This Post's for Evil Grey Monkies That Haunt Me

(Title Ukn. - Sifl & Ollie)

I've been gone a bit. At least one person missed me.

Unfortunately, J.D. died. He was the good gerbil, too. He had been having seizures for about a week, then he just dropped. At least he wasn't eaten by the cat.

To replace J.D., the Affiliate wants to get a chinchilla. This has lead me to learn the word crepuscular, which is just fun to say.

In other news, I have been rated completely incapacitated by a chiropractor. Which sucks, because it cost me some OT at work.

Which I was going to use to pay for a ticket to "The Simpsons Movie." This coming Friday may be the greatest day in history.

$67,000 bond for a five hour, 4 vehicle police chase. This doesn't seem like much of a deterrent. Just saying. Maybe next time he'll get arrested 3 times in 3 hours.

Locally, five sextuplets have died. But at least the parents' faith is strong. Not strong enough to save their babies, I suppose. I'm not a big fan of fertility treatments for this very reason. Humans aren't meant to have litters, and until we can do something to keep these multiple babies alive, a lot of money is being wasted to create children that will live short, tortured lives. There are a lot of kids out there who would like to be adopted.

Anyone who gets the reference in my title is totally crescent fresh.

To be even more awesome, give the Affiliate a little scratch for her walk. She's nearly gotten to her goal, but she only has a month left. If you love boobies, or anyone who has boobies, you can't go wrong.

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Trying to Stem the Tide

Shorter Leslee Unruh: "BIG PHARMA! PLAYING GOD! I WANT BABIES! NARAL HATES BABIES! BIG PHARMA! BIG PHARMA!"

That's a great argument, by the way. It does unfortunately come from the Left a lot as well, but just yelling out the name of some bogeyman doesn't actually make a case.

Unruh is asked specifically why birth control that stops periods is more dangerous than other forms of birth control. Her response, is that it's a "war on women" and that NARAL is somehow forcing women to not be feminine. Which isn't an answer to any question that was asked. Later, she blatantly lies and says that the new pill will cause women to be permanently infertile. At least Cavuto calls her on the lie.

Unruh believes that allowing women to control when they have babies is controlling women. That's the strangest argument I've ever heard. Apparently in her world, the way to freedom is not actually allowing you to choose when you do anything.

As the interview goes on, Unruh just gets more and more nutty, finally just saying "I want more babies" over and over. Which is fine. She can have as many as she wants.

Voluntary birth control is a good thing. I really don't see the argument against that, and Unruh doesn't even attempt to make, well, any discernable case here. Which tends to be the case when it comes to people who are against birth control. Which is good, because when there's no case against it, more people will be for it.

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Victory is Mine!

Well, it appears as though my crusade has been successful. I haven't heard the Chicken Dance commercial all week. Our voices (especially mine) have been heard. Congratulations to you all (but mostly me)!

The Affiliate would like me to inform you that she will be participating in the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer 3 Day Walk, Aug. 24-26 here in the Twin Cities. As I understand it, it is a walk to raise money to cure cancer, not for cancer as I originally thought. Anyway, she needs to raise $2,500. If you would like to donate you can click here. I will have a permanent link on the site in case you would like to donate later. Of course, any amount will be appreciated and it's for a good cause (Again, it's to fight cancer, not help cancer). Thanks a lot.

To keep from seeming too serious, here's a new item from Apple - The iRack.



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Update: NOOOOOOOO!!! The Affiliate heard the commercial on the radio this afternoon. Oh well, we'll soldier on. And that doesn't mean you shouldn't donate.

Baby, It's Cold Outside

What will the fetuses-before-people crowd think of next? Oh; this.

Legislation introduced in Tennessee would require death certificates for aborted fetuses, which likely would create public records identifying women who have abortions.

Will spontaneous abortions (read: miscarriages) be included in this. Or does it not count when "god" kills a baby? Are we going to give a Social Security number as soon as a woman is known to be pregnant? How about letting kids who are 20 years and 3 months old drink? We need to credit them for those 9 months in the womb, after all.

I don't imagine there's much chance we can give the pregnant women medical care to take care of those little unborn lives.

The last part of the quote is the key. It will "expose" women who have had abortions. Because they are evil and need to be shown for the harlots they are.

Abortion is a medical procedure that is covered by data privacy rights. This is a bad attempt to get around this. Republicans still value privacy, right? Oh; right.

In lighter news, our urinal cakes are becoming sentient. Not really, but I guess it's a good message.

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A Beautiful Faire (Plus Thursday Monkey Blogging)

Today if the first day of the Minnesota State Fair, which leads to some of the best Common Man bits outside of Vikings losses. I love live, on-location radio. I'll be there tomorrow.

Finally, the FDA has approved Plan B. Mostly. Anyway, anyone interested in spreading the news should check out the T-Shirts being sold by Bitch Ph.D.

Damn you, astronomy lobby! I was hoping to have a great line for my kids, and now they will have to do with fewer planets. Also, Dwarf Planet is offensive. "Little Person" planet, please!

And though it's against my nature, here's a cute story about Tiny Monkeys. Also, this will be the only Thursday Monkey Blogging I'll be doing. I'll find another Day Blogging to do next time.

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