you tacky thing

1. Choose a working-class VP to balance out his seven houses.
2. Choose a charismatic VP to add some charm to the ticket.
3. Choose a socially conservative VP to shore up the base.
4. Choose a woman, so sympathy will be with her if Biden goes for the throat.
5. Choose a woman in an effort to court disillusioned Clinton supporters.

And the big one:

6. Announce a shocking VP twelve hours after Obama gives a grand-slam acceptance speech, completely coopting the news cycle and burying Obama’s triumph.

Palin brings some weaknesses to the ticket, no doubt. She’s served less than one term in a low-population state that might as well be on another continent, making her even less experienced than Dan Quayle was in 1988. Sexism will hurt her, just as it hurt Clinton. But right now, McCain’s looking pretty fuckin’ smart to me.

Bastard.

I’m gonna go watch Obama again. It’ll cheer me up.

I don’t even know what to say to this.

But there is some bad news for Obama. The poll showed that 66 percent of Clinton supporters — registered Democrats who want Clinton as the nominee — are now backing Obama. That’s down from 75 percent in the end of June. Twenty-seven percent of them now say they’ll support McCain, up from 16 percent in late June.

What exactly are these people looking for in a President? They clearly didn’t support Clinton because of her policies. Otherwise, how could they switch to McCain, whose policy proposals look nothing like Clinton’s? Is it about experience? Doesn’t make a lick of sense to me. Here’s the thing about experience: Ideally, it helps you accomplish your goals. But if you supported Clinton’s goals, how can you support McCain’s? It’s all well and good to admire his knowledge and political savvy, but why would you want someone who will use those smarts and that savvy to successfully enact legislation that you dislike? But there I am, assuming again that these people actually understand and care about the issues. My mistake.

The sentence-long quotes coming from the mainstream media outlets aren’t helping me understand this puzzle at all. Can anyone point me to a thoughtful, detailed explanation of why so many former Clinton supporters are going for McCain over Obama?

If you’re not already watching the Midwest Teen Sex Show, what’s wrong with you? Even if you’re not a teen, it’s frickin’ hilarious.

You know, I’m glad that in our society, we can count on luminaries like Henry Makow, Ph.D., to ask the hard questions: Are Blue Jeans a Feminist & Lesbian Uniform? Let me share some of Dr. Makow’s heart-stopping insights with you.

Since I noticed this trend, I am appalled by its prevalence. At least half of the women I see are wearing jeans.

Occasionally they are with men who are also clad in blue denim, emphasizing the unisex character of this proletarian garb.

But usually these women are alone and don’t look happy. Often they look angry and confused. Usually they are talking on a cell phone or listening to their ipod.

Men, if you’re tempted by such a woman, her jeans signal that you may have to deal with her “GID” – “gender identity disorder.” Her jeans are saying: “I don’t want to be a woman. I don’t want to look good for men. I fear and distrust men. I want male prerogatives.”

Under the guise of defending homosexual rights, heterosexuals are under ruthless and hateful psychological attack in the mass media and from government. In the UK, Australia and California, the terms “mom and dad” have been banned from schools and children are encouraged to experiment with homosexuality.

I imagine women would wear dresses and skirts if there wasn’t a subtle feminist stigma against looking feminine. Thus women can make a statement by wearing a skirt or dress. They can show they aren’t afraid of men, and may actually like them.

I strongly encourage you to read the whole thing. It brought tears to my eyes and a smile to my face. Meaning I laughed until I cried.

Make sure you check out the other fine articles that this website publishes, including “The Jewish Question Revisited” and “Russian Oligarchs Tighten Their Grip on London.”

NPR’s Bryant Park Project covers fanfiction and the Organization for Transformative Works (of which I am a member and for which I am a volunteer).

In prepping for my volunteer shifts at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, I’ve noticed a striking lack of fanfiction programming. There are fan meet-ups, and there is, of course, the yearly Lucas-sanctioned Star Wars fan film competition, but where are the panels on fic? On the ongoing debate over copyright law and fair use, which is sure to heat up in the next couple of years thanks to OTW’s burgeoning legal fund? On fan-creation-centered communities? Or are such things blackballed from the very corporate Comic-Con? I’d really like to see a fanfic panel at next year’s con, if only to witness Lee Goldberg’s head exploding.