Will be out of touch until Sunday

Well, I’m out of touch every day. But my Internet access will be iffy between now and Sunday. And now that my summer courses are over, I have time to watch Dollhouse Season 1 on DVD, so I’ll be out of comission for most of the afternoon and evening that day, too.
My presence would probably [...]

It’s not funny anymore, ctd.

It’s from Kos/Research2000, so take it with salt, but…apparently 58 percent of Republicans disbelieve or remain agnostic on the proposition that Obama was born in the US.

Congrats, Religious Society of Friends!

The Quakers are almost certainly going to sanction same-sex marriages! Via the BBC:
The church has already held religious blessings for same-sex couples who have had a civil partnership ceremony.
But agreeing to perform gay marriages, which are currently not allowed under civil law, could bring the Quakers into conflict with the government.
The Quakers – also [...]

Update: Charges filed in Warwick assault

Here’s the original post, now with improved grammar and syntax., and comments.
Via the Providence Journal:
[F]our young women now face charges of assault or battery and disorderly conduct. The youngest, 17, also faces a more serious charge — felony assault with a dangerous substance.
PJ also updated the original story after interviewing the suspects and victims:
Amanda L. Zangrilli, [...]

Sudanese woman faces 40 lashes for wearing pants in public

And she wore the offending pants to her court hearing. That is what a feminist looks like:
There were chaotic scenes as Lubna Hussein, a former journalist who works for the United Nations, attended the hearing wearing the same green slacks that got her arrested for immodest dress. Indecency cases are not uncommon in Sudan. But [...]

Understating awfulness

Via the San Bernardino Sun:
Assemblyman Anthony Adams, R-Claremont, said most of the cuts were necessary, but he said he’ll have a hard time swallowing the cut to domestic violence shelters. Schwarzenegger’s $16.3 million cut eliminates all state funding for the programs.
“Many (shelters) will not be able to be supported without that funding,” Adams said. [...]

Bill O’Rieley does not understand basic math

William James O’Rieley* has now argued that Canada has a higher life expectancy than the US because the US has ten times the population of Canada, so we have ten times as many accidents and crimes.
Seriously. And he has 30 million viewers. This is where our discourse is.
 
 
*Nooooo! I just learned his middle name! It cannot be [...]

Idiots.

The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property , an horrible sounding anti-gay group you’ve never heard of (and no wonder, if they can’t come up with a better acronym than ASDTFP), got pepper sprayed under theirby some asshole vigilante at a Warick, RI protest:
The police are investigating an assault Tuesday on Bald [...]

Giving credit where credit is due

The Editors of the Republican* National Review have published a letter to their readers, beginning with this sentence:
President Obama was born on August 4, 1961, at 7:24 p.m, in Honolulu County, Hawaii, on the island of Oahu. The serial number on his birth certificate is 010641.
Thank you, editors of The National Review.
Of course, I have to take [...]

It’s not funny anymore, ctd.

I can’t even laugh at Michelle Bachman anymore. She made a loud but pathetic attempt to block a resolution commemorating the 50th anniversary of Hawaii’s statehood. It contains the clause
“…whereas the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, was born in Hawaii…
The political atmosphere is noxious, poisonous. Half the national legislature is unwilling to [...]