Christopher Hitchens is a prick. Even when I agree with him, I find myself hating just about everything about the way he makes his arguments. This article, for example, makes the case that the idea that international unity and fellowship is engendered by sporting events is complete horseshit. I'm as cynical as the next person who dislikes sports, ( Read more... )

It's now homicide if you get an illegal abortion in Utah (a state where pretty much any abortion is illegal). Oh, wait, except this law also applies to miscarriages. So all your potential fetuses had better be veeeeeery well looked after, women. Because even if you wanted that baby more than life itself, even if you're screaming and crying and ( Read more... )

A wonderful conversation about this maddening, obfuscating article about DADT

moonlightalice: oh god the NYT ran a pro-DADT op-ed
me: they waaaaa?
(goes to read linked article)me: I love how he's like "But we kicked out fatties and no one complained!" Well, yes, because you're allowed to fire people who can't do the job. Point is that gay people CAN. That ( Read more... )

I forget where I read it, but, once upon a time, a man was so hurt and pissed off about his best friend being murdered by a glory-seeking loser, that he resolved never to utter the man's name, the better for everyone, himself included, to forget the man. What better way to deny the murderer exactly what he wanted than to leave him out of history? ( Read more... )

Time for a good old-fashioned gripe. Here's what's annoying me this week!

1. People who pronounce things wrong.I don't mean people who don't speak English well or have accents. They are lovely and allowed to speak with accents all their life for all I care, especially if they are British. (Or Australian. Or Kiwi. Or even South African, though I ( Read more... )

One thing that's bugging me about the coverage of the post-earthquake conditions in Haiti is the fact that the reporters can manage all these outrageous comforts and luxuries immediately to do their reporting (and, presumably, keep them going for a week of reporting). One reporter took a helicopter tour of the devastated Port-au-Prince. Couldn't ( Read more... )

So this woman is out to save marriage from divorce in Oklahoma. This may be an unpopular thing to say, but I applaud her for at least having the courage of her convictions and going full-on with the crazy and not being a hypocrite. See, she really does think gays are a threat to marriage. And she sat a good long time and thought, "Gee, you know ( Read more... )

I am thankful this kid's maturity especially in this time where adults are behaving like ninnies and schoolyard bullies.

If you can't be bothered to sit still for that whole video--it's painful when the CNN anchor interrupts, I do understand--watch The Daily Show's take at least:
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cGaywatch - Peter ( Read more... )

Newsweek took a ton of flak for putting this picture on their cover the other week. The haters claim this move was sexist because it reduces Palin to a pretty face instead of a credible political force.

( You don't know from sexism, ya idjits. )

ETA: After posting, I went to look at what's coming in the mail to me today. It's Dragonball Evolution--the live-action movie with white people pretending (or not) to be Asian. No wonder I never have to wait for movies!

Someone has been unable to get a DVD through Netflix for almost three months.

How does that even happen? I have never had to ( Read more... )