how racist is this? Republican, that's how.

This pin will be sold at the Republican State Convention in Texas. Here's the article.

Disgusting.

dinosaurs are coming back to life!!! a real "Jurassic Park"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1026340/Jurassic-Park-comes-true-scientists-brink-bringing-dinosaurs-life-thanks-discovery-DNA-relics-humble-chicken.html

So yeah, according to the article, research is developing that will soon allow scientists to bring dinosaurs back to life. What they are doing is turning dormant genes in birds on/off, like making them grow teeth, tales, and scales again. Sweet.

Abstinence programs don't work - preach safe sex, not no sex.

About a year ago, I remember watching one of the prime time news shows and hearing about this new study on abstinence programs, like the ones where the kids wear "promise rings" that mean that they won't have sex until marriage. Well, the survey concluded that, at the end of the day, the programs were completely useless. I found an article about it here. At the end of the day, kids involved in such programs popped their cherries at the same age as the kids who didn't. They also have just as high, and in some cases higher, rate of unwanted pregnancies and STI's. The government wastes $176 million annually on such programs. Coupled with another study that said that 1 in every 4 high school girls has an STI, you have to ask where we fucked up.

At the end of the day, kids are going to have sex, regardless of whatever kinds of things grown ups shove down their throats. So it would be much more useful to educate them on safe sex, birth control, and contraceptives for their own benefit and well being. If a kid doesn't know how to properly use a condom, then you can't blame them when they come home with a kid of their own. You can, however, blame yourself for sticking your fingers in your ears and pretending like teenage sex doesn't happen. You could also ignore grizzly bears and hangnails, but that won't make them go away. Education is the key, not ignorance.

Oh yeah, baba booey baba booey.

Solar Power could save us - why the fuck aren't we doing anything about this!!!

According to Digital Journal, and a lot of other people, including this guy I saw on Bill Maher, if we utilized the solar power that could be generated from 6 hot spots on our planet, we could power the entire Earth and then some. This would decrease our dependency on fossil fuels, decrease global warming, lower oil prices, and other good things. Why countries like the US aren't investing in these types of resources is ridiculous, choosing instead to waste money on the war. Seriously sometimes I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.

Christian group runs out of things to compian about, calls new Starbucks slutty.

According to The BBC, some Christian group called The Resistance is calling a new Starbucks logo "slutty." I mean seriously, if this is the first place your mind goes with this, you need to have yourself checked out. I'm sure there are more pertinent issues at hand, like the president completely ignoring the environment and using tons of money fighting the war instead of saving the planet. But fuck it, let's just go kill some brown people and cover David's private parts too, how's that grab ya? Ridiculous. Plus, there's like, a billion other reasons to call out Starbucks.

It's pretty much over (according to the Drudge Report and Time Russert)

So, according to Tim Russert and The Drudge Report (it's all over their front page, check it out), the race for the Democratic nomination is all but over.

There are many factors that play into why this came to be, but basically the math is not in Hillary's favor and it's hard for her to plead her case to the superdelegates when it's growing weaker by the day. She hasn't dropped out yet, and might not, considering "quit" doesn't seem to exist in the Clinton lexicon, but perhaps pressure from Dems to save the party might collapse her campaign. Al Gore even came out and said he might endorse a candidate (Obama), and plenty of big name Dems are looking to Obama as their guy. Check out the NY TImes article.

BUY MORE SHIT!!!

According to the NY Times, I probably should go out and get that Blu-Ray player. See mom, I'm saving the fucking country!!!

Man Locks His Daughter in the Basement for 24 Years, Children Never See Daylight

This is truly disturbing.

According to CNN, a man in Austria admitted to locking his daughter up in the basement for 24 years. Basically, he started sexually molesting her when she was 11, and when she turned 18 he drugged her and locked her up in the basement. For the next 24 years, she lived down there and he would go down there and rape her. His wife, and everybody else, had no idea what was going on because he said she ran away and forced her to write a letter saying it was true.

There was only one tiny entrance behind some shelves, and it had a keypad lock on it. The basement was soundproof.

She also gave birth to 6 kids (that survived, one died and he put it in the oven), 3 of which he brought up to the house and claimed his daughter left them on the doorstep. The other 3 (ages 19, 18, and 5) spent their whole lives in the basement! That means they've never seen sunlight. Wow.

Detectives in Sean Bell Case Acquitted

In case you haven't heard of the Sean Bell case, here's the NY Times article here.

All I can say is, as an innocent person living in the United States, I'm scared shitless. Sometimes things like this just will never be understood.

awkward...

according to the NY times, during his first visit here to the states, the pope-alicious himself met with several victims of sexual abuse from other priests. and you thought running into your ex at chili's was weird. but the meeting took place at the request of the pope himself. good for him. good for not ignoring the situation and actually coming face to face with it, trying to make amends and all. still though, that had to be REALLY awkward.

nice kicks btw.