Teh Cute Face-Off: Birds vs Bears
Jim Fallows at The Atlantic got to play with pandas, and in response Minipundit throws down the bird card — he recognizes the utter cuteness of the bear population, but says birds are also adorable. A similar divide has been going on in my house for the past couple of weeks — my sister claims [...]
...read moreOlga Reyes, victim of “pro-life” politics
I feel like I’ve written this a million times, but the bodies keep piling up so I’ll say it again: “Pro-life” policies kill women. They killed Olga Reyes. And they’ll kill tens of thousands of women this year, just like they did the year before and the year before that. MANAGUA, Nicaragua – Two weeks [...]
...read moreFat people are ruining Its A Small World
Seriously. You have to love when reporters just make shit up. Disney is temporarily closing its Its A Small World ride because: The boats get stuck because “layers and layers” of fiberglass have built up where maintenance teams have patched and re-patched problem areas, said Disneyland Resort spokesman Bob Tucker. “The only thing that’s true [...]
...read moreThe New Litmus Test
Rosa Brooks has a column up about how torture is the new GOP litmus test, replacing the good old abortion stand-by. She writes, tellingly: Remember that golden, innocent time — the 1980s and ’90s — when the phrase “political litmus test” was associated with the debate about abortion rights, and torture was associated with the [...]
...read moreHonesty: A Major Republican Blunder
According to Robert Novak, Republican Presidential candidate Fred Thompson made “a major abortion blunder” when he stated on Meet the Press that: “I do not think it is a wise thing to criminalize young girls and perhaps their parents as aiders and abettors.” He then went further: “You can’t have a [federal] law” that “would [...]
...read moreFeminist Fat-Hate
Jessica at Feministing links to a really disturbing video for “the anti-gym” which involves a Manly Man humiliating and insulting a “chubby.” Because being told that you’re too fat to be seen in public is really going to encourage you to go to the gym. But the chubby-hate is nothing new. What’s getting under my [...]
...read moreWomen in Pakistan
As Musharraf declares martial law in Pakistan, he’s jailing political dissidents, lawyers, and activists — including women’s rights activist Asma Jahangir. Pakistani-born attorney Shahin M. Cole has more about how the choice in Pakistan is democracy or Talibanization.
...read moreWell, as long as you said you’re sorry…
Eight teenagers who raped a girl on camera and distributed the DVD — titled “Cunt the Movie” — throughout their community are serving less than two years.. in therapy. During the assault (trigger warning): The girl was filmed performing oral sex on two boys, had her hair set alight, was spat at and urinated on [...]
...read moreWhen she’s good, she’s good
MoDo re-writes George W. Bush’s inauguration speech: ON this day, when we celebrate the durable wisdom of our Constitution, we must remember: Constitutions don’t work for everyone. It’s not a one-size-fits-all type deal. … All who live in tyranny and hopelessness can know: the United States will ignore your oppression and excuse your oppressors. When [...]
...read moreENDA mixed victory
I’m glad to see that the House passed the Employment Nondiscrimination Act (a bill that would extend basic workplace protections to gay, lesbian and bisexual employees). I’m glad that Congress has taken a stand for the rights of some marginalized people. But damn if I’m not angry that they’re all too willing to throw some [...]
...read moreSupporting Our Troops
We know that the Bush administrations rhetoric is usually bogus — see “promoting democracy,” for example. At the height of their hypocrisy, though, is “support the troops.” Not only do they still lack health care, but now there are hundreds of homeless Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, many of whom are sexual assault survivors. It’s shameful.
...read moreIrrelevant
There’s a lot to say about the crisis in Pakistan right now (and particularly about U.S. hypocrisy in dealing with it), but I think Ali really hits it on the head here: The only way to explain why the US and its allies do not abandon a leader who is less popular with his people [...]
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