http://www.popehat.com/2009/02/12/us-court-of-claims-rejects-junk-science-in-vaccine-case/
Finally!! MMR does not cause autism. But you already knew that.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
I'm Sexist
Thank you, thank you very much. I'm so honored to accept this award for Hypocritical Sexist of the Year. I really appreciate that clip you all showed, because that scene captured the actual moment of my sexism. Where Bambina's preschool friend (whose father is her daytime caregiver) wanted her to come over for a playdate, but I had to be home for an appointment, so I said we'd reschedule. Then when he countered that I could just drop Bambina off so the kids could still play, and I had an utterly visceral "Not an effing chance in hell!" reaction, well, you can see the acting I did as I politely demurred. The truth being that, as truly nice as this man seems, there is no way on God's green earth that I am leaving my 4 year-old unsupervised with a man not her father, uncle or grandfather. I recognize that this is deeply sexist. I know it and I own it. But I'm still not going to do it.
Thank you, god bless you, and god bless all the awesome dads out there I'm nonetheless unapologetically distrusting.
Thank you, god bless you, and god bless all the awesome dads out there I'm nonetheless unapologetically distrusting.
We Are The Losers
Day after the stimulus passes and the big talk is who won and who lost. Now, I'm not naive. I studied politics, worked in it, I get it. But this just pisses me off. I don't give a fuck if Nancy Pelosi feels blindsided or if Eric Cantor is now a GOP rising star. This entire process was one big exercise in dick swinging by our elected leaders in Washington. Grandstanding, pontificating, and blowharding by every one of them. It's easy to see who in America has not been affected one bit by the economic collapse: they all have a job, a gym membership, paid health insurance, and who knows what all other kinds of insulation from the winds that buffet lesser mortals like us.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
It's all in the wrist
I want to blog, my friends. I have stuff to say. But seriously: it is taking me hours to type anything, never mind constantly having to correct typos. Short of just plain Control-C'ing everything I read or hiring a Mad Men-era secretary to take dictation, I'm afraid that things are going to be lame here for a while.
I'll try again tomorrow. Stay tuned!
I'll try again tomorrow. Stay tuned!
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
The Press Conference
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/09/obama.conference.transcript/
That's the transcript of President Obama'snews conference last night. Because I've only got one typing hand at the moment, and because I've had 4 hours of sleep in the past 48 hours due to a sick Bambina, I will just encourage you to read it and compare the knowledge level with any speech by his predecessor. It's retroactively terrifying to be reminded how uncurious and uninterested GW Bush really was.
That's the transcript of President Obama'snews conference last night. Because I've only got one typing hand at the moment, and because I've had 4 hours of sleep in the past 48 hours due to a sick Bambina, I will just encourage you to read it and compare the knowledge level with any speech by his predecessor. It's retroactively terrifying to be reminded how uncurious and uninterested GW Bush really was.
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