Kenyans reject adult circumcision

Damn straight. Solving the AIDS crisis via circumcision is like removing your tonsils so you won’t get the flu. We hear a lot about the ignorance of Africans in regards to AIDS. Well the elders of this village are contradicting that. They know better.
Elders from Kenya’s Luo community in western Kenya have refused to [...]

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Politicians - They’re Not Like the Rest of Us

I’ve just been listening to a segment on NPR detailing the rent-controlled luxury apartments of the nation’s senators and representatives.
Charles Rangel, the New York Democrat who is chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, told Capitol Hill reporters Thursday how he feels about the rent-stabilized studio apartment he uses as a study and poker [...]

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Naomi Wolf: Sex Crimes in the Whitehouse

I like how Naomi Wolf always takes a subject that the average American may think is far removed from themselves and puts that subject in a context that is recognizable.
I had a sense of déjà vu when I saw the photos that emerged in 2004 from Abu Ghraib prison. Even as the Bush administration was [...]

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Goodbye from the world’s biggest ass

This story has been well reported, so I don’t expect anyone reading this will be surprised, but I thought it might bring about a good topic for discussion and that is “is this guy psychotic or what?”
Bush has said many times that history will vindicate him as a president. I just have to wonder how [...]

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Iran Missile Photo Altered

Via the New York Times.

As news spread across the world of Iran’s provocative missile tests, so did an image of four missiles heading skyward in unison. Unfortunately, it appeared to contain one too many missiles, a point that had not emerged before the photo appeared on the front pages of The Los Angeles Times, The [...]

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It’s almost like they want us to leave or something

It’s encouraging to know that it is the Iraqis themselves who may end this war and thus control their own destiny. Think about every justification you have ever heard about the war from George Bush. Those justifications are tremendously hollow when the liberated people don’t want you there.
Iraq will not accept any security agreement with [...]

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Do we stay the course?

I’m the type of person who worries a lot. If I have nothing to worry about, I assure you I will think of something to worry about. My worries are primarily comprised of rare happenings like terrorist attacks, plane crashes, car seat problems, medical mishaps, child abductions, exploding cell phones, re-useable plastic bottles — you [...]

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McCains Have $100k + in Credit Card Debt

Hmmm, Obama is supposedly the elitist but John and Cindy McCain have hundreds of thousands of dollars in credit card debt. One of their children has $10-50k in credit card debt. These people truly have nothing in common with everyday Americans and are clearly not financially responsible.
In an interesting peek into John McCain’s personal finances, [...]

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Defining Obama

From The Huffingtonpost:
As a rule, Republicans appreciate the value in defining the Democratic presidential nominee, and the GOP is usually pretty good at it. In 2000, Al Gore, they said, was an “exaggerator.” This was not only effective, thanks to a quick embrace by the media, it was also part of a narrative — when [...]

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Picture of the Day

One has to give credit to the BBC for the juxtaposition of this photo and headline. The article is here.

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Othello

All of the great classical actors of Twentieth Century played Othello like Olivier and Gielgud, but there must have been some shift in the public psyche when it became more advantageous to play Iago. This version of the play focused on contemporary psychology of the characters, and perhaps it’s modern psychology that makes Iago so [...]

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BBC Finds Missing Iraq Billions

Remember how we lost (literally) billions of dollars in Iraq? This needs to be read in full so I have posted it in full. The link to the article is here.

A BBC investigation estimates that around $23bn (£11.75bn) may have been lost, stolen or just not properly accounted for in Iraq.
For the first time, the [...]

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The Most Offensive CNN Headline

Exactly how is a thirteen year-old girl who gets videotaped having sex with R. Kelly and gets ——– on by R. Kelly by any stretch of the imagination a vixen?
Is this what CNN deems objective media? That it’s merely an opposing view and not really a disgusting no holds barred attempt at a defense by [...]

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Obama is a Muslim and Other Falsehoods

Quite frankly, I don’t think that the people who say they think Obama is a Muslim really think that. I believe it’s code for we don’t feel comfortable electing a black man as president but we can’t think of a good reason. If they do, then I have to wonder how gullible are they in [...]

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Your Supreme Court at Work

Despite absolutely zero testimony regarding known voter fraud, the Republican inspired rules to require photo identification to in order to vote is upheld by the Supreme Court. Still think we can survive another four years with McCain?
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can require voters to produce photo identification without violating their constitutional rights, [...]

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Costco/Walmart Ration Rice

Ah, the good old U.S. of A. where you can buy 5 gallon containers of mayonnaise but you can’t buy more than 20 pounds of rice. For the less than 20 some odd percent of Americans out there that still think George Bush is doing a good job, what do you think of this:
The two [...]

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The Martha Stewart Defense

I’m too smart to have lied. That was answer Hillary Clinton gave when asked about how she could reconcile her credibility after misrepresenting her visit to Bosnia as First Lady.
Well, Tom, I can tell you that I may be a lot of things. But I’m not dumb. And I wrote about going to Bosnia in [...]

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The Downfall of the Christian Right

Remaining significant is a difficult task for any public leader. The James Dobsons and the Pat Robertsons only have so much power as the number of people they can convince the rest of us they have influence over. It should come as no surprise that some leaders, and even Christian leaders, are charlatans extorting their [...]

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Why McCain Can’t Win

If the polls are correct and Americans

Think the country is on the wrong track
Think going to war in Iraq was a mistake
Think we should leave Iraq

then I can’t see this man winning. With the exception of being a slightly better public speaker than George Bush, I ask you what does he say in this clip [...]

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Richest Country Fails at Education

This is perhaps the most important news of the day.
…a report was released showing that 17 of the nation’s 50 largest cities had high school graduation rates lower than 50 percent.
But that is really quite a rosy picture if you live some select cities.
The report found troubling data on the prospects of urban public high [...]

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Smoking Gun More Astute Than L.A. Times

You know something is wrong when an established newspaper (since 1881) is conned and a web site (since 1997) reveals the con. The L.A. Times published an article that suggested a link between Sean Combs (P. Diddy) and Tupac Shakur’s death.
The Times said its story was based on FBI records, interviews with people at [...]

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Ohio Primary Fraud

Clinton “took” Ohio, but did she really get votes from people who would vote for her in November?
Butler County in southwest Ohio is the most Republican county of all Ohio’s 88 counties. 26 county offices and none of them are held by Democrats. Yet, the strangest thing happened on Tuesday… the Butler County Democratic [...]

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Headlines You Love

Sinbad, Clinton differ over Bosnia Trip
Over the weekend, I really enjoyed reading about this on Wonkette, but I can see now it’s made the mainstream media. As shocking as it is to say this, I’m going to support Sinbad on this while hoping the publicity of this all does not revive his career.
To hear her [...]

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Pat Buchanan: Blacks Should Be Grateful For Slavery

I’ll let the idiot speak for himself. There’s nothing I can add.
First, America has been the best country on earth for black folks. It was here that 600,000 black people, brought from Africa in slave ships, grew into a community of 40 million, were introduced to Christian salvation, and reached the greatest levels of freedom [...]

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Bush Will Still Be a Jerk in Retirement

Apparently in the future we will be thanking God for George Bush, because if George says it then it must be true.
As for his own legacy, Bush said: “I believe 50 years from now, people will look back at this period of time, and say, thank God the United States of America did not lose [...]

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