So, really. Julian Assange is charged over £300,000* £200,000 ($317,000) bail, because he's a flight risk on charges amounting to the lowest level of sexual misconduct possible under Swedish law (if I understood the 9000+ conflicting news accounts of the whole mess). This is, to clarify for US readers, a level of "what a dick" [...]
Y'know… back when I was in college, I took my friend Tonya out for drinks with some of my college friends. I liked them all a lot, and I wanted them to meet each other. So, when we arrived at the appointed bar, I introduced her around to the five folks who were already there. [...]
Check the sign on the right-hand side of the photo … You think YOU wish stupid hurt?! You don't know the half of it, you right-wing braindead Alabama-ass fuckwit. If stupid hurt, the pain might actually kill you. Priceless photo courtesy of Teabagging, Alabama Style at toxic culture.
So Michelle Obama decided to grow an organic garden at the White House, and get some local schoolkids involved in the project. Sounds all happy-warm-fuzzy, doesn't it? Apparently not to everyone … nosiree, the folks at the Mid-America CropLife Association sure don't think so, according to a newsletter sent out to their members: Did you [...]
April 15th has been declared International "Hit Someone With A Newspaper" Day, and I have been asked to help promote it. Considering I still need to START my taxes here in the US, I suspect that's exactly what I'll feel like doing at some point. I expect I'll be celebrating. IMO, this is a much [...]
