we have a winner

 

I have been crushing on Matt Bomer the lead in White Collar just off previews and hoping and praying the show is good and it just premiered and it is good yay!

 

 

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Go see. It is on USA Fridays. It is super fun. Yay!

 

franken kicks de bernardo’s ass

 

 

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*a big thank you to jamie leigh jones who fought for four years to make this public and change the outcome for for future sisters daughters and mothers

 

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*this has given new meaning to the :::arbitration my ass::: t-shirt on :::celluloid dog:::

 

meet the senators who voted pro gang rape

 

In 2005 —

Twenty year old American Jamie Leigh Jones was drugged and gang-raped by KBR co-workers in Iraq. [That attack was so violent, her breasts are permanently disfigured.] After her attack she was locked in a shipping container without food or water, and after release warned not to leave her post. Jamie was a long way from anywhere with no help in sight. She stuck it out. [Jones is not an isolated case.] And, after Jamie made it back to U.S. soil, where there should have been help in sight, she was prevented from bringing charges in court. Her KBR contract stipulated sexual assault allegations could not be made in court. Sexual assault allegations could only be heard in arbitration.

In response to abuses of the “arbitration” contract clause used by military contractors like KBR, Senator Al Franken (D-MN) recently proposed an amendment to the 2010 Defense Appropriations bill that would withhold defense contracts from companies that contractually block employees from taking workplace sexual assault and battery cases to court. The Amendment passed. You would think something like this would pass unanimously too. Surely our Senators in Congress do not want to employ and protect companies that sanction gang rape? But it did not pass unanimously.

Thirty Senators voted against the Franken amendment. They all have four things in common. They are all Republicans. They are all white. They are all male. And judging by their votes, they all think gang rape is just a little horseplay among friends. Here are their names. And if you didn’t vote McCain/Palin be glad. McCain is on the list.

Alexander (R-TN)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Graham (R-SC)
Gregg (R-NH)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johanns (R-NE)
Kyl (R-AZ)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Wicker (R-MS)

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce lobbied against the Franken amendment as well. I guess being opposed to co-worker gang rape is not good for business?

 

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*see your senator on that list contact him and :::tell him he sucks:::

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*sources :
:::think progress:::
:::huffington post:::
:::minnesota idependent:::
:::npr:::

 

where the art work comes from:
that is from yves

this post inspired by men who date badly

 

Ahem —

Things Men Shouldn’t Do On Dates :

Announce you broke up with your long time steady three days ago — in the car before your date’s seatbelt is on or you turn the engine on.

Tell your date you are on a budget — suggest she stick to the house salad and breadsticks.

Suggest your date wear high heels — then suggest a [long] [budget friendly] walk after salad & breadsticks dinner.

 

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*feel free to contribute additions….

 

we interrupt this program

 

In the midst of fire, flame, brimstone and political purgatory —

A friend sent me this. It is very beautiful. And time outs for beauty are warranted. Without it the eternal battle would be very empty. What would we win?

 

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And then I found this too. Which I cannot leave out it has to be here too.

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the virgin survey

 

Okay I know what you thought when you saw “virgin survey.” [Pervo!] “Virgin” there just means “brand new never taken before” survey. [Pervo!]

From the authors: There are no answers here yet because we just WROTE this. That’s how good we are. [“We” there is the ever lovely Miss Rachael Black and her partner in crime TK.] Be good friends and reply and if the Fates smile upon you we shall answer this in kind.

Peace and Prozac,

Rachael and Terry

 

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THE VIRGIN SURVEY

1. How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?

Fuck Tootsie Pop I want the Reeses.

2. Leather or ropes?

Silk ties are better.

3. You have plenty of booze in the house but no ice. It’s 100F . Do you A) Drive to the store half-drunk for supplies B) Send your teenage daughter with no license for a bag C) Call a drunken friend to the party and tell them to bring ice D) All of the above because you can never have too much ice.

Um. Problem. The teenager with no license stole the car.

4. You’re at a party. Brittany Spears comes on over the stereo. What do you do?

Oh I see. This is going to be a cruel and unusual survey. [Um, you think I would recognize a Brittany song? Really?]

5. Fucking flies.

What is the plane fucking flies Alex?

6. The guests at your impromptu BBQ are spilling shit everywhere, pole dancing, and breaking lamps. What do you do?

Check their wallets for cash. What? They are drunk they will not notice.

7. You’re on a second date. The first date went wonderfully. Your partner turns out to be a psycho. No really. On ALL levels. Your response?

This is why all building codes require a window or vent shaft in all bathrooms.

8. How lame are you? Really. A guy/gal calls you for a date and you’re not into it. Are you talked into the date anyway?

Tragically the historical record says yes. Then I postpone. Then I postpone again. Ultimately if forced I will send a funeral invitation. Most guys do not continue pursuing you if they think you are a corpse. Um. Most.

9. How many Facebook users does it take to screw in a light bulb?

Fifty-two. One to screw the light bulb in, one to snap and post the photo — and fifty to share it. [This number goes up geometrically if Number One is drunk and in a compromising position.]

10. Nasty picture of old flames?

Sorry I mailed those to his mother.

11. Death Panel or Blue Shield?

Cake please.

12. Small children: Pain in the ass or food source?

Surely you saw Oliver Twist. Those little bastards are earners.

13. KY or Kama Sutra?

I assume you are not referring to Kentucky there?

14. Sean Connery or Trebek’s mother for $200

I am a little short of cash I had better go with Connery.

15. Sports or Wine?

You say that like drinking is not a sport.

16. They call me A) Ahab B) Arab C) Johnson.

Not if they want to live they don’t.

17. People honestly think that you’re a celebrity. What do you do?

Not laughing is usually Plan A.

18. Could you kill someone?

As soon as I find out who talked we are going to double test this portion of the exam.

19. Ever have sex with someone out of pity?

Wow this could go so wrong. Um. Define “pity”?

20. Does God love you?

You always know how high you are on God’s favorites list by just how hard he kicks you around. So far the Jews have me beat. Something about some holocaust thing. Cheaters!

21. Follower or Leader?

Did you bring silk ties?

22. Hider or Seeker?

Is this before or after I empty the pole dancing barbeque guests’ wallets?

23. Your mom just told you that your sister is only your half-sister. After 40 years. Do you A) go to Disneyland B) Say I knew the bitch didn’t belong to this family C) Other. Please explain.

Listen I am still holding out for “You are adopted and not related to any of these people.” [Way to crush a dream Facebook Survey.]

24. What is love to you?

Love Story flashback ahhhh! [You asked that to totally screw with the film majors right?]

25. Cats or dogs? No, to be eaten by.

Am I dead first? This is going to seriously make a huge difference.

 

where the art work comes from :
that is from gregbrophy

i am so on strike

 

Oh I see. You think you can just neglect my fun :::wedding or shark attack poll::: and I will just keep posting away for your fun and amusement?

Think again Bluto.

Now go vote on :::my fun poll:::. Jeez. I am so on strike.

 

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wedding or shark attack?

 

Let’s do a poll —

[I have never tried out this poll feature so this could go tragically wrong.]

 

 

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where the art work comes from :
that is a chanel scooped at rhiannon mars’s

mary janes

 

I wonder —

If I should start dating again.

 

where the art work comes from :
that is from kristamas is abducted by aliens

crush factor

 

I was at this party —

Talking about guys [I know that comes as a shock] when someone said, What is a crush?

This was a funny question to me my whole life people have been talking about crushes but maybe that is a U.S. thing so I came up with a definition and someone else came up with a definition and pretty soon there were a whole bunch of different definitions for “crush” and very few of them were the same. Some sounded like love, some sounded like passing infatuation, some were long term, some were short, some were unreciprocated, some love affairs that could not be consummated —

Then I threw straight girl crush and straight guy crush into the ring and half the people had never heard of that [they are running in the wrong circles, or I am, jury is out] and —

It is real clear “crush” is a common term used by a whole hell of a lot of people, but also that it means a whole hell of a lot of different things to a whole hell of a lot of different people. How confusing is that?

 

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crush : noun : an intense but usually short lived infatuation….

 

where the art work comes from :
that is from lorrainemd