Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
And it appears that a general social acceptance needs to happen here first, since there isn't the will to implement the change from the top down.

I'm of mixed feelings about that. On the one hand it is sort of a shame that, although the courts and politicians were willing to do (even some constitutionally dubious) things to force people to do right with respect to race and, sort of, gender, they don't seem to be up to forcing the issue with sexual orientation.

FWIW, I think it is very unlikely that a constitutional amendment will get the votes - a lot of people remain biggoted assholes, but I firmly believe it is not enough to pull that off.

Then again, I am constantly being saddened by the ability of people to disappoint my belief in the inherent fairness and sense of justice of the common man.

Then again (again), people of that fucking fuck-head Frist's generation will be dead soon, and people of my generation seem not to have their heads so much up their asses on this matter. And if that is how long we must wait to see some basic human rights protections in this area, then, when it comes, I invite all of my like-minded compatriots to joint me for a Girl-Drink and Conga Line Party on the fucker's grave. We'll get drunk, have promiscuous same-sex necking, and pee on his fucking rotting biggoted corpse so we can drink and celebrate some more.

BR(hmm, tell us how you really feel, BRC)C

1. General social acceptance has largely occured. The govt does not reflect the social mores of the nation - it reflects the soicla mores of the loudest group.

2. Fixing racism took forever, and its a long way from over. I don't think gay rights are emerging any slower.

3. I agree that we won't see an amendment.

4. Never underestimate the stupidity and anger of the fundamentalist sort. A man fool enough to operate on unthinking dogma is not capable of rationalization. There's no limit to his madness. He is not your fellow man, so don't feel down about his lack of common sense - consider him the enemy.

5. Frist and his kind have many healthy years before them. You'll be too old and arthritic to dance on his grave.

Don't worry. These bastards will be voted into the floorboards soon enough. I predict that Bush II will be a second term lame duck like Reagan.

[notcasesensitive]

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/book...eut/index.html

[spree - new book says nasty things about jfk jr's wife]

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by MisterEbola
This is an evaporative air cooler. Don't know where you are, but often folks do not recommend them in humid climates.

Anybody ever actually try to use an evaporative air cooler in places like D.C., Seattle, or Chicago?

I have a friend in Bellevue that has one of these. Had it for a couple of years. He bought an air conditioner this year because he says it "didn't do shit." If you have a small room and are sitting right next to it, then it'll cool you down a few degrees - otherwise - minimal difference.

Standing in front of the fridge - quicker, more fun - keeps your beer cold while you're drinking it.

[tax_hottie]

Originally posted by leagleaze
Can you buy a window unit instead and just put it in a window?

No, my windows are too huge. Nearly floor to ceiling. There's no AC that would fit in it, I'd imagine. Plus, I dunno if we're allowed to install them.

I'm not in a particularly humid part of the country--Portland is no DC or NY in the summer. Seattle isn't humid during the summer either.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
hhmmm... but think how the numbers of single mom households would fall if lesbians could get married...That statistic is something those family groups are always trying to lower.

Speaking of statistics, anyone know what's become of "covenant marriage" or whatever it was in louisiana? You know, the type where your vows "really" mean it.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
In these parts, they're called stuff like "Americans to Protect the Family" and they talk about how the family is just being <i>destroyed</i> *flutter hankerchief dramatically* because of homosexuality.

http://www.tolerance.org/maps/hate/s...sp?state_id=45

(spree: Hate map. The Klanheads are kinda cute)

[MisterEbola]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
http://www.tolerance.org/maps/hate/s...sp?state_id=45

(spree: Hate map. The Klanheads are kinda cute)

Jewish Defense League - hate group???

And, what is a "neo-confederate"???

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
1. General social acceptance has largely occured. The govt does not reflect the social mores of the nation - it reflects the soicla mores of the loudest group.

Well, good, then for a change my faith in the fairness and intelligence of the common man is justified.

2. Fixing racism took forever, and its a long way from over. I don't think gay rights are emerging any slower.

Ture enough. It is undoubtedly just in hindsight that it seems to have rolled through rather more forcefully, and accrued champions rather more quickly. It seems longer when you are observing it in real time.

5. Frist and his kind have many healthy years before them. You'll be too old and arthritic to dance on his grave.

Don't count on it. First off, he's male, and therefore genetically inferior and likely to die younger. Second, I can't dance now, so being arthritic is unlikely to greatly decrease my abilities. Third, how old do you think I am?

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by MisterEbola
Jewish Defense League - hate group???

The JDL is not the same thing as the ADL. It advocates targeting Arab-Americans for violent acts --- basically exporting the Israeli/Palestinian conflict to Jews and Arabs in the U.S.

Sounds like a hate group to me. The ADL has denounced it, too.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Well, good, then for a change my faith in the fairness and intelligence of the common man is justified.
Ture enough. It is undoubtedly just in hindsight that it seems to have rolled through rather more forcefully, and accrued champions rather more quickly. It seems longer when you are observing it in real time.
Don't count on it. First off, he's male, and therefore genetically inferior and likely to die younger. Second, I can't dance now, so being arthritic is unlikely to greatly decrease my abilities. Third, how old do you think I am?

Hey, all I can say is that the miserable and evil tend to last the longest, so don't bet on Frist checking out early.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by MisterEbola
Jewish Defense League - hate group???

And, what is a "neo-confederate"???

From the JDL's web site, outlining one of the five principles the JDL stands for:

BARZEL -- IRON

"JDL upholds the principle of Barzel -- iron -- the need to both move to help Jews everywhere and to change the Jewish image through sacrifice and all necessary means -- even strength, force and violence. The Galut image of the Jew as a weakling, as one who is easily stepped upon and who does not fight back is an image that must be changed. Not only does that image cause immediate harm to Jews but it is a self-perpetuating thing. Because a Jew runs away or because a Jew allows himself to be stepped upon, he guarantees that another Jew in the future will be attacked because of the image that he has perpetuated. JDL wants to create a physically strong, fearless and courageous Jew who fights back. We are changing an image, an image born of 2,000 years in the Galut, an image that must be buried because it has buried us. We train ourselves for the defense of Jewish lives and Jewish rights. We learn how to fight physically, for it is better to know how and not have to, than have to and not know how. "

The JDL is a political and paramilitary organization that advocates the use of violence and terror to silence those it labels as anti-semitic. I'll let you decide if that qualifies them as a hate group.

(You may be confusing them with folks like the Anti-Defamation League, an organization that tirelessly fights discrimination in ways most of us admire).

(edited to move the "Barzel" heading where it belongs)

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by tax_hottie
No, my windows are too huge. Nearly floor to ceiling. There's no AC that would fit in it, I'd imagine. Plus, I dunno if we're allowed to install them.

I'm not in a particularly humid part of the country--Portland is no DC or NY in the summer. Seattle isn't humid during the summer either.

Get a fan -- I recommend Vornado. I am not keen on A/C and thus barely run it even though it tends to get a little sticky down here in the "Old South." I use fans and I personally believe that they keep you cooler than A/C (unless you use your A/C in such a manner as to make a refrigerator obsolete). In any event, you can take your mind off of how hot you are by talking into the fan and listening to your voice change.

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I am always amazed, absolutely amazed, that there are people in this world that have nothing better to do with their time and energy than to spout off about the evils of homosexuality. I can't imagine having so much free time that that's the only thing I could come up with to rile against. Yet there are entire organizations dedicated to warning the world against the evils of homosexuality. In these parts, they're called stuff like "Americans to Protect the Family" and they talk about how the family is just being destroyed *flutter hankerchief dramatically* because of homosexuality. I'm not exactly clear on that logical leap, but I'm impressed that they can spend so much energy on something that they profess to hate.

What amazes me (besides how they get those little pictures into my TV, of course), is how these gnats overlook how much their extra-marital trysts, abusive nature to their spouse and kids (verbal counts too), and often too little time spent raising their children "destroys" the family. I work with a great lesbian (are there any other kind?) and she and her partner are trying to have a child and will make great parents -- I bet that their children (fingers crossed for luck) will turn out better than most of the wastoid dysfunctional by-products of "normal" families.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
What amazes me (besides how they get those little pictures into my TV, of course), is how these gnats overlook how much their extra-marital trysts, abusive nature to their spouse and kids (verbal counts too), and often too little time spent raising their children "destroys" the family. I work with a great lesbian (are there any other kind?) and she and her partner are trying to have a child and will make great parents -- I bet that their children (fingers crossed for luck) will turn out better than most of the wastoid dysfunctional by-products of "normal" families.

That's because there are no "accidental" pregnancies involving lesbian couples (inside the relationship I mean). Each pregnancy/adoption is well thought out and planned.

Most of the idiot parents either had children to "save the marriage" or got pregnant "by accident" and find out they hate each other outside of the bedroom much too late. It's what keeps Springer in business.

[NotFromHere]

Fertility ill more common in lesbians

PCOS almost 3 times more prevalent in homosexual women
June 30 — Lesbians are more likely to suffer from a common fertility problem that can also increase their risk of developing obesity, heart disease and diabetes than other women. Dr. Rina Agrawal, a fertility expert at the London Women’s Clinic and The Hallam Medical Center in Britain, said an ovarian problem caused by an imbalance of sex hormones is more than twice as common in lesbians as in heterosexual women.
“A STARTLING number of lesbian women have polycystic ovarian syndrome,” Agrawal told a fertility conference.
“The prevalence of PCOS is two and a half times, almost three times, as high in lesbian women compared to heterosexual women.”
PCOS is the most common cause of ovarian dysfunction in women. It is characterized by abnormal follicles, cells in which the eggs mature in the ovaries, irregular periods, acne, obesity, a hormone imbalance and an increase in body and facial hair.
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