All you need to know about reproductive health
-A simple solution-
Senate majority leader Harry Reid has a plan to keep President Bush from making any recess appointments during the holidays -- don't recess. According to Senate rules, the body is in recess so long as no one presides over it for three days. So all dems have to do is get a Senator to show up, bang the gavel, say, "The Senate is now in session. Any new business?" or something like that, then bang the gavel, go home, and eat turkey.
Close observers believe that Bush might have tried to recess-appoint his nominee for Surgeon General, James Holsinger, who is seriously crazy and doesn't stand a chance in hell of getting through Senate confirmation hearings. Holsinger believes that gays can be "cured" and that homosexuality is clinically harmful because there are male and female pipe fittings. That's right, plumbing is the guide to medical knowledge.
Man, I don't care if the Senate has to stay in session until Bush is gone, this guy's too much of a quack. I know Bush has a fondness for nutjobs, but this guy's certifiable. (AMERICAblog, Think Progress)
-Pixilated pachyderms return-
Now that it's become clear that Paris Hilton can't be counted on to do a damned thing about beer-drinking elephants, others have stepped forward to take up the slack. According to the report, "Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain, speaking in the Assam state assembly, told MPs worried about the worsening situation: 'We have begun working on this chilli-smeared rope fencing.'"
Granted, I'm just using myself and my experiences with El Burrito Loco here, but it seems to me that hot sauce will make the elephants drink more beer, not less. Then again, I'm no elephant expert, so what do I know? (The Australian)
-Headline of the day-
"Cheerleaders Suspended for Posting Message on Their Backsides." Bonus news-quote of the day, "The Ripon High School cheerleading squad performed the routine at last Friday night's football game. But it 'ended' badly.
"It ends with the girls flipping up the back of their skirts and spelling out the [California] School's mascot on their undershorts." Then the cheerleaders swore. Kids these days... Video at the site. (CBS13.com)
