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by Madam 8-Ball
HAVE YOU BEEN LIFTING WITH YOUR KNEES?
AQUARIUS: Ask again later.
PISCES: Yes.
ARIES: Outlook not so good.
TAURUS: Outlook not so good.
GEMINI: Absolutely.
CANCER: No way!
LEO: Maybe.
VIRGO: Yes.
LIBRA: Ask again later.
SCORPIO: Outlook not so good.
SAGITTARIUS: Definitely.
CAPRICORN: Ask again later.
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OPHIUCHUS: Maybe.
by Benn Ray
So the other night, while grocery shopping, we came across this.
That's right, it's a bottle of "Limited Edition" Windex.
The shape of the bottle, the color of the liquid, everything about this Windex looks like regular Windex.
The label doesn't even boast any sort of interesting design from a known graphic designer or an unknown one trying to rip off a famous one.
In terms of limited edition items, do we really need or even want limited edition cleaning supplies?
But what I'd most like to see is the poor schmuck who falls for this ploy and brings home an unncessary bottle of Windex. And when his wife asks why they needed another bottle of it, he explains, "Well, this is limited edition!"
Okay. That's it. Limited Editions are officially over now. Killed, like so many germs, by Windex.
So maybe the problem with conservatives is they don't really understand what evolution is. If only they weren't so opposed to it being taught in schools, they might not look like such idiots, as Republican Rep. Jack Kingston (of Georgia) did on Real Time With Bill Mahr when he said he didn't believe in it:
"I believe I came from God, not from a monkey so the answer is no," he said, laughing, when asked if he subscribes to the theory [of evolution]. Later in the segment he added, "I don't believe that a creature crawled out of the sea and became a human being one day."
That's good, congressman. No one actually believes that one day a creature crawled out of the see and turned into a man. That sounds magical. Sort of like a benevolent super being creating the world, the universe and life one day out of nothing more than balsa wood and popsicle sticks. Or virgin births. Or water-walking. Or Red Sea parting... etc.
52% of Republicans believe in Creationism.
34% of Democrats and Independents do.
[mp3] Official Ironman Rally Song (demo)
Why? Because Bob Pollard loves us.
"You won't rock me with your pseudo jams..." Damn straight!
One of the untested (until now) supposed truisms of the anti-choice crowd is that abortion is terrible for the mental health of those who have one. So Danish scientists decided to test this. And what they found was that having a child increases your risk of mental health problems while having an abortion does not.
Having an abortion does not increase the risk of mental health problems, but having a baby does, one of the largest studies to compare the aftermath of both decisions suggests.
The research by Danish scientists further debunks the notion that terminating a pregnancy can trigger mental illness and shows postpartum depression to be much more of a factor.
overheard by J. Cappe
drawn by Ryan Onorato
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Look for a brand new Said What? comic in Wednesday's B: The Paper. Available free around town.
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