Abortion conversation between Jon Stewart and Mike Huckabee- funny how all of his points are anecdotal and relate directly to him

Breastfeeding makes kids smarter

Please, please don’t be true, Morgan Freeman.

Fantastic article on the re-branding of abstinence only sex ed. Just because inaccuracy and shame are not working, let’s not turn things over to science

In honor of father’s day last week- read about being a teen dad

Wacky tales of debauchery and Cirque du Soleil

Think you got what it takes? Air sex (like air guitar) competitions nationwide. Link includes video.

Overview of the same-sex marriage debate in flowchart form

Saudi women allowed to work… selling bras

Weird Nebraska crime, courtesy my cousin

Petition to stop SEPTA’s gender tags on transportation passes. This affects real people every day.

Damnit, even Canadian politicians are creeps

Teenagers having just as much sex, using less protection than a few years ago

How do you teach kids with HIV how to prevent spreading it? Meanwhile, highest infection rates are among male youth, especially African American boys and most upsettingly, most of them had assumed they were negative when they tested. As a reminder: use condoms…. Even condom pillows

I’ve mentioned this exhibit before- corpses in sexual poses. Here is a skinned body in reverse cowgirl.

Gay Pride parade in World of Warcraft

Scandalous Burger King blow job ad

Does the idea of “love at first sight” ruin relationships?

Can we figure out the source of sexual orientation by looking at the animal world?

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For the past two weeks, the world’s attention has been focused on the crisis in Iran. After Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s heavily disputed victory over Hossein Mousavi, the Iranian people took to the streets to protest the results of the election. In an effort to stamp out the protests, the Iranian government promptly released security and militia forces, which arrested, beat, and even killed man of those who voiced their opposition. As this spectacle plays out on the global stage, I find myself overwhelmed by feelings of pride and shame.

Despite a lack of resources and the looming presence of state-sponsored terrorism, the Iranian people have risked their lives in an unlikely struggle. Although the odds are immense and victory is far from certain, their commitment to freedom and democracy is both astounding and inspiring. Even as I challenge the protests as somewhat reactionary and misguided –in my estimation, Mousavi does not represent a better political alernative than Ahmadinejad—I can’t help but smile at the latest instance of oppressed people fighting for freedom.

The events in Iran also serve as a sobering reminder of how weak the American activist community has been for decades. Of course, the social, political, and economic conditions of Iran are far more dire than those in the US. Still, there remains an array of issues worthy of our collective outrage. In 2000, President Bush was appointed  president by the Supreme Court due to multiple layers of fraud Florida. In 2004, Bush was re-elected by the margin of voter suppression in Ohio. Since then, dozens of innocent people have been murdered by police, thousands wrongfully incarcerated and millions subjected to substandard housing, healthcare, schooling, and protection under the law. Our government continues to prosecute wars of choice that have more to due with money than justice. Despite these circumstances, we have done little. We have risked nothing. We have grown complacent.

If we learn anything from the current Iranian protests, it is that freedom and justice must be protected at all costs. As Americans, this means that we must recover our thirst for freedom and democracy. We must be willing to lay our lives on the line in the interest of freedom, justice, and equality. We must be willing to sacrifice everything in order to force America to live up to its democratic promise. What are you willing to risk?

Equal Opportunity Supporters Paid Less

A new study shows that men who adhere to a traditional mind-set about gender roles are paid more than men who are more egalitarian. What do you think?

Renee Kaplan,
Systems Analyst
”Is this the least convoluted example of sexism they could find?”

Micah Keenan,
Stockbroker
”Good to know. Next time I’m angling for a raise, I’ll be sure to compliment my boss on her tits.”

Frank Richards,
Salvage Dealer
“I’m fine with egalitarian men earning equal pay, I just don’t think they should be allowed to marry or join the military.”

What is your favorite part of the male body?(online surveys)

Stateless ‘State’ of Palestine
By Mumia Abu-Jamal
[col. writ. 6/15/09]

The presidential election of Barack Obama has so electrified the world, that expectations have swept past reality into the realm of the silly.

Some of this is surely driven by the corporate media, which no longer covers the news, but engages in what might be called ‘pre-news’, as it tends to predict what will (or may) happen, the better to not be scooped by competitors. And as news makes its hard turn to opinion, it sometimes builds up Obama as a world leader, in ways that are simply unreasonable.

This was seen in the run-up to the Iranian presidential elections, where news coverage all but predicted the election of opposition candidate, Mir Hossein Moussavi, and the fall of the irascible Mahoud Ahmadinejad. The result predicted, talking heads opined about the global influence of Obama over the elections. (As for stolen elections, did millions of Americans take to the streets to protest the stolen elections here — in 2000?

Similarly, much news coverage centered on Obama’s hard-line on the Israelis, as in his Cairo address when he called for a freeze in settlements.

So slanted is U.S. policy towards Israel that a halt in construction in illegal settlements is seen as somehow ‘hard-line.’

For their part, Israeli right-wingers, many supporters of newly-elected president Binyamin Netanyahu, has postered Tel Aviv with images of Obama wearing an Arab headdress (known as a kaffiyeh),
emblazoned with the words “Jew Hater”, and “Anti-Semite” in English and Hebrew (an allusion to his Muslim name and family background)

To “freeze” a situation that is fundamentally unjust, is to preserve the status quo–a state of affairs that leaves the Palestinian people in an unjust and untenable situation.

On top of that, Netanyahu recently announced an essential rejection of Obama’s ‘freeze’, and an alleged support of the establishment of a Palestinian state -albeit a demilitarized one, with foreign affairs to be overseen by Israel.

This is a state only in the sense that the old South African Bantustans were independent territories (that is to say, not at all).

The Palestinians have had their best lands seized and Swiss-cheesed by settlements, their parliament has been cast into prison, their water is rationed, and their homes have been bulldozed, all while western leaders crow about a ‘peace process’ that is, ultimately, a freeze in oppression.

Meanwhile, Israel, not only the most powerful military in the region, but an undeclared nuclear-armed state, accepts the idea of a Palestinian state, but only if demilitarized — and this is seen as progress!

–(c) ‘09 maj