Allen is a douche

Virginia Sen. George Allen has changed his mind about hate crime legislation. He's still for it, but only as long as it doesn't protect gay people. Since most anti-gay are motivated by religious beliefs, he's afraid that hate crimes covering sexual orientation would erode the protection of good old fashioned Christian hate.

His decision won praise from the conservative Family Policy Network, which has accused Allen in the past of not being faithful to conservative social principles.

2-year-old gets drunk; baby-sitter charged

At least he wasn't driving...

The deputies also noticed the 2-year-old was having difficulty standing, had bloodshot eyes, smelled of alcohol and was lethargic.

Lone Gunmen's "Pilot" Episode - the Blueprint for 9/11

The Lone Gunmen was pretty forgettable as far as I was concerned. On the radio the other day someone mentioned that in the pilot episode someone flies a plane into the WTC, and that it aired 6 months before 9/11. I couldn't remember seeing that episode, maybe I never watched it, so I figured I'd check it out.

The first site (alternate link) I found had the most information (and horrible formatting), but he also seemed a little too close to Prison Planet (clever site, but wear your tinfoil hat). Wikipedia covers the episode with a lot less speculation and even links to the script.

WOW meets Pron

A blog I've recently been checking out has a funny clip about a World of Warcraft character. It reminded me that I'd recently seen a different one and had meant to link to it. Here you go...

You'll Come One Day

Odd, and mildly disturbing...

You'll Come One Day
Director Todd Solondz has been hired for the new season of Sesame Street.


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War on Christmas

.. finally it's over, until next year...

War on Christmas
We're in suburbia and the so-called "War on Christmas" is in full swing. For real this time.


Courtesy of IFILM

More on Creationism and Intelligent Design...

Comics and Editorial Cartoons: Doonesbury on Yahoo! News

Superman is too super for some?

Word is that they spent 30 days working on the design of the new Superman's red trunks. I imagine most of that was to get the cut of the fabric right. By current fashions, some of the old Superman trunks look like granny-panties.

However, I guess not all of Brandon Routh's talents were taken into account, and some Hollywood exec's would like a little digital reduction.

Superman Returns - Production Photos - Yahoo! Movies

The Constitution

The thing that really bothers me the most about the "war on terra"... I mean terror... (there is a pun in there for environmentalists and people that can't stand how W mispronounces words). I hear people talk about what we need to do to protect "us". I usually go with the Constitution because it was written by people that didn't screw up the first time we tried to form a country. I still appreciate the Declaration of Independence - ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL. It doesn't say that just Americans have rights - as Americans we believe that ALL people have rights.

Open relationships

I don't get open relationships. I'm not saying that they're wrong.. .but for me you wait till you find that person that makes you say "Oh my god" - then you wait a couple years to make sure that hormone imbalance thing wears off that we call "in love". If you're still thinking "Oh my god", you toss them a ring and tell them they have to marry you, cuz you can't imagine the rest of your life without them.

Saddam claims Americans tortured him

With all the reasons to not torture, here's another. I'm not going to put any trust in what Saddam claims, but with the hundreds, perhaps thousands that we have tortured, why wouldn't we have tortured him too?

"I have been beaten on every place of my body, and the signs are all over my body," he told the court.

Donors Underwrite DeLay's Deluxe Lifestyle

I hate this man. (ok, now I'm on a federal watch list)

Public documents reviewed by The Associated Press tell the story: at least 48 visits to golf clubs and resorts; 100 flights aboard company planes; 200 stays at hotels, many world-class; and 500 meals at restaurants, some averaging nearly $200 for a dinner for two.

Instead of his personal expense, the meals and trips for DeLay and his associates were paid with donations collected by the campaign committees, political action committees and children's charity the Texas Republican created during his rise to the top of Congress. His lawyer says the expenses are part of DeLay's effort to raise money from Republicans and to spread the GOP message.

Children's charities - what a jerk

I'm not gay, but my hooker is

This was funny. A str8 guy that plays for a gay rugby team. Most of my friends are straight, and my volleyball team doesn't feel stigmatized playing with "queers". A couple years ago, we were getting close to 50% gay and we joked that next year we'd be a gay team, the straight members didn't care.

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Bush's Speech Translation

"Why, of course, the people don't want war," Goering shrugged. "Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship."

"There is one difference," I pointed out. "In a democracy the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives, and in the United States only Congress can declare wars."

"Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country."


Herman Goering, Nuremberg trials.

Boston Legal - Captain Kirk

When I was 4, I had the biggest crush on Captain Kirk. As I got older, I started to question his acting ability. The "hair" as he went into the Star Trek movies...

All that changes with Boston Legal - no, I don't have a crush on him by any stretch of the imagination, but he plays an incredible character on Boston Legal.

And Candice is awesome.

Xmas tune

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War on Xmas pt. 3 - Scary Santa

Santa continues to used to emotionally scar young children.

SCARED OF SANTA GALLERY: Tis the season to be scared witless

The latest trend in child molesting?

Two headlines today about 2 different cases.

Both "couples" got married after the female became pregnant. In the first case a 22 year old man faces charges after he marries a 14 year old girl with whom he began a relationship when she was 12. In the second case a 37 year old woman marries her son's 15 year old friend.

There is no minimum age for marriage in Kansas

Georgia law allows children of any age to marry — without parental consent — if the bride-to-be is pregnant.

OMG, he updated his blog!

Some people post a lot, some people only every now and then. 2 months ago, a friend started a blog because a couple of his friends had and it seemed like fun. Today was his first update. He added a link to Google and World of Warcraft. I just wanted to take this opportunity to point and laugh, since I know he'll read this.

Iowa joins the states battling for marriage equality

To me it seems like a no-brainer. Court cases take so long to work their way through the various levels of the state courts and appeals processes. On one hand I hate that because people are going without the same protections others take for granted, and lots of people will suffer under the status quo. As impartial as the courts are supposed to be, they still rely somewhat on public opinion and are less likely to rule in a way that goes against the popular thought. Judges are also part of the public and it may take years for their thinking to change and accept new paradigms of equality - take Justice O'Connor who upheld sodomy laws in Hardwick, but sided with the majority in Lawrence.

The lawsuit filed in the Iowa District Court for Polk County argues that under the equal protection and due process guarantees in the Iowa State Constitution it is unlawful to bar same-sex couples from marrying.

Cyborg comes to Smallville!

As a comic book fan, I started watching Smallville when it started airing. While Tom Welling doesn't do it for me like Dean Cain, I thought the series was ok for the first couple years. Then the networks decided to mess with me and put a show that I like better on opposite, so I missed a year. Now I'm back watching it again and the series seems to have improved. The future Aquaman, Brainiac, and Flash-like character have made appearances, with Aquaman possibly getting his own series soon. During February sweeps, they plan to introduce another longtime DC character - Cyborg (Teen Titans).

"We have always liked this character from the Titans," series executive producer Al Gough told Comics Continuum. "We thought he had an interesting dilemma: Am I man or machine? Have I compromised my humanity? Will I find love in this condition?

Bedtime

I managed to get my to-do list done this weekend. It wasn't very ambitious. I needed a haircut. I wanted to buy this week's comic books and a dust mask. I was also required to snow blow the driveway and sidewalk when winter took a dump on us. See, not too ambitious, but I guess more productive than sitting around in my underwear surfing the web and watching TV.

Today I even finished putting wood laminate on a flight of stairs. That's what the dust mask was for - sawing the stuff kicks up a fine green dust and it makes my lungs sore. Remember kids, when working in the shop - Safety... eventually.

This wasn't a good week for battery chargers. My Black & Decker charger, for circular saw and screwdriver, died (second one since I bought them). My roomba isn't charging either, and it's only about a year old - I'm going to have to look for the manual or check online. ... I love how quick and easy it is to check things online, won't have to look for the manual now.

My fat pics

I realized it's been a while since I've updated my profile picture (like 5 years), so I figured it was past time.  So here I am with all my extra lbs ( let me see, you get an excuse for age, marriage, thyroid... I'm sure I can think of something else).  Anyway, my husband always said I just looked stoned in my last picture.

War on Xmas (part 2)

The War on Xmas

Yes, Christmas is about to be vanquished! Oh wait, that's just spin from O'Reilly and his pals. I loved this clip from the Daily Show when Bill O'Reilly tried to take on those baby Jesus haters at Secular Central.

Comedy Central - Media Player

GAY ‘HULK’ SEQUEL

Even as a spoof it's hilarious.

Dateline Hollywood : DIRECTOR ANG LEE TO FOLLOW ‘BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN’ WITH GAY ‘HULK’ SEQUEL

Baby rat learns to fly jet

Ok, so it's not a real baby rat, but rather a collection of neural cells taken from a rat embryo. Talk about science fiction becoming fact. Will we someday have computers that we need to plug in and feed?

The "brain", grown from 25,000 neural cells extracted from a single rat embryo, has been taught to fly an F-22 jet simulator by scientists at the University of Florida.

In the most striking experiment, the brain was linked to the jet simulator. Manipulated by the electrodes and a desktop computer, it was taught to control the flight path, even in mock hurricane-strength winds.

Laws on homosexuality

A blog friend showed me this, makes me wish for more blue than red...

Trading bibles for pRon in San Antonio

If our morals were actually based on "religious texts", we'd still be stoning children, women would still be property, and everyone that was "moral" would own a slave or more. Obviously people pick and chose what they like out of their special texts (I may show a little impatience with fundies, but they annoy me the most).

CARLSON: The bottom of this, on your web site, you have a statement: "We find that morality should not be derived from religious texts." What should morality be ... what should it be derived from?

JACKSON: Well, morality is not derived from religious texts. Religious texts actually contradict each other. If you read the Bible, it contradicts itself on nearly every page. And the fact that people can decide which one to go with shows that they are getting their morality from somewhere else.

Morality is actually based off of empathy, and failing empathy, it's based off of fear of reprisal from the law. That is where morality comes from.

CARLSON: Yes. But the law, it's a circular argument. You need to think through it a little bit more, Thomas, because the law itself is based on at least a notion of abstract right and wrong, and that is not rooted in empathy or any emotion, but ... you know, an abstract belief that this is right and this is wrong because someone larger, in control, says so.

Study finds coffee reduces liver risk

Well, what do you know. It's a vicious cycle - you need the caffeine to get going in the morning and the booze the help you sleep at night. ... I wonder if I'm getting enough coffee...

The study of nearly 10,000 people showed that those who drank more than two cups of coffee or tea per day developed chronic liver disease at half the rate of those who drank less than one cup each day.

An all-male bordello in the desert

I'm not sure what part of this story surprised me the most. It wasn't that it was Heidi Fleiss, she's right that she has the experience, and it's better to locate your business where it's legal.

I was surprised that Nevada didn't already have a male brothel. I also thought it strange that the existing industry was uncomfortable with the idea. Then I read about how an opponent to legal prostitution tried to get a license for a gay brothel in an attempt to gain support from the homophobic.

The gender specific wording of the law also seemed odd to me since the law that allows for the licensing was passed in the early 70's and the STD testing laws were passed in the mid 80's. Certainly by then people would have heard of a gigolo.

"Heidi Fleiss scares the hell out of me," says George Flint, lobbyist for the Nevada Brothel Association, which represents some of the state's 26 legal houses of ill repute, most of them dressed-up doublewides with names like the Chicken Ranch and the Cherry Patch. "Our industry is not so firm, so to speak, that we need to flirt with some secondary activity that could bring down the whole house of cards." Because the brothel laws all refer to prostitutes as "she" and require cervical STD tests for sex workers, Fleiss would need to get the statutes reworded to cover her studs.

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Sugar Gliders pick their own...

Food chain stuff... We have an Australian Bearded Dragon. It eats veggies and bugs - like crickets, grub worms. John is fine with that since it's a reptile. We also have Sugar Gliders. They are the marsupial (Australian) version of the flying squirrel. They're really cute.

John doesn't like that they enjoy eating more than veggies, it took him forever to realize they need a protein source. Now he can deal with it by simply opening the cricket cage to the sugar gliders so they can pick their own snack. It isn't like he's feeding them...

Garbage trashes rumors they're splitting up

The Scottish group? Most of the Garbage is from right here in Madison, WI. My husband has partied with them on a couple occasions, at Cafe Montmartre's and Jenna's. From what I hear, Shirley isn't that fond of Wisconsin, but that doesn't make them a Scottish group. (and from my husband, Shirley is a wonderful person - well a little rude the first time they met, but great after that)

Garbage lead singer Shirley Manson says the Scottish rock band may be about to take a break after a grueling tour, but it is not planning to split up.

German youths offer R-rated Bible calendar

Anyone who has read the bible knows it has lots of erotica. The sexual antics are all over the map - homosexual love, adultery, 3 ways, gang rapes - Paul even talks about how depraved heterosexual marriage is (only acceptable if one cannot remain celibate). Some would say the book is really too "dirty" to expose to children. However a youth group in Germany has embraced the bible's smut and put out a calendar celebrating it.

A German Protestant youth group has put together a 2006 calendar with 12 staged photos depicting erotic scenes from the Bible, including a bare-breasted Delilah cutting Samson’s hair and a nude Eve offering an apple.

Hooray! No black people!

I just don't get it.

Sploid: Hooray! No black people!

50 Cent praises 'gangsta' Bush

Perhaps some day George can have a felony conviction just like his big fan 50 cent. It can go along with his arrests for theft, disorderly conduct, and drunk driving.

former crack dealer 50 Cent has expressed great admiration for the Republican leader.

He says: "(The president) is incredible… A gangsta. I wanna meet George Bush, just shake his hand and tell him how much of me I see in him."

AlphaDictionary

When I lived in Louisiana I didn't think I picked up an accent, but I guess I picked up something beyond a love for Mardi Gras and Cajun cuisine.

41% (Yankee). Barely in the Yankee category.