A federal court (the story doesn’t say which one) just gutted McCain Feingold, striking down the ban on corporate and union contributions, and the limits on election-time ads. It will probably go to the Supreme Court now, which will hopefully put a wooden stake through this constitutional atrocity.
[Update a few minutes later]
Here’s a fuller description. It was a three-judge appeals court “fast track” panel.
[Late afternoon update]
Here are more details yet.
KY Jelly is trying to reposition the brand (it’s Salon “Premium” though, so you won’t be able to read the whole thing for free).
What’s next, flavors? Well, sort of. A splashy event at New York’s stylish W Hotel in June, featuring designer Patricia Field of “Sex and the City” wardrobe fame, is designed to highlight all of the other uses of K-Y Jelly.
Other uses? Yes. You’ve seen K-Y at your gyno’s office or ultrasound lab, maybe even at your vet’s. But did you know that it also works as lip gloss? Hair gel?
Lip gloss? Yeah, I can see that, depending on which lips you’re talking about…
I just got a newsletter from an alumni association of my high school, Flint Central High in Michigan. I don’t know how they got my address. As I read through it, I saw a logo, and recalled (three decades on) that our mascot was the “Indians.”
I idly wondered how long such a symbol of Amerikkkan racism and imperialism could stand.
I went to the web site, and was simultaneously amused and appalled to find that the Flint, Michigan school board had in fact voted to no longer allow this cultural hegemony and continuing genocide to continue. (Note that it’s not a permalink–it will probably be good for a few months, because they don’t seem to update much, but not forever…)
It gets better. My junior high, Whittier (now a “middle school”–what’s that all about?) was “The Braves.” My elementary school (named after a total dud of American history, President Franklin Pierce) was the “Pierce Arrows.” They idiotically struck down these symbols of racism as well (ignoring the fact that the Pierce Arrow was a car…).
There’s a happy end to the story, though. Being Flint, Michigan (which Michael Moore continues to pretend is his home town, even though he’s actually from Davison), they’re broke, and can’t afford to implement it (which would involve purchase of various new paraphernalia), so for now, we remain the Flint Central Indians. If I spoke Algonquin, I’d offer up a prayer of thanks.
Theodore Dalrymple writes that British suicide bombers are a product of moral relativism and multi-culturalism.
Theodore Dalrymple writes that British suicide bombers are a product of moral relativism and multi-culturalism.
Theodore Dalrymple writes that British suicide bombers are a product of moral relativism and multi-culturalism.
As time goes on, it’s looking more and more like claims of the loss of Iraq’s cultural heritage in looting were as overblown as the Jenin “massacre” over a year ago.
…While many museum officials watched in horror as mobs and perhaps organized gangs rampaged through the museum’s 18 galleries, seized objects on display, tore open steel cases, smashed statues and broke into storage vaults, officials now discount the first reports that the museum’s entire collection of 170,000 objects had been lost…
…Col. Matthew F. Bogdanos, a Marine reservist who is investigating the looting and is stationed at the museum, said museum officials had given him a list of 29 artifacts that were definitely missing. But since then, 4 items ? ivory objects from the eighth century B.C. ? had been traced.
“Twenty-five pieces is not the same as 170,000,” said Colonel Bogdanos, who in civilian life is an assistant Manhattan district attorney…
Is up. It’s a reprise of the New York Times surrender piece, with some commercial space commentary at the end.
Is up. It’s a reprise of the New York Times surrender piece, with some commercial space commentary at the end.
Is up. It’s a reprise of the New York Times surrender piece, with some commercial space commentary at the end.