Link There is a health fair that is set to deal with sexual health and safety. This, for some reason, bothers Virginia State Senator Ken Cuccinelli. His quote: "They're pushing a pro-sex agenda and an anything-goes agenda...and that's what this Sextravaganza is all about." He must have missed the booths that will be discussing abstinence as well as the ones that will be pushing for safe sex. And you may have thought that Mr. Cuccinelli was done, but why would he stop making him...
Link As Florida continues to make its case as the state where the whole country's messed up sh*t comes out of, we see California, and San Francisco specifically, throw itself back in race. If the mayoral sideshow wasn't enough for you, have a look at Whore College. The purpose of this is to teach the "ins and outs of prostitution," which apparantly is in demand since the Internet Bubble burst and unemployed Silicon Valley rejects had to sell themselves to survive. I know y'all wa...
Link Alright, boys and girls, I'm gonna tell you a story. Try to keep up. The place is India. In India, there is a hermaphrodite. Said hermaphrodite falls in love with a female relative. Said female relative expresses similar feelings for said hermaphrodite. Said hermaphrodite undergoes correctional surgery to turn him-and-her self into simply himself. Newly male individual (formerly said hermaphrodite) approaches aforementioned female relative and says that he is ready to get married...
Link So there's a bit of a panic in New York, because in a couple of months, many of the names on the state's sex offender list will vanish. This is because Megan's Law, which mandated that sex offenders register with police, only says that the "most dangerous" sex offenders sign on for life. All others only have to be on the list for ten years. So. Let's just think. Where exactly would you figure they draw the difference between "most dangerous" and "just dangerous." If you rape...
Link The supreme court in Norway has decided in favor of two employees of a company who were fired for looking at porn while at work. That is, they were at work. They looked at porn. They were fired. They sued the company. They won. Unless they work for a porn studio, I'm inclined to say that maybe the court is wrong on this one. Other than a porn studio, I don't see what profession could have "watching porn" as a suitable thing to do on the job. I don't get it. In other news, I wi...
Link Let's say you're a legislator. Let's say you're in the State House. Let's say on a particular day, you get two bills, one about cockfighting, and the other about domestic violence. Let's say you vote to make cockfighting a felony and table the domestic violence bill, effectively killing it for the year, and assuring that it remains a misdemeanor for that amount of time. Welcome to South Carolina. There's more to the story, though, mostly because of the gems that came out of Re...
Link So NASA sends a craft loaded with explosives to blow a crater in a comet to see what is inside the comet. Fine. Forget the fact that NASA has proved itself completely useless in the recent past, and that we continue to fritter away money on them while we can't fix the problems we have on this planet, at this time, which might possibly be more of a pressing issue that figuring out what the hell is inside a large, burning, flying rock in space. My guess? The same crap that's inside th...
Link Alright, so legalized cat hunting. Is there honestly nothing better to do in the world, in this country? How did this even come up? Who even introduced this? Allow me to present a hypothesis: Someone doesn't like cats. Someone sees them on the street, and decides that he/she doesn't like cats. Someone says, I don't like it, I don't see any owner, I should be able to kill it. How wonderfully logical. This is truly what we need. People walking the sidewalks, gun at their side, r...
Link Comedian Mitch Hedberg has died at the age of 37. This is Philomedy, observing a moment of silence, and posting a quiet bit of reverence for the man I consider to have been the funniest, most absolutely brilliant comic that ever set foot on this Earth. If you are not familiar with him, I suggest you google his name, as his web site's account has been canceled. That's all I have. Mitch will truly be missed. RIP
Link Alright...while taking a shot at Tony Blair, the president of Zimbabwe referred to Margaret Thatcher as a "man-woman." I don't think I need to say any more...alright one thing...why couldn't he have met Janet Reno?
Link OK, so this seems to be my topic of the day, so I might as well just go with it. There has been legislation introduced in Hawaii that would have mandatory "weigh-ins" for teachers, imposing weight loss provisions if the teachers are found to be obese. The logic behind this is that children cannot be expected to take weight loss initiatives seriously if their teachers are obese. It's a valiant measure, and I'm sure that whoever came up with it had nothing but good faith in the...
Link Alright, so here's the thing: Obesity isn't good. I think that's a fairly straightforward statement that nearly everyone would agree with. Bad for the heart, bad for the body, bad for a person in general. High blood pressure, clogged arteries, trouble breathing, etc. Fine. But: In California, there is a program in place where obese men can have state-funded vasectomies to ensure that their inferior genetic material will not live on in the next generation. Again I say fine, albeit...
Link So here's a stroke of genius...If you don't like what the teacher is teaching, sue them. This is what the Florida House has decided. This is perhaps the easiest piece of legislation to abuse in recent ever. This law gives students the right to sue if they feel their beliefs are not being respected, if they feel they are being singled out for ridicule, or if a professor refuses to acknowledge their beliefs in the course of their lesson. I'm on my way out the door and don't re...
Link Alright, in the great tradition of the Golden Globes, the Emmys, the Oscars, the People's Choice, and Tony Awards, I would like to present the first installation of my personal award system...the Stupids. I will dispense these awards whenever I see fit, whenever I see someone that shatters my faith and makes me think that the dolphins are one step closer to becoming the dominant species on this Earth. Today's award goes to Phil Dederer, who has sued the Roads and Traffic Authorit...
Link As you all know, I constantly scour the world in search of the objectionable and asinine. Well, Harvard has come through for me with flying colors today. Apparantly, the editorial staff of the Harvard newspaper is objecting one student's business venture, which offers to send maids to clean students' dorm rooms. Why is this bad, you ask? Because it serves to accentuate the economic differences of the student body at Harvard. Really? No...really? I hate to break it to these fo...