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Life Begins at Masturbation

Friday, April 13, 2012

This is not only ironic on so many different levels, it is hilarious and yet serious at the same time.

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Circle the Jerks

Friday, March 23, 2012

Last week, over fifty newspapers pulled the Doonesbury comic strips because they dealt with the increasing number of new laws that require women to get an unnecessary sonogram to show them an image of their fetus before they can get an abortion. This week, Jen Sorensen did a comic about the newspapers pulling Doonesbury, and [...]

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Humor to the Rescue!

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

This week, Doonesbury is featuring a series of strips dealing with the controversial laws that require women to go though a gauntlet of unnecessary requirements before receiving an abortion. Many newspapers have declined to run these strips, while some have moved them from the comics page to the editorial page. If your local paper isn’t [...]

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Bedfellows

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

© Jim Morin Can anyone explain why Rick Santorum is so obsessed with other people’s sex lives?

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We’ve been Framed!

Friday, February 17, 2012

© Lee Judge At the recently held Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) a panel session discussed that the fight against birth control wasn’t working. As this comic points out, how can the Catholics call birth control a deeply held religious belief when not only have 97% of Catholic women used birth control, but a majority [...]

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The Cure Caves

Saturday, February 4, 2012

I’m sure most of you have heard all about the recent kerfuffle between the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation and Planned Parenthood. This episode will likely be used in business schools in the future as an example of how not to do something. But there are a couple of take-home messages for all [...]

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Which Mitt?

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

The Democratic National Committee has created a brutal website WhichMitt.com that shows up some of Mitt Romney’s more egregious flip-flops, using only his own words (including video). As Politico puts it “It’s not just what he says, but the total forcefulness and sincerity with which he says it.” Here’s just one example — Romney on [...]

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Freedom in the Bedroom?

Monday, July 25, 2011

© Lee Judge I guess the only freedom that matters to some people is the freedom to consume. UPDATE: And no, the government did not ban incandescent light bulbs.

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Stillborn Justice

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Around 38 US states have adopted “fetal homicide” laws that were intended to protect pregnant women and their unborn children from attacks from third parties (such as abusive partners). But these laws are increasingly being used to prosecute the women themselves. For example: A pregnant woman in Indiana became despondent after her boyfriend abandoned her [...]

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Alabama Plays Catch Up to the Past

Sunday, June 12, 2011

© Matt Bors Alabama governor Robert Bentley signed into law the nation’s nastiest immigration law, which requires local police to detain anyone suspected of being an undocumented immigrant. You can easily guess how that will end up — anyone who looks the slightest bit Mexican will get hassled and will have to carry citizenship papers [...]

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Not Intended to Be a Factual Statement

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Even Stephen Colbert falls out of character and cracks up laughing: Colbert followed up by tweeting more statements not intended to be factual: Jon Kyl actually prefers Hydrox to Oreos. #NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement Jon Kyl = ax2 + bx + c #NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement Jon Kyl developed his own line of hair care products just so he could test [...]

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Wise Counsel?

Monday, March 28, 2011

© Jen Sorensen How can people who claim to be against the “nanny state” be for anti-abortion counseling? If they are actually trying to protect people, then it would make more sense to require counseling before you order a drink in a bar, but don’t have a designated driver.

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Fair and Balanced

Monday, February 21, 2011

[From Rockett Power.] UPDATE: This is the kind of thing that happens when you take away a women’s right to make basic medical decisions about her own body.

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The Size of Government

Saturday, February 19, 2011

© Lee Judge Mike Huckabee said on Monday that abortion is the most important political issue — more important than the economy, jobs, the deficit, wars, etc.

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Rick Perry is a jackass. Period.

Thursday, February 3, 2011

[I'm reprinting this from Margaret and Helen. There is a followup posting there that you should read as well. - iron knee] I told you, Margaret. It’s only just beginning. Texas Governor Rick Perry said he will introduce emergency legislation requiring women seeking abortions to first get a sonogram of the fetus and listen to [...]

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