Sad, but true, indeed.

The goons of religion don’t get it. Speech is different from action. You don’t like queers? Fine. You want to express your hatred of homosexuality? Great, have at it. You want to kill or maim or attack them? That’s a whole different ball of wax. It is my personal conviction that religion should be outlawed from the public discourse and my First Amendment right allows me to express this. It does not, however, allow me to punch religious people in their faces. Sad, but true.

Fuck Your God: Religious folks aren’t very intelligent, are they?

“If women have to buy abortion coverage as a rider, all men have to buy special erection insurance in case they need medical care for sexual dysfunction. As far as I’m concerned, if a man can’t get it up, it’s God’s will and I can’t in good conscience have my money touch any money that pays for that. Those Viagra ads literally make my stomach lurch. It’s very, very icky.”

– Digby, 2009

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3 out of 4 Republicans Agree- Rape Victims Should STFU

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Due to the terrible injustice experienced by female employees of defense contractors, Al Franken suggested an amendment to the 2010 defense bill that would protect the rights of rape victims and help ensure that rapists are punished for their crimes. Guess who thinks that’s a bad idea?

Forever In Hell: 3 out of 4 Republicans Agree- Rape Victims Should STFU

A delicious recipe and some delicious healthful advice as well from Karina’s Kitchen:

2. Love is the best thing there is.
And that means all love, Babycakes. Not just one particular legal sanctioned religion supported super-hetero kind of love. I mean all the rainbow love shades in between from red to blue, from indigo to pink and even purple. So if you’re feeling snagged in a cartoon cut-out of your life for your family’s sake, or your church’s sake, or your Aunt Vilma’s sake, listen up, Doll.
Scrape off the Pilgrim tradition and the pressure to conform and the urge to please, fit in and be nice. Nice is overrated. And tradition is really overrated. As is the enduring myth that perfection is attainable. So shake things up. Be bold.
Love whom you love.

Acorn Squash with Green Chiles- and equal love | Gluten-Free Recipes | Karina’s Kitchen

from the comments:

Re: “Who’s to say that their morality is wrong, and ours is right?”

Who’s to say that all the other gods humans have worshipped are false, but yours alone is real?

re: “Self wisdom, self authority, self sufficiency are no longer what the Christian relies on when called of God. We rely on exposure to God’s wisdom and appeal to His authority.”

Really. So are you saying that Christians have all been in clear agreement when it comes to issues like slavery, warfare, killing, torture, monarchy, theocracy, empire, capitalism, corporatism, usurpation, abortion, polygamy, feminism, pacifism, patriotism, separation of church and state, ethnic cleansing and racial purity, guns, drugs, pre-marital sex, dancing, rock and roll, evolution, biblical literalism, faith-healing, transubstantiation, sacerdotalism, indulgences, speaking in tongues, snake-handling, the requirements of salvation, the nature of hell, and the very existence of Satan? Indeed, is there any single issue of ethical human relations for which there is a unanimous Christian position? And are the Christians always alone, or have others reached the same ethical conclusions without benefit of “His authority”?

For an atheist you spend an awful lot of time on religion « How good is that?

Projections show that by 2016, premiums for employer healthcare plans will increase by 85%. The net effect of that is that employers will simply drop employee healthcare plans. If employers do maintain their plans, employees with histories of physical illness will be the first to lose their jobs because their bad health will increase premium costs for their employer. Employers in a veiled kind of way will be asking new questions when they interview job applicants. The new questions will center around past health problems, smoking history, weight management history, and even family health history. The new criteria for hiring will not only be skill and qualifications. The health history of employees and their family will be equally as important. If Rick Scott’s hired protesters really want something to shout about, they should be screaming at the top of their voice that America’s insurance companies should not have a special exemption that excludes that industry from anti-trust laws. It is the only industry besides professional baseball that has a special exemption excluding them from price fixing oversight by government. With that special exemption, they use their billions in profits to pay fraudulent activists groups to create the illusion that the opinion of 70% of Americans is not really relevant.

Who Is Funding Health Care Opposition? (VIDEO) | Air America Media

Projections show that by 2016, premiums for employer healthcare plans will increase by 85%. The net effect of that is that employers will simply drop employee healthcare plans. If employers do maintain their plans, employees with histories of physical illness will be the first to lose their jobs because their bad health will increase premium costs for their employer. Employers in a veiled kind of way will be asking new questions when they interview job applicants. The new questions will center around past health problems, smoking history, weight management history, and even family health history. The new criteria for hiring will not only be skill and qualifications. The health history of employees and their family will be equally as important. If Rick Scott’s hired protesters really want something to shout about, they should be screaming at the top of their voice that America’s insurance companies should not have a special exemption that excludes that industry from anti-trust laws. It is the only industry besides professional baseball that has a special exemption excluding them from price fixing oversight by government. With that special exemption, they use their billions in profits to pay fraudulent activists groups to create the illusion that the opinion of 70% of Americans is not really relevant.

Who Is Funding Health Care Opposition? (VIDEO) | Air America Media

We Spend More

OECD Health Data 2009
How Does the United States Compare
Total health spending accounted for 16.0% of GDP in the United States in 2007, by far the highest share
in the OECD. Following the United States were France, Switzerland and Germany, which allocated
respectively 11.0%, 10.8% and 10.4% of their GDP to health. The OECD average was 8.9% in 2007.

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from the comments after Max Blumenthal’s piece:

“I am disturbed, I have not heard anyone speak out against this “witch hunter” I am pulling this directly from amnesty international’s website – Africa division this is how the so called witch hunters get rid of the women accused of being a witch. “Sexual violence by weapons-bearers continues on a daily basis in eastern DRC. On 11 May 2005, a 56-year-old woman was attacked by seven FARDC (Mayi-Mayi) fighters (Congo) in her village in Fizi territory, South-Kivu province. They accused her of being a witch (féticheuse). She was beaten across her body with sticks and rifle butts, the majority of blows being directed at her stomach and genitals. She was then raped by three of the fighters. During the rape one of the men forced a piece of wood inside her vagina. The attack caused life-threatening injuries and blood loss, and the partial destruction of her internal organs.”
Please review this link regarding their treatment of Nigerian children accused of withcraft.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/dec/09/tracymcveigh.theobserver
These women (if they survive) are shunned by family members because they too will suffer the same violent treatment. Many women are stoned to death but this is the type of “support” other women need. There version of God is very different than mine, my God would be disgusted by this treatment of his children. I believe this trumps Rev. Wright any day. “

and

“In case you need more information, here is another link regarding Kenyan witch hunts, a blog discussing Bishop Thomas Muthee’s ministry from a feminist point of view and the third is just loaded with disturbing information.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/12/kenya.witches/index.html
http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2008/09/17/sarah-palin-how-is-stoning-women-feminist/
http://livefrankly.wordpress.com/2008/09/21/end-times-prophecies-and-more-how-electing-sarah-palin-endangers-your-life/ “

Max Blumenthal: The Witch Hunter Anoints Sarah Palin