Darfur and the Candidates

The invisible genocide hasn’t made inroads into the 2008 election for most “major” candidates.  For those who have, you have the sane few who have stated policy on Darfur like Bill Richardson and John Edwards.  Then you have those on the insane side who think we can safely ignore the Darfur conflict because its just [...]

Keep Your Eye on Darfur

Sudan is bringing an obviously frivolous case against a school teacher for naming a Teddy Bear Muhammad.  As local activists would say, keep your eyes on the real issue:  Darfur: Some analysts saw ulterior motives. There are tensions between Britain and Sudan over the conflict in Darfur. In a Guardian interview this month, President Omar [...]

Tucker Carlson and Awkward Sentences

Sentence structure is important people.  I was reading this odd piece about one of Paul’s stranger supporters and came across this awesome paragraph (Anjeanette Damon, RGJ via Huffington): Paul’s campaign was surprised to see Hof, flanked by two prostitutes, emerge from a limousine outside of Lawlor Events Center this morning. They arrived with MSNBC journalist [...]

Giuliani and Romney: Trust Deficit

Scot Lehigh has some remarkable fun with the three front runners in this rather well written op ed piece: On the stump, the Mittster shines like a diamond . . . ah, make that a cubic zirconia. Why, if one hadn’t seen him run for the US Senate and Bay State governor as a Bill [...]

Menstruation Ban and Anti Choice Logic

Amanda(Pandagon) wonders about a new law defining fertilized eggs as persons: I wrote an article for RH Reality Check about how anti-choicers could try to ban menstruation without missing a beat. It was supposed to be satire. But unfortunately, it was close to the truth. Anti-choicers are pushing a Colorado ballot initiative to define a [...]

Oppression is a Business Cost for Yahoo

Yahoo has settled with the families of the Chinese dissidents they helped the Communist government arrest. Via Wired: Terms of the settlement weren’t disclosed. But a source at Yahoo said the company has been “working with the families, and we’re working with them to provide them with financial, humanitarian and legal assistance.” Yahoo has also [...]

The MySpace Suicide and Hysteria

This is gut wrenching.  A girl with a history of depression committed suicide, apparently provoked by the comments of a neighboring family posing as a boy who had become her “online boyfriend”. It looks like it was the whole family plus a family friend (St Charles Journal): According to a police report filed by the [...]

10 Questions: Universal Healthcare: WHEN?

We’ve been hearing about health care for ages from Democrats pledging their support. Great. When are you going to actually act? This is the crux of Catherine’s excellent submission to 10 questions: And don’t miss her daughter’s submission: You can vote for them here. This is an issue Democrats need to address.  We have wide [...]

The Pakistani Dictator and US

Bush says he’ll take Musharraf at his word (Reuters): President George W. Bush said on Saturday he was taking Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf at his word that elections would be held early next year, but he also emphasized that Washington needed Pakistan’s cooperation in fighting al Qaeda. Musharraf Sets No Date to End Emergency Rule [...]

The Decisive Do Not Vote Ron Paul Guide

What is the decisive do not vote for Ron Paul voting guide? His voting record (David, Orcinus): In the comments thread to my previous post on Ron Paul, the indispensable Trefayne compiled a series of posts on Paul’s track record as a congressman, particularly those bills he sponsored or co-sponsored. Here’s Trefayne: What’s more, consider [...]

The Pro-Life Movement’s Truth Problem

The Pro-Life movement is the visible portion of a much larger religious, patriarchal, misogynist movement aimed at enshrining a biblical cosmology in law.  And any movement that sticks to easily disproved points like the efficacy of abstinence only education or the morality of denying women access to emergency contraceptives after rape, is not a movement [...]

Anti-Choice Kills Women

Via Jill, Feministe: I feel like I’ve written this a million times, but the bodies keep piling up so I’ll say it again: “Pro-life” policies kill women. They killed Olga Reyes. And they’ll kill tens of thousands of women this year, just like they did the year before and the year before that. If you [...]

Fearmongering and the Pill

Check out the headlines: US News:  Pill Poses Little Cervical Cancer Risk AP:  Pill Slimly Raises Cervical Cancer Risk Bloomberg:  Birth Control Pills May Raise Risk of Cervical Cancer LA Times:  Cervical cancer risk rises during pill use WebMD: The Pill Raises Cervical Cancer Risk Across the pond: BBC:  Pill’s cancer risk ‘reversible’ The Guardian: [...]

Senate Confirms Torture

Expect more Waterboarding folks, Mukaesy is in: Mukasey’s confirmation came after an emotional debate over his refusal during Senate hearings to call the interrogation technique that simulates drowning ‘torture’. Key Democrats, including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, argued that was enough reason to oppose the nomination. “In light of his responses in confirmation [...]

I’m a Bearded Lady!

  I’m all for being fit, but hot damn this is some offensive bull (Jessica, Feministing): Via Jezebel, we find out about perhaps the world’s biggest asshole, Michael Karolchyk. Karolchyk owns a gym in Denver that he calls an “anti-gym. It has numerous slogans, from “Too chubby; Never find a hubby,” to “Have Sex With [...]