Strollerderby : bill maher

Best of FameCrawler: Week of October 3rd

Whit Honea — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:00:00 GMT

Matt Bryant Plays, Honors Son (Updated)

Duggars Reveal Sex Of Baby # 18

Bill Maher Calls Sarah Palin "A Bimbo"

Sarah Silverman Is Still Doing That Baby-Making Thing With Jimmy Kimmel.

Angelina's Post Baby Body Revealed- Photos

Travis Henry Arrested

Jim Carrey Says Jenny McCarthy's Son Taught Him a Deeper Love

Jenny McCarthy Hits Back At Amanda Peet On Vaccine Issue

Chris Rock: Sarah Palin's A Hockey-Mom Version Of Kim Kardashian

Justin Timberlake Proposes To Jessica Biel! Is She Pregnant?

Sarah Palin: Miss Alaska Pageant Video

And Now - The Gay Brain

Brett Singer — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:10:00 GMT

First it was the gay gene (and it wasn't Bugle Boy! Apologies to Bill Maher whom I stole that joke from.) Now the powers that be have decided that there is a gay brain. Scientists studied the sizes of the left and right brains of 90 people, and found that, "Gay men and heterosexual women had halves of a similar size, while the right side was bigger in lesbian women and heterosexual men." So gay men have brain halves like straight women, and gay women have brain halves like straight men. Got that? This will be on the test.

This isn't the first attempt to "prove" that gayness is born, not made. There was the gay gene (see above), and then the theory that what happens in the womb could affect male sexuality. According to the BBC, "this is the first time…that scientists have used brain scanners" to attempt to determine the cognitive differences between gay people and us breeders.

In theory, this is a good discovery, since it helps put to rest the idea espoused by certain lunatics that homosexuality can be "cured." But it could help the loonies' cause too, couldn't it? Imagine if someone proposes a test be given to children at birth, or in utero. Then what? I know that sounds extreme but some people are, well, extreme (like this lady – don't click this link unless you want to get angry.) There's a part of me that wonders if sexual orientation is something we need to find a reason for.

image: The Situationist, and then messed with by me. * = Homosexualis Gaygaygayus is a term I just made up, obviously.

Rich guy pretends to be gynecologist to see women naked (he ain't no fruit!)

Political Nanny: Women, Dear Sweet Angry Women!

Clay Aiken ain't no fruit

Best of FameCrawler: Week of May 30th

R. Kelly case jury selection begins; girl he filmed was his goddaughter

Brett Singer — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:20:00 GMT

R. Kelly might believe he can fly, but first he's going to have to convince a jury that he's innocent of child pornography charges. (See? I could write for TMZ.)

The songwriter and R&B star, known for classics such as "I Believe I Can Fly" and inexplicable train-wrecks like "Trapped in the Closet," (see below for videos) has been charged with "videotaping a girl 'whom he knew or reasonably should have known to be under the age of 18' in a variety of sex acts some time between January 1, 1998, and October 1, 2000."

Adding to intense sleazery of the case is that the "alleged victim, who is now 23, has been identified as Kelly's goddaughter." Doing the math, this means that the girl may have been as young as 13 in the first video.

Ewww!

Jury selection has begun at the Criminal Court in Chicago, and this piece in the Sun-Times describes how the choice of jurors is being handled. The reporters make a point to give the race of each potential juror, although in some cases that doesn't appear to be relevant." One (white) man said, "I have two little kids…Child pornography is about as low as it gets." Maybe I missed something, but (apologies to Michael Jackson) does it really matter if he's black or white? Another woman, identified as, "an African-American woman whose husband is a Baptist pastor," says that she lives in the same town as Kelly but hadn't heard anything about the case. Years ago, during the Rodney King trial, while lawyers were looking for people who hadn't heard anything about the case, Bill Maher said that this meant they were looking for people, "you wouldn't even talk to at a cocktail party." I don't care what race she is, how exactly did she manage to not hear anything about a case as sensational as this one?

The charges are all alleged, so let's not jump to conclusions. Well, let me put it this way – I don't think they'd pick me to serve on this particular jury.

Here's the thing: if memory serves, there's a videotape that shows R. having sex with the girl. They used to sell it on street corners all over Manhattan. So if you can I.D. him and her, what exactly is his defense? "She told me she was almost 18?" And if it's true that she is his goddaughter, should that factor into his punishment?

image: Chicago Sun-Times

Videos of Chapter 15 of "Trapped in the Closet" (not work-safe, lots of cussin'), and "I Believe I Can Fly" (which, as far as I know, does not contain any foul language at all.)

Chapter 15-Trapped in the Closet

I Believe I Can Fly

Breastfeeding Sucks in Canada Too!

Madeline Holler — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:33:00 GMT

O Canada. I'm confused.

I thought everything was better up there, up north, Canada. What with your clean air and your bacon and your quaint, cooing vowels. You've got all the good bands, all the funny comedians, all those adorably feisty French-speaking separatists.

And Canada, don’t make me bring up healthcare – the envy of North America. Free surgeries! Free consultations! Practically free cholesterol drugs! Can I be you, Canada?

Then I read this, my understandably smug northern neighbor, and I am stunned. Canada, I no idea that you hate breastfeeders too!

Hate, I don’t mean hate (do I?). Fear, loathe, barely tolerate, misunderstand? I don’t know. But you’re sounding an awful lot like the sad lot of us parents down here in the blushing, close-minded, breasts-are-for-waitresses U.S.

See, someone at one of your YMCAs asked a mom to stop nursing poolside. An Edmonton Facebook member lost her account after posting pics of herself breastfeeding. Another mom felt like crap for choosing formula over breastmilk for her child. Worst of all, a Canadian university researcher on mothering says “it takes courage to breastfeed … it can make you quite vulnerable.” In Canada! Women need courage to breastfeed in Canada? That’s so American!

The article touches on other modern mom issues and, let me tell you, I thought I was reading the local paper. Lack of support for your choices. Pressure to go back to work but no help with daycare. Cloth vs. disposable. Attachment vs. cry-it-out. Canada, quit copying!

Listen, I know we in the U.S. push our bad TV and endless wars on you, Canada. But do yourself a favor. Leave the prudishness, the body discomfort, the love-the-breast-hate-the-function contradictions to us. That’s something we Americans do best.

Blogs Abuzz When Bill Maher Slams Lactivism

Kelly Mills — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:29:00 GMT

Ooooh, did you catch Bill Maher's monologue about the Applebee's nurse-in and lactivists? I've never been a huge Maher fan, cuz I like my political commentators hot like Jon Stewart, but this monologue was kind of especially dumb. He made 400 predictable jokes about how he likes to see boobies but not as food for infants (ha ha, stop, you are killing me.) But then he went in a nutty direction and many bloggers are not happy. Of course there was stupid stuff like when he compared breastfeeding to masturbation (here we just get "changing a tampon") but frankly, I was not super irritated by the yuk yuk boobies jokes until I heard what came next.

He said that the need to breastfeed in public and not cover up was essentially just women being too lazy to plan ahead. All the moms can laugh in unison now. Perhaps next time we can just seat him next to a crying infant who has decided to eat at a different time than usual again and see what happens. Then he went on to say that this was a case of showing off, that moms just want the oohs and aaahs of other people because they made a baby--"something a dog can do."

There he totally hit the nail on the head, didn't he? I mean, I had no desire to actually get out of the house or anything when I ate in restaurants; I just wanted a little attention. In fact, that's why I chose to feed my baby with my exposed tits in the first place. I mean, yes, it's recommended by every doctor ever and it's good for the kid, but of course that was secondary to my desire to have total strangers jump in my face and say, "Good job on the procreation!" Why, I know that when I walked into restaurants people looked thrilled to see me and my infant, and I'd hoist her onto my shoulders, whip out my boobs, and say, "Gimme some sugar, folks!"

"Only in America do women think they deserve a medal for having a kid." And only in American and some other fairly repressed countries is the sight of a women's breast so terrifying that infants aren't supposed to get hungry. Those titties are for our titillation, and nothing else! Don't you sometimes wonder if a breastfeeding mom would be told to cover up in a strip club?

Now, he closed the whole thing by saying that lactivism is a narcissistic cause, and it's representative of our diluted commitment to other causes. Whaddya think?