Sandra Bullock Smells the Coffee.

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Wednesday March 31, 2010 · 12:12 PM PDT

2010/03/31 · 12:12

Some decisions ought to give a person a few qualms - like marrying Jesse James.

It didn't work out.

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Hesitate to Marry into the Family of:

127 votes Vote Now!

Hesitate to Marry into the Family of:

Adolph Hitler

4 votes

Jeffery Dammer

2 votes

Charles Manson

8 votes

Karl Rove

71 votes

Pol Pot

6 votes

Al Capone

1 vote

Otherday

12 votes

Bushwhacker Sweet Potato Pie

23 votes

"What wonderful men we have!"

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Tuesday March 30, 2010 · 12:01 PM PDT

2010/03/30 · 12:01

So I'm sitting there eating my lunch, chicken-vegetable-black bean soup and provolone- portabella mushroom sandwich (It's Portland, we eat anything), and a woman from work, who I hardly know, reaches across the table, touches my arm, and says, "Thanks. I feel grateful to you for taking care of people like me."

This is odd. It is a first.

What prompted the outreach? The new health care reform legislation. Even though women use far more health care services than men, men will be charged the same amount as women from now on. Essentially, men will subsidize the health care of women. Being a woman is no longer a preexisting condition.

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American Men Are . . .

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American Men Are . . .

Wonderful! They just keep plugging along.

5 votes

Fantastic! They don't seem to take care of themselves.

1 vote

My favorites! It's always me first and them last.

1 vote

Great! As lovers, companions and friends.

3 votes

Bold Hearts! They always show up. Dependable.

2 votes

Strap Otherday to a Waterboard. It's My Turn at Him.

4 votes

Warm Apple Pie w/ Ice Cream.

4 votes

Hurt Locker Won - Good.

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Tuesday March 09, 2010 · 2:36 PM PST

2010/03/09 · 14:36

Movies were the art form of the 20th Century, and will remain so for the time being - unless blogging, in this century, takes the prize?

Anyway, Hurt Locker took all the important prizes at the Academy Awards yesterday. Good, I say.

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Wednesday February 24, 2010 · 12:17 PM PST

2010/02/24 · 12:17

President Obama's health care reform effort reaches its climax tomorrow. Our leader has been about as patient and conciliatory as can be - his efforts to reach out to his political opposition has alienated more than a few of his most loyal supporters. His hand reaches out - and it is bitten again and again. But that exercise has served a useful purpose.

The whole country, the whole world, has witnessed his reasonable, thoughtful conduct. Who does that remind you of? Martin Luther King? Nelson Mandela? Lincoln?

The way has been prepared.

Do it. President Obama issues his Health Care Proclamation, not unlike his hero, Abraham Lincoln's, Emancipation Proclamation. How many Americans die each year because they lack health care coverage? 45,000? A pile of dead as tall as a 12-story building? More die each month than at Pearl Harbor or during the attacks of 9/11? That's an emergency, true? Necessity knows no law, Lincoln would say. A great evil will be ended.

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President Obama & Health Care Reform

43 votes Vote Now!

President Obama & Health Care Reform

He Betrayed Me - May He Roast in Hell Forever.

4 votes

Just Another Lying Hack, Sucking Up to Corporatists.

13 votes

Nothing Will Change. It is Hopeless. I'm Looking for a Bridge . . .

2 votes

Accept the Fact a Black Guy Can't Get it Done.

0 votes

A Wise, Capable Leader is a Thing of Beauty.

14 votes

We Can Do This. Quality, Affordable Health Care for All.

6 votes

I'm Glad I'm Alive to See This Happen.

1 vote

Otherday, You Disgust Me, Get Back in Your Cage.

1 vote

Pie.

2 votes

Senator 'Skidmark' Brown does Pole Dance

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Thursday February 04, 2010 · 11:31 AM PST

2010/02/04 · 11:31

Just another day in DC:

The newly elected GOP senator from Massachusetts, Scott Brown, the former nude centerfold model, demanded to be sworn into office early so he could take the conservative's lead in defeating President Obama's plans.

But first, as a favor to, and delight for, his colleagues, he performed a sultry pole dance in the very pit of the Senate chamber, gyrating, climbing and groping the pole with much-practiced skill, showing that once a pretty boy always a pretty boy. The media and pundits clapped and cheered in the gallery showing their enthusiasm for the Republican's art. It was a performance to be long remembered.

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Senator Scott 'Skidmark' Brown

79 votes Vote Now!

Senator Scott 'Skidmark' Brown

Hard to take the buck naked guy seriously.

7 votes

His centerfold displayed in the cubicle of every gay man in America.

7 votes

Easy to search at the airport.

6 votes

No woman could pose nude and be elected to office. Just say'n.

44 votes

Found him streaking at church - caught him by the organ.

6 votes

Place other naked jokes here.

1 vote

Moon Pie.

8 votes

China's Authorities Hack Google

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Tuesday January 12, 2010 · 4:32 PM PST

2010/01/12 · 16:32

Interesting AP story: China snoops Google's e-mails. Google may have to shut down its business in China since it has discovered a "highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China." Turns out e-mails were rummaged through, like so many underwear drawers, looking for stuff to nail human rights activists.

Sleep with dogs and you get flees. Merge your economy with totalitarians and you lose freedoms. 'Nuf said.

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31 votes Show Results

When Totalitarians Make Demands

31 votes Vote Now!

When Totalitarians Make Demands

Don't give in - ever.

21 votes

Explain to them politely that people want something better.

1 vote

Ask them how much power is enough for you? Is there a limit?

1 vote

Inquire why human dignity upsets them so.

2 votes

It's much more than the economy stupid. Always has been.

1 vote

Didn't China kill 80 million in recent decades? Wow!

1 vote

Protect you freedoms & rights or they will be taken, sadly.

1 vote

Don't fret so much. The merger of corporations & government is a very fine thing. Ask Hitler.

0 votes

Let them listen in and snoop, what's the big deal?

0 votes

A little prison time is good for activists. They can write a book.

1 vote

Privacy is an extremely endangered right almost everywhere, so who cares?

0 votes

Bird's Nest Soup & a Coke.

2 votes

Pot Cafes Open in Oregon

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Wednesday November 04, 2009 · 12:18 PM PST

2009/11/04 · 12:18

A pair of marijuana bars, or pot cafes, have opened in Portland, Oregon, to provide a social venue for those seeking medicinal herb solace. The two establishments, the Cannabis Cafe and Highway 420, are the first pot cafes in America. The usual, Sam. Got a match?

Excellent. Treat pot in much the same way that we treat booze and tobacco.

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Pot Cafes . . .

128 votes Vote Now!

Pot Cafes . . .

It's About Time!

46 votes

One on Every Corner, Like Starbucks.

47 votes

Our War on Drugs: Treatment First, Screw Punishment.

11 votes

Retrain Pot Felons as Pot Baristas.

1 vote

Try the Brownies. Yummm! Wheeee!

7 votes

That was a Great Dinner & Toke - You Better Drive.

1 vote

My Memory is Foggy - Did I Order the Fish or Chicken?

3 votes

Waiter! This isn't My Bong, I Ordered Mexican Gold!

0 votes

Otherday, I Owe You One Buddy. How Do I Set My GPS?

1 vote

One Doobie & Peace for the World.

11 votes

Positive Maleness

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Tuesday October 27, 2009 · 2:31 PM PDT

2009/10/27 · 14:31

Discussions about the crime of rape appear in a couple diaries today: good. This diary doesn't fit with those threads very well, and I don't want to digress from a discussion for fear of hijacking it, but the subject here, positive maleness, is related. Examples of negative maleness are ubiquitous.

One primary story comes to mind. I hesitate to upend anyone's religious apple cart by saying this, but Mary, the mother of Jesus, was not a Virgin. Human sexuality doesn't work that way. Joseph, the dad, had sexual intercourse with Mary, the mom. Sperm and egg met. Mary was pregnant for about 9 months (a good guess) and gave birth to Jesus, most likely in a manger, if accounts are correct.

Joseph's pecker had something to do with it. And that's a good thing, isn't it?

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Mary & Joseph Made Love . . .

22 votes Vote Now!

Mary & Joseph Made Love . . .

Good God!

0 votes

Hummm . . . I Like This Version Better.

2 votes

Joseph Seemed Like a Kind Man - We've Missed Him.

3 votes

I Hope Organized Religions Don't Implode with this News.

0 votes

I Hope They Do.

8 votes

Love One Another.

2 votes

Do No Harm.

1 vote

Otherday, May a Vengeful Albino Monk Hunt You Down.

4 votes

A Wafer of Bread & a Sip of Wine.

2 votes

Naked Man Arrested while Making Coffee at Home

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Thursday October 22, 2009 · 1:58 PM PDT

2009/10/22 · 13:58

Only in America.

So here's this goofy account of a Northern Virginian man, Eric Williamson, who gets arrested and charged with indecent exposure. What did he do? Made some coffee in his own kitchen at 5:30 a.m. while naked. And the rest of us are supposed to treat him like a pedophile priest?

Can't a guy get a little privacy?

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426 votes Show Results

If You Want to Make Coffee While Naked at Home:

426 votes Vote Now!

If You Want to Make Coffee While Naked at Home:

Go Right Ahead - Be Careful Not to Burn Exposed Appendages.

101 votes

Look Out for Drooling Snoops with Their Noses Pressed to Your Window.

46 votes

Expect Our Men & Women in Blue to Arrest You - Have Donuts Ready.

10 votes

Make Sure You Put in 6 Scoops - Weak Coffee Sucks.

58 votes

Ask Your Naked Spouse/Partner to Join You for a Cup.

21 votes

On Second Thought, Invite in the Whole Naked Neighborhood.

18 votes

A Person's Home is Their Castle - Go Away!

53 votes

Mere Nudity Isn't Offensive to Normal People - Get a Life Prudes.

73 votes

Otherday, You're Destroying the Moral Fiber of the US of A.

6 votes

Make Mine Black, w/2 Eggs & Whole Wheat Toast.

40 votes

Goldman Sachs v. Bank of North Dakota

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Monday October 19, 2009 · 1:51 PM PDT

2009/10/19 · 13:51

So it appears that Goldman Sachs, after taking $10 billion of our tax dollars in the big bank bailout, plans to lavish $21 billion in bonuses to its high-rolling, irreplaceable, fantastic traders (traitors?) and execs. So says Fortune

Well, taxpaying American, take a good long look in the mirror and check out that new tattoo inked into your forehead, it says: C-H-U-M-P.

There's a better way to do banking. We should establish a Bank of the United States of America, a government-run institution modeled after a proven, solid, red-white-and-blue, socalist institution, the Bank of North Dakota. The only state owned bank in the USA.

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If We Owned Our Own Bank:

56 votes Vote Now!

If We Owned Our Own Bank:

We'd Stop Getting Hosed by Greed-Mongers from Hell.

17 votes

We'd Know, at Last, Where all of Our Money Goes.

6 votes

I'd Feel Sorry for Former Bankers, Weeping for their Lost Bonuses.

2 votes

No More 29% Interest on Credit Cards.

6 votes

Service First; Non-Profits Don't Drool Over Money.

3 votes

Predators Don't Belong in Lending - We're All on the Same Team.

4 votes

Reagan was Wrong.

9 votes

Geeez, Banish Our Comrade Otherday to Bismarck.

3 votes

A Free Toaster & All the Bad Coffee You Can Drink.

6 votes

Golan Heights Regional Park

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Saturday October 17, 2009 · 12:02 PM PDT

2009/10/17 · 12:02

I watched, and greatly enjoyed, Ken Burns' PBS series about America's National Parks, a wild treasure trove that Wallace Stegner called the "best idea we ever had." It's great to know that now there are hundreds of national parks in other countries all over the world. Here's an idea for another one:

Golan Heights Regional Park.

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Establish Golan Heights Regional Park

20 votes Vote Now!

Establish Golan Heights Regional Park

Beats Killing Each Other.

6 votes

Cooperation & Hope - Hotheads Would Have a Stroke.

2 votes

Never Enough Room Left for Nature.

0 votes

People Shaking Hands - Terrorists Would Shit All Over Themselves.

0 votes

Future Generations Would Thank You Over & Over.

1 vote

Children of All Faiths Camping Together - Who Will the Haters Hate?

1 vote

Otherday, You're a Visionary - Let Me Hug You! (hug, hug)

2 votes

Otherday, You're a Moron - Let Me Hit You With this Shovel! (clang, clang)

5 votes

Goat Cheese & Crackers.

3 votes

NFL Sacks Rush Limbaugh's Bid for Team

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Wednesday October 14, 2009 · 5:05 PM PDT

2009/10/14 · 17:05

Radio talk show howler Rush Limbaugh, the Republican's bloviator and chief, was dumped from a group bidding to buy the St. Louis Rams, reported ESPN's Adam Schefter. The idea went over like an old jock strap slap to the face. Players and fans hated the idea and let the league know about it. The other partners, headed by St. Louis Blues chairman Dave Checketts, will go ahead without Rush because he doomed their efforts by hanging around.

Rush gets sacked.

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60 votes Show Results

The NFL Needs Rush Limbaugh to ...

60 votes Vote Now!

The NFL Needs Rush Limbaugh to ...

Wander off on the Prairie and Get Lost.

3 votes

Pick Used Gum Off the Bottom of Stadium Seats with His Teeth.

6 votes

Act as the Brass Band's Bass Drum to be Beaten with a Mallet.

1 vote

Give Their Star Black Players Back Rubs After Games.

1 vote

Give His Fortune to the Poor and Shut the Fuck Up.

21 votes

Admit that President Obama is Right.

4 votes

Stop Hanging Around the Showers So Much - It's Creepy.

12 votes

Go Back Into Rehab and Find Some Empathy for Others.

8 votes

Let Him Have the Detroit Lions - Who Cares?

3 votes

A Beer & a Dog.

1 vote

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