One one hand, they're demerited 5 points if they wear red nail polish, like dirty whores.

On the other hand, they get bonus points if they “react with pleasure and delight to marital congress."

I'm not a super-feminist, but I have to point out that the game is once again loaded against women: As if any woman would ever “react with pleasure and delight to marital congress." Please. Talk about setting someone up for failure.

Article at the Portly Pirate, again.

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Bras in quotes, because these are full-torso bustier like things, apparently made out of photovoltaic cells and astro turf.

Article at Portly Pirate.

For Further Discussion

Break up into smaller discussion groups (four or five classmates each) and compose, as a group, an essay to answer the question, "How fucking stupid is this stupid fucking shit right here?"

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Sounds great, where do I sign up?

Wait-- what the crap?

The third mission of the Lighted Candle Society is to overpower the demand for pornography. We work to do this by publishing and distributing scientific information regarding the effect of pornography upon an individualÂ’s psyche, the identification of those who produce and distribute pornography, and the financial motivation of those same individuals and entities. By providing this information to individuals, families, ecclesiastical leaders and educators we are confident that the spread of this plague will be overcome.

You call it a "plague." I call it a "mid-day pick-me-up."

I'm not sure about some of these Trustees (and yes, these are real):

Trustee: DR. MARY BEARD, M.D.

Trustee: RALPH HARDING.

Trustee: JOHN SWALLOW.

Sample vid below the fold.

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I know what he means, but it's inartfully phrased and of course the unhinged left is seizing on it.

US President George W. Bush said in an interview out Tuesday that he quit playing golf in 2003 out of respect for the families of US soldiers killed in the conflict in Iraq, now in its sixth year.

"I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal," he said in an interview for Yahoo! News and Politico magazine.

"I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander-in-chief playing golf," he said. "I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity as best as I can with them."

The US president traced his decision to the August 19, 2003 bombing of UN headquarters in Baghdad, which killed the world body's top official in Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello.

"I remember when de Mello, who was at the UN, got killed in Baghdad as a result of these murderers taking this good man's life. And I was playing golf -- I think I was in central Texas -- and they pulled me off the golf course and I said, it's just not worth it anymore to do," said Bush.

Certainly Bush's sacrifice lacks the gravity of what our soldiers sacrifice. But that's the nature of gestures, after all. You can name your kid after the doctor who saved your life, but that's hardly full and fair repayment of a debt, either.

I guess I would ask this of the left: What, precisely, have they given up in solidarity with our troops? Why are these special obligations only imposed vindictively on their political opponents and never themselves? They all claim to be in favor of "fight Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan;" what symbolic gestures have they themselves made in support of our troops?

Apart from writing snarky blog posts and issuing Important Action Alerts and Pretty Vicious Rants, I'm having trouble remembering any lefty doing anything at all to support our troops. Oh yeah, except to agitate for defunding them.

Personally, I'm making no real tangible gestures of support myself. Then again, I'm not shrieking for others to give stuff up for Peace Lent.

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390 people were detained in Monday's raid, making it the largest single-site raid to date. That's more than a third of plant workers. Most will be removed for entry without inspection or using false identification. Others face criminal charges for aggravated identity theft or illegal reentry. Agriprocessors managers and owners are being investigated for labor law violations.

As I wrote Monday, locals were tipped to the raid when ICE rented a nearby fairgrounds. According to one detained worker, her supervisor told her three weeks ago to find "more realistic" identification papers. A loudspeaker announcement warned plant workers that ICE was in the building. Some tried to hide; some tried to run.

Workers who were released for humanitarian reasons--mostly medical or child-care issues--are being monitored and will be required to appear at their hearings. About 40 were released "with supervision":

ICE's warrant says that Agriprocessors has been a known problem for over two years, during which time DHS noted over 700 immigration or criminal violations. Complaints have included claims that employees were operating a meth lab and that supervisors were physically abusing illegal workers.

Another plant worker told federal officials that undocumented workers were paid $5 an hour for their first few months before receiving a pay increase to $6 per hour. The minimum wage in Iowa is $7.25 an hour.

Postville, a town of only 2,300, was mostly empty yesterday. The mayor thinks that people are still hiding from ICE or have fled. He worries that if Agriprocessors closes, Postville will become a ghost town.

Finally, criminal proceedings have begun against the workers using the fairgrounds' ballroom as a makeshift courtroom. Preliminary hearings are being conducted in groups of about 10. Those not charged with crimes still face removal.

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And yet, trooper that he is, he hit his mark and turned in the performance anyway.

A consummate professional.

In his new autobiography, Up Till Now, Shatner explains how women would pretend they were being "beamed up" by the Starship Enterprise commander, shrieking: "So, this is what it's like to be in bed with Captain Kirk!"

He writes: "You can't imagine how much of a downer that is in every sense of the word."

Set phasers to "nipple tweak."

Thanks to Alice H.

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I guess.

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Universal health care works-- problem solved at no cost to the taxpayer!

(Um, that's snark.)

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That's a pretty damn big sammich too.

The sequel, as yet untitled, would pick up where "Fahrenheit" left off, with Bush's popularity falling and the Iraq war continuing.

I'm sure it will be riveting.

BONUS MATERIAL: Slushop, the Throneroom At the DNC."

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"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
-Auric Goldfinger

For the 3rd time a Republican candidate goes down in a special House election.
This time the Democrats have taken the 1st CD in Mississippi.

Democrat Travis Childers wins a U.S. House seat in Mississippi's deeply Republican 1st Congressional District.

Childers defeated Republican Greg Davis in a special election to fill the final few months of a two-year term in Congress. The seat was vacated when Roger Wicker was appointed to the U.S. Senate after Trent Lott resigned.

Yes, the Illinois and Louisiana seats had their own particular issues and special elections are funky by nature but going 0-3 in traditionally Republican seats doesn't portend well for November.

UPDATE: The chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, Rep. Tom Cole issued a statement following tonight's vote. The gist? We've got trouble.

...the political environment is such that voters remain pessimistic about the direction of the country and the Republican Party in general. Therefore, Republicans must undertake bold efforts to define a forward looking agenda that offers the kind of positive change voters are looking for. This is something we can do in cooperation with our Presidential nominee, but time is short.

“I encourage all Republican candidates, whether incumbents or challengers, to take stock of their campaigns and position themselves for challenging campaigns this fall by building the financial resources and grassroots networks that offer them the opportunity and ability to communicate, energize and turn out voters this election.

Good luck with that gang.

UPDATE x2 (via Hot Air)

House Minority Leader John Boehner says, you want change? We'll give you change.

...this is a change election, and if we want Americans to vote for us we have to convince them that we can fix Washington. Our presidential nominee, Senator McCain, is an agent of change; candidates who hope to succeed must show that theyÂ’re willing and able to join McCain in a leading movement for reform. We need to stop wasteful Washington spending, fight and win the war on terror, , and stop the largest tax increase in history.

If only Republicans had been in charge of the White House and the House of Representatives when all this spending was going on for 6 years....

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