuccessfully to have a psychological examination of Castro done at the jail before he was turned over to state authorities following his guilty plea, his attorney, Jaye Schlachet, said Wednesday. Schlachet would not comment further.

In an interview last month, Schlachet and attorney Craig Weintraub said that their client clearly fit the profile of someone with sociopathic disorder and that they hoped researchers would study him for clues that could be used to stop other predators.

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Associated Press writers Thomas J. Sheeran in Cleveland and Kantele Franko in Columbus contributed to this report.

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Andrew Welsh-Huggins can be reached on Twitter at https://twitter.com/awhcolumbus.

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