Category Archives: Politics

Fascinating.

Posted on July 21, 2008 by Deb

I’m watching some folks in a forum rehash bits and pieces of the abortion argument, and in response to the token extreme-right-wing-christian, the much more liberal majority keeps asking, what gives you the right to give your opinions the force … Continue reading →

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It seems like it’s repeating itself at shorter intervals, now.

Posted on July 3, 2008 by Deb

55? *headdesk* That link takes you to a nice concise explanation of why it’s a bad idea, btw.

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Gloucester Girls

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Jay

By now, you’ve probably heard about the 17 pregnancies at the high school in Gloucester, Massachusetts, where apparently a bunch of girls decided it would be cool to get pregnant together and raise their babies concurrently. My thoughts are perhaps … Continue reading →

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You know…

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Deb

You wouldn’t have to worry so much about how much of your money they’re taking and who they might be giving it to if you could see that they have no true right to do so. You vote, you “legitimize” … Continue reading →

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This is Only a Drill

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Jay

It seems the issue of the day is drilling for oil. Well, yeah. If you don’t pay, you can’t play. It’s absurd to have resources in the United States locked up so extensively, and I can’t imagine so much of … Continue reading →

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Damn it. I could almost like the guy.

Posted on June 16, 2008 by Deb

Obama’s apparently talking about kicking the credit card folks where it hurts. Good. A pox on all those usurious motherfuckers. And before you make some sort of protest that cites the free market, what we’ve got now? Not one. Not … Continue reading →

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You wonder why folks don’t vote?

Posted on June 12, 2008 by Deb

I can talk all day about the abstract issues behind all of this, but try just looking at my life: We’ve fallen a bit down the economic ladder. Extended unemployment, yadda, yadda, yadda. In an effort to keep a roof … Continue reading →

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Paid in Full

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Jay

Cutting Through the Katrina Krapola. For all I loved New Orleans when I visited there, for a whole day in 1988, I just love “pulsating pustule on the bayou.”

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Discussion Over. Dissension Will Not Be Tolerated Comrades.

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Jay

Chertoff on final Real ID rules: “Reconfiguring our society.” You mean like they reconfigured society in Ukraine during the first half of last century? Or more like reconfiguring society during the New Deal Great Society Cultural Revolution? Just wondering.

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Zoo Humans

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Jay

Seeing the news of the uncontacted Amazon tribe, and the fact that there are both more of them than I might have imagined had I even considered the possibility of it being non-zero, and that lack of contact is carefully … Continue reading →

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