Archive for May, 2009

Murder for Jesus, save a fetus

I’m reposting this in its entirety because I feel that it is extremely important to expose this kind of vileness  to the light of day and force people to be responsible for inciting and rejoicing in murder. By now you’ve probably already heard about the murder of Dr. Tiller in Kansas. Apparently, being a physician who performs abortions is a good reason to be shot down. It wasn’t the first attempt on his life either. In 1986 a bomb was placed on the roof of his clinic, and in 1993 he was shot in both arms outside his clinic but returned to work after recovering from his injuries. This time he won’t be returning anywhere.

Here’s what the sick fucks that call them selves “pro-life” have to say about the taking of his life, via Carnal Nation:

One side effect of twitter is that the stupid, bigoted, comments people used to make at the water cooler now get preserved for future employers to find using google.

A small sample of the hatred expressed on twitter after the assassination of Dr Tiller.

  • Crap, I always forgot hashtags. I’m happy Tiller’s dead. - Jennifer Waite, Selah, Washington
  • UPDATE… Doctor George Tiller was aborted today in his 204th trimester – aren’t paybacks a bitchPunch
  • oh HAPPY DAY! Tiller the baby killer is DEAD!Samantha Pelch
  • George Tiller the baby killer was shot dead this morning. God bless the gunmen who hopefully won’t be caught.readnwatchchris, Creedmor. NC
  • was George Tiller the baby killers brain scrambled the way he scrambled full term fetuses.. one can only hopeBrad S
  • Infamous baby killer George Tiller gunned down at (irony) church. Why do I not feel sorry for him? Have fun at Judgment Day.James Fiddler
  • tiller the baby killer shot dead…wow. is it insensitive of me to say what goes around comes around?Brad M. Negulescu Cleveland.
  • George Tiller the Baby Killer shot dead. May he rot in Hell.Amy Strong
  • Tiller Baby Killer was shot and killed this morning Justice has been served.Shirl Ledeux
  • Thinking about “Tiller the baby killer” He now knows the wages of sin is death. Dianne McDowell
  • May Tiller rot in Hell , infanticide is the murder of babies, he WAS a provider of death like Hitler, Bundy the list goes on…. Dennis, A People Voip Company
  • Burn in hell George Tillermikedanben Sparta, NJ (41.005501,-74.672)
  • No need to pray for George Tiller. We know he went straight to hell!!!!!Laurie D. Bailey Olive Branch, MS
  • Good ridence to Tiller – babies will not be murdered because he is now gone. Wonder how he likes hell! Jay Emess, Southern, NJ
  • Karma is a beautiful thing. Cheers to the hero who sent George Tiller where he belongs… straight to hell.Matthew Kamar
  • omg!george tiller abortion dr. was killed n his church parkn lot! hell yea! Sarah Gulick, Wtichita, Ks
  • George Tiller: Burning in Hell for the last three hours.darthdilbert Kettering, Oh
  • Hmm, I know it’s wrong, but I feel like the Late-Term Abortion Doctor George Tiller, got what was he deserved…..Mary Keogh London England
  • Boom Boom Boom. George Tiller was served a very very late term abortion this morning.Chad Coleman, coeur d’alene, Id

The Twitter search “Geroge Tiller” OR #Tiller was running at about one tweet per second for the last two hours.  The overwhelming majority of tweets from both sides of the abortion issue expressed horror at the assassination of Dr Tiller.

If you are as outranged as we are by this senseless assassination please donate to Planned Parenthood in honor of Dr Tiller.

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How I spend my free time

This is totally what I’m out there doing when I’m not logged in to the intertubes.

Spidey, you better watch out ’cause this guy’s coming after your ass to replace you.

via the badass @ Geekologie who taught this guy how to do this shit.

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Shameless self promotion or legitimate experiment?

Shooting up with data

Shooting up... with data!

I’m a data junkie. I love tables and graphs and charts. Google Analytics provides all kinds of awesomeness in this area. One fascinating aspect of collecting all this data is that one can see where one’s traffic is coming from (if one want’s to, which this one does).

Why do you care? Because I’m going to ask for your help with a little experiment. I want you to pick a post of mine that you like (or one that you don’t like, I’m not picky about what you pick, as long as it’s not my nose. That’s off limits) and click on one of the little linkies at the bottom of the post, the ones under Share and Enjoy. Submit the post to Digg or StumbleUpon. Those are the one’s I’m ‘specially curious about. I hear lots of hype about Digg, but I get a ton of hits from StumbleUpon. I’m curious to see if there is a direct correlation between submissions and hits and which one generates more activity.

Or I could totally just be trolling for cheap self-aggrandizement. I’ll leave it up to the sophisticated reader to decide.

The great decider

The great decider

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Fresh new face of the Republican party!

I’m not even sure where to begin with this one.

Dear Mom, I’ve met the man of my dreams and I couldn’t be happier….

Dear Mom, I’ve met the man of my dreams and I couldn’t be happier….

Is Glenn Beck going to be a grandfather? ‘Cause insanity of Beckian proportions is the only way I can see someone thinking this was a good choice for a family portrait. Actually, the more I think about it, the more it seems likely that this is the new poster family of the Republican Party. Let’s go through the checklist:

  • White? Check
  • Male dominance? Check
  • Family values? Check
  • Appropriate use of firearm? Check
  • Appropriate use of sperm? Check

You know, there’s only one thing missing from this picture to make them the perfect poster family…

Go forth and multiply... and shoot anyone who disagrees with you

Go forth and multiply... and shoot anyone who disagrees with you

Fixed :-)

via Awkward Family Photos

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Greta Christina’s Blog: The Prop 8 Ruling: Discrimination as a Constitutional Principle

Greta Christina’s Blog: The Prop 8 Ruling: Discrimination as a Constitutional Principle.

Greta manages to put her finger on the thing that was bothering me about this decision that I couldn’t manage to articulate:

See, this isn’t just about gay rights and marriage equality. This is about the principle that certain rights are inalienable. This is about the principle that, as important as democracy is, as important as it is for people to be able to vote on the laws and policies that govern them, certain rights transcend that principle, and cannot be taken away by majority rule. This is about the principle that there are limits to mob rule: that the fears and hatreds and prejudices of one class of people towards another cannot be inscribed into law. This is about the principle that people have every right to be bigots, but they do not have the right to write their bigotry into law… even if that bigotry is shared by the majority.

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Lord, save me from your followers

Reconnecting with old high school friends on Facebook is like walking through a cow pasture; you never know when you’re going to step into a pile of steaming crap. You may find out that someone you thought was cool back then now thinks this is one of their favorite quotes:

“Let’s invade their countries, kill their dictators and convert them to Christianity.” – Ann Coulter

And that they list their political views as “I will be an apologist for George W. Bush as long as I live”.

I just threw up a little bit in my mouth.

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Forefathers at the Fringe

If you’re anywhere near central Florida, you should go to the Orlando Fringe Festival. It ends this weekend.

But even more importantly, you should go see The Forefathers perform at the Orlando Fringe Festival on Saturday May 23rd.

The Forefathers will perform two sets:
5-6pm & 6:30-7:30pm

Kick-ass music, kick-ass theater, lots of drag queens. It’s a win for everyone!

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Straight-up Science!

Given who I am and the topic of this post I read over at Neurotopia, how could I not pass it along? It’s got everything: penises, Jell-0, science. The only thing missing is Lego. Oh well, nothing’s perfect.

Here’s a money quote from the post: “So these authors made a special gel bath, to serve as an artificial vagina. Basically, participants got to make mad, passionate love to a Jell-O mould.”

This is science, I swear it! I would never gratuitously blog about penises and Jell-o if it weren’t. Seriously. I would blog about boobies and Jell-o. Jeesh!

Oh, and how do I get invites to these kinds of studies? Hel-lo, lady scientists, I’m over here!

Teaser pic

Teaser pic

Head on over to Neurotopia and get your dose of

Friday Weird Science: the ins and outs of erections

brought to you by the aptly named Scicurious.

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This is driving me nucking futs!

There’s this 15 week old puppy that has insinuated its way into our lives. She’s an adorable little puffball. Very affectionate and playful, she has only one fault. I can only assume that I give off some pheromone that says to her, “Please, pee on the carpet. Even though 3/4 of the house is tiled the carpet is a superior place to void your bladder. ” It must be the pheromones. How else can I explain how, after spending 3 hours in her crate, being brought straight outside and being monitored by me for 45 minutes without so much as a dribble until I figure she must have gone when I turned my head that one time, she then proceeds to return indoors at which point, within 5 minutes she will piss on the carpet.

Oh, look at that. I’m not even done typing this post on my iPhone when I see the dog shitting on the floor after having just spent the last 45 minutes with me outside.

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^^^ This should have been FML. Stoopid iPhone autofix thingy. And the iPhone really needs a spellchecker for people like me.

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Enough, already!

I’m all for nature doing its thing and nourishing the planet and all but do we really need this much rain? Wetlands are great but NIMBY!

My backyard

My backyard

The really sucky thing is that I just got my plants in the ground and now they’re gonna drown :-(

Poor flooded garden

Poor flooded garden

I hope the lake stays where it is. I like it a good distance away from the house, not in it!

Stay back!

Stay back!

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