if it was just "abortion", I might actually believe them...

But it's not. It is about control.  There is no ABSOLUTELY NO Biblical justification for this.

Pharyngula: They have a conscientious need to control your ovaries:

If you want to see the consequences of the recent wave of attempts to endorse "provider conscience rules", in which health care providers are permitted to freely exercise their whims and biases in providing clients and patients their services, read this story. As usual, it's all about controlling the reproductive choices of women: we've had politicians blocking access to Plan B contraception; laws that would allow doctors to deny care if it was against their religious beliefs; and pharmacists who refuse to fill birth control prescriptions. Beyond simply passive denial of giving a patient what they need, though, we now have gone to the next step: wingnuts actively removing birth control devices against the patient's will. Nurse practitioner Sylvia Olona of the Presbyterian Health Services Rio Rancho Family Health Center in New Mexico has been taking it upon herself to yank out the IUDs of patients in her care.

It really has become clear to me: If the only way to express "Love Your God" is to show hate in any form to your neighbor, you're not loving God.

An Honest Onion...

Take Time To Talk To Your Child About Whatever Crap They Like | The Onion - America's Finest News Source:

Being a parent isn't easy. If you're anything like me, you know it's hard to find enough hours in the day for working, sleeping, and raising the kids. But leading psychologists agree that taking an active role in your child's burgeoning interests is crucial to their development. So, regardless of how busy your schedule gets, it's important to take an interest in the bullshit your kids care about.

Remember: That stupid crap matters to them, and they need to feel like you give a shit about it.

Kids grow up so fast. Before you know it, they'll be teenagers, and you'll wish you had paid closer attention to the junk they waste your money on. So, while you still have time, strengthen your relationship with your growing son or daughter by making an effort to become engaged in whatever it is they think is so goddamn interesting.

on Cynicism...

Dispatches from the Culture Wars: Thoughts on the Inauguration:

The common misconception is that cynics are merely cold and negative, people who always find the worst rather than the good, but the truth is that every cynic is a frustrated idealist. Only someone who holds an ideal in mind can be bothered when they see that ideal undermined and ignored.

Open Fitness Post: Rules to Eating Cereal

Cold breakfast cereal is one of those "can't stop" food items, and the reasons are clear once you understand the rules for eating cereal while watching after-school or saturday morning cartoons:

• pour cereal to fill the bowl
• pour milk
• eat until you run out of milk
• add milk
• eat until you run out of cereal
• add cereal
• eat until you run out of milk
• add milk
• etc etc etc. 
  
• repeat until by total coincidence you run out of milk and cereal at the same time.
• then you're done. 
  
• and so are at least 3 programs you were watching.
  

note that being "full" never enters into it.

"the lost verses" of an American Classic

Would be to the Sarah Palin's of the nation very UN-American...

Effect Measure : This Land is Your Land: the forbidden verses are sung on The Mall:

Some people noticed a remarkable thing that happened on the Washington Mall on Sunday at the Obama pre-Inaugural concert, a part of which I posted on Tuesday. The second last appearance was by Pete Seeger, his grandson Tao and Bruce Springsteen singing Woody Guthrie's This Land is Your Land. What made it remarkable is the inclusion of three verses from the original version that are rarely heard under any circumstances and never heard in the corridors of power, much less in front of a world wide audience and in the presence and in honor of someone about to ascend to the Presidency of the United States. The verses were included at Pete Seeger's request.

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And what 750,000 people got to hear in person and hundreds of millions more heard on TV was the whole song, including the forbidden verses. If all you know of This Land is Your Land are versions made popular by Peter, Paul and Mary, Bob Dylan or the Kingston Trio or the song you sang in the third grade in school, you won't know any of them. They were considered too dangerous and subversive. One of the three was slightly altered for the Mall concert, in a very significant way.

Click link for the verses, and read the whole thing for some a good story 'bout Seeger.