Last week I reported on the toughest 44 Jews in the world, referring to the 44 Jews who were opressing nearly 3800 airmen at the Air Force Academy. Of course, they were doing nothing of the sort, but rather were themselves the subject of abuse from proselytizing evangelicals who attend, teach, and run the Academy. …
Archives for April 2005
Debunking the Bigot Brigade
Kudos to the Wall Street Journal for killing this nonsense (they also link to this excellent display of outrage from Jon Stewart): Last week, the Texas House of Representatives passed a child-services bill with an amendment that would make Texas the first state in the nation to prevent same-sex couples from becoming foster parents. The …
Wishful Thinking
Here. Can we at least agree that second term Presidents can’t be lame ducks until after the mid-term election? Silly.
Really- Religion Should Have a Role In Policy Making
More nonsense from the idiots: Bad news: deaths from cervical cancer are on the increase. Good news: there’s a new vaccine that stops the virus that causes the cancer. Unfortunate news: the virus in question, human papilloma virus (HPV), is sexually transmitted. Obvious news: you simply have to vaccinate girls before they become sexually active. …
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Gbye, Judy
Personally, I liked Judy Woodruff. I will miss her. I liked Bernard Shaw, too. HE had that great, brassy voice that just was pleasant to listen to.
Social Security
My take on Social Security is that it is pretty irresponsible to go on national television proposing drastic cuts in rates of return on the same day that your budget expands the deficit with another $106 billion in tax cuts and cuts Medicaid by $10 billion. But that is just me, and I don’t view …
Invasive Government
This is a bad precedent: The Florida Supreme Court said Thursday it will not consider an appeal from conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh over prosecutors’ seizure of his medical records during an investigation into whether he illegally purchased painkillers. The 4-3 order did not explain the court’s reasoning. Limbaugh’s attorney had argued that an appeals court …