Comments on: #alisonFAIL http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/alisonfail News about Alison Bechdel's comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, and her graphic novel Fun Home Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:50:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=143 By: spongefile http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/alisonfail#comment-305480 spongefile Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:07:15 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/?p=1414#comment-305480 Wait, I was wrong. This is under "Civil rights": "President Obama also continues to support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and believes that our anti-discrimination employment laws should be expanded to include sexual orientation and gender identity. He supports full civil unions and federal rights for LGBT couples and opposes a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. He supports repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell in a sensible way that strengthens our armed forces and our national security, and also believes that we must ensure adoption rights for all couples and individuals, regardless of their sexual orientation." Maybe someone didn't get the memo. Wait, I was wrong. This is under “Civil rights”: “President Obama also continues to support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and believes that our anti-discrimination employment laws should be expanded to include sexual orientation and gender identity. He supports full civil unions and federal rights for LGBT couples and opposes a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. He supports repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell in a sensible way that strengthens our armed forces and our national security, and also believes that we must ensure adoption rights for all couples and individuals, regardless of their sexual orientation.”

Maybe someone didn’t get the memo.

]]> By: spongefile http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/alisonfail#comment-305479 spongefile Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:03:43 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/?p=1414#comment-305479 @hairball_of_hope (#7) I'm pretty sure I remember a lot more mentions of gay issues(read: very clearly some) on whitehouse.gov too. Or on Change.gov, and definitely before that on his campaign site, where the issues were organized in the same way as on whitehouse.gov now. I'm going to try to remember to check the wayback machine too. It's creepy/depressing. Note: Women and veterans have their own categories, but gay people don't even make the "Other Issues" list, unlike "Sportsmen". http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/additional/ @hairball_of_hope (#7) I’m pretty sure I remember a lot more mentions of gay issues(read: very clearly some) on whitehouse.gov too. Or on Change.gov, and definitely before that on his campaign site, where the issues were organized in the same way as on whitehouse.gov now. I’m going to try to remember to check the wayback machine too. It’s creepy/depressing. Note: Women and veterans have their own categories, but gay people don’t even make the “Other Issues” list, unlike “Sportsmen”.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/additional/

]]> By: Glenn R http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/alisonfail#comment-305207 Glenn R Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:41:12 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/?p=1414#comment-305207 I tend to be like Alison - willing to worry about other's needs before my own. The unemployed for example need help immediately. Perhaps Obama admin is right to do one Big Thing at a time. If he gets health care for all or something close, he'll be on a hot streak and DADT and DOMA will be easy to get overturned. On the flip side, if this were about black civil rights, would anyone justify further delay? Still this is not 1992. Major conservatives and a big majority of the public are in favor of killing DADT. Thus delay starts to look more like cowardice.... I tend to be like Alison – willing to worry about other’s needs before my own. The unemployed for example need help immediately.

Perhaps Obama admin is right to do one Big Thing at a time. If he gets health care for all or something close, he’ll be on a hot streak and DADT and DOMA will be easy to get overturned.

On the flip side, if this were about black civil rights, would anyone justify further delay?

Still this is not 1992. Major conservatives and a big majority of the public are in favor of killing DADT. Thus delay starts to look more like cowardice….

]]> By: Acilius http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/alisonfail#comment-305090 Acilius Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:41:34 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/?p=1414#comment-305090 Thanks for that link, h_o_h! I loved that project. Especially the fact that they donated the funds raised to Warren Buffett. Thanks for that link, h_o_h! I loved that project. Especially the fact that they donated the funds raised to Warren Buffett.

]]> By: hairball_of_hope http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/alisonfail#comment-305071 hairball_of_hope Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:15:39 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/?p=1414#comment-305071 Here's one for the ukulele lovers among us... Check out The Beatles Complete on Ukulele: http://www.thebeatlescompleteonukulele.blogspot.com/ Here’s one for the ukulele lovers among us…

Check out The Beatles Complete on Ukulele:

http://www.thebeatlescompleteonukulele.blogspot.com/

]]> By: hairball_of_hope http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/alisonfail#comment-305016 hairball_of_hope Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:36:43 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/?p=1414#comment-305016 Ok, now let's try this without triggering the Big Brother Spam Monster: For the alter kockers among us, check out AARP's special section devoted to the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. Can't put the unadulterated URL here, or the Spam Monster will eat this post. There's a link on the front page of the AARP website. That's AARP, dot, org. Happy Pride, y'all. Put some rainbow sprinkles on your vanilla ice cream today. :). Ok, now let’s try this without triggering the Big Brother Spam Monster:

For the alter kockers among us, check out AARP’s special section devoted to the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising.

Can’t put the unadulterated URL here, or the Spam Monster will eat this post.

There’s a link on the front page of the AARP website. That’s AARP, dot, org.

Happy Pride, y’all. Put some rainbow sprinkles on your vanilla ice cream today. :) .

]]> By: hairball_of_hope http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/alisonfail#comment-305015 hairball_of_hope Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:30:42 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/?p=1414#comment-305015 @Mentor Thanks for being on the ball! What's really surprising about the second nessage which got blocked it that it was not an actual link; simply by concatenating aarp, a dot, and org in a sentence was enough to trigger a content filter. Interesting that the filtering blocks the over-50 org without local website intervention. Now why can't we get the right-wing loonies blocked from the universe the same way? (... goes back to thinking about nefarious ways this content blocking can be used by governments and political entities ...) @Mentor

Thanks for being on the ball! What’s really surprising about the second nessage which got blocked it that it was not an actual link; simply by concatenating aarp, a dot, and org in a sentence was enough to trigger a content filter.

Interesting that the filtering blocks the over-50 org without local website intervention. Now why can’t we get the right-wing loonies blocked from the universe the same way?

(… goes back to thinking about nefarious ways this content blocking can be used by governments and political entities …)

]]> By: Mentor http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/alisonfail#comment-305014 Mentor Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:21:54 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/?p=1414#comment-305014 To address HOH's question above: As a test, in the previous two messages the Spam-filter appears to have no problem with the words "AARP" or "Stonewall" per se. Rather, as you can (not) see from "Test message #3" the problem appears to be with the URL "A-A-R-P-.-o-r-g" (which appeared in your original blocked messages). I'm not really sure where this blocking is happening. So far as I can tell it is not local to this website/blog. (I'll keep looking but I assume the URL above has got itself black-listed as a "spam source" sometime over the years, which is probably not completely surprising.) To address HOH’s question above:

As a test, in the previous two messages the Spam-filter appears to have no problem with the words “AARP” or “Stonewall” per se.

Rather, as you can (not) see from “Test message #3″ the problem appears to be with the URL “A-A-R-P-.-o-r-g” (which appeared in your original blocked messages).

I’m not really sure where this blocking is happening. So far as I can tell it is not local to this website/blog. (I’ll keep looking but I assume the URL above has got itself black-listed as a “spam source” sometime over the years, which is probably not completely surprising.)

]]> By: hairball_of_hope http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/alisonfail#comment-305013 hairball_of_hope Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:20:46 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/?p=1414#comment-305013 @Mentor Add .org to the AARP and see what happens. @Mentor

Add .org to the AARP and see what happens.

]]> By: Mentor http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/alisonfail#comment-305011 Mentor Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:07:27 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/?p=1414#comment-305011 Test message #2: Stonewall Test message #2:
Stonewall

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