Persona non grata

I can't help it. I love poking fun at the heavyweights.

In today's online edition of the New York Times, in one of the four headline stories, the Times printed this paragraph:

He also said it was important "not to send mixed messages" to foreign allies around the world with whom the United States put together a coalition on the war on terror."

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/23/politics/23cnd-port.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

I can't help but think that if I was the reporter who wrote this, and I checked my copy, and there WASN'T that typo, I'd be goddamn hell-raising furious. That's just poor editing, my man.

But, onward...

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This is an alarming and almost unprecedented story:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/22/national/22cnd-dakota.html?ex=1298264400&en=0a8b2d741e683d33&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

South Dakota, it seems, is poised to ban almost ALL ABORTIONS. And this, it seems, is the beginning of Bush's and Alito's legacy. The backers of the bill, which passed the state senate by a 2-to-1 margin, don't just expect the bill to be challenged in court if the governor signs it into law, they WANT it to be challenged.

"Optimistic about the recent changes on the United States Supreme Court, some abortion opponents say they have new hope that a court fight over a ban here could lead to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that made abortion legal around the country."

And so it begins.

Backers of the bill have made no secret that they waited for Roberts and Alito to be appointed. With the balance of the court thrown slightly to the right, they have more of a chance to succeed. They're even vocally hoping Justice Stevens will retire soon so they can get ANOTHER right-winger.

I'm not even hungry now. Dammit.

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And proponents of free speech have another case to bitch about now: in Austria, a crazy-ass British historian who has claimed that the Holocaust never took place has been sentenced to THREE YEARS IN PRISON.

http://www.denverpost.com/guestcommentary/ci_3536328

This is just as egregious an overreaction as rioting because of some stupid cartoons. In other words, the Jews AND the Muslims are out of their fucking gourds. While we're at it, yeah, sure, the Christians are all wacko too. Religion does strange things to people. Glad I stayed away from it.

God is dead, motherfucker.