The economic enslavement of women.

OAKLAND — The Women's Choice Clinic of Oakland — said to be the nation's oldest feminist health clinic, one that has provided abortion and reproductive health services in the Bay Area for 36 years — is closing its doors because of the economic crunch and painfully slow Medi-Cal reimbursements from the state, the clinic's director announced Tuesday.

full article here.

One of the saddest comments in the article is this:

"More and more women are unable to pay for services," Comy said. "Ten years ago, it used to be that half of our patients were on state funding. Now, it's been 90 percent. That really speaks to the poverty of women."

The difference between cats and dogs

This plays out at my house on a daily basis:




The cats are more aloof and yet more demanding. The dogs more fun-filled adventure and 'oh you mean I can ASK for that?'

Then again my cats don't pee into the wind or poop with their butts uphill and their heads down. Der Weinerschnitzle still have a lot to learn about food, life, and physics.