** Airforce Airman gets charged with "indecent act"… for being gang-raped.I am furious. I am astounded. I knew that the military still has a ways to go in improving respect for women, but this… this is utterly ridiculous and infuriating. She was interrogated without access to legal counsel and the three accused rapists have been granted immunity ( Read more... )

It is a bad day to be a NeoCon:

* "Hulk pleads 5th" - AK Sen. Ted Stevens' home investigated by FBI as part of corruption scandal.

* Maybe Miers was less of a lemon: Chief (in)Justice John Roberts suffers seizure, collapses. Rumor is he may have epilepsy. I thought the point of placing such a young tyrant on the court was to ensure he'll be ( Read more... )

Yeah, I've been AFLJ for a while, but I'm going to make an effort to keep up on news updates (since I get some time to read news at work), and try to balance my newly energized social life with LJ more. I'll try...

So here's the news:

I am still highly amused by the outing of Sen. David Vitter as a naughty little john and indulge in a fit of ( Read more... )

FL valedictorian preaches about Jesus and Hell in HS grad speech. (from christianleft) I don't think I need to go into detail about how I feel about this one.

Concerned Women of America blasts Mary Cheney and Heather Poe for mocking parenthood.

Breakthrough in quantum teleportation bring "Star Trek" closer.

"Why I provide Abortions," by a doctor on Daily ( Read more... )

This school administrator discovered that his students aren't quite so saintly as he'd hoped: Feeding of boa constrictor causes stir at school. Video here on YouTube.

Crazy people write funny letters.

The Scientific Fairness to Women Act would require the FDA to give more consideration to women's health issues, including putting more of a ( Read more... )