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Ford has finally awoken to the idea that gays and lesbians buy cars too:

THIS is proof that we won. That all of AMERICA won. The Associated Press story says it all. What matters most isn't just whether we won or lost - though it does matter - it also matters whether the media and the public and corporate America thinks we won or lost. Why? Because we don't need extremist gay-hating bullies being perceived as winners by all of their future victims. And now America knows, when it's a choice between the gay-haters and the gays, choose the gays. Read below the fold...

Levi Stewart Memorial, Kanab, Utah

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Here it is, the road home. For this closing section I will refrain from wordier constructs, keeping my comments to a minimum. Let's go... Read below the fold...

Election fraud! It's not just for Americans anymore!

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- With the country's parliamentary elections slated for Thursday and early voting already under way, a truck carrying what are believed to be fake ballots was detained in the Iraqi border province of Wasit, the U.S. military said Tuesday.

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This article is chock full of idea inducing points, hat tip to Litz for posting earlier at the Crack Den. Read below the fold...

Straight people: they'll come for you next, when we're all in camps. Do you like condoms? Sex toys? Birth control? Oral sex? Sex outside of marriage? Well, when they're done with us, that's the next list of things they'll seek to ban. This pisses me off so much:

A lesbian woman will challenge an appeals court ruling that permitted two doctors to claim a religious defense in their refusal to artificially inseminate her.

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OK, I meant to do some work, but this one is too good to pass up. John continues to get 'hero' status from me, taking on Ford and not letting it go as he is. Generally, I don't read fascist propaganda and hate literature, but I have to confess, I had no idea the AFA was this nutty. No, that's too mild a word for them- they are fucking crazy freaks who give straight people a bad name: Read below the fold...

I'm knee-deep in finals right now. But I'm wanting to blog about something historical when I'm finished. You can prepare yourself for my future post by reading this and this. Read below the fold...

Atrios is covering the dust up over Bai’s piece about the new "Off-Center" book, which I’ve not read yet but which apparently discusses issues near and dear to my heart. Halfdan, a reader at Atrios, sums up what I think is the heart of the matter brilliantly: Read below the fold...

Less than an hour from now, about 10 miles from my apartment, High Officials of the United States Government and their Vassals from the State of California, as advised by the High Priests of Law will put to death, in public view, one Stanley "Tookie" Williams. Read below the fold...

Via Digby, who I've been neglecting to read recently:

Some Post reporters don't appreciate that links are put on the Web site to what bloggers are saying about this or that story -- especially when the bloggers are highly negative.

The solution? Humiliate him and attach a fair-and-balanced minder to him.

[Washington Post News Interactive Executive Director Jim Brady] is considering changing the column title and supplementing it with a conservative blogger.

The fake-ass excuse? Read below the fold...

Drowned in the bathtub, that is.

But let's look on the bright side! Jodi Will Whore 'Em actually did some reporting! The Times:

Calling the Federal Emergency Management Agency "numbingly insensitive" and "unduly callous," a federal judge ruled yesterday that the agency must pay the hotel bills of hurricane evacuees until Feb. 7, handing a

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Thanks to Alert Reader Nick, we have the following world exclusive photos of Philadelphia's welcome to the Chimperor:

[1] We agree!

[2] We agree!

[3] What was the noble cause? Read below the fold...

Lambert is trying to embarrass me, by beating me to the scoop of the juiciest evoting story today. Bastard. So I’ll just have to settle for this story about Our Secret Government. Read below the fold...

What a shame. Via All Spin Zone:

Wally “[I'm] committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes for the president” O'Dell, CEO of Diebold, has resigned for “personal reasons”.

And what are those personal reasons, you ask? Read below the fold...