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Texas Proposes Total Deregulation of Private Colleges
In a move which can only be described as mind-bogglingly idiotic, Texas legislator Leo Berman (R-Tyler) has proposed a bill which would allow any privately funded organization to grant legally recognized degrees in any subject it pleases without being accredited by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB). Berman insists ( Read more... ) -
Watchmen
Due to incredibly hateful, misogynistic comments made by its screenwriter in a recent press interview, I have canceled all plans to ever see Watchmen.
David Hayter said that people who saw the movie and didn't "get" it should go see it again just like the character who got raped came back to her rapist. Then he went on to ( Read more... ) -
A Question Of Terminology
In discussing the issue of abortion, the only accurate and objective terms are pro-choice and anti-abortion.
Most anti-abortion activists insist on describing themselves as "pro-life", an inherently dishonest term designed to imply that those who disagree with them are anti-life or pro-death. This is a ludicrous inversion of ( Read more... ) -
Roman Catholic Church Excommunicates Doctors For Saving Rape Victim
Once again showing its true colours as an utterly corrupt and morally bankrupt organization, the Roman Catholic Church self-righteously denounced and excommunicated two Brazilian doctors for the "sin" of saving the life of a nine-year-old rape victim. The girl was pregnant with twins after having been raped by her stepfather, and due to ( Read more... ) -
The Whole McNugget
The news media has been raising a huge stink over the story of Latreasa Goodman, a young woman who called 911 three times over an order of Chicken McNuggets.
This is a perfect example of how American society continues to be intensely racist, sexist, and classist. Because you know what? People make wildly inappropriate 911 ( Read more... ) -
Between A Rock And A Hard Place
I feel like my life is increasingly a dead end. I need to finish school, but I'm increasingly uncertain that I can LAST another year and a half to two years pretending to be a boy.
Sadly, knowing that my emotional state is an increasingly imminent train wreck does not help me solve it. And if I crash emotionally, I will ( Read more... ) -
Republican Senator Wants Children To Have AIDS
Colorado's Senate Bill 179 ("Concerning Communicable Disease Control") would require all women to undergo syphilis and HIV testing during the first trimester of pregnancy.
Media attention on this bill has largely focused on the rabid and vitriolic comments of Senator Dave Schultheis (R-Colorado Springs):
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Phelps Barred From UK
The United Kingdom has barred fundamentalist hatemonger Fred Phelps and his daughter Shirley Phelps-Roper from entering the UK. Phelps had previously announced that he and the cult he heads would travel to the UK to protest Queen Mary's College's production of The Laramie Project, a play about homophobic bigotry. The cult is infamous for ( Read more... ) -
The Party of Lincoln
When confronted over its opposition to the social justice movement, the modern Republican Party often waves the bloody shirt by arguing that it is the "Party of Lincoln". This is a totally illogical claim of "innocence by association", made even more absurd in light of the fact that Abraham Lincoln was just as staunchly and openly racist as any ( Read more... ) -
Pennsylvania Judges Admit To Jailing Children For Money
Two Pennsylvania state judges -- Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan, both of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County -- recently pled guilty to arranging and operating a "jail for sale" scheme in which they recieved over $2.6 million in kickbacks from sister companies PA Child Care LLC and Western PA Child Care LLC in return for ( Read more... )