September, 2008

What Anglachel said

By Violet Socks · Monday, September 1st, 2008 · 24 Comments »

Here:
What [McCain] has done is actually quite sophisticated. It is very short sighted to say that he can’t use the “lacks experience” argument against Obama anymore now that he has chosen Palin. Wrong. He now can say he put Palin in a position that is appropriate to her political talents and promise, but which [...]

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Leave the kid alone — and her mother too

By Violet Socks · Monday, September 1st, 2008 · 25 Comments »

What in the hell does Sarah Palin’s daughter have to do with being Vice-President?
Newsflash: Teenagers have sex. Teenagers get pregnant. Teenagers who don’t believe in abortion don’t get abortions.
What the hell is the big deal? From where I sit, Palin and her family seem to be handling [...]

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Five women buried alive in “honor” killings; Pakistani lawmaker unsure what the big deal is

By Violet Socks · Monday, September 1st, 2008 · 16 Comments »

Women buried alive in ‘honour’ killings
Aug 30, 2008 09:37 AM
ROBIN McDOWELL
The Associated Press
ISLAMABAD–A Pakistani lawmaker defended a decision by southwestern tribesmen to bury five women alive because they wanted to choose their own husbands, telling stunned members of Parliament this week to spare him their outrage.
“These are centuries-old traditions and I will [...]

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