- this week, south dakotans voted against an abortion ban.

- apparently, you still cannot get an abortion in 98% of the counties--but this is still a victory.

- voters in california and oregon defeated measures that were aimed at restricting teens from access to abortions.

(source  - alcu.org)

1. santorum - The sometimes frothy, usually slimy, amalgam of lubricant, stray fecal matter, and ejaculate that leaks out of the receiving partner's anus after a session of anal intercourse. Named, by popular demand and usage, after legislator Rick Santorum because of his homophobic political statements.

2. Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA)

"That move was ( Read more... )

i did not HAVE TO get up early this morning and rush to be somewhere, although i should have gotten up two hours ago to grade papers, but what with the 3:30 bedtime and CARING VERY LITTLE disease i am often afflicted with of late when it comes to my classes, here i am at almost 10 a.m. having coffee.

last night i saw sarah silverman for FREE, which ( Read more... )

in case you haven't heard, donald rumsfeld is stepping down. the big guns must all be pissed that the democrats took the house last night.

i know that bush is just nominating some other (white) (male) person to take over for him, but i really just couldn't be happier to see rumsfeld go. he is obnoxious.

*waves and smiles*

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http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/200601031_bush_co_pushing_abstinence/

yes, that's right, kids--abstinence programs (which get federal dollars in ways that AIDS orphans in africa just never can), in the U.S. will now be expanded to try to reach adults up to age 29. because, you know--sex before marriage once you're thirty is a WHOLE ( Read more... )

 
This is actually a Republican Congressman and his family!


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hello lovely LJ readers, it's my birthday, 3 a.m. almost, and i'm drunk. yay!!

i had a lovely evening which i will write about after sleeping for many hours. it involves a solitary pink birthday candle, a bootylicious waiter named dave, her_yammesty's camera, a restaurant in philadelphia, and a pub in trenton. oddly enough, when i got home just now ( Read more... )

time to gush some jeannette winterson into your life on this blustery, beautifully cold, clear day...straight from my nightstand to your computer screen...

from the introduction to Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles:

"Choice of subject, like choice of lover, is an intimate decision. 
     Decision, the moment of saying yes, is prompted by ( Read more... )

splat.