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In the US, "slut" means exactly the same thing that it (according to your link) means in Egypt. Not really unique.

In this as in all else, McCain is showing his age. "Reaching out to conservative Christians" is a tired strategy from last decade, not this one. The right-wing Christian alliance has crumbled into dust, with old firebrands like Pat Robertson and James Dobson mostly ignored. Evangelical groups are abandoning not only the Republican Party in droves, but the very social-conservative platforms they've been thumping. The new buzzwords in evangelical circles are "global warming" and "global poverty". They're not voting for McCain. Obama actually has a chance to garner a majority of evangelical christian votes in November, if McCain lives that long.

Yeah, I almost plotzed* when I saw that AA hypercolor ad on the back of this week's Stranger. Did we learn nothing from the 80s?

*OK, I don't actually know what that means, but it just sounded right.

Elizabeth Austin, literary, $4,000, Incidental Graces. To write a series of 15 poems exploring the ramifications of choosing not to have children, articulating the ambivalent graces associated with finding small ways to mother the world.

What is wrong with me? I've lost my will to Slog. Will I get it back or is it gone forever? Ever since that John Doe character took us to task Slog has seemed muted, the insults half hearted, the debates weirdly cordial. Or is it me, is my filter different now that I've been called a sociopath?

Thank God we've discovered those housekeepers working illegally in the US. Hopefully now we can have a swift deportation.

OIL NEEDS TO GO HIGHER! HIGHER!

No makeover for Michelle? Awww--every gal deserves a spa day, now and then! :(

I think the mayors were fairly outspoken about the SCOTUS decision-- especially Richard Daley, who sort of flew off the handle in that endearing Daley-esque fashion.

Did you want them to start a riot or something?

I know there are tons of stories in this entry, but the story about Slavedriver Bitchlady (hat tip to friend for the name) is a must-read for her defense lawyer's quotes alone.

In far more tragic news, Matt Damon has gotten reeeaaaallllly fat:

http://www.omgblog.com/2008/06/omg_hes_fat_matt_damon.php#more

And no, it's not prosthetics--he's all method.

And yes, those are his man bewbs.

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I don't know. It looked like the standard "My client didn't do it, but if she did do it, it totally wasn't her fault."

it's not spring & half the vegetables in your recipe aren't even in season anymore.