“Just Noticing”: Observations of a blogger
Posted by Michelle Moquin on June 5th, 2011
“Just Noticing…”
- First our bodies…now our minds.
So..what do I mean by that statement? This is just a response to what Anonymous(s) wrote the other day with respect to women and our rights.
Iowa Woman Jailed for Thinking about an Abortion
Sounds far-fetched, right? Well it isn’t. The anti-choice zealots aren’t content to limiting a woman’s access to safe and legal abortion, they’re now thought police:
Ms. Taylor became light-headed and fell down a flight of stairs in her home. Paramedics rushed to the scene and ultimately declared her healthy.However, since she was pregnant with her third child at the time, Taylor thought it would be best to be seen at the local ER to make sure her fetus was unharmed.That’s when things got really bad and really crazy. Alone, distraught, and frightened, Taylor confided in the nurse treating her that she hadn’t always been sure she’d wanted this baby, now that she was single and unemployed. She’d considered both adoption and abortion before ultimately deciding to keep the child. The nurse then summoned a doctor, who questioned her further about her thoughts on ending the pregnancy. Next thing Taylor knew,she was being arrested for attempted feticide. Apparently the nurse and doctor thought that Taylor threw herself down the stairs on purpose.
Yes, as if Ms. Taylor’s existing problems weren’t enough, the anti-choice zealots got her jailed for 2 days for thinking of having an abortion, even though she voluntarily went to the ER to assure the health of her fetus. Funny how “pro-lifers” have never met a victim they don’t want to punish. After three weeks, the District Attorney declined to prosecute, but not because of the obvious encroachment on a woman’s right to choose (similar laws for which this woman was held exist in 37 states), but because she was only in her second trimester, and not third when she fell. No I’m not making this up, and unfortunately Ms. Taylor isn’t alone:
Last March, Florida resident Samantha Burton was in week 25 of her pregnancy when she paid a visit to her doctor. Burton was showing signs of potential miscarriage, so her physician ordered bed rest. Burton explained that, as a working mother of two toddlers, bed rest simply wasn’t a viable option and then proceeded to ask for a second medical opinion. Seems reasonable, right?Her doctor, however, was having none of that. Rather than refer Burton for the desired second opinion, he instead felt it necessary to contact state authorities, who then proceeded to force Burton to be admitted to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital against her will and undergo any procedure the doctor felt like prescribing. When Burton had the audacity to request a change in the hospital in which she was being treated, the court denied her request. Three days into her forced hospitalization, Burton miscarried.
Being forced to miscarry in a hospital bed for 3 days, to the anti-choice zealots it’s wonderful, who cares about the traumatic effect on the woman and her toddlers left at home?
In other news of anti-choice “victories”, last March a Pennsylvanian teenager who sought an abortion without parental consent, was denied because the judge found her incapable of making an informed decision, because she had bad grammar:
After questioning her for more than an hour, the judge decided that she couldn’t have the abortion, ruling she was not mature and capable of making an informed decision about the procedure. The decision surprised her lawyer, Randall McKinney of the Allegheny County Office of Conflict Counsel, because bypass petitions are rarely denied.In his March 24 opinion, Judge Ignelzi wrote that he found the teenager wasn’t mature because, among other reasons, she had used bad grammar and had not asked her parents for permission. He also was not persuaded that the teenager’s trip overseas several years earlier with her mother demonstrated maturity. His next step was ruling that the abortion was not in the teenager’s best interest.
Not surprisingly the Judge was endorsed by People Concerned for the Unborn Child and LifePAC of Southwestern Pennsylvania. Somehow the Judge determined she was mature enough to be a mother to a child, but not enough to make her own decisions regarding her reproductive organs. Leave it to “pro-lifers” to make the best choices for the rest of us…even if it means confining a woman to a hospital-bed against her will, jailing them for having thought of an abortion, or denying the choice to a teenager because of her grammar.
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Readers: I’m trying to “just notice”, and not “judge”, but this one is just begging to be judged. How can I not judge someone, when that someone is judging women just for thinking something…When women are now being arrested for their thoughts…for their judgements with respect to their own bodies?
What world are we living in when a woman can’t even think freely about her own body?
Thoughts? Bitches? Rants? Blog me.
Lastly, greed over a great story is surfacing from my “loyal”(?) readers. With all this back and forth about who owns what, that appears on my blog, let me reiterate that all material posted on my blog becomes the sole property of my blog. If you want to reserve any proprietary rights don’t post it to my blog. I will prominently display this caveat on my blog from now on to remind those who may have forgotten this notice.
Gratefully your blog host,
michelle
Aka BABE: We all know what this means by now :)
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June 5th, 2011 at 11:14 am
Best Ways to Check Your Score
John Ulzheimer
By far the most important piece of information about your creditworthiness is your FICO credit score. Today’s lenders and insurance companies rarely dig into the details of a credit report.
They typically just check the FICO score — which can vary somewhat depending on which credit-reporting agency’s data is used — and judge the applicant based on this score.
Even though there are ways to get estimated FICO scores and alternative credit scores for free, there are only two places to obtain your true FICO score, and neither is free…
Fair Isaac, which compiles the FICO score (800-319-4433, http://www.MyFICO.com. $19.95).
Equifax (866-493-9788, http://www.Equifax.com, select “Equifax Products,” click the “Single Use Products” tab, then select “Complete Report.” $39.95).
In May 2010, the US Senate approved an amendment to a financial industry overhaul bill that would give consumers a free look at their credit scores when they are rejected for a loan, credit card, insurance rate or apartment based on their scores.
Meanwhile, several free online credit score estimator tools can give you a reasonable idea where your score likely stands, including…
Bankrate.com (www.Bankrate.com/calculators.aspx, select “FICO Score Estimator” from the “Credit Card Calculators” section).
SmartCredit.com (www.SmartCredit.com, select “Smart Credit Report”). This is the site I work for.
Quizzle.com (www.Quizzle.com).
Be skeptical of “free credit score” offers. Many of these contain hidden costs… and the score provided is unlikely to be a FICO credit score. Each of us is entitled to receive a free copy of a credit report (which does not include a credit score but does give details of your credit history) each year from AnnualCreditReport.com.
To protect yourself from identity theft and incorrect information, scan your report for listings that you don’t recognize or that don’t seem accurate.
Personal interviewed John Ulzheimer, president of consumer education for SmartCredit.com, a credit information Web site, Atlanta.
He formerly worked with credit-rating organizations Fair Isaac (FICO) and Equifax.
June 5th, 2011 at 5:18 pm
Rio
Are you still orbiting? I’m thinking about you lover.
I’m holding out hope that we can get together soon.
Paris
June 5th, 2011 at 5:38 pm
HOWIE
Since the archives are no more, would you be willing to repost your story about the TWO for those that are new here?
I was asked recently if you knew that since that original posting, many ABs are looking at time as BH and AH (Before HOWIE and After HOWIE) not unlike the Christian earth calendar of BC and AD?
If you are one of those Alien Beings, would you be willing to share information of what the change to BH and AH means specifically to you?
PrP
June 5th, 2011 at 7:24 pm
It means that before the information about the TWO, the belief by the highest intellects that a being with the power of a God was considered much less that a theory.
It was generally believed that anything unexplainable was because the observer was not aware of the technology that was producing the unexplainable event.
r7Ht4
June 5th, 2011 at 7:36 pm
forget that the corporations don’t give a shit about who gets the information they demand from us.
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Dear Valued Best Buy Customer,
On March 31, we were informed by Epsilon, a company we use to send emails to our customers, that files containing the email addresses of some Best Buy customers were accessed without authorization.
We have been assured by Epsilon that the only information that may have been obtained was your email address and that the accessed files did not include any other information. A rigorous assessment by Epsilon determined that no other information is at risk. We are actively investigating to confirm this.
For your security, however, we wanted to call this matter to your attention. We ask that you remain alert to any unusual or suspicious emails. As our experts at Geek Squad would tell you, be very cautious when opening links or attachments from unknown senders.
In keeping with best industry security practices, Best Buy will never ask you to provide or confirm any information, including credit card numbers, unless you are on our secure e-commerce site, http://www.bestbuy.com. If you receive an email asking for personal information, delete it. It did not come from Best Buy.
Our service provider has reported this incident to the appropriate authorities.
We regret this has taken place and for any inconvenience this may have caused you. We take your privacy very seriously, and we will continue to work diligently to protect your personal information. For more information on keeping your data safe, please visit:
http://www.geeksquad.com/do-it-yourself/tech-tip/six-steps-to-keeping-your-data-safe.aspx.
Sincerely,
Barry Judge
Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer
Best Buy
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All they do is lie about how much was taken.
June 5th, 2011 at 7:44 pm
There are higher laws and priorities at play here.
June 5th, 2011 at 9:49 pm
Michelle:
Because there are higher laws and priorities at play here as Anonymous #6 states, I ask you to help those Aliens that are unaware of the Three omnipotent, and omniscient Gods existence.
Some Aliens are unaware that the Three Gods are the beings by whose imaginations all things are created. Everything in existence is just a product of their imaginations. Hence we all exist as they imagine us to be.
Although unexplainable, Their powers are NOT a product of an advanced technology as some believe.
Unfortunately, for security purposes I do not keep any records on my computer. This information is requested and I am asking you to be a gracious Host. This was your posted on your blog and broadcast throughout the Universe by Tal on December 25 and my explanation came soon thereafter.
Since there are no Archives to seek this knowledge, I ask for your courtesy in re-posting my comment which simplifies and explains Tal’s broadcast.
This information will be appreciated by many so I am thanking you in advance for your cooperation.
HOWIE
June 6th, 2011 at 9:34 am
Can Guam do anything right?
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Apology issued for Miss Guam Universe snafu
Posted: Jun 05, 2011 10:23 PM
Updated: Jun 05, 2011 10:28 PM
by Sabrina Salas Matanane
Guam – The Miss Guam Universe Organization is issuing a public apology for the mishap that occurred during Friday night’s pageant. According to Spokesperson Pat Bamba, although the official tabulations from Ernst & Young were accurate, the announcement on stage and the sashes that were placed on the winners were inadvertently mixed-up.
“On the night of the pageant the sash and trophy team mistakenly placed the Miss Universe first runner-up sash on Katarina Martinez, and the announcers then announced Alexandria Sanchez as first runner-up to Miss Universe,” Bamba explained. “But the sash team that went out was the Miss International sash team and the put the sash and crown on Ms. Sanchez. Now, that was our mistake. There’s no excuses for it. That’s basically what happened.:
Bamba added, “During the mad dash to get the presenters our there to put the sash and crown the ladies there was that mix up and for some reason the announcers the proclaimed Ms. Sanchez Miss International, seeing the sash on Alex. You know, the Miss Universe Guam Committee, we take full responsibility for what happened and we apologize to both Ms. Sanchez, Alexandria and Ms. Martinez, Katarina and their supporters and their families. It was a terrible mistake and we regret that it happened.”
Instead of correcting it on stage, pageant organizers met with Martinez and Sanchez afterwards to notify them of the mistake.
As for the official results from Ernst & Young: winning the title of Miss Guam Universe 2011 is Shayna Jo Afaisen, Miss Guam Universe First Runner-Up is Alexandria Sanchez. Winning the title of Miss International Guam was Katarina Martinez, and Miss International Guam First Runner-Up being Meika Dunagan. Afaisen will head to brazil to compete in the Miss Universe Pageant, while Martinez will head to china to compete in the Miss International Pageant.
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Hafa Adai
Anna
June 6th, 2011 at 10:07 am
PrP
To us it means a time of harmony. We can sail the galaxies and hail each other without fear of hostilities.
39297
June 6th, 2011 at 10:09 am
Thanks in part to the support and encouragement of USAction/TrueMajority members, President Obama has drawn a line in the sand by promising to make millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share of taxes.1
It’s a big step, and it comes at a critical moment: June 7 marks the tenth anniversary of the day President George W. Bush signed into law $1.35 trillion dollars of tax cuts for the richest people in America.2
But Republicans have promised to fight the President’s promise tooth and nail. And last year, the President gave in at the last minute – agreeing to extend tax cuts for the wealthiest in exchange for a breakthrough on unemployment insurance, nuclear disarmament and more.
We can’t let that happen again. With the anniversary of these disastrous tax cuts around the corner, we need the President to stay strong.
June 6th, 2011 at 7:22 pm
We agree with Howie.
June 30th, 2011 at 5:54 am
Captivating blog post you have hereabouts. I hadn’t pondered this.