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November 30, 2006
Probably Turn Out To Be The Butler...
... but these poisoned Russians, both critics of the Putin administration... this is wild. But it's conflicting on whether Polonium (I'm not spelling it right) is widely available or not. I've heard some news outlets say it's easy to get, others say it's hard to get.
I'm with Colbert. Putin in '08. This is one bad-ass motherfucker. If he asks for the US government, I think we should give it to him.
Posted by emily at 7:19 PM | Comments (0)
November 28, 2006
Mr. Putin in the Sushi Place with the Radioactive Materials
Did I win?
Posted by emily at 9:47 PM | Comments (0)
November 22, 2006
If the new as deputy assistant secretary of population affairs within the Department of Health and Human Services gets his way...
Your family will look like THIS!
Posted by emily at 10:05 AM | Comments (0)
November 21, 2006
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Robert Altman
Rest In Peace. (theme from MASH playing in my head).
Posted by emily at 11:58 AM | Comments (0)
November 20, 2006
Our Side Takes Aim in The Sex Wars™
Democrats call for ouster of U.S. health official
By Andy Sullivan Mon Nov 20, 5:27 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several Democratic lawmakers asked the Bush administration on Monday to replace its new family-planning chief because he has worked for a health provider that opposes the use of birth control.
Dr. Eric Keroack's record as an opponent of birth control and abortion makes him a poor choice to oversee a $280 million reproductive-health program, seven House of Representatives Democrats said in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt.
"We are concerned that Dr. Keroack has promoted policies -- including the refusal to distribute contraception even to married women -- that directly conflict with the mission of the federal program," the letter said.
Keroack last week was named head of HHS's Office of Population Affairs, which funds birth control, pregnancy tests, breast-cancer screening and other health services for 5 million poor people annually. HHS estimates that the program helps to prevent 1.3 million unwanted pregnancies each year.
The office also oversees a $30 million program that encourages sexual abstinence among teens.
An HHS spokeswoman said Keroack is a skilled doctor and a nationally recognized expert on preventing teen pregnancy.
"We have confidence that he'll perform his duties effectively and in accordance with the law," HHS spokeswoman Christina Pearson said by e-mail.
Keroack previously served as medical director for A Woman's Concern, a chain of Boston-area pregnancy clinics that advise against the use of contraception and advocate abstinence as a way to avoid pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
Keroack has spoken at abstinence conferences across the country and has written that people who have more than one sex partner have a diminished neurological capacity to experience loving relationships.
His appointment does not need to be approved by the Senate, but Democrats will have the power to force him to testify when they control Congress next year.
One of those who signed the letter, California Rep. Henry Waxman (news, bio, voting record), will be chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, while New York Rep. Louise Slaughter is expected to chair the Rules Committee. Others sit on committees that oversee HHS and control its budget.
"Less than two weeks ago the American public made it clear that they want a middle ground approach to our nation's most pressing problems," New York Democratic Rep. Nita Lowey (news, bio, voting record) said in a statement. "Unfortunately, this appointment says loudly and clearly that the president simply did not get that message."
Posted by emily at 8:32 PM | Comments (0)
I Feel A Draft In Here
So I have some mixed feelings on this. I know it makes the anti-war crowd that's over 35 smugly confident. Rangel introduces the bill and it gets defeated (even though there are some hawks that are shouting for more troops in Iraq, bombing Iran, etc... and we don't currently have the troops for that.) Part of me feels that Rangel is bluffing. He's anti-war and certainly doesn't want escelation. (I've met Charlie before, not that he'd remember me.) But Rangel says he's not bluffing and I know those who want the draft so that Americans feel the sting of this war a bit more.
But America is ALREADY against the war. Not enough against it, this I know. But they're not waiving flags and slapping ribbons on the SUV anymore. This bill will probably include women and have no deferments. Now, that may not survive... but it does have me looking at my roadmap for the quickest way to Canada.
To wit: I understand what Rangel's doing, but maybe I understood it more two years ago, when people were calling the anti-war movement a bunch of traitors and terrorists. Then, a draft wasn't going to pass, but it allowed Rangel to shove the false patriotism of the chickenhawks up their own ass and shout to them, "you think this war is so important? send your own damn kids." Now with the meso-quagmire-civil-war of 2006, a draft may yet go through. If thise hawks really want to win this war, if they actually believe they can... it would need more troops. (Not that I agree with this. It's unwinnable. But they don't see it that way.)
I'm sure Rangel will pull the bill before it completely backfires.
Posted by emily at 7:30 PM | Comments (0)
Counter Help
As of today, it is 792 days until Bush leaves office. I'd like this site to have a counter so I would be able to look at it everyday and have a certain peace of mind.
Is there a way to do this?
Posted by emily at 7:03 PM | Comments (0)
I Feel This Qualifies As A Uraninum-tipped Bunker Buster in the "War on Christmas"
Everytime the bell rings, an angel gets waterboarded.
Posted by emily at 3:05 PM | Comments (0)
November 17, 2006
The Sex Wars Continue...
(I should really consider going into reproductive law.)
Moon-bat nut-job wack-bitch K-Lo over at The Corner seems to believe that it is undeniable that birth control demeans women. She doesn't see how anyone can see it any other way. Is she a virgin? Waited til marriage? What does she have against condoms?
There's just no logical response for that. Birth control LIBERATED women from their reproductive cycles. It allowed them to CONTROL how many children they had. It allowed families to save money and people to move into the middle class. It allowed women more choices, careers... to have children later in the life. It's a constitutional right for both married and single people.
Oh yeah. And it REDUCES the amount of FUCKING ABORTIONS!!!
Just declare a war on sex, Bushpeople. Then you can proceed to lose, just like you lost the war on drugs and terror.
Posted by emily at 5:40 PM | Comments (0)
Let Me Get This Straight...
New undersecretary at HHS dealing with family planning worked for a group in Mass. who preached (and yes, the word is PREACHED) that birth control "demeans" women? Bush continues his fantastic record of appointing people to positions advocating/regulating/representing what they oppose. (That was a mouthful. Just think of John Bolton and you'll know what I mean.)
Posted by emily at 1:15 PM | Comments (0)
November 16, 2006
Obama is NOT a rock star...
A rock star has what's called "songs" he puts on an "album". He releases these "albums" every few years. He goes on "tour" between these "albums". He usually dates a "supermodel" and goes on "MTV."
It is possible that Obama has been on MTV, but other than that, none of these qualifications apply. Thus, he is not a rock star, no matter how much that phrase is repeated on MSM.
He is a very popular and well-liked Senator. They tend not to throw televisions from hotel room windows. Except for Joe Biden, of course.
Posted by emily at 1:32 PM | Comments (0)
November 15, 2006
The Juice Is Back
Wha? How very 90s that people are talking about OJ again. Aren't we done with this already?
Posted by emily at 8:55 PM | Comments (0)
Trent Lott is Back, Bitches!
I don't really know how to feel about this... I suppose this means George Allen will be forgiven in four years.
Posted by emily at 11:09 AM | Comments (0)
Fat Talk Not Phat
Pet Peeve #554: Maybe I'm not so sympathetic to the female of the species on this. I know there's pressure, I know I've never had to worry about my weight... but I cannot stand it when women with 13-year-old voices whine about the size of their asses right next to me in Civ. Pro. Ugh. It's not what I want to think about. It's unseemly. It sounds vain and shallow. And we're all over 22... use your grown-up voice.
There. I'm done.
Posted by emily at 12:54 AM | Comments (0)
November 9, 2006
Things You Just Don't Expect To See
Mike Wallace crying on Larry King, re: the death of Ed Bradley.
His death makes me very sad, much like I felt about Peter Jennings. The old school journalists are leaving us. The new school is flashy, smart and lacking something. Authority, command, understanding, depth, gravitas... I don't know. But they don't make journalists like they used to. And Ed Bradley was certainly unique and excellent and just seeing Anderson Cooper give praise makes you feel like you've lost something even more.
Posted by emily at 9:52 PM | Comments (0)
Cel-e-brate Good Times, Uh-huh!
The new Senate leadership meets their fans. We did it! We won the motherfucking Senate of the US of A, against all odds!
Posted by emily at 8:20 PM | Comments (0)
R.I.P.
Ed Bradley 1941-2006
Posted by emily at 1:44 PM | Comments (0)
November 8, 2006
The Biggest, Most Important Thing Out of the Donkey Taking the Senate
If anything happens to Ginsberg, Souter, Breyer, Kennedy or Stevens, Leahy's chairman of the Judiciary.
We've just saved the Court.
Posted by emily at 9:10 PM | Comments (0)
8:30 PM
AP just called Virginia for Webb.
We won both houses. And you were doubting it!
(My pysche-myself-out-on-my-blog-not-allowing-for-any-hope-there's-been-no-hope-since-'96 strategy worked!)
Posted by emily at 8:34 PM | Comments (0)
Enjoy Your Retirement, Donny-Boy
I'm still trying to understand the strategy behind this. So, Bush lied last week; this was obviously in the works. Why NOT do it before the election? I guess it would look weak or be seen as admitting a mistake.
Posted by emily at 2:59 PM | Comments (0)
Not only did we get rid of the bums in Congress...
According to the Times, GOP officials say Rummy's resigning.
Oh glorious day!
Posted by emily at 12:55 PM | Comments (0)
And then there was one...
AP just called Montana for John Tester (the buzz cut). Now the nation's lonely eyes turn to Virginia, which is for lovers (although not after the marriage ban they passed.) There's surely to be a re-count, with the entire Senate in the balance now. But those who are ahead in the first count RARELY (I don't know if they've ever, in fact) lose in the second count. 537 votes in Florida, remember? This is a bigger margin than that.
Posted by emily at 12:41 PM | Comments (0)
Oh My Fucking God
Talent just conceded in Missouri. We could fucking win the Senate. I repeat, we could fucking win the Senate.
Posted by emily at 2:11 AM | Comments (0)
November 7, 2006
10:56 PM
NBC called the House for the Dems.
Posted by emily at 10:57 PM | Comments (1)
"The Strangler" loses in Pennsylvania
Hilary wins in a landslide.
Posted by emily at 10:55 PM | Comments (0)
The "Hot" Canadian pulls it out...
...and Stabenow blew out the GOP what-his-name.
Posted by emily at 10:09 PM | Comments (0)
Na na na.... Na na na... Hey, hey... good-bye...
We won't have "man on dog" to kick around anymore.
Posted by emily at 9:25 PM | Comments (0)
I Feel Like Josh Lyman...
..."I want the numbers"!! Who the fuck decided not to leak the exit polls!?! And they said by five, there'd be numbers. Where the fuck are the numbers? HoffPo, Slate, Wonkette... no numbers.
Off the check the Times, then I have to go to class.
Posted by emily at 5:07 PM | Comments (1)
Brighton Gas Station Memoirs
Driving back from voting in Tyrone Township (don't ask), I stopped for gas in Brighton. The young gas station attendant was being told by a customer not to vote. Well, if she did vote, he said, she should vote for DeVos, but the basic gist of the conversation was that they were all horrible, no point in voting, blah, blah, blah.
So, young lady and old bastard, when you get fucked in the ass with gas prices, lack of jobs and education, war, melting ice caps and no health care to lance that boil on your ass, don't complain. Sit there and take it. You couldn't bother to push a button, press a screen, fill in a circle for ten minutes one Tuesday in November. People died, they fucking DIED, not sixty years ago for this right.
And for this older man to advise young people not to vote: shame. What kind of society is this when the elders pat the youngsters on the back for not doing a civic duty. Yes, voting should not be a right, but a duty.
Posted by emily at 4:12 PM | Comments (0)
November 6, 2006
FUCK YOU!
No!! We're going to lose. In fact, we're going to lose so badly that the Congress and Bush will pass legislation that will permenantly ban the Democratic party. And the Green party. And the Swingers party. Hell, there will be no more partying. None!
The Republicans cheat. So it doesn't matter what we want. They are robocalling as I type this. They are committing fraud and if one guy gets caught doing it, he'll gladly step off the plank, 'cause the GOP HAS ALREADY WON!
They've already won. The DieboldBot has already decided it.
Posted by emily at 8:33 PM | Comments (0)
I See You Shaking Your Head...
We're going to lose tomorrow! You cannot convince me otherwise! Dammit, I'm right! In fact, the only seat we're going to keep in the house is Charlie Rangel out of NY!!! It'll be Charlie and 434 ass-holes!!!
WE ARE GOING TO LOSE!
Posted by emily at 8:26 PM | Comments (0)
I'm A Loser Baby, So Why Don't You Kill Me...
Again, we are going to lose tomorrow.
I'm telling you, we're going to lose. No house, no Senate. Just forget whatever hope you've had the past few months. No hope.
First, there's the computers. Second, there's the GOP's GOTV. Third, the trial of Hussein and timing thereof (which also ment a curfew, so less violence in Iraq the past few days.) Fourth, just the entire dirty trick bag, robocalling, turning people away who are minorities, etc, etc, etc...
We're going to lose. Just accept that. But look to '08. We'll get 'em then. Not now.
Posted by emily at 8:16 PM | Comments (1)
November 4, 2006
No Sex For You!
FYI: now the abstinenceistas are targeting 20-29 years olds in their anti-sex drive. By the abstinenceistas, I mean the Federal Government. I thought we were done with this shit once we were done with high school.
Oh well. 90% of 20-29-year-olds have had sex, so they'll be pushing a SUV up a mountain with a spoon. But I'm a bit insulted that they think we're not responsible enough to have sex. The absintenceistas just don't know how to have fun, do they? Unlike the mega-preachers and the Congressman from Florida...
Posted by emily at 9:51 PM | Comments (0)
November 1, 2006
Go Home
Go home.
Do not speak to the press.
Do not call in to Imus.
Do not campaign.
We know they twisted your words.
We know you were calling Bush, not the troops, stupid.
We know you "botched the joke."
You aren't a good joke teller.
You are not Jon Stewart.
This is okay; we all have our strengths. Yours is not telling jokes. Yours is not giving stump speeches.
Go home.
Have some ketchup.
Let Bill take over.
Let Obama take over.
You are not Obama.
We know they are mean, nasty, terrible sons of bitches who will drag anything out of the sewer to through it at their enemies.
We know they insult people with Parkinsons, people with war injuries.
We know you weren't wrong.
But we've gone too long on being right, now we've got to smart.
Go home, John Kerry.
It's too dangerous out there now.
Posted by emily at 9:14 PM | Comments (0)