Paul Cameron is an ASSHAT

But Dan Savage tells it how it is.
The Stranger: Not Everyone Intends to Maintain a Respectul Silence About the Contents of Mary Cheney's Uterus

ho-lee crap

Somebody give this guy a medal.

"How's your boy?" Bush asked, referring to Webb's son, a Marine serving in Iraq.

"I'd like to get them out of Iraq, Mr. President," Webb responded, echoing a campaign theme.

"That's not what I asked you," Bush said. "How's your boy?"

"That's between me and my boy, Mr. President," Webb said coldly, ending the conversation on the State Floor of the East Wing of the White House.

In Following His Own Script, Webb May Test Senate's Limits - washingtonpost.com

Thanks to the Stranger Slog for the link.

there is a god

FOX EXECS NOT GOING STRAIGHT TO HELL, SAYS MURDOCH

"NEW YORK (AP) -- After a firestorm of criticism, News. Corp. said Monday that it has canceled the O.J. Simpson book and television special "If I Did It."

"I and senior management agree with the American public that this was an ill-considered project," said Rupert Murdoch, News Corp. chairman. "We are sorry for any pain that his has caused the families of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson."

Fox knows no shame

Via EW, this incredibly grotesque press release for an even grotesquer "show". I would expect this from OJ Simpson, but Fox's involvement comes as a genuine shock. And now if you would please excuse me, I need to go soak my eyeballs in bleach.

Things That Make Me Die Inside (Vol. 5) | Popwatch | Blog: Entertainment Weekly#more

Crying Child Not Included - Wonkette

for those of us who haven't mocked rick santorum enough this week.

a frothy mix

and here we have my favorite election result.

The Stranger | Seattle | Slog: The Stranger's Blog | Rick Santorum

Oops! She did it again!

D'oh!

A reader alerted The New York Times to at least three portions of "How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life," by Kaavya Viswanathan, that are similar to passages in the novel "Can You Keep a Secret?," by Sophie Kinsella.

napoli - the other white santorum

in a vomit-worthy development, South Dakota has just passed a law that will make it illegal for doctors to perform abortions, unless the pregnant woman's life is in immediate danger. Even victims of incest and rape will not have access to a legal abortion, unless a special exception is made. Here, in his own words, are the charming sentiments of Senator Bill Napoli as to what would make such an exception possible:

BILL NAPOLI: "A real-life description to me would be a rape victim, brutally raped, savaged. The girl was a virgin. She was religious. She planned on saving her virginity until she was married. She was brutalized and raped, sodomized as bad as you can possibly make it, and is impregnated. I mean, that girl could be so messed up, physically and psychologically, that carrying that child could very well threaten her life. "

Hmm - let me make sure I'm getting this. Unless a woman is a virgin, a good Christian, and has been sodomized, she has no option other than carrying a fetus to term - even if she is the victim of rape or incest. According to this law, a 14 year old girl could be raped by her own father and be forced to give birth to her own half-sister. A married woman could be raped by a stranger and have no choice but to have the baby. And a virginal, religious young girl could be denied an abortion if it was decided that she was not "brutalized" or sodomized "as bad as you can possibly make it."

Are we seriously supposed to just accept this, like good little girls, and remember that Daddy Napoli - who does not have a vagina or, apparently, a daughter - knows best?

Here's some good news: apparently Senator Napoli's home address is a matter of public record! I found a variety of
extremely helpful information at this site: http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2005/mbrdt128.htm

So, here's what you can do: write this dirtbag letters. Call his house. Send him email via this online form. Tell him that treating women this way is un-fucking-acceptable. Here's his contact info, according to the state of South Dakota:

Senator William M Napoli
6180 S Hwy 79
Rapid City 57702-8467
Home Phone: 605-341-2370
"Business" Phone: 605-348-7373

feh

to the organizers of the New York Comicon I say feh, meh, phooie and pthhllphf! Having pre-registered (and paid) in October, mostly to get the free Serenity toy I was promised, we arrived on Saturday only to be told that we could not get in. On Saturday. At All. Despite having already registered. Months before.

After being shuffled around to five different people, none of whom knew what was really going on, we gave up in disgust and went to Midtown Comics instead. Much less frustrating and a better financial investment as well. The New York Comicon can bite me. Bastards.

wtf?

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0217062contract1.html

This particular piece of sociology almost defies description. I can only urge you, as The Hot Librarian urged me, to go and read the whole thing yourself.

If you are like me, you will then sit, stunned and horrified, staring blankly at your computer screen and trying to figure out what is wrong with the human race.

I'm actually not even sure which part of this story is the worst. Is it the part where a man kidnapped his wife? Or the part where said man then raped his wife? Or is it the part where we discover his "contract" regarding "wifely duties"? Perhaps it is the part where we discover that said wife - kidnapped, raped, and abused - NEVER SIGNED THE DAMN THING?

So exactly how did this thing come about? Reading between the lines, this "contract" (I use the word loosely) is clearly a Dominant / submissive contract. It is thoughtful, carefully written, and specific. It seems to even be trying to accomodate various aspects of this couple's marriage. Their KIDS, for example - who will no doubt be needing therapy very, very soon.

This actually makes the situation more frightening to me. I am all for sexual freedom, and if a couple wants to sit down and hammer out a contract and both sign their names to it, that's fine with me. I don't care what the terms are, as long as both parties understand what it is they are agreeing to (and, of course, realize that such a contract is not legally binding and may be broken or revised at any time).

What bothers me in this case, aside from the fact that this guy is a total asshat rapist and control freak, is the unfortunate light that is now being shed on the concept of contractual dominance. I've comtemplated the idea of it, but ultimately have decided that it's not for me. Still, there are couples who feel that it works for them, or that it's hot, or whatever their reasoning may be.

This jack-ass and his jack-assed contract are like priests who rape little boys. People hear about it and decide that priests are gay and that therefore gays rape little boys. Now people will think that the BDSM community allows for spousal abuse. No. No, it doesn't. What this man did is not kink. It's rape.

I say again: WTF??