Tips to Ensure a Safe Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Experience
Author: Trina Rowde Anyone would be fortunate to get an aesthetic plastic surgeon who will guarantee you your safety throughout the procedure. Your general safety lies in your hands, though. Here are some tips to ensure that you will have a safe aesthetic plastic surgery experience. Check Your Doctor’s Credentials It is true that best [...]
Manitoba Pulls An Alberta, Denies Transgender Surgery
Not long after Alberta’s decision to eliminate all forms of gender reassignment surgery from its public health care, Manitoba has followed suit, calling it an “unnecessary treatment” and citing savings for the economy. The surgery would affect only an estimated 20 Manitobans per year. The Manitoba Health Department had previously suggested to the government that [...]
Testing the Gender Boundaries: Caster Semenya, Maríbel Dominguez and Noko Matlou
Caster Semenya The issue of gender testing in sports has hit the headlines again. South African runner Caster Semenya has become the subject of considerable speculation about her gender after she went to Berlin and claimed the world championship in the 800m, crossing the line at 1:55.45, two seconds faster than her nearest rival. A [...]
Why police the border between men’s and women’s sports? (repost w/ comments about Caster Semenya)
The topic of gender testing in sports has become a headline again. South African sprinter Caster Semenya became a news story when she went to Berlin and claimed the world championship in the 800, crossing the line at 1:55.45, two seconds faster than her nearest rival. She announced herself to the global press only a [...]
Latest Wingnut Attack on Health Care: Gays to Take Over Hospitals
A group called ‘The Pray in Jesus Name Project’ (led by Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt, below) has sent out an email to its followers warning them that the Obama health care plan will lead to a gay and transgender takeover of the health care system, The New Republic reports . Specifically: “Your tax-dollars will pay [...]
Corruption and Washington In-Breeding extends its tentacles – New Jersey pharmaceuticals subjugate individual rights of consumers and patients to their corporate greed for 3000% profits – how many more lives to be destroyed by their dangerous and faulty products?
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/morris_county_pharmaceutical_o.html N.J. pharmaceutical company ordered to unseal thousands of ghostwriting documents by Associated Press Saturday July 25, 2009, 8:39 PM A federal judge has ordered the unsealing of thousands of pages of documents pertaining to the ghostwriting practices of Madison, N.J.-based Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, which is being sued over hormone replacement drugs. U.S. District Judge Bill [...]
The right’s Big Lies about Obama’s healthcare plan
Here are a couple of harrowing examples of the toxic lies that the Republicans are spreading far and wide about Obama’s healthcare plan: Sarah Palin’s lurid and fantastic charge that it’s an “evil” commie program, and, below that, an equally preposterous email from Human Events Online. Now, it’s not enough just to deplore this crap, [...]
Godly Propaganda
Rather than simply describing the types of coordinated attacks on healthcare reform that are happening, I thought it would be easier to understand exactly what we’re dealing with if you could instead read the type of lying, manipulative, inflammatory “facts” being fed to the elderly and conservative Christians by “Godly” men like Gordon Klingenschmitt – [...]
Klingenschmitt the Lying Fanatic
Human Events is in the Shrill No one should be surprised that Human Events, the alarmist conservative rag, is against the health care reforms package. But again, since they dont’ really want to engage in a policy discussion and find it more important to drive fear into their readers, they have now engaged the lying [...]
The right’s Big Lies about Obama’s healthcare plan
Here are a couple of harrowing examples of the toxic lies that the Republicans are spreading far and wide about Obama’s healthcare plan: Sarah Palin’s lurid and fantastic charge that it’s an “evil” commie program, and, below that, an equally preposterous email from Human Events Online. Now, it’s not enough just to deplore this crap, [...]