The ban has been lifted. In a presser from Health and Human Services:
" . . . in recent years, when it comes to stem cell research, rather than furthering discovery, our government has forced what I believe is a false choice between sound science and moral values. In this case, I believe the two are [...]
Reproductive Health Reality Check has some advice for our next president on the importance of choosing pro-choice cabinet appointees—and not just in Health and Human Services.
Barack Obama, our sexy, hot-lady-marrying, jump-shot-making president-to-be is also a pathetic nerd. Time's Joel Stein warned against what he termed the "Urkel Effect" in the magazine's pre-election blitz, the power of those undecided voters who would "walk into the voting booth and suddenly think, I cannot take four years of listening to that giant-eared nerd." [...]
Once anonymous contacts inside Obama national headquarters start leaking their mythical beast photos, you know the presidential mascot is official. Who needs a puppy?
Riding through the rain. Scouting barber shops. Hugging strangers. Beating drums. Watching revelers climb to the highest elevation in sight—bus stops, stop lights, trees. Yelling back at honking cars. Chanting "U.S.A." for the first time (unironically). Storming Marvin when Barack came on the big screen. Cheering for our next first lady—and, inexplicably, even louder for [...]
There's a lot to talk about.
* Feministing has a comprehensive round-up of ballot measures of interest to both women and gays. Overall, the results are "pro-choice, anti-gay," with three anti-choice measures failing across America. (Feministing also throws in the anti-immigrant and anti-equal opportunity initiatives for good measure). The most ridiculous, Colorado's Amendment 48, was shut [...]
It's the wee hours after the Joe Biden v. Sarah Palin debate, and boy am I spent. In case you missed the Sexist live blog of the Veep showdown, allow me to recap: There were no major flat-on-their-face, waking-up-in-a-pool-of-their-own-vomit, bloated-purple-dead-on-a-toilet moments for either candidate, and for that, schadenfreudists everywhere give the debate a collective "Meh."
Palin [...]
