If the answer is because they legitimately don’t want kids: Fine. But I wonder if we’ve devalued motherhood culturally. Motherhood…
Yeah, really they are gaming the Electoral System, and the College is just one part of it, albeit a pretty…
I laughed quite loudly when I read that comment and I couldn't explain to my mom what I was laughing…
I agree but I'll note that they don't just game the Electoral College. As you've stated, they also have that…
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Girls suck at video games
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Posted in Gender and the Economy
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What a bunch of fuckers.
This is a post about two groups of fuckers. The first group of fuckers are the parents, students, and school administrators of the Itawamba Agricultural High School. As you may remember, IAHS is where a lesbian high school senior, Constance … Continue reading
Posted in Whatever
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Palin Fans Are Awesome
Okay, so this may be a cheap shot … wait, no. Strike that. It is a cheap shot, but it’s also awesome. Okay, seriously, Palin is a joke, and her supporters are laughably ignorant. It hardly needs saying, and isn’t … Continue reading
Ladies and gentlemen, The Intellectual Right!
I have conservative friends who argue that it’s unfair of the left to paint them all as a bunch of tea-party-attending, Glen-Beck-listening yahoos. They argue that conservatism has a rich intellectual foundation, and that by cherry picking their worst-sounding supporters, … Continue reading
Savana Redding Interview
Via Boingboing, this is a great clip of an interview with Savana Redding, the girl who, at 13 years old, was illegally strip-searched by her school. The money quote for me is when she says: When I was a kid … Continue reading
Posted in Whatever
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Ideology versus Effect
As long as we’re discussing Libertarianism, I was struck today by a bit from one of Kevin Drum’s posts: And the second piece of TV news? Something that’s close to my heart: broadcasters have promised Congress that by September they … Continue reading
Posted in Economics and the like
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Oh, that wacky GOP racism
As a follow-up to Jeff Fecke’s excellent post on the creepily racist GOP response to Judge Maria Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court, I wanted to point out Matt Yglesias’ post on Tom Tancredo equating La Raza with the … Continue reading
Posted in Whatever
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In Honor of Maine Choosing Equality.
First, a video that made me cry. Philip Spooner, an 86 year old Maine resident, veteran of WWII, and lifelong Republican: Next, a video that made me laugh. Roy Zimmerman and Laura Love, performing his song, “Summer of Loving”: Finally, … Continue reading
Posted in Whatever
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Jake Squid Narrates an Escape Pod Episode
Our very own commenter, the snarky and perspicacious Jake Squid, has narrated ‘Chump Change‘, a just-aired episode of Escape Pod. His reading is stellar, and if you listen to it, you’ll be that much more able to imagine his comments … Continue reading
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"If the answer is because they legitimately don’t want kids: Fine. But I wonder if we’ve devalued motherhood culturally." Is…