- Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) has introduced a four-page healthcare reform bill which would simply allow anyone who want it to buy into Medicare. A nice idea, but do we really need more healthcare bills at this point? (Down with Tyranny)
- Charlie Crist demands to know if Senate primary opponent Marco Rubio has purchased back wax, because that would be totally gay not fiscally responsible. (CNN)
- When I was little, I figured we’d eventually come up with cars that drive themselves. Unfortunately, this Toyota Prius is not quite preforming the way I’d hoped. (Detroit Free Press)
- Now ex-Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) admits he was doing all kinds of groping of his staff, except for the sexual kind! Yep, only doing that non-sexual groping… (LA Times)
- Visiting Pakistani legislators were not pleased that they were racially profiled at our airports, especially after they went and caught basically the whole Taliban for us. (NYTO
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- Future generations of Appalachian Trail hikers and their Argentine mistresses can breathe a sigh of relief now that a South Carolina impeachment panel has tossed out most of the 37 ethics charges leveled against America’s Governor™ Mark Sanford. (The State)
- The Taliban is not pleased with President Obama’s plan to send more troops to Afghanistan, but we’re guessing they’re okay with the “leaving in 2011″ part. (CNN)
- The Swiss vote to ban Islamic minarets has brought Jews, Muslims, and Christians together in universal condemnation of Switzerland. (JTA/AFP/Retuers)
- Sen. Bob Corker’s (R-TN) daughter was carjacked outside the Verizon Center last night by two men who needed a ride to Taco Bell! Fortunately, she is OK. (Politico)
- Hofstra University is eliminating their football team because of the recession! And also because apparently no one at that school cares about their football team. (NY Daily News)
Sign of the Times
The GOP joins Hamas and the Taliban in condemning President Obama for winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
Sounds like it’s time for more bipartisanship!
Rahm Emanuel Is Just Raking In Your Taxpayer Dollars
- Over 100 White House staffers make more than $100,000 per year, in order to keep themselves well-stocked in dijon mustard and arugla. That’s not quite as many as in the Bush administration, but still, who does this Obama guy think he is? Don’t worry too much, though, because some White House staffers are still poors (PDF), like the rest of us. (CNN/White House)
- Your US Marines launched a major new offensive against the Taliban in Afghanistan yesterday. Wait, Taliban? We’re still fighting those guys? I thought “Mission Accomplished,” and all that. And which one’s “Afghanistan” again? Are they the ones with the WMDs? (BBC)
- What is up with North Korea, man? Here they were having these nice talks with South Korea about industry, or something, when all of the sudden the North just shoots some missiles into the water because why not? Seriously, North Korea, enough with the shooting missiles at things all of the time, already! (Voice of America)
- Congratulations, gays! It is no longer a crime for you to exist in India! Fort Worth, Texas, not so much, but India is okay. Baby steps, people! (AFP/Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
- At a healthcare town hall in Virginia, President Obama took a question from a woman who has cancer but doesn’t have a job or health insurance. He called her “Exhibit A” for why we need healthcare reform, but he did not cure her cancer with his superpowers! Why haven’t you cured cancer with magic, Mr. President? (NECN)
Assorted Post-Christmas Blogging
Hey, did you miss me?
- Everybody Loves Barry! Your President-Elect is the man living today that the most Americans admire. (USA Today)
- Viva Viagra! The little blue pills help American operatives keep Afghan warlords in line. But if victory over the Taliban lasts for more than three hours, consult a doctor. (Washington Post)
- Still-Gov. Rod Blagojevich continues to be a douchebag by asking the Illinois House impeachment panel to subpoena Obama advisors Rahm Emanuel and Valerie Jarrett, thus ensuring that this problems continue to be Obama’s problems. (Chicago Sun-Times)
- Minnesotans have trouble counting votes, so they may only have one Senator when Congress reconvenes in January. (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- Potential New York Senator Caroline Kennedy is a very rich lady, which is surprising since her dad was just some kind of bureaucrat, or something. (New York Daily News)
Afghan Women Worse Than Ever Before
Grinding poverty and the escalating war is driving an increasing number of Afghan families to sell their daughters into forced marriages.
Girls as young as six are being married into a life of slavery and rape, often by multiple members of their new relatives. Banned from seeing their own parents or siblings, they are also prohibited from going to school. With little recognition of the illegality of the situation or any effective recourse, many of the victims are driven to self-immolation – burning themselves to death – or severe self-harm.
Six years after the US and Britain “freed” Afghan women from the oppressive Taliban regime, a new report proves that life is just as bad for most, and worse in some cases.
It makes me proud to see that our decisive victory over the Taliban in August 2004, and then two years later in September ‘06, and then again in August of 2007, and then once more last December helped to liberate women from the oppressive rule of the Taliban.
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