I’ve seen people (including some I like and respect) comparing the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib after the US took control of the prison with the treatment the Iraqis faced under Saddam Hussein’s rule. They keep saying that because…
PETA Declares a New Target
Fat people! Yep, that’s right—they’ve named the “Flab Five” and are supposedly sending “Veg Eye for the Fat Guy” makeovers to them. Um, what? This has WHAT to do with the supposed unethical treatment of animals? I was already disgusted…
Comical Cop
I’m really enjoying Steve Rose’s “View from the Cop” columns in the AJC. How can you not enjoy a guy who reports crime like this? A man named Quinton reported that on the 17th at about 1:16 p.m. he was…
They Printed It!
Here’s what was printed. They removed all mention of statistics. Here’s the full letter as I sent it. The “short bio” requested said: Cynthia Armistead is a libertarian homeschooling mother and writer living in Austell, GA.
Snicker-Inducing
News Item: Further White House Charges Against Clarke
Heroes
Spc. Joseph M. Darby is a hero: Md. reservist alerted officers to alleged abuses by his unit: Specialist saw photos of naked prisoners, wrote letter that sparked probe He’s one of only three men who spoke up: Darby, the report…
And Another Death That’ll Be Used to Justify More Gun Control
Woodard said she hadn’t known there was a gun in the house, and that she had warned her children in the past about them. She said gun owners need to make sure weapons don’t fall into the hands of children.…
Reunion and Pagan Men
We didn’t go to the MindSpring reunion. I had mixed feelings, and then realized that I wasn’t quite ready to leave dracofrost and shadowkatt in the house unchaperoned.* I realized that while there are people with whom I’d like to…
Size Acceptance Stuff
Demonizing Fat in the War on Weight—an actual positive article in the NYTimes! I want Paul Campos’ book, The Obesity Myth. A quote from the NYT article: He said in a recent interview: “The current hysteria about body mass and…
Political Post
Rivka posted more information this morning on the Abu Ghraib situation. I don’t remember hearing a damned thing about DynCorp’s employees purchasing girls (as young as 12) and women in Bosnia to use as sex slaves. I wasn’t reading blogs…