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October 2006

How to effect a political sea change – Updated [ahem]

Vote Republican. I’m serious. It will accomplish three things: 1) Snap the neck of the Democratic party and put it out of its misery. A loss this election would do it. The majority of the party would be forced to re-evaluate its position and might even move back to the pro-American center. The far Left will be marginalized, as it should be. I know there are JFK Democrats out there.

Lybrel: Puts a Period to Your Period

Maybe we should roll out MayBee’s “ Menstruating” t-shirts soon, before they’re passe.  If I said that this was Frankenpharmafeminism, would I get credit for the coinage?  Would I make anyone angry? The author, one Sarah Richards, seems to be ambivalent about the idea: Life without getting your period, though, would be life without one of the touchstones of the female experience: a sisterhood of shared empathy, tampons and chocolate,

Shameless cry for attention 2, or I love an echo chamber (a non-ripoff of PW memes post by cranky-d)

Another Jameson (the booze, not the broad) fueled post. I guess you could say I have given up.  I imagine many of us have.  I no longer have any desire to persuade anyone who disagrees to cleave to my political positions.  What’s the point?  Most of us have already decided how we think (or feel, depending on political affiliation) things should be. It takes energy to argue with walls of

Photos of Our Fathers (Spoiler-free) [Karl]

I had mixed feelings about going to see Clint Eastwood’s Flags of Our Fathers, the new Clint Eastwood-directed movie about the lives of the soldiers immortalized in Joe Rosenthal’s iconic photo of the Stars and Stripes being hoisted at Mt. Suribachi on Iwo Jima. The final screenplay was written by Paul Haggis, who has been a featured speaker at antiwar rallies sponsored by the hard-left radicals at International ANSWER. And

Talking back to drag-queen music 12 (cranky-d)

Seriously?  I don’t think that having one person as the one and only possibility of love is all that healthy.  I mean, just because you have to live without a given person does not mean you will live without love.  Although I admit, with the right person, if I think about her, I might think about “love.” Actually, being a guy, I think about “love” many times per day. Note:

LAPD Seeks to Clean Up Infamous Skid Row [Dan Collins]

The story’s here. My advice: Presoak in Oxy-Clean lukewarm, wash hot, use bleach. You mean I’d have to leave out the drum solo when I sing “Inna Godda Davida” in the shower?  That sucks. Dance of the Veils: Let us wear veils, or you’ll start race-rioting and attack us! Tim Blair, Vegemite-ite, issues ululating fatwah against American hegemen and hegewomen.  Personally, I think we ought to force him to admit

Yvonne Ridley: “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Veil” [Dan Collins]

Well, normally I’d be in perfect agreement with Prodi and Reid, but I think she deserves an exemption from this rule. A more striking example of special pleading I’ve seldom seen in my life.  To give you a taste, I’ll just quote the beginning of the article: I used to look at veiled women as quiet, oppressed creatures—until I was captured by the Taliban. I’m kind of speechless after that,

October is the cruelest month (A riff) [ahem]

Apologies to T. S. Eliot 1. The Burial of the Dead October is the cruelest month, breeding scandals out of the thin air, mixing pageboys and desire, stoking Dimwits with false hopes. Midterms kept us warm, covering ass in cynical show, adding Animation to the party. Presidentials surprised us, rising over the Florida coast in an ocean of chads; we stopped at the Supreme Court, And went down to defeat,

Another moment of unabashed pragmatism

As there really is no etiquette concerning how much the host may drink during his own housewarming party, he is generally free to use his own best judgment—though it should be pointed out that funnels are generally frowned upon, and licking rock salt and/or granulated sugar off a female guest’s stomach, thighs, or breasts is advisable only after permission has been unequivocally secured. Trust me on that.

Radicalized Panda Bites American Volunteer’s Thumb [Dan Collins]

Panda cub attacks American volunteer.  Chinese officials deny link to terrorism.  Opposability at issue?  Possible link to month-old human-on-panda episode. Cuddly, or killer? Are you sure that’s what they call it? Seattle Unveils Slogan: ‘Metronatural’ SEATTLE – When Washington state announced its new tourism slogan last spring, Pike Place Market vendor Kenny Telesco was willing to give it a chance. Man Accused of Having Relations With Dog TACOMA, Wash. –