The notorious Westboro Baptist Church (aka the "God Hates Fags" nuts) have decided that the married, country-serving Capt. Grassbaugh is going to Hell for defending teh gays.What ( Read more... )

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In high school, Jon Grassbaugh was the radio station personnel director who picked me as a deejay. He was a fellow admissions guide. He had ruddy cheeks and a vivid smile than glittered not in his small, pensive mouth, but in his dark eyes. He was skinny, but his hair was already shorn, like a soldier ( Read more... )

Rolling Stone lists the 10 Worst Congress[persons], and I'm hard pressed to disagree.

Consider the following quotes.U.S. Constitution, Art. I sec. 9.
The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it. [emphasis added]

Justice Antonin Scalia, dissenting in Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, 542 U.S. 507 (2004).Many think it not only inevitable but ( Read more... )

From Dr. I-Man:
WaPo: Iraqi Hospitals Are War's New "Killing Fields"

Jesus Christ.
Jesus F'ing Christ.

NYT: Desmond Dekker, Reggae Pioneer, Dies at 64

farewell, rude boy.
:(

WaPo: Health journalist Elizabeth Agnvall has an eye-opening cluster of articles about how teenage sexual health in the US compares with that in other developed countries.

I really don't have anything to add, except that I want to raise children in Sweden more than ever.*

*(see second sentence of linked post)

Boston Globe (4/30/06): Bush Has Claimed Authority to Unilaterally Nullify 750+ Laws Passed by Congress
ETA: NYT (5/5/06): OpEd on Bush's Unconstitutional VetoAs the NYT Editors point out, this explains why Bush has famously never yet vetoed a law passed by Congress. He doesn't need to. After all, the veto power has two pesky little drawbacks: it ( Read more... )

SpiegelOnline (English) plumbs Germans' obsession with fake tans.


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