Want to be a Free Thinker (Free subscription) | yesterday
I mentioned the word 'tea bagger' in a post the other day, and non-American readers were puzzled by what I meant. Regular commenter Brody kindly sent in an article for me to post to further explain this concept: Tea Party Patriots Attack Family Who Lost Daughter And Grandchild A group called the Chicago Tea Party Patriots publicly heckled a grieving family and suggested that the couple fabricated their...
Choice for Childcare (Free subscription) | yesterday
CTV.ca News Staff Date: Tue. Nov. 24 2009 10:00 AM ET Twenty years after the House of Commons resolved to eliminate child poverty in Canada, almost one in 10 Canadian children still live in low-income families, according to a new report. "After a period of about 12 to 15 years of economic growth and prosperity, the poverty rate only came down a very small amount," Rothman told CTV's Canada...
Wonderful Things In Life (Free subscription) | yesterday
The other day I am wondering how clean is the states here in USA. I found a research of identifying the unhealthiest states in US . I am happy that our state is not included for the unhealthiest states in USA. I am proud of it as a resident of North Carolina. So here are the lists: 1. Mississippi * Its title is well-earned: Mississippi has the highest rate of teenage births in the nation, the highest...
The Impolitic (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
I was just remembering how we all laughed and pointed at Glenn Beck when he started his hatefest on the premise that "they surround us." Suddenly I feel more surrounded. Sure they're still a minority but they're so relentless. Today's display of hate is this video of a town hall meeting. The knuckledraggers mock the grandparents of a dead grandchild and his mother and worse: Catherina Wojtowicz,...
Ablogination (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
A brood of vermin that goes by the handle “Chicago Tea Party Patriots” on video showing the true nature of their sub-human kind. May each and every one of these pieces of shit rot in the bowels of Hell where all of their species belong. Chattahbox has it all: Unruly Teaparty Mob Heckles Couple Who Lost Grandchild, Daughter-in-Law November 23, 2009 (ChattahBox)—The ugliness and mob...
Left of the Hudson (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Chicago Tea Party "Patriots" heckled a grieving family at a town hall meeting on November 14 and suggested that they fabricated their tragic story for political reasons. At the town hall held by Democratic Congressman Dan Lipinski, Dan and Midge Hough told how the death of their daughter-in-law and their unborn grandchild were partly caused by a lack of healthcare insurance. The Hough's daughter-in-law...
PrairieStateBlue - Front Page (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
South Town Star : "The family, Dan and Midge Hough, of Chicago, spoke in favor of health care reform and in support of U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-3rd) at a Nov. 14 town hall meeting in Oak Lawn." Only the be mocked by anti-reform Tea Partiers by an organizer for a Tea Party splinter group, Chicago Tea Party Patriots, falsely claimed that the Houghs fabricated their story. In an e-mail, she...
MyDD (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
From the Illinois Third Congressional district that is represented by Congressman Dan Lipinsi comes this story of heartbreak and tragedy coupled with an unbelievable lack of human decency by those who self-describe as Tea Party patriots. From the South Town Star : As a journalist covering Chicago politics, verifying information is like climbing a mountain of sand. With each step you take, the deeper...
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
From Chicago journalist Kristen McQueary, this deplorable story: As a journalist covering Chicago politics, verifying information is like climbing a mountain of sand. With each step you take, the deeper you sink. Last week while researching claims from a local Tea Party activist, I found myself asking a family for proof that they had lost an unborn grandchild. The family, Dan and Midge Hough, of Chicago,...
The Political Carnival (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
By GottaLaff Via Windy City Watch , a story that will make you cry, scream, and wonder what in the hell is happening to this country: If you need any evidence that the tea baggers have no class [...] Last week while researching claims from a local Tea Party activist, I found myself asking a family for proof that they had lost an unborn grandchild. The Chicago area family is pro-health care reform and...
PREGNANCYWEEKLY'S BLOG (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
As hard as pregnancy may be today, it doesn't compare to having a baby several decades ago. Helen Rohweder: "I had the first one August '36. Richard was in June '38. Carol was March '45." Compared to 1936, being pregnant today may seem like a piece of cake. If you suspected you were pregnant decades ago, you'd have to see a doctor to confirm your suspicions. The home pregnancy test did not...
StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Minnesota lost ground for third straight year. The main reasons: Less prenatal care, falling immunization rates and more children in poverty.
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Each day, one more baby is born on time in Utah thanks to better prenatal care, fewer women smoking and less frequent induced births, a new report shows.
PREGNANCYWEEKLY'S BLOG (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
In honor of prematurity awareness day, we present to you some sobering statistics: Currently the number of premature births in the US is over 540,000 per year. The United States' infant mortality rate exceeds that of China, New Zealand, Canada, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, Australia, and Singapore. It's estimated that simply by cutting the preterm birth rate in the US in half, to match Sweden's, would...
ABC Therapeutics Occupational Therapy Weblog (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Today the March of Dimes released their 2009 premature birth report cards for each state. Premature births are an important issue to discuss for occupational therapists because so many of the children who require OT services have a history of prematurity. Even so-called 'late preterm births' where the children are 34 weeks gestation and older have a higher incidence of learning problems. People will...
Videos