Amazon pulling sales rank from gay & lesbian authors/books? Um..WTH? I like to obtain my books locally, but when I can't, Amazon has always been a good fallback. Don't know if they can continue to receive my tiny dollars if they turn out to be homophobic. Here's more.

There's peeps on Facebook sayin': "Well, Bush got compared to a monkey like all the time! Why is this New York Post cartoon now racist?"

Your opinion gets mine, after. :) Real update later today.

CLICK HERE FOR FULL TRANSCRIPT OF PRESIDENT OBAMA'S INAUGURAL ADDRESSI literally got goosebumps while watching the inauguration. Got all teary when Aretha Franklin sang "My Country "Tis of Thee". Believe this or not, as I was driving around this morning in my car, I recalled singing that song in school, & sang it in the car. Not the national ( Read more... )

BRILLIANT.

I woulda liked to throw something heavy & smelly at Bush's noggin - large clunky worn man's shoes sounds dandy. Squee, there's video.

I hope what the guys was screaming translates into: "THE WORLD IS WATCHING! THE WORLD IS WATCHING!" or something about history..

What do *you all* think the Arab Shoe Ninja was saying?

Yes, I am so sickly & red-nosed that the chapping starts on the sides of my nose & goes down a red rough path to my upper lip. Between that & the half-closed eyes I look kinda reptilian. My head feels like all the occupants are made of sweaty cotton balls. But: even though I called off my supper party Saturday evening, I am gonna wrap my germy ( Read more... )

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40% of female service members are raped by fellow soldiers. A whole bunch of 'em don't even report it. Why? Because the military doesn't have an effective plan of action:

"In 2007, Harman said, only 181 out of 2,212 reports of military sexual assaults, or 8 percent, were referred to courts martial."

Because the code of honor that can make someone ( Read more... )

The Dutch have banned smoking tobacco but not marajuana. Discuss.

NOT civil union, NOT domestic partnership, but full-on marriage with all the same rights & priveleges applied to heterosexual marriage. This comes just hours ago, when the California State Supreme Court voted 4-3 to grant gay couples the right to marry. They declared existing marriage laws, defining marriage as only one between one man & one ( Read more... )

YES! (Sorry, nomadicmedic.)

Texting while driving is just a Darwin Award waiting to happen. C'mon. If the law is, as it is in most states, that you can't use your cel phone unless it is w/ a hands-free device, then clearly texting while driving should be a big no. A resounding no, even ( Read more... )