Monthly Archives: July 2011

Gays, Hell, and other Far-Right Obsessions

Posted on July 31, 2011 by

It is one of the most dearly held tenets of the fundamentalist far-right that homosexuality is not only immoral, it’s a one-way ticket straight to the burning fires of perdition. It’s bullshit, but they cling to it. Michelle Bachman says … Continue reading →

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Famine

Posted on July 30, 2011 by

This is heartbreaking. More than 2.2 million people in Somalia are starving because of an epic drought. Babies starving to death should not occur. Period. To me it is an abomination that the wealthier nations aren’t doing more to alleviate … Continue reading →

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Pat Buchanan is an asshat who does not bear figs

Posted on July 29, 2011 by

I need to do some backstory here. One of my favorite lessons in the Bible is about Jesus and a fig tree that won’t make with the figs. It’s in Mark 11:12-20 and it goes like this: 12 On the … Continue reading →

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Took Baby Spock to the doc

Posted on July 28, 2011 by

Poor little Baby Spock had a double ear infection with a icky rash, so she was in the doctor’s office on Monday, and I had to bring her back today because she needed her 18 month well-child checkup and vaccines. … Continue reading →

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This was too good not to share

Posted on July 28, 2011 by

I dislike miracle whip. I only permit mayonnaise to grace my bread slices. A good friend found this cartoon for me at The Oatmeal:

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Guess who uses government programs? You do!

Posted on July 27, 2011 by

There is a LOT of bitching and moaning about government programs, and hysterical hair-pulling over the fact lazy poor people suckle off the government teat. People act as if taxes simply take hard earned money out of the banks of … Continue reading →

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So close!

Posted on July 26, 2011 by

Here’s some very good news. For the first time doctors have been able to implant an organ that was grown in a lab from the patient’s own stem cells! This is fantastic beyond the telling! The problem with organ transplants … Continue reading →

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Terror-able Fundamentalism

Posted on July 25, 2011 by

By now, you are doubtlessly aware of the bombing and gun massacre that happened in Oslo. Some deficient, spineless, skanky, cuntmonkey murdered over 90 people, by a bomb blast and by mowing down teenagers at a summer camp. His justifications … Continue reading →

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Weight part 9: the final installment (for now)

Posted on July 24, 2011 by

Do you know what drives me the most batshit about fat-hate? It’s the fact that a really shitty childhood can make you fat. That makes fat hate the twin sister to victim blaming. Yet another reason fat-hate can suck my … Continue reading →

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Weight part 8: A wealth of skinniness.

Posted on July 23, 2011 by

So, were you aware that being poor frequently makes you fat? Not all the time, of course. Some poor people will have low setpoints and look like beanpoles. But on average, you are much likely to be fat if you … Continue reading →

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