This is a weird illness. Six hours ago I could barely sit up, and yet now I feel more or less fine. Well, whatever, let's do this again before the awful flares up once more:

( 2012 Redux )

Q: Does the Daily Mail publish an absurd number of poorly-researched stories about things that may or may not cause cancer?

A: They wouldn't dream of it.

( 2011 Redux )

Mississippi voters reject life at conception amendment

Good for them. For now, at least, sanity prevails in America.

Meanwhile, over here, Non-Specific December-Based Possibly-But-Not-Necessarily-Religious Winter Festival just came early.

Two men jailed for four years for posting messages inciting riots although no trouble resulted from them

Four years. For posting something on Facebook. Four years. Now, I don't want to say that that's an absurd overreaction, or that the judge responsible is some sort of idiot, but at the same time, I literally know a convicted rapist whose ( Read more... )

YOU KNOW THAT THING THAT YOU DISAPPROVE OF?

YOU KNOW THE ONE.

WELL, IT TURNS OUT THAT IS WHAT CAUSED THE RIOTS.

YES, REALLY! YOU WERE RIGHT ALL ALONG!

AND THIS PROVES IT.

Q: Is there an upper limit on how offensively idiotic Glenn Beck is prepared to be in order to get attention?

A: No, there is not.

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I think I have a new hero.

The Life Zone, if you haven't already heard about it, is a psychological horror film about the abortion debate:

The controversial premise of THE LIFE ZONE: three women have been kidnapped from abortion clinics and are being held for seven months--until they all give birth. The film, which appears to cut right down the middle, examining the topic ( Read more... )

I guess this just might be big enough to push teh wedding down the news cycle. Way to time your death, Osama.