Daily Blend: Tuesday, June 08, 2010

Elton John

I sometimes wonder if the fact that the last English classes I took were of a third-grade level shows in my writings.

• My beloved Elton John [pictured], what’re you DOING?!

• Here’s why we need to make judges solely electable, not appointable: because theocons (theocratic conservatives) like these could actually be placed in power without the people having the chance to beat them down.
  (via Dispatches From the Culture Wars)

• Yes, groping a random woman’s butt at a club isn’t the wisest thing you can do. Especially when her boyfriend is a testosterone-fueled jackass cop with an itchy trigger finger. Seriously … 13 shots? You’d think he was trying to kill a demon.
  (via The Agitator)

• Via Smithsonian Magazine, the Top Ten Most Disturbing Scientific Discoveries. My favorite is #5. So much potential.
  (via The Daily Grail)

• Yet another report confirms the obvious: gay parenting (or specifically, lesbian parents) doesn’t screw kids up. If anything, it makes them even better adjusted.

• So when scientists conclude their studies on porn and announce that the evidence suggests that erotica is a good thing overall, they’re moronic patriarchal misogynists, or something. I wonder, what does that make rabid feminists who spew this brand of science-denying, misandrogynistic bullshit? (Tip: read the comments for even more incentive to smash your head against your desk.) I defer you to Jen’s smashing post at Blag Hag as I simply don’t have the desire to write anything substantive about what essentially amounts to a huge shitfest of cheap shots and ill-merited arrogance. Once again, thanks to Jill at I Blame the Patriarchy for giving feminism and its supporters a bad name. Much appreciated.

• Another one of the US’s military benchmarks to be proud of.
  (via @todayspolitics)

• The Bush administration: the modern-age Drs. Mengele-by-proxy of torture?
  (via @todayspolitics)

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