I’ve often said here and elsewhere that, in my observation, conservatives tend to be very lazy-minded and/or drink-addled. Now, it appears that science bears me out: And now there’s the new study linking conservative ideologies to “low-effort” thinking. “People endorse conservative ideology more when they have to give a first
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Happy Pi Day!
Continue readingHeroes for Today: Sandra Fluke, standing tall for women
Watch this video in its entirety and see if you can find anything about this bright young woman that would justify the Pigman, Rush Limbaugh, in calling her a slut simply for asking that her Catholic university provide birth control pills to female students who need them for medical reasons:
Continue readingStupid Sex(ist) Tricks: Why I will never be a vegan
Aside from the serious health concerns they blithely neglect to mention in their quest to turn the whole world vegan, PETA also engages in false, deceptive and highly offensive advertising that’s downright abusive to women: There is so much wrong with this ad. What kind of man is so sexually
Continue readingFestive Left Friday Blogging: Another satellite for Venezuela
Looks like Simón Bolívar will have even more company in orbit. In addition to his Bolivian and Ecuadorian counterparts, he’s going to be joined by another Venezuelan satellite, named after another independence hero: The new satellite, “Generalísimo Francisco de Miranda”, represents a great leap for the development of technological independence
Continue readingI don’t think this will cure my cold.
Yes, kiddies, your auntie Bina is still under the weather. But since laughter is supposed to be the best medicine, let’s take the Rick Mercer cure, shall we? Oof. Just made myself cough. Guess I’m not cured after all! But it does make me feel better to know that Peter
Continue readingHappy Groundhog Day!
Sure would be funny if all the local weather-’hogs went on strike like this, eh? After all, this is their hibernation time. As for me, I’m celebrating Brigid today. Blessed be!
Continue readingNo more fucking Pink Things
I am the daughter of a breast cancer survivor. And I have just sworn never again to buy another “Pink for the Cure” (or whatever they call it) thing. Not that I don’t love my pink long-sleeved Columbia t-shirt, or my pink lipsticks (all 11 of ‘em), but this whole
Continue readingStupid Sex Tricks: Where NOT to get a tattoo, and why
Um, if you’re a dude…how about your genitalia? As for why, read on: You’d think somebody repeatedly sticking a needle in your penis would be a little off-putting, but the 21-year-old Iranian apparently thought it would be a grand idea to have Persian script reading borow be salaamat (good luck
Continue readingThe Perfect Vagina
The perfect vagina from heather leach on Vimeo. A hard-hitting documentary on an extreme form of plastic surgery and the physical and emotional damage it is doing to women and girls, as well as the outrageous demand (yes, from men!) for women with an unrealistic genital configuration. Warning: Graphic. Includes
Continue readingCristina gets cancer, Chavecito gets topical, Jezebel gets Teh Stoopid
Dear lord, what is it with progressive LatAm leaders getting the fucking C-word? First it was Dilma, then Lugo, then Chavecito, then Lula, and now Cristina? President Cristina Kirchner is suffering from a papillary cancer in the right lobe of her thyroid gland, according to an official statement from the
Continue readingThe disappeared reappear in Argentina
Argentine forensic scientists unearth a mass grave at a military garrison which gained infamy during the junta dictatorship of the 1970s and early ’80s. Here’s a rundown of what they found in it, courtesy of Cubadebate: A mass grave with remains of disappeared persons from the time of the dictatorship
Continue readingStupid Sex Tricks: Beds are for sleeping, subways are for screwing
Subway sex at Spadina Station. Only in TO, folks. From the Toronto Star, in both cases, we have the following funny Canadian contradiction. First, the sad news that we’re not getting a lot of nooky: While it stands to reason that Canada’s cold climate would be enough to send us
Continue readingAn Ecuadorable little satellite
A Russian Dnepr RS-20 rocket like this one will carry an Ecuadorian satellite into orbit next year. Sheesh. Those crazy Latinos, whatever will they do next? First Venezuela puts Simón Bolívar into orbit, then Bolivia follows suit with Tupac Amaru. Now, Ecuador is also getting in on the Earth-orbiting business,
Continue readingStupid Sex Tricks: Viagra in WHAT?
Relax, it’s not quite so drastic. But yeah, it’s just about that silly: Durex has a new condom out that promises to enhance erections with a gel inside the tip that contains Zanifil. The over-the-counter drug boosts blood flow in the penis, which leads to firmer, larger, and longer-lasting erections
Continue readingThe state-sponsored murder of Pablo Neruda
The official version of Pablo Neruda’s death goes something like this: World famous Chilean poet and Nobel winner dies of metastatic prostate cancer, age 69. But recent investigative findings put the lie to that version. Here’s the story that’s got Chileans, and Neruda fans everywhere, buzzing: Poet Pablo Neruda did
Continue readingPeter Kent, ignorant SupposiTory hack
Q. How does one get to be Minister of the Environment without any scientific knowledge whatsoever? A. By being a faithful, appointed HarpoCon hack beforehand, and then coasting into office on that. BTW, Peter Kent hates Venezuela. So it’s no surprise that he has scant respect for anything on Earth
Continue readingStupid Science Tricks: 20 papers in five minutes
Two young women present a list of actual research papers that reads like the nominees for the next Ig Nobel prize. Sex, immaculate conception, plumbing, it’s all in there. Breasts make the list twice (what IS it about boobs?), and cat food and cockroaches also put in an appearance. My
Continue readingHow to have sex in an MRI scanner
A Dutch scientist from the University of Groningen enlists two friends to help him find out (a) whether sex in an MRI machine is feasible, and (b) what can be learned from it. As it turns out, the answers are (a) yes, and (b) plenty. And, despite the fact that
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