There’s one thing that conservatives and liberals agree on: Fred Phelps and his group are the most incidious people on the planet. Fred Phelps, if you don’t know, is the pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church. He first came to national attention with his protests in Laramie, Wyoming following the murder of Matthew Shepard, as immortalized in the play and … Read More
A Bit Of Advice To Pam Anderson And Kid Rock
Look, kids. You can get married twenty times for all I care — it’s still only gonna last a year.
Who’s Gay Today
Lance Bass. Bill Clinton is too, according to Ann Coulter (Seriously!) RELATED: Did you know that the whole Hezbollah-Israel clash is due to — wait for it — a homosexual parade?
Rape Victim Denied Morning-After Pill
Look. If your religion prevents you from doing your job, then either (a) get another job or (b) get another religion. Here’s what I’m talking about — a story from Lancaster, PA: A Good Samaritan Hospital emergency room doctor refused to give a rape victim a morning-after pill because he said it was against his Mennonite religion. Rebuffed by the … Read More
Ken Jennings Blog
Ken Jennings, the dude who won 74 times in a row on Jeopardy!, netting a total of $2.5 million, has started a blog. Already, he’s created quite a buzz, mostly from a post last week about Jeopardy!: Dear Jeopardy!, Hey, I hope you remember me. It’s been a while since we talked. We were a bit of an item a … Read More
Things I Did Know, But Not Completely
Christopher Columbus was a real prick. I mean, I knew about how he subjugated and mistreated all the local natives that he came across in the New World. I’d even heard this story: Between the evening of October 11 and the morning of October 12, a sailor on the Pinta named Juan Rodriguez Bermejo called out, "Land, land!" Isabella had … Read More
Things I Didn’t Know
Part of a life-long series. Today’s topic is abortion. Specifically, parental notification laws. Pro-lifers are in favor of such laws, which require that teenage girls seeking abortion must obtain parental permission (or a court order) before said abortion can be performed. The pro-life lobby believes that parental notification laws will reduce the number of abortions, on the presumption that parents … Read More
Gay Divorcees
The first same-sex marriage sanctioned by Massaschusetts is apparently over. Watch how wingnuts will use this to argue that same-sex marriage is wrong and unnatural, while ignoring the fact that the divorce rate for heterosexual marriages is at an all-time high.
Rapture Dreams
Well, there’s a small segment of society who believe that the Middle East conflict is a good thing. A REAL good thing. Over at Rapture Ready/End Times Chat online bulletin board, some evangelical Christians are seeing recent events as a sure sign of the second coming of Christ. Here are a few comments posted on the board: Praise God! We … Read More
Shacking Up Now Legal In North Carolina
201 years ago, North Carolina passed a law (N.C.G.S. § 14‑184) which made it a criminal offense for a man and woman to live together unless they were married. Specifically, the law says: If any man and woman, not being married to each other, shall lewdly and lasciviously associate, bed and cohabit together, they shall be guilty of a Class … Read More
You Know You’re Old When…
…your first reaction to reading that Haley Joel Osment [the kid in "The Sixth Sense"] was in a one-car automobile accident is "He’s old enough to drive?!?"
Same Sex Amendment Fails House, Too
Because the proposed anti-same-sex marriage amendment to the Constitution failed the Senate a few weeks ago, the vote in the House today was entirely symbolic. Even then, the proposal to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman failed: 236-187, 47 short of the two-thirds majority needed. UPDATE: An ultra-conservative Congressman (and a Democrat, believe it or … Read More
More On Lying To Women About Their Health
Tbogg sez it all: If you lie with a man, it’s fair game to lie to you: Women who consult with pregnancy resource centers often get misleading information about the health risks associated with having an abortion, according to a report issued Monday by Democrats on the House Government Reform Committee. Congressional aides, posing as pregnant 17-year-olds, called 25 pregnancy … Read More
The War On Truth: Faith-Based Pregnancy Clinics Lie To Girls
Reuters: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Advisers working at some federally funded pregnancy resource centers mislead pregnant teens about the risks of abortion, falsely telling callers it raises the risk of breast cancer, infertility and mental illness, a U.S. congressman said on Monday. Democratic staff on the House of Representatives Government Reform Committee who called up some faith-based pregnancy resource centers said … Read More
And Now Your Moment Of Zen
Zuiilin English is a popular Japanese TV show that combines aerobics with English lessons. You’ll really want to see this. It’s so good, I’m going to "bump" this post to the top. Enjoy: