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Thursday, June 26, 2008 11:02 AM
Original article: How gay it would be

Ewww

This was nauseating. Didn't we already get this article from Ayelet Waldman? Basically the author wants a gay son so she can have a sidekick, someone who serves HER needs and interests. Look at the way she even talked about the relationship between Will and Grace - Will is snappily entertaining (for Grace) but "ultimately supportive" (of Grace). I'll bet the author just loves all those moves where Julia Roberts has a gay best friend whose sole purpose in life is to provide comfort/advice to Julia Roberts. Call me crazy, but I'm guessing most gay men would rather be independent individuals than helpmates for their narcissistic mothers.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008 09:45 AM

Stevens/Young

It's definitely about Ted Stevens. I'm sure she would be perfectly happy answering the question "who did you vote for for President?" but the inevitable follow-up would ask who she picked for Senate (and Representative). And she would sound even MORE ridiculous if she was open about her presidential vote but then refused to talk about her other choices.

Saturday, May 16, 2009 10:29 PM

"Pro-Life" is not the majority

To the troll claiming that a majority of Americans are pro-life:

Actually, if you read that poll instead of quoting conservative talking points, around half of respondents didn't identify themselves as either pro-choice or pro-life. Only among people who chose one side or the other did the pro-life identification slightly edge out the pro-choice identification. There was no majority, but the plurality did not identify themselves as one or the other. Questions that ask about support for legal abortion are a better measure.

Thursday, August 13, 2009 07:13 AM

Another editing miss

In addition to the two errors mentioned above by a2z421, there's also this:

"These conditioners coat the air and smooth its surface." I think it's supposed to be HAIR not AIR.

Yes, we're persnickety. But when it's obvious an article hasn't been edited properly, it's hard to take other aspects of the article seriously. Probably everything in this article is accurate, but if there was no editing then there was probably little to no fact checking either.

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