It’s Wednesday, which means . . . time to check in on our favorite wingnut columnist — Kaye Grogan. Today’s Renew America column from Kaye: "Maybe It’s Time To Separate Schools From Sex?" Note the question mark. We wonder why Kaye is being so tentative. Oh, well. Let’s dive in the pool of dimentia. Is there a movement on to … Read More
American Idol Update: Stevie Wonder Week
Okay. My first comment: kill the stylists. I liked these kids better when they were just themselves. But tonight, a bunch of L.A. stylists put them in clothes and hairstyles which made many of them simply ridiculous. I think the NC kids suffered worse — Kellie Pickler especially. Now on to the talent portion. The first hour and a half … Read More
Disrespectful Blacks Should Be Grateful About Slavery And Flock To The GOP
That’s what Adele Ferguson, a columnist at the Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal thinks: Remember Ronald Reagan’s story about the kid who had to shovel a huge pile of manure? He went about it with such joy he was asked why and said, “With all that manure, there’s got to be a pony in there somewhere.” The pony hidden in slavery … Read More
Why You Should Boycott Victoria’s Secret
From the website of the American Decency Association*: (1) Victoria’s Secret is blatant and boldly erotic in the marketing of their products. Well, since their primary line includes exotic lingerie, this is hardly surprising. Just what, exactly, does the American Decency Association think the advertising should be like? (2) They exhibit little sense of concern regarding moral sensibilities. In other … Read More
What’s That Basketball Thing On The Right?
Click it (or click this) and find out. Meanwhile, here’s some fun facts to ruin your March Madness: Percentage of the 4,000+ students who play Division 1 men’s basketball who will go on to professional sports careers: 0.8 Percentage of NCAA men’s basketball players who entered college in 1997 and had graduated by 2003: 44 Number of the teams in … Read More
Growing Up Bin Laden
Bin Laden’s niece is getting set to star in her own reality series. No, I’m not kidding: Osama bin Laden’s niece, an aspiring singer who posed for a sexy photo shoot in a men’s magazine last year, has signed up for a reality television show about her life and her as yet unfulfilled "quest for stardom." Wafah Dufour Bin Ladin, … Read More
Our Long National Nightmare Is Over
A judge orders that Michael Jackson’s Neverland close its gates for non-payment of wages to workers.
The Catholic Vote
Glenn Greenwald notes that part of Rove’s tactics for winning the 2004 election against Kerry was to take the Catholic vote. Rove did this in part by impugning Kerry’s catholicism, i.e., Kerry wasn’t a "good" Catholic. Part of the reprehensible tactics included parading Catholic Republicans in front of the microphones to suggest that Kerry shouldn’t receive communion because of his … Read More
Idol Update
This last week’s round was important, because the 12 remaining finalists get to do the tour when the show is over. The American Idol voters were half-stupid. They did the right thing by voting off Kinnik Sky and Will "Bobby Brady" Makar. But they failed to vote off Kevin "Chicken Little" Covais and Melissa McGhee, the latter being the bigger … Read More
Very Funny
The three college students arrested for several Alabama church burnings have explained their behavior as a "joke that got out of hand". This is one of those times when I am rendered speechless with incredulity. To my mind, a "joke that gets out of hand" is a joke or prank that starts off as harmless and funny, and then mushrooms … Read More
Mixed Messages
Shorter Teri Hatcher: "Child molestation is a serious issue, and as the victim of child molestation myself, I want to bring this important issue into the public spotlight — a spotlight in which you will find me posing with almost no clothes." UPDATE: I’ve posted the image of the Vanity Fair cover.
Conservative Women Respond To The Vagina Monologues
Having seen it (again) this weekend in Winston-Salem as part of our community’s involvement in V-Day, I found this story to be timely: Monique Stuart was a teenager when Eve Ensler’s "The Vagina Monologues" first appeared off-off-Broadway a decade ago. But by the time the 24-year-old saw the play in her senior year of college, she’d already made up her … Read More
Garfield Doesn’t Speak
This blogger discovered that if you remove the thought bubbles from above Garfield’s head, Jon becomes a lonely, semi-deranged man who talks to cats. In other words, the comic strip becomes bleak, existential, and twice as funny. More examples.
Inquiring Minds Already Know
The AMA has discovered that women are more likely to engage in heavier-than-usual drinking and have sex during spring break. Setting aside the health and moral implications, does anyone really need a study to determine this fact?
Okay, So Say Abortion Is Illegal…
. . . what sort of punishment should be given to women who have illegal abortions? This question was put to anti-abortion protesters recently. Amazingly, they are totally stumped. Watch the video. It’s pretty astounding how well-intentioned and earnest people can be reduced to an uncomfortable mass of stupified bumblefucks when politely asked to explain the logical extension of the … Read More