Amen Anglachel! Nice to read you again!

Not sure Anglachel would call herself a PUMA. But she comes close enough here to be added back into my blogroll.

Welcome back, Anglachel. I hope you resume blogging your heart out!

SYD

Dear PUMA Friends, Keep Up the Good Blog-Work! (PS. Don't Defend the Congressional Flasher.)

Dear PUMA friends,

I've simply been too busy to blog of late. This is one of the worst kitten seasons we have ever been immersed in. And saving little feline lives is taking up most of my time.

I continue to read your posts on a daily basis. You are my "go to" for news.

Keep up the good work!

SYD

PS. Some of you need to stop defending the congressional flasher. He is not a Bill Clinton. He has not been caught in "an extramarital affair." Anthony Weiner is a classic sex offender. And like all flashers he loves attention. Enough already!

OMG! Maxine is Reading My Mind! (PLUS: Why I need my PUMA Blogrollers and Tweeters.)

Once again, *I*, SYD, must have been writing for Hallmark last night, in my sleep. Either that, or the Maxine writers are reading my mind. (Which is a scary thought, I must admit.)

I mean.. myiq2xu frequently reads my mind at night as well. But... at least I have SOME way of knowing how he knows what I think. (Cuz I'm always responding to his front pages at The Confluence.)

It's a mystery, tho... how some anonymous writer for Maxine knows what the hell I am thinking as I drift off to sleep.... I mean, WTF? Is Hallmark the new CIA??

Which brings me to today's "Maxine." Seriously... I simply cannot watch all that CDS out there. Nor can I stomach the anti-women PDSers on the political talk shows. So... I simply *have to* rely on my PUMA blogrollers, and Independent Femmes tweeters to tell me what's happening.

Ya'll are the best!

THANKS!!

SYD

PS. If you are a Feminist PUMA Tweeter... and you are now unaffiliated with either party... please alert me, so I can add you to the "Independent Femmes" list. No CDS or PDS allowed!

For the Past Couple of Years, Reading the News Upsets Me, and I Eat More

I'm not kidding.

Since 2008 I have gained 40 pounds. So, obviously.... This has got to stop!

I have analyzed the situation and: No, it is not a lack of exercise. (I am still walking 2 to 6 miles per day.) No, it is not so much the junk food (I do not eat cheetos or anything like them.)

Should I stop reading? Or....

How can I break the pattern of "news=upset=hunger??"

I am totally hooked on my PUMA blogs. But, seriously folks.... I have to break this cycle!!

Videos of the Week: PUMA Special. (Burqa Barbie, Tinglepants Disappointment, SNL on Sarah 2012, and Barbara Walters on Trig Palin)

Uppity Woman started my day right, by posting the latest update on "Burqa Barbie" this morning:



This is the same doll that Phyllis Chesler has called for a boycott of.

But... THAT"S NOT ALL!

WomanState would like us to know that Chrissy-poo Matthews (aka Tweety) is missing his tingle:



Well, boo-effing-hoo. Idiot.

Meanwhile, Tennessee Guerilla Women point out that SNL thinks Sarah Palin is one hell of a powerful woman:



Best of all, though, Bloghopenchangery links to the Barbara Walters interview with Sarah Palin.... about Trig:

PUMA Blogroll On The Uptick! (Welcome to Four More this week!!) Plus: Air America Wakes Up, Smells Facism.

Is it just me, or are the PUMA blogs on fire about now? Personally, I can barely keep up with all the fabulous PUMA news coverage. I think that is VERY exciting!!

I have just, this week, re-rolled three blogs that I'd somehow lost track of in the past few months: *PUMA Eyes, *PUMAs Unleashed, and *Always for Hillary. Welcome back!

Interestingly, I have also located a new PUMA blog ... at least new to me. That would be "Progressive Examiner." (If you haven't seen his blog yet, go to my sidebar and check him out!)

I guess it is not a surprise that so many PUMAs are in an uproar over healthcare. Many of us, myself included, supported Hillary for her experience and clear vision in the matter. We didn't like having our dreams and concerns discarded by the DNC back in 2008. And we sure don't like seeing them stomped on by Obama and his "czars" now.

I don't know for sure if the PUMA rolls are truly growing. That remains to be proven. But I can say, without a doubt, that many true Progressives are waking up to the "The Absolute Facist Nightmare" the Obots have wrought. Here's an astounding piece of evidence to that effect from ... good old Obot Central ... Air America:



"What if the people out there screaming and breaking up Town Hall discussions are correct?"

Indeed, Mr. Palast. What if we are?

SYD

Still on Hiatus, But Watching the PUMAsphere from Afar...

I am just not ready to come back to politics. That's all. What can I say? I think I am in the same place that PUMA for Life is. Desirous of a long, lazy summer... after a year of utter political hell. Wanting, also, to rest up for the political battles ahead. On behalf of competent women.

I am still dropping in to read my favorite PUMAs. And I want to thank them for holding down the fort while I rest up. That said, I'll point you to what I saw as some of the better PUMA blog entries posted over the Memorial Holiday weekend. (Not that there weren't many more. But these are the ones I caught.)

Katalusis took E.J. Dionne to task. My response:

Poor E.J. He really thinks this is some kind of great revelation... that Obie-won-can-no-be is talking out of both sides of his mouth. I suspect he was quite pissed to learn that The Holy One lied, first to him and his kind.... then bopped across the hall to lie to the journalists from the opposite side of the aisle.

Well, maybe it is a revelation to him. And, if so, he is a sad excuse for an investigative journalist. Or, *is* he even interested in investigation? Would he rather just regurgitate what "The One" pours into his open jar?

Apparently so. Because even as he expresses the disappointment of the jilted ... he couches it in fantasy: "The establishment Obama is trying to build would make the country better -- more equal, more just and more conscious of the government's constitutional obligations. The far right is being isolated, and Republicans are simply lost. "

How sad is that?

In the wake of one bombing, and one attempted bombing in NYC, I found Madamab's discussion of how "political correctness" abets anti-semitism particularly enlightening. If you have not read it yet, I encourage you to do so.

There are two active watches on for this week. I'll be watching the PUMAsphere for today's news about the court decision on Prop H8. I expect either Tennessee Guerilla Women or HILLBUZZ to break that story first. (Note to self: Must remember to donate to #1 informants!)

The second watch of the week will be for a SCOTUS appointment. The Pick is widely rumored to be a woman. TGW covers the final four this morning. Any of them will be acceptable to me. But, I have a preference for Judge Sotomayor. Perhaps because I think it is high time we saw a Latina on the high court??

OK. Back to my seat in the peanut gallery.....

SYD

PS. H/T to TGW for the photo. Wow! Look at that Supreme Court in Canada. Four women?? It's amazing they can get anything done with all those hormones floating around.... Wonder if they get "periodically upset" and "lash out" the way our President thinks politically powerful women in the United States do?

UPDATE: Afrocity reports that Obama has tapped Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Court Justice.

UPDATE 2: Tennessee Guerilla Women cover the cowardice of the California court.