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Tagged: planned parenthood ec emergency contraception anniversary otc repro rights youtube video blogging

Originally posted @ www.kellygarbato.com/blog/2007-08-24/
Filed under: Feminism, Repro Rights, Video Blogging — Kelly @ August 24, 2007 6:30 pm

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Originally posted @ www.kellygarbato.com/blog/2007-08-20/
Filed under: Your Featherhead, Your Featherhead’s Furbabies — Kelly @ August 20, 2007 1:49 pm

Shane & I went up to the house yesterday to check out some test patches of stain (dye, really) that our concrete contractor had laid down in a few of the closets. Fucking. Awesome.

Even if he went with the “bad” test patch,

it’s a huge improvement over the stained carpet and cheap wood laminate that was in the house. Hell, they could polish the grey concrete and seal it as-is, and I’d still be happy. Hate carpet.

Plus, when the GC tore up the laminate, he found some faulty wiring that posed a serious fire risk. Bonus.

I’ve got hundreds (literally) of pics up at Flickr, but since my photostream has been designated “naughty” by the Flickr Gawds, you need to register (and adjust your account preferences accordingly) to view ‘em. Yahoo sux ballz.

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Tagged: home improvement concrete stained concrete dyed concrete concrete staining concrete floor kansas city kansas missouri home renovations your featherhead flickr

Originally posted @ www.kellygarbato.com/blog/2007-08-16/
Filed under: Your Featherhead — Kelly @ August 16, 2007 11:40 am

The Mountain Goats! Live! At Farm Sanctuary!

Lyrics here and here, respectively. Neither of these songs are animal rights treatise per se, but given that 1) they were performed live in service of Farm Sanctuary; 2) singer John Darnielle is a longtime vegetarian; and 3) some of their other songs do have animal-friendly overtones, I’ll loosen the standards here. Plus, that terror song totally reminded me of this terra-ific PSA from the DHS, spotted on CNN this very morning. (Which, interestingly enough, is actually from 2004…and still running in 2007. Trying to shore up scare up support for the Freedom Fighters Republicans in 2008, are ya?)

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Tagged: animals animal rights animal welfare terrorism war on terra war on terror the mountain goats farm sactuary live live benefit zoop baboon terror song you tube video blogging music videos music videos the ad council 2008 elections

Originally posted @ www.kellygarbato.com/blog/2007-08-10/
Filed under: Animals, Current Events, War on Terra, Video Blogging — Kelly @ August 10, 2007 5:59 pm

…and the early battle scenes in Qatar? In poor taste, to say the least. Watching American soldiers and Middle Easterners being blown to smithereens isn’t so much entertaining as it is depressing.

Also depressing was this statement, part of Optimus Prime’s endless moralizing: “All sentient beings deserve freedom”. (Or perhaps it was more along the lines of “All sentient being deserve the right to live”…I forget now.) Really? All sentient beings? Because, like, “sentient” isn’t codeword for “human+”.

Sentience refers to utilization of sensory organs, the ability to feel or perceive subjectively, not necessarily including the faculty of self-awareness. The possession of sapience is not a necessity. The word sentient is often confused with the word sapient, which can connote knowledge, consciousness, or apperception.

Sadly, and despite the obvious implications of such an animal-friendly statement, Transformers was hardly a pro-AR movie. On the contrary; one of Optimus Prime’s cronies (you know, the “good” “guys”) wanted to kill a dog (which he* saw as evidence of a “rodent infestation”) for pissing on his foot. Uh, yeah, maybe y’all should modify that statement to “All sapient beings…” I hate to break it to the screenwriters, but dogs are sentient, you dumbasses.

The effects were pretty cool, though.

* Though Shane doth protest, the Transformers are all clearly uber-masculine entities. Androgynous they aint.

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Tagged: transformers animals animal rights animal welfare optimus prime ethics moralizing sentience war on terra movies medianimals

Originally posted @ www.kellygarbato.com/blog/2007-08-05/
Filed under: Animals, Current Events, Entertainment, War on Terra — Kelly @ August 5, 2007 8:34 pm

Wow. I managed to keep this thing going for two whole weeks before I sputtered out. Now I’m 2 for 5, having spent one more Friday procrastinating than I have vlogging. Ah well.

Here’s a punk rawk 3fer straight off of PETA’s Liberation album*, then I’m off to do some packing. Happy Friday, y’all.

First up, Goldfinger singing Fuck Ted Nugent. Live. So forgive the poor quality, is what I’m saying. And try to ignore the sexist slurs about J. Lo. She’s something bad for wearing fur, but a “twat” it ain’t.

Next we have Bring Out Your Dead, via Anti-Flag. Maybe it’s just the times, but it sounds like an AETA protest to these ears.

Finally, Good Charlotte with Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. Not explicitly animal rights – more like anti-celebutante – but it’ll do. Plus, they’re into the whole veg*n scene.

* Holy bajebus, was it hard to find vids for these songs on the You Tube.

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Tagged: you tube music music video animals animal rights animal welfare liberation peta people for the ethical treatment of animals goldfinger fuck ted nugent anti-flag bring out your dead good charlotte lifestyles of the rich and famous video blogging vlogging punk pop

Originally posted @ www.kellygarbato.com/blog/2007-08-03/
Filed under: Animals, Video Blogging — Kelly @ August 3, 2007 4:27 pm

Amazingly, antis use this same argument to defend their meals of BBQ and fried chicken. Because, like, if no one cared enough to eat cows and chicks, they’d go extinct. So it’s really a philanthropic vs. a convenience thing. Seriously. You cannot make this shit up.

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Tagged: animals animal rights animal welfare meat extinction edangered species conservation wildlife stephen colbert the colbert report the word fucktarded

Originally posted @ www.kellygarbato.com/blog/2007-07-29/
Filed under: Animals, Video Blogging — Kelly @ July 29, 2007 10:31 pm

So I finally got around to watching the first few episodes of Lil’ Bush yesterday (now that the season’s over – how’s that for procrastination?), and it’s actually funny. The commercials just didn’t do it justice, I guess. I especially got a kick out of this clip.

Clam-hugging vegan goodness at the 36s mark.

There must be a veg*n on the writing staff. * (Oh, I hope there’s a veg*n on the writing staff!)

* Reason being, I’d expect ‘em to use the term “vegetarian” over “vegan” 9 out of 10 times…do most people even know what a vegan is?

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Tagged: lil’ bush comedy central video video blogging cartoon vegan clam chowder george bush george w. bush gw bush wmds war on terra

Originally posted @ www.kellygarbato.com/blog/2007-07-25/
Filed under: Fluffy Stuff, Video Blogging — Kelly @ July 25, 2007 10:58 pm

I mean, fuck, they’re still referring to the Church’s child prey as “alleged victims.” As if there’s any iota of doubt. Pffffft.

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Originally posted @ www.kellygarbato.com/blog/2007-07-17/
Filed under: Religion, Godbaggers, Video Blogging — Kelly @ July 17, 2007 3:22 pm

Today is Blog for Impeachment Day! Can I get a w00t w00t?!

Via AliceDem at Booman Tribute (by way of Feministe):

On July 14, 1789 a mob of French patriots stormed the Bastille prison. It was proof that power no longer resided in the King.

On July 14, 2007 a group of bloggers from all across America will be blogging for impeachment. We invite all patriots to join us.

Bruce Godfrey, who so graciously hosted the celebrated Take Back the Blog event, has once again offered his services as a host.

We hope by this action we can demonstrate the widespread support for impeachment and shift the debate. We also hope to educate our political elite on the dangers posed by failing to impeach.

It is critically important for the future of our democracy that this criminal cabal and all of their works be repudiated. We ask for your support and participation.

Though Bruce’s announcement primarily asks for

arguments and posts that make the case for impeachment proceedings, for a vote of impeachment or for a removal after trial of any impeachable federal office holder. However, this blogswarm will happily accept well-written anti-impeachment (or pro-impeachment, of course) posts from any member of the Maryland Bloggers Alliance as noted at the blogroll on the left sidebar, or from liberal/civil libertarian bloggers offering a principled, political or practical case for opposition to impeachment from that perspective. Academic scholarship on impeachment would be MOST welcome to contribute to the debate for all involved.

this featherhead’s legal expertise is nascent at best. If the whole of the Bush presidency doesn’t constitute impeachable offenses, I don’t know what does. (Sentencing 68,000 women to death annually because they had the temerity to have teh sex? Check. Slaughtering 974,000 Iraqis to stroke daddy’s ego? Check. Thumbing your nose at the Constitution? Check, check, and check.) And that’s really the bulk of my argument – call it the “WTF!?%$#” line of reasoning. If Clinton’s hummer was enough to get him nearly-impeached, then Bush (and Cheney and Rove and Gonzalez) ought to be strung up in the public square by their elephantitic nutsacks. Common sense and human decency, people.

Anyway, in lieu of an “academic” “legal” “argument”, I come bearing a big fat link roundup of impeach-the-fucker resources. Hope y’all will let me in on the party, even if all I have to offer is the warm shit beer.

On that note, do check in with Bruce to read the more, ahem, mature impeachment posts.

Crazy impeachment goodness after the flip. It’s like a librrrl’s wet dream down there.

(More below the fold…)