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Monthly Archives: August 2007
“Teh Gay” is beside the point
To be honest, I didn’t even know my former state had a gay marriage ban. Well, for now at least, it’s gone bye-bye: A Polk County judge has struck down Iowa’s law banning gay marriage. That means gay couples from … Continue reading
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Yet another example of the South sucking
Jena, Louisiana. Ever heard of it? Me neither. Anyway, this is what happened there: at a high school there, part of the campus outdoors was declared segregated by some students — specifically, the shade of a certain tree was declared … Continue reading
8 things
Vache plays tag, and I’m it. For this one, that means the following: “People who are tagged need to write these rules in their own blogs & share eight things about themselves that others might not know. At the end … Continue reading
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Gettin’ medieval on your ass(umptions)
The award for “Best kicking of a horse that should already be dead” goes to *drumroll*…LiveScience.com, for proving yet again that the right-wing view of family structure is built on sheer ignorance and not “tradition”, w/ the following: Civil unions … Continue reading
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Second-hand brain sludge
Jon Wilde: “Teachers are basically irrelevant, kids are innate self learners”. Sam Bagwhat: “You say that because you hang around a ton of self-learners. It ain’t that easy“. Me: I think there’s a chicken-vs-egg thing underneath the surface here. If … Continue reading
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You know better than that, Matt
Shorter Matthew Yglesias: “libertarians likee teh animal cruelty, yais yais”. Grounds for this assumption would be _______? Sadly, there’s even worse in the comments. Seriously, how does one make such a leap? If libertarianism is automatically pro torturing animals for … Continue reading
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Good Riddance, but big whoop
Mr. Torture Memo, Mr. Who-Needs-a-Warrant, Mr. Partisanship Kicks Ass, Senor Shit on the Constitution. By any name, he is Gone-zo: Alberto Gonzales, the nation’s first Hispanic attorney general, announced his resignation Monday, driven from office after a wrenching standoff with … Continue reading
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Dumbest. Argument. Ever.
Am I even reading this right? As he awaits a crucial progress report on Iraq, President Bush will try to put a twist on comparisons of the war to Vietnam by invoking the historical lessons of that conflict to argue … Continue reading
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How’d I miss this one?
Another thing that weed is safer than: espresso. Proof on this comes from Britain: Jasmine Willis, 17, developed a fever and began hyperventilating after drinking seven double espressos while working at her family’s sandwich shop. The student, of Stanley, County … Continue reading
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