One of the most powerful videos you may ever see...And I mean powerful

As someone who was obviously in DC for the first 100 days of the reign of Obama, this little illustration made me laugh quite heartily.

Even I, staunch Catholic conservative that I am, have been surprised at the legs the Obama/ND story has gotten. Mary Ann Glendon's decision to not accept the Laetarae Medal went slightly unnoticed in the media, but I thought this column was one of the more thoughtful mainstream pieces I've read on the subject in the past couple weeks.

During one of my last nights in DC, Mythbusters came on and I was shellshocked at how simply amazing this is.


Finally, I came across this piece while doing research for one of my papers, I came across an article that brought back the good old days of impeachment: "I'd be happy to give him [oral sex] just to thank him for keeping abortion legal," [Nina Burleigh, former Time White House correspondent] said. "No doubt the president's lawyers and spin doctors would say I wishfully imagined that long, appreciative look," she writes. "But we all know when we're being ogled. . . . I felt incandescent. It was riveting to know that the president had appreciated my legs, scarred as they were. If he had asked me to continue the game of hearts back in his room at the Jasper Holiday Inn, I would have been happy to go there and see what happened."

People.

This sounds like it can be filed in the "Scientific Discoveries that Could Very Well Cause Ethical Headaches Down the Line" category: "Scientists have produced strong new evidence challenging one of the most fundamental assumptions in biology: that female mammals, including women, are born with all the eggs they will ever have...Although much more research is needed to confirm and explore the findings, the work raises the tantalizing possibility that it could someday lead to new ways to fight a woman's biological clock, perhaps by stockpiling her egg-producing cells or by stimulating them to make eggs again."

In other reproductive news, it doesn't get any easier for mothers in China after they do get pregnant - "These and thousands of other children stolen from the teeming industrial hubs of China’s Pearl River Delta have never been recovered by their parents or by the police. But anecdotal evidence suggests the children do not travel far. Although some are sold to buyers in Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam, most of the boys are purchased domestically by families desperate for a male heir, parents of abducted children and some law enforcement officials who have investigated the matter say...“If you have only girls, you don’t feel right inside,” said Ms. Zhen, who has one child, an 11-year-old son. “You feel your status is lower than everyone else.”"

From the Sunday Times: I'm not a big fan of Frank Rich, but I can agree with him in this respect - If there is any good that could come out of this recession, it will be the death, or at least injury, of what he calls the "Money is King" narrative.

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