January, 2007

Yes, he actually said “machines”

By Violet Socks · Tuesday, January 30th, 2007 · 8 Comments »

Knob
I missed this in the news, but fortunately Twisty was on the job: the Borg Minister of Japan has referred to women as “birth-giving machines” and called on them to do their best “per head”:
“Because the number of birth-giving machines and devices is fixed, all we can ask for is for [...]

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I dreamed my vagina was 10 feet tall and there were all these strange women coming out of it

By Violet Socks · Friday, January 26th, 2007 · 14 Comments »

This is actually a really pretty version of the traditional Chinese fan dance. The number is called “The Unblemished Lotus.”
Georgia O’Keefe had nothing on these guys.

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Anybody see the State of the Union speech last night?

By Violet Socks · Wednesday, January 24th, 2007 · 10 Comments »

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I wish they’d asked about “stupid”

By Violet Socks · Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007 · 9 Comments »

Latest poll on Torture President’s standing with the ‘murkan people:

Why the hell are pollsters so frigging polite? Here are some words I wish they’d asked people to rate Dubya on:
* Stupid
* Ignorant
* Moronic
* Sadistic
* Evil
* Incompetent
* Petulant
* Vicious
* Incoherent
* Delusional
And those [...]

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Blog for Choice

By Violet Socks · Monday, January 22nd, 2007 · 23 Comments »

Today is Blog for Choice day, and the good folks sponsoring the event have asked us bloggers to write about why we’re pro-choice. It’s a terrific idea, and I expect the intertubes will be flooded today with excellent posts listing all the reasons to support women’s reproductive freedom.
I, however, am going to [...]

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Irrelevant Mandos Thread

By Violet Socks · Saturday, January 20th, 2007 · 58 Comments »

Mandos Attractant
This is just an irrelevant empty thread for Mandos to post whatever he wants to say in response to this discussion. Or anybody else, for that matter.
Am I not the most hospitable of bloggers?

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Abstinence-Only Sex Education, otherwise known as Godbag Bullshit

By Violet Socks · Thursday, January 18th, 2007 · 20 Comments »

Courtney Martin has an article at American Prospect arguing that abstinence-only sex education helps to generate the date-rape culture on modern college campuses. I believe it, if only because the abstinence-only crap completely shuts down any real education about sexuality and personal boundaries, leaving young people with very muddled ideas about what constitutes normal [...]

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Obama ‘08

By Violet Socks · Wednesday, January 17th, 2007 · 4 Comments »

Writing in Salon about Obama’s presidential chances, Walter Shapiro predicts that “the color of his skin [will be] close to an irrelevancy. ”
Heh.
True story: After reading the Salon piece I went to Technorati and searched on ‘Obama’. The very first result was “How can we prevent a black President??” from [...]

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Poll: Should Paul Tergeist be banned?

By Violet Socks · Tuesday, January 16th, 2007 · 21 Comments »

UPDATE, Thursday, 1/14/07: Paul has won in a landslide. I don’t know how to shut off voting so we might still see some returns from Guam trickle in, but I’m calling the election now. Paul’s in.
*****
Old Lady Chloe asks, “Can you ban that idiot?”
I certainly can; but should I? [...]

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Meeting in progress to work out our plan for world domination

By Violet Socks · Monday, January 15th, 2007 · 18 Comments »

Over at Richard’s place. If you’re one of Us, come on over. If you’re one of Them, just fuck right off.

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