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Can we forget about gender for a moment and concentrate on stopping the ongoing genocide? I doubt anyone here has…
Normally I'd be up for a little debate on gender and its implications, but in this case all I can…
"So from my viewpoint this just got a lot more interesting" Well as long as it's interesting to you. We…
Amp: ... the disproportionate number of men being deported, .... How disproportionate is it? What proportion do males make up…
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Author Archives: Jeff Fecke
And The World Will Be Better For This
Sometimes you lose. But you keep fighting anyhow.
Posted in Elections and politics
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A Very Serious, Thoughtful Vetting Which Has Never Been Done In Such Detail or With Such Care
“Why, once I met this guy who knew this guy who knew this guy who knew this guy who knew this guy who knew this guy who knew this guy who knew this guy who knew this guy who knew … Continue reading
I cry a lot because I miss people. They die and I can’t stop them. They leave me and I love them more.
R.I.P., Mr. Sendak. You created one of the great anarchic works of literature, Where the Wild Things Are, which in its brevity is far deeper than most thousand-page novels. If you missed Sendak’s unbelievably amazing interview with Stephen Colbert, or … Continue reading
Posted in Cartooning & comics, Fiction, literature
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The One Article You Must Read Today
From Peter Sagal of “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me” fame. It isn’t particularly funny: The first soldier was in bed, surrounded by six members of his family, including his fiance, who was slumped over asleep. His left foot was missing, and … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan
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Save the Body Parts
As you may be aware, I’m a testicular cancer survivor. That sounds a lot more badass than it is; testicular cancer is extremely treatable if caught reasonably early, and while chemo and surgery are exactly as fun as you’d think … Continue reading
I Said, “Pretend You’ve Got No Money.” She Just Laughed and Said “Oh, You’re So Funny.”
The Romneys are not like you and me. [Ann] Romney alluded to the fact that not all women can stay at home saying, “I love the fact that there are women out there who don’t have a choice and they must … Continue reading
Please, Dear Venus, Show Me Now
I feel sorry for Men’s Rights Activists. No, really, I do. Like the people in Plato’s cave, they have a sense of the problems caused by a society that demands a harsh conformity to gender norms; they can see the … Continue reading
Now Next Friday Come I Didn’t Have the Rent, and Out the Door I Went
Here’s a little Schadenfreude to start the week off right: The Minnesota Republican Party’s financial woes continue with the filing last week of eviction papers that could oust the party from its headquarters in a St. Paul building. Politics in Minnesota notes that … Continue reading
How disproportionate is it? https://www.statista.com/statistics/257783/estimated-number-of-illegal-immigrants-in-the-us-by-age-and-sex/ There are estimated to be slightly more men than women, but not ten times as…