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3. March, 2010
PETA lays off the naked chicks, decides castrating polar bears will get more attention.
Lincoln Chafee will be talking about marriage equality this afternoon at the State House. Since he calls it "marriage equality," it's already obvious what he's going to say.
2. March, 2010
A prominent Muslim organisation in Britain has issued a fatwa on suicide bombings and terrorism - declaring them "un-Islamic"...The fatwa condemns suicide bombers saying that they are destined for Hell, countering extremist propaganda that Islamist terrorists will enter paradise after death.
28. February, 2010
To truly survey 21st-century poetry, future English professors will have to limit the scope of their courses so severely as to invite laughter. Professor X might specialize in the month of May 2049 while Professor Y concentrates on the first week of September 2098.
23. February, 2010
22. February, 2010
Although three-quarters of the nation's estimated 2 million home-schoolers identify themselves as Christian, the number of Muslims is expanding "relatively quickly," compared with other groups...
17. February, 2010
15. February, 2010
Dressed in a gray pin-striped suit, Lombardi said he viewed the mayor's office not as a "stepping stone," but as a "capstone" in his political career [Possible slam]. He said he would provide strong, enlightened, and flexible political leadership that has been absent in the city [Definite slam].
12. February, 2010
Kennedy knew at Christmas he wouldn't seek reelection; just been fucking with us for two months.
11. February, 2010
When viewed on an iPad, books we now find utterly absorbing—with fast-moving narratives that keep us up half the night turning pages—may soak up our attention a little less effectively. Just imagine trying to focus on some boring textbook in the face of all that frantic yoo-hooing from the iPad's many other groovy functions.
10. February, 2010
Thirty-five percent (35%) of U.S. voters now think Republicans and Democrats are so much alike that an entirely new political party is needed to represent the American people.
8. February, 2010
"[W]e think our version, with sensible notes and comments pointing out the falsity of much of what he wrote, will be far better than neo-Nazis putting out their own versions."
6. February, 2010
"That study may have been flawed, but the connection still exists. How else do you explain the fact that neither of my intentionally unvaccinated children have autism?"
4. February, 2010
You know how abstinence-only sex education is completely worthless and doesn't have any effect on students' behavior? Yeah, about that...
2. February, 2010
28. January, 2010
English broads are fighting for gender equity. What are you American chicks doing, hmm?
Increasing the price that elderly people have to pay for their doctor visits may actually cost insurance companies more in the long run.
27. January, 2010
26. January, 2010
Girls' generally poorer performance at math in schools has no scientific explanation, and appears to be based on nothing more than anxiety -- which they may pick up from early women teachers who are themselves anxious about it.
25. January, 2010
Women really do let themselves go when they get married according to a new study which found that they are 4lbs heavier than their unmarried counterparts.
24. January, 2010
As if we needed a reminder -- and astonishingly, some of us seem to need one periodically -- the Supreme Court is not what we're usually told it is or is supposed to be. [Thanks, Ted!]