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How did SLOG/Savage miss this one:
As such, Mels van Driel’s With the Hand: A history of masturbation is a rare and welcome exploration of the topic. With a distinct lack of similar historical texts available, Van Driel attempts to cover all the bases, guiding the reader through a swift - if sometimes superficial - tour of the scientific, medical and religious aspects of the practice, along with a more cultural take through the study of art, literature and philosophy.
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/cultur…
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Also, tough break on that Fox mole business. Obviously he's no True Conservative(TM) if he can't cover his tracks.
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Speaking of the New York gay marriage win, Bill Keller of the NYT published a big piece for the upcoming Sunday magazine about how the "turncoat" Republican legislators who decided to change their minds and vote to legalize aren't facing anything like the reelection challenge they'd been threatened with. It's a good read:
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Many gays still experience America as intolerant, even menacing. But if the experience of New York’s Republican dissenters teaches us anything, it is how quickly the political tide is turning, how quickly the “untraditional” is becoming normal. Is it moving quickly enough that the Supreme Court, where the issue may be headed via a California test case, will decide the country is ready to accept gay marriage as a constitutional right? Quickly enough that the issue could be an asset, or at least not a liability, if Cuomo runs for president in 2016? Neither would surprise me. At the very least, voting for gay marriage, even if you are a Republican politician from the heartland, is not the risk it would have been just a couple of years ago. The four defectors aren’t guaranteed re-election. But if they lose, it is likely to be in spite of their marriage vote, not because of it.http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/15/magazi…
“The earth didn’t stop spinning,” Alesi said. “The moon didn’t fall into the pond. The people who live across the street are still the same people, except that they’re married.”
Alesi is not the type to echo McDonald’s chorus of “Take the job and shove it,” but he clings to something that lawmakers rarely get from working in Albany, a sense of having done something worthwhile and a little brave.
“At the end of the day, wherever I end up, we’ll have marriage equality in New York State,” he told me. “There isn’t anything you can point to in a political career, if you’re just looking over the years you served, that you can say was as big as this.”
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Put it in context, Gay Dude. What Rosen meant was that Ann Romney had never worked in the labor force, other than maybe as a member of a charity board somewhere, or something like that. She's never lived off a regular paycheck or a salary, so she can't relate with the professional and unemployment pressures of regular non-rich voters. The way Rosen phrased it, and taken out of context, it certainly could be interpreted to mean that stay-at-home mothers don't do anything with their day. Team Romney dearly needs something to take against Obama in front of women voters, something clean and simple that can be turned into a slogan, and this is a gift for them.
And BTW good luck with your gay rights in a Romney administration.
And BTW good luck with your gay rights in a Romney administration.
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This is pretty unbelievable: by all appearances, a federal worker at the Library of Congress was fired for being gay. His EEO complaint probably won't go anywhere b/c sexual orientation is not protected under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
http://www.rollcall.com/news/library_of_…
http://www.rollcall.com/news/library_of_…
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Good for the judge, the tracks aren't particularly dangerous and it's not like they're hidden. Cycling isn't for wimps (which is why so few conservatives do it.)
@9- That's pretty shocking. Libraries are usually very open-minded work places.
@9- That's pretty shocking. Libraries are usually very open-minded work places.
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@1 .. . you'd think i remember that there are log cabin and aunt jemima republicans..but i always forget. damn me..
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@12 And paid Romney campaign staffers too, Riz. @1 registered specifically to post that comment, and I'm sure we'll see many more of its type in the run up to November.
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@8 Wow, trying to teach a conservative about to concept of context. I admire your dedication, sir, although I think it's like trying to teach a mule to sing.
For them, facts only exist to squawk about the horrors of hippie-liberal-commies. Everything else can be, should be & is ignored.
For them, facts only exist to squawk about the horrors of hippie-liberal-commies. Everything else can be, should be & is ignored.
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@10 nails it. the tracks aren't difficult to navigate at all. i don't get the whining from seattle bikers. i biked through this intersection daily, along w/ thousands of others.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/51555770@N0…
not just tracks but cobblestones, aloof pedestrians, pigeons galore, dogs, turning trams, buses, the occasional car. christ, i had friends that would ride between the rails smoking a cigarette while texting and holding an umbrella in other hand. the irish have mad biking skills. quit your f*cking douchebag-y whining.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/51555770@N0…
not just tracks but cobblestones, aloof pedestrians, pigeons galore, dogs, turning trams, buses, the occasional car. christ, i had friends that would ride between the rails smoking a cigarette while texting and holding an umbrella in other hand. the irish have mad biking skills. quit your f*cking douchebag-y whining.
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What @7 said. Ann Romney's attempt to claim sisterhood with America's stay-at-home moms--few of whom have live-in chefs, full-time nannies, personal assistants, etc--is a typical 1% "we're just like you!" ploy and an insult to women who actually have to do all that work themselves.
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I misread "Chihuly exhibit" as "Cthulhu exhibit". Couldn't figure out why Dom was whining about admission for a second there. I was ready to book my flight to Seattle!
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@8: The context is malleable enough so that Ms. Rosen's follow up explanations are plausible - but that wasn't the blunder. That CNN clip shows her elitist tone that reminds us of how liberal women belittle stay-at-home moms.
Gay rights have been on an upward trajectory through several Democrat and Republican administrations. There is no doubt that will continue under a Romney administration. President Obama deserves great credit for repealing DADT, but he (like Romeny) will never sanction same sex marriage.
For someone who is a single-issue voter on marriage equality, then neither Romney or Obama should get your vote. For a minority within a minority of gay and lesbian Americans, we appreciate Mr. Obama, but find that another four years of his economic, foreign relations, and energy policies absolutely intolerable.
Gay rights have been on an upward trajectory through several Democrat and Republican administrations. There is no doubt that will continue under a Romney administration. President Obama deserves great credit for repealing DADT, but he (like Romeny) will never sanction same sex marriage.
For someone who is a single-issue voter on marriage equality, then neither Romney or Obama should get your vote. For a minority within a minority of gay and lesbian Americans, we appreciate Mr. Obama, but find that another four years of his economic, foreign relations, and energy policies absolutely intolerable.
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@20 - "... we appreciate Mr. Obama, but find that another four years of common sense in economic, foreign, and energy policies absolutely intolerable." FTFY
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Parenting, single or otherwise, is not a job, it is a responsibility. If you become a parent you deserve no special treatment from society, but rather should be expected to live up to your responsibility. Whether that means securing day care, nannies, after school programs, or being a stay at home parent.
It isn't your job, it is your duty to your children and to society.
It isn't your job, it is your duty to your children and to society.
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The issue about patrol car cameras isn't as bad as it seems. If a criminal case is filed, defense lawyers can (and do) get the video via discovery rules, public disclosure act notwithstanding.
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@22 I forgot the one exception, a woman becomes a parent due to rape.
Other than that, you chose outright or through carelessness(no birth control).
Other than that, you chose outright or through carelessness(no birth control).
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Nobody wins in a War on Streetcars.
Especially the hopped up older drivers on meds in their cars.
Face it, only subsidized suburbanites "need" cars.
Especially the hopped up older drivers on meds in their cars.
Face it, only subsidized suburbanites "need" cars.
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Has Ann Romney ever had to balance staying home with a sick child against going to her job because she's worried that one more absence and she will be fired and then all of her kids will suffer?
No?
Then she's not the "expert" that Mitt Romney claims she is.
Nor does she have the experience that many women in the USofA have.
No?
Then she's not the "expert" that Mitt Romney claims she is.
Nor does she have the experience that many women in the USofA have.
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Santorum campaign post-morten on nytimes.com has this unfortunate juxtaposition of words:
"Blow: What Rick Santorum Wrought"
"Blow: What Rick Santorum Wrought"
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@20, you say it's "intolerable," but if Obama does manage to win this year's election, than tolerate his policies is, in fact, exactly what you will do.
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@20 - So in summary, a person is worth less than a tax cut. Got it.
Also, recognition of our rights will improve in spite of Mitt Romney, not because of him. I majority of the entire republican machine that will start up if he takes office will be actively hostile to our rights. To think otherwise is as asinine as assuming that Obama will "never" be a supporter.
Also, recognition of our rights will improve in spite of Mitt Romney, not because of him. I majority of the entire republican machine that will start up if he takes office will be actively hostile to our rights. To think otherwise is as asinine as assuming that Obama will "never" be a supporter.
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