Popular Myth holds that sometime back in the 6th century, 43 Catholic Bishops and 20 Bishops' Reps got together (in France - for a long weekend at the spa I guess?) in order to debate and then to decide on one of the truly pressing questions of their era - "Is woman human?"
The vote was 32 For and 31 Against. Whew - that was close. Hard to imagine what kind of (even more) unnecessarily lousy things might've happened if just 1 of those Shit-For-Brains-In-A-Satin-Hat had voted the other way.
This story is denied by the Church, but y'know what? I don't care. Is it any less believable than the crap they spin out every fuckin' day?
Today's Important Thought: Religion can't sell me their bullshit cure if I don't accept having their bullshit disease.
But there’s at least one difference between Portman and Obama on this specific issue: Portman did it because changing his position will lead to a clear and direct personal gain–his actual gay son might get an real benefit from the state based on his father’s position. As far as we know, Obama’s change in position gives him no such benefit. For you freshman logic fans, that’s the fallacy of equivocation. Glenn’s trying to say that one of Obama’s stated reasons (his empathy for friends and staff who are gay) is the same thing as Portman’s (a real parental interest in the outcome of the debate).
The scene from the Maryland suburbs yesterday wasn't exactly all a-buzz. CPAC is known for its rosters of All-Star Nutball speakers, and so far this year, they've not disappointed.
Best moment so far - this "crowd" shot of the room when it was Lil Donny Trump's turn to deliver the words of awesomeness.
So the DumFux News affiliate in Hartford CT ran a story about Women's Day at the Capitol, and the 'b-roll' (the video they run so you have a visual to go with the copy being read) - yeah you prob'ly already guessed - it was nuthin' but tits.
Don't get me wrong here: I like boobies; bazongas; headlights; cans; melons; honkers; breasts; mammaries etc ad infinitum. I like female, and I like all that 'female' implies which happens to include the tasty sensual and sexy bits.
I am also not stupid, and so I know about a little thing we grownups like to call "appropriate to time and place". We also call it "respect for the wholeness of a human being", and sometimes we call it "trying not to think with your dick once in a while".
But I digress. Take a look:
First, this kinda crap doesn't happen by accident. Some producer sat in a meeting and made a decision about what b-roll to put on the air; and even if that producer delegated the actual decision to an underling, that underling chose clips from the file footage that he/she knew to be in keeping with whatever is Standard Operating Procedure according to the station's and/or the network's style book. Those jiggle shots didn't happen by accident. Of course, the affiliate's PR folks tried to claim otherwise:
Second, this shit happens a lot at DumFux News, but somehow the "apology" never includes a mention of any disciplinary action being taken against the Producers, Associate Producers, Reporters, Editors, Interns, et al.
The kicker though is that a majority of viewers who called the station about the story were pissed off and that's what prompted the apology.
When 51% of DumFux viewers find something on Dumfux News objectionable, I have to take it as a good sign.
Black people make up 22% of the poor, and they get 14% of government benefits.
White people make up 42% of the poor, and they get 69% of government benefits.
I 'spect you've heard all that before, but I think it's one of those things that bears repeating.
And y'know, when "conservatives" can get us to swallow their bullshit just by saying it over and over and over again, how is it that things which are actually true and verifiable are so easily dismissed and forgotten?
