Flap Your Lips Friday
Posted by Michelle Moquin on October 19th, 2012
Good morning!
Unfortunately, I am not able to copy the video and add it here but please click here or click on the title to view it; it is a must see. Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard does not hold anything back in her impassioned attack on opposition leader’s views of women. You go girl!
Julia Gillard speech prompts dictionary to change ‘misogyny’ definition
Australian prime minister’s impassioned attack on opposition leader’s views of women provokes debate over word’s meaning
Australian prime minister Julia Gillard accuses the opposition leader, Tony Abbott, of misogyny Link to this video
When Australian prime minister Julia Gillard launched a ferocious attack on the leader of the opposition for his repeated use of sexist language, she was feted by feminists the world over. But critics in Australiarounded on her for supposedly misusing the word misogyny and falsely accusing Tony Abbott of hating women.
Now, however, Gillard’s critics no longer have semantics on their side. In the wake of the row, the most authoritative dictionary in Australia has decided to update its definition of the word, ruling that a modern understanding of misogyny would indeed imply “entrenched prejudice against women” as well as, or instead of, pathological hatred of them. Sue Butler, editor of the Macquarie Dictionary, said that, on this occasion, it had failed to keep pace with linguistic evolution.
“Since the 1980s, misogyny has come to be used as a synonym for sexism, a synonym with bite, but nevertheless with the meaning of entrenched prejudice against women rather than pathological hatred,” she said in a statement.
While the Oxford English Dictionary reworded its definition a decade ago, staff at the Macquarie had been alerted to the issue only in the aftermath of Gillard’s extraordinary speech in parliament. “Perhaps as dictionary editors we should have noticed this before it was so rudely thrust in front of us as something that we’d overlooked,” Butler told the Associated Press.
Gillard – Australia’s first female leader – accused Abbott, head of the centre-right Liberal party, of repeated instances of sexism and misogyny, including his description of abortion as “the easy way out”, his apparent characterisation of Australian women as housewives doing the ironing, and appearances at political rallies in front of posters urging voters to “ditch the witch”.
She told MPs: “The leader of the opposition says that people who hold sexist views and who are misogynists are not appropriate for high office. Well, I hope the leader of the opposition has got a piece of paper and he’s writing out his resignation because if he wants to know what misogyny looks like in modern Australia, he doesn’t need a motion in the House of Representatives; he needs a mirror.”
Abbott had sparked the Labor prime minister’s fury by calling for the speaker of parliament, Peter Slipper, to be sacked over a series of sexist and vulgar texts he had sent to a former member of staff. Slipper has since resigned as speaker.
Seized with indignation and pointing her finger across the despatch box, she retorted: “I will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by this man. And the government will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by this man. Not now, not ever.”
In an attempt to defend himself, Abbott has claimed the attack was part of a government smear campaign. His supporters have also accused Gillard of hyperbole, citing the Macquarie Dictionary as proof that, when she claimed Abbott was a misogynist, she was saying he had a visceral hatred of the opposite sex.
Those figures have not welcomed the dictionary’s decision to expand its definition, and Butler said she had received letters accusing it of a political move. “It would seem more logical for the prime minister to refine her vocabulary than for the Macquarie Dictionary to keep changing its definitions every time a politician mangles the English language,” Fiona Nash, a senator in Abbott’s coalition, said.
Speaking to the Australian newspaper, the manager of opposition business, Christopher Pyne, also criticised the decision. “If Macquarie changes its definition of misogyny to something other than what it is, it undermines Macquarie Dictionary in its entirety,” he said. “The prime minister knew when she used the term misogyny that she was calling Tony Abbott a women hater and she should bear the burden of that vicious personal smear.”
Gillard’s impassioned speech endeared her to feminists throughout the world, with media in Britain, the US and elsewhere praising her for arguably the most outspoken attack on sexism in political life in history. In France, her attack was lauded as an impressive and “implacable tirade”, while the New Yorker said that, while her motivation may have been political, Gillard had started a discussion about “something much more important” in the process.
In Australia, however, her performance received rather more mixed reviews, with many concerned about what they saw as her attempt to defend Slipper. Much of the mainstream media wrote off Gillard’s speech as a disaster, with one commentator claiming she would “rue yet another bad call” and another decrying her “flawed” judgment, which, they said, had lost her credibility.
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Readers: Instead of the men supporting Gillard, they decided to just change the definition of the word, so men won’t feel so bad. This is just sickening. The men in Australia didn’t like being accused of hating women. Boo hoo.
So rather than doing something to protect women from men who hate them, they changed the definition to remove accusation of hate from the woman’s term “misogynist”.
Instead of getting real with their hate for women and changing their sick behavior and attitude toward women, let’s just change the word to suit their needs, giving them an excuse to continue being the sick men that they are.
Aussie girls: You are being screwed by these men – get off of your asses and protest – don’t let these men screw you by allowing them an excuse for them to continue to treat you this way. Now is the time to do something. And if any men in your country have any balls, they’ll be protesting right along side you. But what I can see from the video, these men don’t show any compassion for your girls – you girls might all be on your own, like many of us are in the world. Now is the time to come together in support, like all women across the world must do.
Gill: I liked your take on Romney’s view of women. No doubt if he could have some words in the dictionary changed he would.
Derek: Life is all about the small issues especially when it comes to women, because the small nuances against women happen daily, that for you it is just the “norm”…acceptable. Let me tell you it will never be acceptable even if it is the “norm”.
So of course, you a man, are like most men who can’t see the harm it does or the place it throws and keeps women in. So you make a big deal seem like it is small issue, just because it doesn’t directly affect you.
You are like the arab men. What does it matter to a woman if there is unemployment when if that woman gets a job she is certain not to get equal pay. The reason why you are focusing on the “big” issues is because you are probably a man who is out of a job and part of that unemployment rate you speak of. You are being affected. But were you helping women reach equality when you knew that you were making more money for doing the same same job when you had one?
In my opinion, YOU are the problem – people like you who vote, and will continue to vote for candidates who discriminate. We wouldn’t be in this situation if it weren’t for people like you who vote in candidates who are narcissistic and self-serving.
And from your last comment, you are no doubt for the party who put us in the disastrous economic environment in the first place. YOU, wannabee, need to wake up! YOU need to live in reality and start supporting the candidates that really care about women and the country. That is when good change will happen for everyone and not just the elite 1%.
Ruth, SM: The Romney’s are so gung-ho to send other peoples’ sons and daughters to war, but theirs have the protection behind the Mormon religion. As always, nice to see you here. Love and hugs to you et al.
I’m out the door now…Your turn, start flappin’ – blog me.
Peace out.
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October 19th, 2012 at 1:26 pm
Hi Mischa, I was waiting to see who addressed our Derek…Derek, do you not read the comments written by women here or are you a misogynist of both ‘definitions’??
Russell, nice comment, thank you.
Luv, Zen Lill
October 19th, 2012 at 3:52 pm
A 1-Point Plan
Oct 19, 2012 | By ThinkProgress War Room
Everyone Else Pays More So the Wealthy Can Pay Even Less
First, Mitt Romney had 59-point plan. Lately, he’s been touting a 5-point plan.
But the truth is that Mitt Romney really just has 1-point plan: Make everyone else pay more so the wealthy and huge corporations like Big Oil can pay even less.
What does this 1-point plan mean in practice?
A $2,000 tax increase for middle class families so every millionaire can get a new $87,000 tax cut.
Current seniors pay $11,100 more for their health care so the five largest oil companies get a new $2.3 BILLION annual tax cut
A 29 year-old would pay a whopping $331,000 for their health care in retirement so Romney’s single largest donor can have a $2.3+ BILLION tax cut (yes, you read that right).
Women lose their no-cost birth control benefit so corporations can keep existing tax breaks for shipping jobs overseas and get billions in new incentives to outsource American jobs.
Over 1 MILLION students will lose their Pell Grants so the corporate tax rate can be slashed by almost one-third.
And so on and so forth. You get the picture and it’s not a pretty one.
Worse yet?
Romney’s reverse Robin Hood plan won’t create jobs and won’t grow the economy. As we discussed earlier this week, Romney’s plan would, at best, dramatically slow the recovery and could kill hundreds of thousands of jobs and throw the economy back into recession.
How are we so sure about this? We’ve tried Romney’s 1-point plan before and it didn’t work. In fact, the plan Romney is advocating solely consists of the same policies that got us into this mess in the first place — only worse.
We know from experience that lower marginal tax rates don’t create economic growth. In fact, the opposite seems to be true.
And lower marginal tax rates don’t create jobs either.
BOTTOM LINE: The middle class simply cannot afford Mitt Romney’s 1-point plan to make them pay more so the wealthy and corporations can pay even less.
October 19th, 2012 at 3:56 pm
The GOP is still at it trying to suppress the votes of those they can’t steal. I hope Madaline is hard at work because she will need to be.
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Man registering voters for GOP accused of tossing forms in trash
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A man who was being paid to register voters by the Republican Party of Virginia was arrested Thursday after he was seen dumping eight registration forms into a dumpster.
Colin Small, 31, was working as a supervisor as part of a registration operation in eight swing states financed by the Republican National Committee. Small, of Phoenixville, Pa., was first hired by Strategic Allied Consulting, a firm that was fired by the party after suspect voter forms surfaced in Florida and other states.
The owner of a store in Harrisonburg, Va., told a local television station that he became suspicious when he saw a car with Pennsylvania plates dump an envelope in back of his store. He recovered the envelope and alerted authorities.
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Nathan Sproul is proud of his voter registration fraud and so is turdblossum AKA Karl Rove the jerk sitting next to him. These people are funded directly by the Koch Brothers to distort and destroy the truth and Democratic votes. They can’t think of winning an election any other way.
October 19th, 2012 at 4:08 pm
Become Heart Attack Proof—Here Are the Tests and Other Strategies You Really Need…
There are few things as reassuring as hearing your doctor say that your cholesterol levels are “normal.” But don’t assume that these test results mean you have dodged the heart attack “bullet.”
Surprising fact:
About half of all heart attacks occur in people with normal LDL “bad” cholesterol levels. Other important facts you should know about testing to increase your odds of being heart attack proof…
DON’T SETTLE FOR NORMAL
Most doctors rely heavily upon the results of their patients’ basic cholesterol tests to determine their heart attack risk. Total and LDL cholesterol—both measured by routine blood tests—are useful indicators of heart attack risk.
The problem is that the desirable levels recommended by the National Cholesterol Education Program are not the optimal levels that can protect you from having a heart attack.
For example, the optimal total cholesterol level is less than 150 mg/dL (rather than the standard recommendation of less than 200 mg/dL).
Dr. William Castelli of the landmark Framingham Heart Study noted that none of the participants with a total cholesterol level of less than 150 mg/dL had suffered a heart attack.
In addition, the desirable LDL cholesterol is listed as less than 100 mg/dL, yet clinical studies have demonstrated that the optimal level should be less than 70 mg/dL.
Why wait until you have already suffered a heart attack to strive for the optimal cholesterol levels?
My approach:
All adults should aim for optimal levels of total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol by following a healthy lifestyle. If you are not able to achieve optimal levels with lifestyle changes alone, then your doctor should decide whether to add cholesterol-lowering medication based on your risk factors for heart disease.
Remember, medications are never a substitute for a healthy lifestyle.
OTHER TESTS YOU SHOULD HAVE
Newer, expanded tests can give clues beyond those provided by the basic cholesterol results discussed earlier. You may have to ask your doctor for these tests, but they are well worth it. Important blood tests for all adults to consider…
LDL-P.
The “P” stands for “particle.” It measures the number of LDL particles that carry cholesterol. It’s a more effective indicator of cardiovascular risk than LDL cholesterol alone because it shows how likely you are to develop atherosclerosis.
Elevated LDL-P means that you are at risk of having a heart attack even if your LDL cholesterol is normal.
My approach:
Patients should strive for an optimal LDL-P level of less than 700 nmol/L.
Apo-B. This test measures a protein known as Apolipoprotein-B (Apo-B). It appears on the surface of all cholesterol particles that can enter the artery walls and potentially lead to atherosclerosis.
My approach:
Patients should aim for an optimal level of less than 60 mg/dL. Depending upon the profiles offered by the laboratory that is being used, it’s appropriate to measure particle number with LDL-P and/or Apo-B to get an accurate assessment of heart attack risk.
CRP.
Studies show that elevated C-reactive protein (CRP), which serves as a marker for inflammation, indicates an increased risk for heart disease and stroke. In some cases, a patient can have a normal cholesterol level but an elevated CRP reading.
My approach:
Ask for a high-sensitivity CRP (hs-CRP) test (it’s more accurate for vascular inflammation than standard CRP tests). Patients should strive for an hs-CRP level of less than 2 mg/L.
Vitamin D.
Most people associate vitamin D with bone health—it plays a key role in promoting the absorption of bone-building calcium. But that’s not all vitamin D does. Preliminary research shows that correcting a vitamin D deficiency (through foods, such as salmon and vitamin D–fortified cereal, and/or supplements) can significantly lower heart disease risk.
My approach:
Ask your doctor to test your vitamin D level. An optimal level is greater than 30 ng/ml.
Omega-3 index.
This blood test measures the percentage of healthful omega-3 fat in the membranes of your red blood cells.
Low levels of omega-3 are linked to an increased risk for heart attack and sudden cardiac death. My approach: Patients should aim for an omega-3 level of greater than 8%.
WHAT TO DO NEXT
If one or more results from these tests are not optimal, your doctor may choose from these treatments…*
Go Mediterranean.
Better eating habits (including a Mediterranean diet that consists of plenty of seafood, a minimum of red meat and an abundance of fruits, vegetables, legumes) is the first step.
Although there are various diets that claim to reduce heart attack risk, the preponderance of evidence confirms that the Mediterranean approach does so most effectively. It improves cholesterol levels, reduces inflammation and lowers blood sugar levels.
Get off the couch!
There is no way around it. Exercise is essential to becoming heart attack proof. It not only lowers blood pressure, heart rate and body weight, but it also helps control lipid levels, such as total and LDL cholesterol, and reduce inflammation and blood sugar levels.
My approach:
Walk 30 to 45 minutes daily. To make sure that you stay on track, buy a pedometer and strive for 10,000 steps each day. Believe it or not, most people walk less than 3,000 steps per day.
Consider taking a statin.
These cholesterol-lowering drugs, which include atorvastatin (Lipitor), simvastatin (Zocor) and rosuvastatin (Crestor), can be used if lifestyle measures don’t sufficiently improve total and LDL cholesterol. It’s not well-known, but statins also can improve LDL-P, Apo-B and CRP levels.
Get more omega-3s.
Foods that are rich in omega-3s (such as salmon and sardines) and supplements, including fish oil, boost omega-3 levels, reduce the inflammation marker CRP and lower triglyceride levels.
DON’T MISS THESE RISK FACTORS FOR HEART ATTACK
When determining one’s odds of having a heart attack, two factors often are overlooked…
Periodontal disease.
Many doctors have been slow to recognize how poor dental hygiene can increase a person’s heart attack risk.
Here’s what happens:
If you don’t brush and floss regularly, small particles of food get trapped between your teeth and gums, which promotes the buildup of plaque as well as inflammation and infection.
Periodontal disease, in turn, causes a generalized inflammatory response that can increase heart attack risk.
In fact, a recent seven-year study of more than 100,000 people with no history of heart attack or stroke showed that those who had their teeth cleaned by a dentist or hygienist at least twice a year over a two-year period had a 24% lower risk for heart attack compared with people who did not go to the dentist or went only once in a two- year period.
My approach:
Brush and floss regularly…and see your dentist at least every six months.
Sleep apnea.
Recent research shows that this nighttime breathing disorder increases a person’s risk for heart attack and stroke.
What’s the connection?
With sleep apnea, the upper airway narrows or collapses during sleep, often disrupting sleep hundreds of times each night. This sleep disturbance decreases oxygen saturation in the bloodstream.
Sleep apnea also raises adrenaline and inflammation—both of which increase risk for heart attack.
My approach:
Patients who have signs or symptoms of sleep apnea—such as snoring, periods of breathing cessation during sleep, daytime fatigue and/or morning headaches—should see a doctor.
There is some evidence that treating sleep apnea can lower heart attack risk.
*Always discuss all heart disease prevention recommendations with your personal treating physician.
Source: Michael Ozner, MD, medical director of the Center for Wellness & Prevention at Baptist Health South Florida in Miami and a past chairman of the American Heart Association of Miami.
He is the author of four books, including his most recent, Heart Attack Proof: A Six-Week Cardiac Makeover for a Lifetime of Optimal Health (BenBella). http://www.DrOzner.com
October 19th, 2012 at 4:12 pm
If Romney is elected, wages will go down. Social Security and Medicare will be damaged. Medicaid will be gutted. The middle class will start to disappear even faster. The wealthy can be sure their taxes will be even lower; and women will know that mean have control of their body.
There is nothing moral about Mitt Romney’s policies from outsourcing thousands of jobs while bankrupting American companies, all for personal gain.
When he is defeated I will jump for joy and know that the American dream has not quite been destroyed by folk like Romney yet.
October 19th, 2012 at 4:13 pm
You got it all wrong. Her I’ll help.
Part one of Mitt’s plan is to achieve energy independence on this continent by 2020.
Part two of the plan is trade that works for America. Mitt believes that trade can offer enormous opportunities for American businesses and workers, but only if they are given a level playing field on which they can compete and win.
Part three is to provide Americans with the skills to succeed through better public schools, better access to higher education, and better retraining programs that help to match unemployed workers with real-world job opportunities.
Part four is to cut the deficit, reducing the size of government and getting the national debt under control so that America remains a place where businesses want to open up shop and hire.
Finally, part five of Mitt’s plan is to champion small business. Small businesses are the engine of job creation in this country, but they will struggle to succeed if taxes and regulations are too burdensome or if a government in Washington does its best to stifle them.
Is that better? Can you understand this. Or should smaller words be used?
October 19th, 2012 at 4:15 pm
I really enjoyed seeing the laugher among Democrats and Republicans. After seeing two ladies who worked in Romney’s cabinet speak on T.V. this week, I really believe if he goes in we will see a big difference in Washington. We can all pray.
October 19th, 2012 at 4:17 pm
The difference in the two men during the recent event was so apparent. Romney’s jokes were so mean-spirited and mostly aimed at Obama. Obama actually spent most of his time mocking himself. Romney is really incapable of that.
October 19th, 2012 at 4:20 pm
I know i am voting for Obama, but can someone please clarify Romneys points of action?! I have gotten lost the past weeks trying to keep up with the lies.
Its like chem homework, one day you get it the next you dont.
October 19th, 2012 at 4:21 pm
I am wondering whether Dennis Miller, who was just on the road with Mitt and his team, i wonder if he may have had a hand in crafting at least some of these one-liners, especially the one with Big Bird..
Mitt truly slayed ‘em last night. It was a great example of how to really roast someone. And let me tell ya, obama needed roasting.
Way to Mitt.
October 19th, 2012 at 4:24 pm
As others have pointed out, the theme of the Al Smith dinner is to poke fun at oneself primarily, not to roast anyone else. Romney made a lot of people uncomfortable with his constant aiming of barbs at the President.
October 19th, 2012 at 4:28 pm
Ditto Zen Lill
October 19th, 2012 at 4:39 pm
Once again who are these women voting for the GOP? Here is another member of that party willing to risk women’s lives in an area that men will never have to face.
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Republican Rep. Joe Walsh, running against Democratic challenger Tammy Duckworth in Illinois, told reporters Thursday night that there should be no abortion exception for the “life of the mother” because “with modern technology and science, you can’t find one instance” in which a woman would actually die, according to a radio station. Walsh, of course, is flat wrong.
“There is no such exception as life of the mother, and as far as health of the mother, same thing,” Walsh continued. The comments were first reported by the Illinois radio station WGN.
“There is no such exception as life of the mother, and as far as health of the mother, same thing, with advances in science and technology,” Walsh said, according to the video above. CREDO super PAC, which is opposing Walsh, tipped HuffPost to the comments.
Walsh’s remarks echo Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.), who similarly relied on an ignorance of science and medicine to proclaim a belief that women’s bodies are able to prevent pregnancy in cases of “legitimate rape.”
“If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let’s assume maybe that didn’t work or something.
I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be on the rapist,” Akin said, setting off a firestorm before the Republican National Convention, including calls for him to resign from the race. Akin now trails his Senate race against Democrat Claire McCaskill.
GOP establishment figures attempted to cast Akin as a lone extremist whose views are outside the mainstream of the party. But Walsh’s fresh comments make that distinction more difficult to maintain.
Walsh and Akin, along with GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan (Wis.) cosponsored legislation that would have redefined rape as “forcible rape.”
October 19th, 2012 at 4:40 pm
Sorry, I wanted to end with. He’s just saying what there all thinking. This really IS mainstream Republican “thought”. And if you think they’d never act on it, you’re wrong.
Caroline
October 19th, 2012 at 4:41 pm
GOOD AFTERNOON TO EVERYONE!
The former Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca is in for Mitt Romney. Incredible polls from Virginia and Pennsylvania show the former Massachusetts governor leading in both states. Even a former Des Moines Register reporter has admitted that Republicans are doing an unprecedented job on the ground game in regard to absentee ballots in the Hawkeye State and the margin of space between President Obama and Romney is razor thin. This race is absolutely neck and neck.
Next week’s Human Events is to press and will be on the street Monday. Expect a small election preview with Mark LaRochelle’s fact check of President Obama’s egregious statements in the campaign and the 2nd debate. Look for that next week.
As always, our stories and offerings are below.
Have a great weekend,
– Adam Tragone, Managing Editor
October 19th, 2012 at 4:45 pm
During an appearance at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, Obama coined a new term — “Romnesia” — for what he said are Romney’s changes in positions.
“If you come down with a case of Romnesia and you can’t seem to remember the policies that are still on your website or the promises that you’ve made over the six years that you’ve been running for president, here’s the good news: Obamacare covers pre-existing conditions,” Obama, 51, said in a reference to the health-care law enacted in 2010.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/business/bloomberg/article/Obama-Says-His-Opponent-Has-a-Case-of-3964388.php#ixzz29mF50gm9
October 19th, 2012 at 4:47 pm
Romney was deeply religious when it came to avoiding the Vietnam draft and instead spent time in France eating croissants and bon-bons, but when it came to firing people and destroying their lives, he wasn’t so religious, was he?
And as far as his sons are concerned, which ones served in Iraq or Afghanistan?
Taking a swing at the President is so religious.
October 19th, 2012 at 4:48 pm
Wow, new poll out today. Fox poll which generally leans Democrat for some reason. Compared to September, Obama’s lead among women has dropped from 23 points to 10.
A nearly equal drop has been seen among voters under 35. Among independent voters, the drop is even more dramatic. They still show Obama with a very slim lead, but the turnaround among women, young voters, and independents is just amazing.
October 19th, 2012 at 4:58 pm
I’m sorry to say it Caroline#13&14, but it is overwhelmingly white women who have changed their minds. Black women, Latina women and most other OTW women have remained firmly loyal to Obama.
I am also lining up with Michelle’s opinion. I don’t think it is mostly ignorance on the part of white women. I see it as purely racial.
I say that because this white woman sees the hypocrisy among her female friends and relatives. They were merely lying about supporting Obama or about being undecided.
They were waiting for an excuse to declare their support for Mitt. They were ALWAYS going to vote color though. So the way I look at it, Obama never lost their vote.
He never had it in the first place. That still doesn’t put a dent in the title that most american white women are as dumb as a box of rocks.
One would have to be to vote against your own interest to follow men lock step to satisfy their racial bigotry.
Not me. I’m voting the Dem ticket down the line.
Monica
October 19th, 2012 at 4:59 pm
“He made a mistake and he’s being charged with it, which we fully support,” said Sean Spicer, a spokesman for the Republican National Committee.
The only mistake was being caught dumping Democratic registrations.
sean spicer is a lying -whore.