POWIP Piece of Work In Progress

Speciesism Illustrated

In the bird kingdom, the male of the species is often distinguished by his gorgeous plumage. Fortunately, we are not birds.

Pictured: Paola Oliveira.

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Best Morning Reading 4/24/10

Nine-bin recycling system introduced: Families are being forced to separate their rubbish into nine different bins in order to meet tough recycling targets. (Aye, there's the rubbish).

Co-opting the Jesus Thing for Gaia:

If the Obama administration has its way, the gospel of climate change will be coming to a pulpit near you. That at least seems to be the dream of the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships—a 25-member group of leaders from across the religious spectrum that is part of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.

It's not legal to diss Mother Nature:

Minnesota Oregon nice.

Ayers suing University of Wyoming to "allow" him to speak, by which he means force them to let him speak to an audience there.

South Korea raise sunken corsair, find evidence of torpedo attack.

Case of ex-"Survivor" producer whose wife was murdered at Mexican resort after argument, who wanted her body cremated before autopsy, begins to seem kind of fishy.

Obama says auto bailouts have paid off

GM loans "paid off" with taxpayer money via separate bailout fund

Giannoulias bank seized

She's a brick house.

Andy Stern leaves SEIU $85 million in the hole to advise Obama's "Deficit Commission." (via @ceidotorg)

The Fantastical World of Andrew Sullivan, Demented Poofter

[Churchill on Russia: "It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma . . . ." Andrew is a catamite, lost in a vagina, with a creamy nougat center.]

Kittehs are the sweetest things

B for Banana. But to tell the truth, as I mentioned before, Obama makes many of us feel like recusants. And whether Fawkes actually did attempt to blow up Parliament, or whether it was a set-up to justify anti-Catholic measures, is a matter of much historical speculation.

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“Farcluster” Episode: Wild Green Yonder

Captain Amoeba orders that the Chief Engineer replace the Whorf Drive's propellium with low-boson emitting hopium. The Engineer, who falls in unrequited love with every sort of exotic alien, protests, but Captain Amoeba says he's acting stupidly and accuses him of raaaaacism. The Captain makes a speech to a skeptical crew, in a toga and wearing laurels, in front of a holographic colosseum. The Whorf Drive shuts down and is, in the words of the Engineer, "totally flarped." ["Flarp" is the new "frack"] A passing Walmartian vessel offers to help tow them to the nearest wayoutpost (a "Trek Stop"; good coffee) for repairs. The Captain is disdainful of their craft and the destination, but relents under pressure from the crew. Himself a tyrant when it comes to the on-board music selection, he's irritated by the Frontier Boogie that the Walmartians, characterized by their bright red necks and dirty hands, listen to. As he becomes sulkier, he irritates the Walmartians by making suggestions regarding how they could speed up their space truck, but they remain cheerful, until he forgets to shut down the communications link before characterizing them as "retards". They stop pulling and say good luck drifting into port, whereon he gets angry and gives another speech to an irritated crew, blaming everybody but himself. A Jihabi vessel decloaks. He delightedly speaks to the Sheik of the vessel. The Chief Security Officer recommends that he raise shields. Captain warns that that might be a provocation. Sheik demands that they all kneel to him and, after Captain orders them to do so, delivers harangue to "Crucifaggots". He himself will only bow and apologize for offenses of "Crucifaggots". Sheik beams explodium suicide bomber onto vessel, destroying it and setting it back.

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Top Scientists Warn: Sea Gods Angry

Iowahawk bring story. Them no like fire horse. Want virgins.

I found my thrill on Boobery Hill.

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Working on Pilot Episode of My Sci-Fi Series, “Farcluster”

The name's as far as I've gotten, but I figure that if you all chip in we can make it up as we go along.

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Where’s Barry Meihardt At?

Here.

(If you don't understand this post, please comment and tell me why)

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Testicles in the News

Girl having testes removed and other gender confirming surgery.

Lawsuit charges doctor removed testicle without reason.

NHS doctor removes wrong testicle.

Related: Sebelius says Florida can't opt out of ObamaCare. Obama pitches fit over Arizona's decision to enforce its borders, protect its citizens. Less well-known thuggy jackasses pitch violent fit over passage of immigration enforcement law.

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Blogger Sued For Not Being Journalist

Here's the court's reasoning for saying the woman isn't protected by the shield law:

A blogger sued for defamation because of her writings about a Freehold software company is not a journalist and is not covered by a law that protects them from revealing confidential sources, an appellate court ruled today.

In a decision that attempts to better define who is protected by New Jersey’s shield law, the court said Shellee Hale’s writings about Too Much Media LLC, which supplies software to online pornography websites, amounted to nothing more than a letter-to-the-editor in a newspaper.

Hale, a former Microsoft employee and a mother of five from Washington state, contended she was acting as a journalist when she posted comments to a message board about a security breach at TMM and allegations that its owners had threatened her. She argued the postings were part of her research into a larger story about the online pornography industry.

TMM sued for damages, claiming Hale was not working as a journalist and was not covered by the shield law, which protects journalists from revealing their sources.

Does one have to be paid to commit an act of journalism? Really?

The idea that Keith Olbermann would be shielded as a journalist because he is paid, and this woman is not one because she's not paid to do so is ludicrous. The judge says that her posting is equivalent to someone's writing a letter to the editor, and yet . . . requires to know who gave her the inside information that she used. I'm sorry, Your Honor, but that sounds like journalism to me. And if you think that "real" paid journalists always check their facts, maybe you ought to do some fact checking.

Let's flip this around, Your Honor: please define what journalism is, and tell me which opinion bloviators are entitled to protection on that basis. It's a funny world when some women are prosecuted for taking money for sex, and others for not taking money for writing.

Speaking of journalism, the Robert Wone case still hasn't died, thank God. If there's anyone in DC who'd be willing to pick up a copy of the May issue of Washingtonian Magazine, there's going to be an article there. (h/t @justkarl) I credit the guys at Who Murdered Robert Wone? for keeping the story alive.

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POWIP Deep Cuts – from the POWIP Vault

Cheeky

I think they call this EVERGREEN content.

Enoch_Root

AKA. Bobby Donn Brubaker (the most popular man in Mesa, AZ), the Umbrella of Terror, Jack Ketch.

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And I Can See November From My House [UPDATEx2: Dan]

One bumper sticker to rule them all.

h/t Brother Tim, who gives credit to some commenter somewhere.

whoever that person might be: nicely played.

UPDATE x1: "Backyard" changed to "House"

UPDATEx2 [Dan]:

Just got home from Illinois
Locked the front door, oh boy
Got to set down, take a smoke on my porch
ATF comes callin'
Smackin' through the wall 'n
Doot doot doot, I won't be bloggin' no more

There's union folk and Code Pink
A-marchin' down the street
While they're smashin' stuff, I'm the one who gets beat
Doot n doo doo
Shoulda known my body was property of Bammy
Doot doot doot lookin' out my cell door

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