Sunday Brief
Posted by Michelle Moquin on June 1st, 2014
Good morning!
From Think Progress:
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5 Important News Stories On 5 Issues In 5 Charts
Catch up on the news of the week with our run-down of five key stories, each described with its own chart or map:
1. No, Taking Away Unemployment Benefits Doesn’t Make People Get Jobs. At the end of December, Republicans in Congress refused to join Democrats to pass a law extending unemployment insurance for nearly 1.3 million Americans. After already losing almost $5 billion in economic activity, new research makes the case that we need to extend this important lifeline. A study in Illinois found that more than four in five unemployed people who lost benefits were still jobless two months later. Another demonstrates the challenge the long-term unemployed face in this recovery: just 22 percent of those who ended up unemployed for six months or longer during the 2008 recession found steady, full-time work by the beginning of 2013. And finally, new analysis shows that for those whose benefits disappeared in December, only about a quarter had found jobs as of March–about the same success rate as when the program was still in effect. Roughly another one in four and dropped out of the labor force altogether.
2. A Woman With Perfect Grades Is Worth The Same As A Man With A 2.0 Average.Researchers at the University of Miami found that high school GPA is a strong predictor of income in adulthood. But perhaps the more dramatic finding was just how big a gap there is between men and women who earn the same grades. In fact, a woman who earns perfect grades goes on to earn roughly the same as a man with a 2.0 GPA:
CREDIT: UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
3. The Poorest Americans Are Still Locked Out Of The Affordable Care Act. Many of the most vulnerable Americans are locked out of health reform because they live in states that have rejected Obamacare’s optional Medicaid expansion. More than 70 percent of those people live in just 11 southern states, and 35 percent of them live within the borders of five. Despite the overwhelming need, GOP lawmakers there continue to resist cooperating with health reform at any cost.
4. The World Quickly Stopped Caring About The Kidnapped Nigerian Girls. It’s a common assumption that interest in news stories, barring any major new developments, tends to fade over time. But there is perhaps no better example than that of the nearly 300 young girls kidnapped by terrorist group Boko Haram in Nigeria. This tragic story, which rose to international attention and mushroomed over social media with the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls, has disappeared from international interest as fast as it arrived. A search on Google Trends over the last 90 days illustrates the point:
5. Marriage Equality Keeps Spreading, And Spreading, And Spreading. Pennsylvania became the 19th state in the union to allow same-sex marriage on Wednesday, after Gov. Tom Corbett (R) declined to appeal Tuesday’s court ruling that the state’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. Federal judge John E. Jones, a George W. Bush appointee, wrote in his decision: “We are a better people than what these laws represent, and it is time to discard them into the ash heap of history.” Rick Santorum, the prominent anti-gay Republican who as a Pennsylvania Senator recommended Judge Jones to the court, hasstayed mum on the issue. The state is just the latest domino to fall as courts across the country, in red states and blue states, invalidate marriage bans.
Readers: Pick your fave of the five and blog me. Happy Sunday!
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June 1st, 2014 at 11:01 am
HOWIE, thanks.
June 1st, 2014 at 12:09 pm
Interesting, Misch, the #5 is the epitome of unstable, chaotic energy…
I’ll choose #4 and my theory is there is big backstory and some play it down threats bc it is between 2 very large groups: Christians and Muslims. (Make this story go away or else there’ll be more of the same forthcoming…) just my personal ‘conspiracy theory’ on that one.
#8 Toni, Alpha males get away with it and they know they can and women even know it and they still vie for that man, I’ve been involved with a few in my life and believe me I’ve seen women do the female equivalent of ‘tripping over their own dicks’ to get a piece of him (or just experience a slice of what they perceived ‘we had together’ and that is F’d up thinking right there – another example of ‘the it isn’t as clearcut as it seems’ part – it’s actually quite crayzeee
#9 Jossie, they had a weird bond you cannot break, again, that is the ‘other thing’ at play I mentioned, it could be self esteem related, could be obsessive personality disorder, though regardless it perpetuates this type of behavior bc men could care less about a woman’s self esteem bc it is your job to manage that (and they are rigt in that regard, self esteem is boosted only by you)
#10 Mona, same thing at play, the energetic bond, no explaining it, I guess even an openly filthy heart can find someone to love it…
#12 Rhona, it is difficult alone and taking care of kids, I’m wishing you the best and hoping for you that it’ll all get better as they age. I’ve met many who stay until the kids age bc it is most logical thing to do bc it is so difficult, I admire your courage.
#13 yep, that’s the ‘good ones’ for you, keep quiet and watch, not so good…
#14 Mari, the mass psych/hypnosis is partially driven by religion, being a good woman of god and accepting things at faith value has women giving other women a hard time for divorcing, aborting and/or just living life their own way w/o a lot of attachment to men (deep down their envious) and for some doing any of that is an act of courage.
#15 Linda, many mothers of sons blame girls and their ‘ho-ish’ behavior, they aren’t seeing the bigger picture clearly, bc regardless if you think someone is asking for it (whatever the F that means) you as a person, should be treating others with respect and dignity as a matter of personal code of conduct, period.
#17 I’m sorry I can’t read my own handwriting for your name, apologies (I could’ve been a doctor with this handwriting of mine), everyone gets mad but do not touch, as children men are usually taugt this unless they have a horrible set of parents, and there are many out there with horrible parents.
#21 Vanessa, I abhor violence though I do believe in vigilante’ actions bc we don’t live within a fair justice system, not really
#22 Lydia, there’s always back story and (unfortunately emotional and energetic) ties between people. Certain people ‘ignite’ in each other something, sometimes it’s attraction of an obsessive variety sometimes its a lot more healthy than that, though I don’t judge bc I have seen a few friend meet individuals that for whatever reason ‘held them captive’ I say that for lack of a better term but that’s what it looked like from the outside…people trigger unexplainable emotions and attachments with each other, some good some bad and its so easy to say she’s stupid and should dump him though the person in it cannot do that, it’s beyond our comprehension, it’s the 4th window of the Johari window, it’s what we don’t know and no one knows, it’s just there…
#23 Frances, Please keep confronting those boys and try to do it without rancor (so you don’t get complaint calls and lose your gig) and I say that also bc some boys are being raised in households without proper teaching so show them the way, step in, stop them in their tracks, point out the wrong doing and then give them time to respond, they may be baffled by their own behavior or never heard your view expressed out loud before, it’s ignorant but you can only educate ignorant boys/people, it’s not worth getting angry with boys who just haven’t been informed. Sound like an opportunity to chat with the girls about what they tolerate as well…
And listen, mothers who tell daughters ‘Oh he must just like you and not know how to say it’ when that boy pulls their hair or say/do disparaging things to get attention also need to wake up. Those stupid statements set the stage for accepting bad behavior as ‘he cares’ – no he’s a freaking bully and does not care.
I’m off the soapbox now and I’ll leave you to enjoy the day…
Luv, Zen Lill
June 1st, 2014 at 7:24 pm
Thanks Howie. I’m back.
Vivv
June 1st, 2014 at 7:29 pm
Zen Lill what the fuck is an “alpha male?” I find it difficult to believe that he is the one that cheats and disrespects females. How does bulling someone physically weaker than you make you an “alpha male?”
June 1st, 2014 at 7:33 pm
Sorry Zen Lill, I don’t buy it. If the silly woman had a conscience she wouldn’t have allowed the creep to make a play for her.
Some people are born tramps. Their sex has nothing to do with it.
June 1st, 2014 at 7:36 pm
Zen Lill, how will I know that I am with an “alpha” male? Maybe like you I’ve been with a few and I don’t know it.
What makes them special? The creep that shot up Santa Barbara claimed to be an alpha male. It that was an example of an alpha male give me the beta any time.
June 1st, 2014 at 7:40 pm
Zen Lill describe an alpha male. I have fucked over a hundred men and had long term relationships with several. I have yet to feel anything special about any of them.
They all were self absorbed and liars. I used them for their wealth and moved on. Most stalked me for months, one for 3 years until a guy I dated was a detective and he had his cop buddies beat the living shit out of him.
Frankly, I’m tired of white men. I have enough money so I’m looking for an OTW male that can appreciate a fine white woman with special social needs.
June 1st, 2014 at 7:44 pm
“I’ve met many who stay until the kids age bc it is most logical thing to do…”
Zen Lill, why is it the most logical thing to do? The most logical thing to do to me is to dump his ass and get child support. I mean why subject yourself to all that abuse.
Most of the time, the kids you do it for grow up to not be worth it. My advice to those women would be to seek legal advice and to get out as soon as they can.
Whose to say if the piece of shit won’t kill her or scar her in such a way as to make the rest of her life unbearable
June 1st, 2014 at 7:45 pm
I like Alycedale’s advice get a gun and kill the bastard.
June 1st, 2014 at 7:48 pm
” you as a person, should be treating others with respect and dignity as a matter of personal code of conduct, period.”
Gosh, I wish more people felt that way Zen Lill.
June 1st, 2014 at 7:55 pm
I live in Dallas. I took Alycedale’s advice. I bought a gun and secretly trained on how to use it for 4 months. Last year I shot him in the stomach.
When his guts started leaking out I pretended to feel sorry and asked him to let me help him. When he got up to lean on me I called 911, screamed and let his body fall back on top of me pinning me to our bed they I shot the asshole in the head.
The repercussion from the shot drove bone fragments from his head into my face. When the cops got there I was lying pinned under him.
It was pronounced self defense and I had the motherfucker’s body cremated against his family’s wishes.
My advice is kill the sons of bitches so only your testimony carries weight. Plan and hold off until you are no longer excited by the idea. Practice it in your mind until it becomes real easy to imagine it.
Then kill the pieces of shit.
June 1st, 2014 at 7:59 pm
I have been terrified by my husband for 9 years. The first 2 years of our marriage were very good. Gradually he changed into an abuser. He terrified our children and beat me whenever he felt like it.
I am scared to stay and scared to leave. I am too afraid to tell anyone because he says that he will divorce me ant take the kids. He says that if I force him to give me alimony he will have me maimed in such a way that no man will ever want me.
He has the money and the means to do it so I am too afraid to leave. What do I do?
June 1st, 2014 at 8:01 pm
I am as confused as #7 Chloe. Zen Lill what is an alpha male?
June 1st, 2014 at 8:01 pm
June, logical if a woman weighs out her options and seems it so, as in the care of my friend who’s hubby hit on me and others, he was an ass but he didn’t beat her or threaten her life this she thought it more logical financially and otherwise to get the kids in high school then dump him, if a man won’t be paying child support (& you don’t know of you’ve got a dead best dad till you do) then it could be best to stay until it’s easier fr you. Of course if he’s physically assaulting you, you get out asap.
Mona, you may buy it or not, I’m not selling anything though I have observed much. Clearly there is something in both their energy that draws them together if you want to call it trampy-ness be my guest.
Most narcissists are thought of as alphas, they’re not. Most betas are angry at alpha energy bc they perceive them as getting all the women easily, Rogers was not but wanted to be…bc…alphas draw women in (not saying in a bad man kind of way) and often, like it or not, women get in there vying fr his attention, did you even read what I wrote? I’m not saying he chests always but he has opportunities a lot. How he chooses to deal with that is what defines a great alpha from a running by his testosterone alpha, the true alpha is a leader type and usually charismatic in some way. People like them genuinely. Big diff from a cheating asshole.
If you need more clarification, let me know, happy to expound on the topic.
-ZL
June 1st, 2014 at 8:03 pm
My sister shot her husband as he was beating her. He begged her not to shoot him again after she shot him once in the chest.
When the police came he told them that she had shot him for the insurance. She got 21 years and is serving it now.
June 1st, 2014 at 8:06 pm
Zen Lill Please expound on the subject. I am getting the picture but I don’t know what is so special about this alpha male that makes him so attractive to the opposite sex.
Is it his physical appearance or some character trait that makes him so desirable?
I have chased a few men in my life, maybe they were alpha males.
June 1st, 2014 at 8:07 pm
Louise, not sure what city you live in but there are safe houses around the country, please let me know if you need one, I will help find one, of course I’m best connected in Los Angeles but I have friends in many places and could certainly ask around. Wishing you a best outcome. Please let us hear from you. -ZL
June 1st, 2014 at 8:10 pm
“mothers who tell daughters ‘Oh he must just like you and not know how to say it’ when that boy pulls their hair or say/do disparaging things to get attention also need to wake up” Zen Lill
OMG! I hear this every day from my friends advising their daughters to tolerate bad behavior from boys.
June 1st, 2014 at 8:11 pm
Vivian#11, I hope the law catches up to you. You are a psycho-bitch.
June 1st, 2014 at 8:17 pm
I walked in on my sister’s husband beating the living hell out of her. He had her pinned down with her legs under her buttocks and he was whipping her vagina with a coat hanger.
When he saw me he didn’t stop he told me that she had cheated on him and this what whores should expect. I ran out and called my boyfriend. He told me to call the police. I did.
When they got there he had stopped and my sister refused to testify. I was charged with filling a false report with the police. Her husband insisted that the district attorney go after me for trying to slander him. He was a member of the state legislature.
I was arrested and fined $8100.00. Three years later he tied her to a pipe on the roof and she slipped and fell off to her death. I witnessed the whole thing. He never did a day of time.
June 1st, 2014 at 8:20 pm
“it’s the 4th window of the Johari window, …”
Zen Lill what is the Johari window?
June 1st, 2014 at 8:26 pm
Excuse me Zen Lill but some of your explanations are pure bullshit. What in hell would “ignite” in a woman to allow her husband to rape their daughters night after night for years?
I can see fear being a reason, but I don’t see an emotional or physical attraction strong enough to make a woman allow her husband to rape their daughters.
Lydia says ” I don’t feel that she had the strength to defend us.” That doesn’t amount to any emotional attraction being triggered.
My advice to Lydia is for her to assist her sister. She is the one who needs care and concern. Why the fuck is she concerned about her mother?
I would love to her the sister’s reaction.
June 1st, 2014 at 8:31 pm
Anonymous#21 you were more confusing than Zen Lill. What the fuck did you think you were contributing? After your remark, Duh? Does anyone who didn’t know what a johari window was know any more because of your post?
Some people just come on this blog to waste other people’s time. So what the fuck is the “the 4th window of the Johari window,?”
If you don’t know then just shut up like the rest of us and let Zen Lill tell you when she tells the rest of us. Geeez.
June 1st, 2014 at 8:31 pm
Thank you Irene.
June 1st, 2014 at 8:40 pm
The Johari window is a technique created in 1955 by two American psychologists, Joseph Luft (1916–2014) and Harrington Ingham (1914–1995),[1] used to help people better understand their relationship with self and others. It is used primarily in self-help groups and corporate settings as a heuristic exercise.
When performing the exercise, subjects are given a list of 56 adjectives and pick five or six that they feel describe their own personality. Peers of the subject are then given the same list, and each pick five or six adjectives that describe the subject. These adjectives are then mapped onto a grid.[2]
Charles Handy calls this concept the Johari House with four rooms. Room 1 is the part of ourselves that we see and others see. Room 2 is the aspects that others see but we are not aware of. Room 3 is the most mysterious room in that the unconscious or subconscious part of us is seen by neither ourselves nor others. Room 4 is our private space, which we know but keep from others.
Open or Arena: Adjectives that are selected by both the participant and his or her peers are placed into the Open or Arena quadrant. This quadrant represents traits of the subjects that both they and their peers are aware of.
Hidden or Façade: Adjectives selected only by subjects, but not by any of their peers, are placed into the Hidden or Façade quadrant, representing information about them their peers are unaware of. It is then up to the subject to disclose this information or not.
Blind Spot: Adjectives that are not selected by subjects but only by their peers are placed into the Blind Spot quadrant. These represent information that the subject is not aware of, but others are, and they can decide whether and how to inform the individual about these “blind spots”.
Unknown: Adjectives that were not selected by either subjects or their peers remain in the Unknown quadrant, representing the participant’s behaviors or motives that were not recognized by anyone participating.
This may be because they do not apply or because there is collective ignorance of the existence of these traits. One facet of interest in this area is our human potential. Our potential is unknown to us, and others.
June 1st, 2014 at 8:52 pm
Phoebe, they usually have leader qualities, easy going and confident, relaxed humor, ability to read their audience but not necessarily to manipulate, they don’t actually care if they’re the center of attention (or whether they have yours & esp if they are already with someone), a bit if mystery always helps and they can be attractive, usually alphas are fit, they have a lot of good traits if used well I’m just saying that bc they are quite an attractive package that women tend to feel it and want it and sometimes will behave in strands ways to garner that dudes attention.
Again, they’re not the old school definition of macho or ‘alpha’ with all the bravado and bs of a insecure teenage jock fr instance, no, in fact, true aplas have compassion and will act if they can help, all very attractive and the exceptional ones come packed w a pheromone smell that will wreak of 50 shades of whatever color you want…
Absolutely delightful and delectable…
Clearer?
** (& I’m not saying anyone is right on cheating though many a femme has not cared one iota about his woman as long aS she can have her try at him, and again he defines himself when he chooses how to handle that attention. Men are not usually in fear of stalkers or physical violence though that could occur it is much rarer than the other way around, men can and do stalk women and cause physicAl harm often).
-ZL
June 1st, 2014 at 9:00 pm
Fuck you Dave#19. The “psycho” here was the misogynist she killed. If you weren’t one of those males Zen Lill mentioned who silently support those kind of men, you would have advised her to piss on his ashes occasionally to feel better about what she had to endure when he was alive.
Good for you Vivian! Be careful not to use your real name. Even though you can’t be tried twice ( if there was a trial, if not you still could be, check with your lawyer) men can be very vindictive.
I had to get a friend to hurt a cop who was terrorizing me because I killed his friend. My friend said that I had to be committed to killing him or hurting him so bad that he couldn’t physically be a cop any more.
I opted for the latter, to my regret. My friend shattered his knee caps and broke his elbows and wrist so badly that he couldn’t hold a pencil much less a gun.
The ungrateful bastard has been accusing me of having him maimed every since. I may have to move. The next time it will be death, without remorse.
For your own piece of mind take Stalin’s advice. “Death solves all problems – no man, no problem.”
June 1st, 2014 at 9:06 pm
Alycedale#27, I think that quote was:
“Death is the solution to all problems. No man – no problem.” Joseph Stalin
June 1st, 2014 at 9:14 pm
Zen Lill#26, that sounds like some mythical or made up dude to me. If a man was really all that, then why would he be such a cad?
It just seems another way of excusing liking the badness in men. I have a very nice guy. He is a gentleman and he respects my boundaries.
He is handsome and women do throw themselves at him. But he makes me feel very comfortable so I don’t get jealous or feel threatened.
Of course if I caught him cheating on me with my relatives or best friends, I would do an Alycedale. She is my new idol, icon and i-wanna-be-her.
June 1st, 2014 at 9:16 pm
Alycedale your ass is going to jail.
June 1st, 2014 at 9:49 pm
Tricia, I’m not saying that he would be a cad, I just said offers abound and it’s up to him how he handles it, your dude is clearly one who knows how to handle himself and know he’s got someone special and that’s great.
I’d walk away and go dead silent including changing my # if mine hit on my friends or family, why waste a bullet and possibly go to jail over an Ahole like that?
- ZL
June 1st, 2014 at 10:22 pm
Undermining Children’s Nutrition
This week, the House Appropriations Committee passed an agriculture spending bill that would allow schools to opt-out of nutrition standards that were established under The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which requires school meals with more fresh fruits, vegetables and whole grains while using less sodium.
The legislation also weakens the Women Infants and Children (WIC) initiative, making items like white potatoes eligible for purchase despite their weak nutritional value.
72 million children live near or at the poverty level in the United States, with one-third of these children either overweight or obese. With nearly 32 million children nationwide participating in the National School Lunch Program and more than 12 million participating in the School Breakfast Program, these daily meals play an essential role in combatting poverty and obesity.
San Francisco Unified School District has already taken many steps to improve the food systems, aligning with the highest nutritional standards in the nation and making a bold commitment to feed every hungry child. Every day, SFUSD serves over 6,000 breakfasts, 23,000 lunches and 7,000 after-school snacks by local chefs with quality ingredients.
Republicans are determined to overrule the views of medical professionals so these children can eat fewer fruits and vegetables, and pregnant mothers and infants can consume more potatoes and not enough of the nutrient-dense fruits and vegetables they need.
Instead of playing politics with the health of our nation’s future leaders, Congress should focus on improving children’s access to the nutrients they need to succeed in the classroom and lead healthy lives. We must come together to address the priorities of our children, not those of special interests and food industry giants.
Prosperity for All
This Tuesday, I joined with Mayor Ed Lee and Bay Area Members to welcome Secretary of Labor Tom Perez to San Francisco to recommit ourselves to the task of increasing opportunities for working families and acting as a transformational force of progress for the American people.
On June 23rd, 2014, the White House Summit on Working Families will convene to host advocates, workers, business leaders, and public servants to discuss initiatives that will improve the economic security of our families and our nation.
With President Obama and Secretary Perez’s leadership and with partnerships here in San Francisco and across the country, we can advance an agenda that strengthens families and women, and extends the reach of prosperity for all.
House Democrats have designed an economic agenda that would unleash the power of women and strengthen families; When Women Succeed, America Succeeds, which is founded upon the pillars of equal pay, a higher minimum wage, paid family and medical leave, and affordable, quality child care.
Our agenda reflects essential truths about our country – that when working families thrive, our economy grows. Together, we will work to improve the lives of American families and create a brighter future for generations to come.
Congresswoman Pelosi joins Labor Secretary Tom Perez, Mayor Ed Lee and Bay Area Representatives Jackie Speier, Mike Honda and Jared Huffman at the Department of Labor’s San Francisco Forum on Working Families to highlight Democrats’ plan to build an economy that works for everyone.
Their Incredible Courage
25 years ago, a community of activists, dissidents, students, and Chinese citizens stood up for their rights in Tiananmen Square. A people spoke out against the abuses of their government. A people demanded respect, dignity, liberty – a voice.
A people protested, demonstrated, marched. A military was turned against the very people it was supposed to protect. And a young man stood alone in the street, bringing a line of tanks to a grinding halt. An image seared into the memory of all who saw it. A photograph unforgettable to anyone committed to the promise of human dignity. A moment that, then and now, challenges the conscience of the world.
Tiananmen Square has become a symbol of the ongoing battle for human rights in China. As Han Dongfang, one of Tiananmen’s heroes, once told me, today the fight is not under a banner of democracy. The fight of the Chinese people is for their rice bowl, for health care, for clean air and water, for their freedom.
The world must stand united, with a firm and unwavering message: these practices and abuses must end. We must learn from the memory of a dark chapter of our past – and to write a brighter chapter of freedom and justice in the future.
In 1991, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi stood in Tiananmen Square holding a banner that read, “To those who died for democracy in China”, in honor of the Chinese men and women who were killed in the Tiananmen Square Massacre on June 6th, 1989.
Please feel free to forward this information to your family and friends. To learn more about these efforts, to express your views, or to sign up for email updates, please visit my website. I am also on Twitter at http://twitter.com/NancyPelosi.
best regards,
June 2nd, 2014 at 6:10 am
Anonymous, johari window http://youtu.be/DEHh-vYGC20
Have you people not heard of google or youtube??
Also, Brittany I am not trying to explain sick behavior of men tat are clearly animals, I said that people often ignite in each other (see johari window 4) because they often quite unconscious about their own behavior and energy. That is NOT to say any woman deserves any of the F’d up behavior reported above or the living in fear factor. I know how hard it is to up and leave abuse, I worked with a shelter that had multiple (armed and defended) safe houses. When women in those situations got some counseling, some babysitting, some skills, and became more self aware (closing that Johari window a bit) life improved. Some had to move away, some of the men were escorted to jail, some get away with it as in the case of the men who tied his woman to a pipe and let her die. That is sick shit. & it’s difficult to say that no matter what you say or do, or what a man says or does, some women stay…
I never in any way defended BAD MEN or inferred that woman asked for it…
- ZL
June 2nd, 2014 at 6:53 am
I just checked and Vivv has returned unscathed. I am happy to have helped with my Blog Post yesterday telling his CyB to check the Algiers Tape.
HOWIE
June 2nd, 2014 at 9:41 am
Howie, it’s always amazes me how you affect this universe with just a few words, kudos to you.
And I’m glad Vivv got your message in time.
Luv, Zen Lill