- More On Techno News Ransomware Shutting Down Global Computers. David Schaedler 5/12/17

Today in History

1812 - Massachusetts governor Eldridge Gerry “Gerrymanders” for the first time.

1790 - The Religious Society of Friends, also known as the Quakers, petitions the government for the abolition of slavery.

1971 - Eighty-Seven countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union sign the Seabed Arms Control Treaty, outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean Seabed in international waters.

1997 - Space Shuttle Discovery is launched to service the Space Telescope Hubble.

D. Schaedler 2/11/17

Ancient DNA evidence shows hunter-gatherers and farmers were intimately linked -- ScienceDaily

Ancient DNA evidence shows hunter-gatherers and farmers were intimately linked — ScienceDaily

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170525123052.htm

‘Both were living side-by-side, having children together.’ This shows an important difference from established knowledge in science, now supported by evidence in Romania.

David Schaedler 5/26/17

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Bee-ware! - msg - "Dear Future President,"

You are are not knee deep in feminist issues, you are in over your head (comment, comment) .You gain more by the carrot than the stick, although I’m not asking you to change, that is your choice. I can only hope my comments were a positive influence, and I’m not trying to anger you, “we” all need to -pull- in one direction. If you’re oppressed, overcome your oppressor, not the oppression (maybe).

Silence is compliance.

Being an ally means actively disrupting systems of oppression, not just “being a good person.”

Nancy Pelosi Says Trump Jr. et al May Be Complicit in Espionage

http://www.motherjones.com/?p=501685

Along with others, Nancy Peloso believes the law was violated.

David Schaedler 7 16 17.

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What do you do about pornography?                                                       1/2/16

    This is hard to write. My problems are not really for others to know, but my answer was this.

    The real question is, what do you do after? Porn is an instant answer with no gratification. In the end, it is too instantly available, too immediately over, with no gratification from it. Too fast and not too much there. Not worth the time and not worth watching. In the end, you reduce it to something less, until its just zero to you. Or less. I left it for more satisfying everyday living life better. Love more real humans for more life and get more real life gratifications. 

David Schaedler

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HAPPY NEW YEAR, 2016 from CALIFORNIA!

Emergency Spillway eroding, possibly near collapse. National Weather Service issues Evacuation Warnings. ABC News10 5:00-6:00 pm PST. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. Oroville, Palermo, Gridley residents please, GET OUT! Evacuation Center in the Chico Fairgrounds. DS 2/12/17

Additional Rains expected in 3 days. DS 2/12/17 7:00 pm PST. 8:00 pm. Chico Fairgrounds Full. Do not go there. I didn’t get the name of the church to be diverted to. See following posts. New10. Sacramento’s channel 3 News has news reports on this. Butte county residents call 211 for information. DS 2/12/17 Evacuation Orders lifted in Oroville Dam area. Residents pack for home. How much will repairs to both spillway's cost? White House pays attention to results. DS 2/14/17 5:00 pm PST.

The damage to the Oroville Dam Spillway is DANGEROUS. 185,000 cubic feet/s of Feather River water is coming into Lake Oroville and only 41,000 CFS is going out. The emergency 2nd Spillway may have to be used before morning, to avoid dam overflow. We need that water, and Oroville, including the dam.

David Schaedler 2/9/17 7:10 pm PST.

The 10th - the dam is 96.7% full, 5’ from the top. The broken spillway does not carry water along it all the way, the water is diverted outward about ½ way down. DS 2/10/17 Late 2/10/17 The dam is now 98.8% full. With so much rainwater entering, the damaged spillway can only remove much less than that. The rains have ceased today, but forecasts indicate more. How full can it get? ABC News 6:35 pm PST. 46 of 48 of Sacramento’s Weir’s are open. Overflow water is pouring through now. Dry, but more rain is expected. D. Schaedler 2/10/17 2/12/17 Oroville Reservoir overflows Dam. Emergency spillway in use. How long will this go on? DS 8:00 am PST.

Stand up for us, too, Hillary!

This Is Your Female Empowerment Post and Call to Action

The Election and Planned Parenthood

I often get frustrated when people say that feminism is no longer relevant or necessary, and that third wave feminists, like myself, are all just man hating, tear drinking “feminazis.” I could go on for several hours about the specific needs of women of color and women in the LGBTQ community, but for now I will give that particular horn a rest, while still recognizing that it is beyond important. Currently there are several examples of the relevancy of feminism in modern America, and it is so important that we not only recognize them, but do something about them, because they are time sensitive and could have major implications in the near future. 

Currently there is a Republican primary going on, and if you are as liberal as I am, it would be very easy to ignore it, or just laugh off their crazy antics, but in reality this is a very scary time. One of these people is going to be running for president against the Democrat’s candidate (Go Bernie Sanders), and that should make every woman shake in their boots. These candidates are boasting about defunding Planned Parenthood like it is going out of style. and apparently none of them even understand the constitution in terms of the relationship between religious freedom and civil rights. 

One candidate in particular still seems to think that a woman is unqualified for this position simply because he thinks she is ugly, and then thought telling that woman that her face is lovely somehow made up for the fact that he was so sexist as to think physical attractiveness had anything to do with the job. People of color, whether female of not, you should be terrified too! This same guy thinks that Mexico “isn’t sending its best” and that “the black love him.” Not only that, but he is utterly stupid when it comes to politics, policy, and common sense. He believes vaccinations put children at risk for autism, that building a wall is equivalent to an immigration policy, and that because it has been colder lately, global warming doesn’t exist. 

The scariest thing about all of this is how he is polling. In case you haven’t been able to figure out who I am talking about, its Donald Trump: the man, the myth, the legend. And the people supporting him in these polls illustrate how alive racism and sexism still is in the United States. 

If that wasn’t enough, ever since the video about Planned Parenthood went viral, our reproductive rights have been under attack. FYI Planned Parenthood is not selling fetal tissue, that video shows Planned Parenthood donating said tissue to science and research, a practice that is perfectly legal. The money that they collect is for preservation efforts and shipping costs. These donations are vital to fetal research that many people have benefited from. Somehow this video has been twisted beyond how horribly inaccurate it was when it was made, and has become the rallying cry of activists who was to make abortions illegal again, or at the very least defund Planned Parenthood. 

Lawmakers, you know the people who should really know the most about the law, seem to forget that federal funding isn’t even used for abortions at Planned Parenthood, except for in the case of rape or incest. The money is used for women’s health services such as breast cancer screening, PAP tests, and STD screenings, along with general services like flu vaccines, diabetes screening, and physicals. Less than 3% of what they do relates to abortion. Even so, why are 50 something, rich, white men so concerned with my womb? My body. My Choice. 

With the house recently voting to defund Planned Parenthood, it has become all the more real how at risk our rights are. Although the Senate is not likely to pass this bill, and even if they did Obama would most likely veto it, take this as a warning! We as feminists need to be proactive!