Via Ed Yong on twitter, the blue roses I wrote about 2 years ago are soon to be available in the US. As Ed notes… no, they don’t look blue. But they do give me a chance to post one of my favorites–and you can try to remember where you saw it, when Halloween rolls around. After the jump:
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Our daughter’s getting married!
What a joyous, joyous day!
But we’re going to skip the wedding,
Cos you see, our daughter’s gay.
We love her more than life itself
And love her wife-to-be;
We’d never be judgmental, but
We simply can’t agree!
I mean no disrespect, of course,
I love her to the core—
It’s just that, when it comes to this,
I love religion more.
comments, after the jump:
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When he said “the earth orbits the sun”
Huntsman’s spin-men cried “what have you done?!?”
And alas, his reliance
On non-Bible “science”
Has him polling at negative one!
Headline: Perry Leads but Romney Gaining in GOP Favorability
Ok, again, it’s not technically a headline, but work with me.
The money shot (to be fair, it’s “strongly favorable – strongly unfavorable”):
When Bachmann accused him of selling his vote
Perry quickly composed his rebuff;
It wasn’t the principle, viewers may note–
But five grand wasn’t nearly enough
There are hundreds of donors who’ve given donations
Of one hundred thousand or more
If you want to be one of Rick Perry’s temptations
It’s six figures to get in the door!
There are two different worlds–there’s the people with money
And the people without it, like me
Which is why I just laugh, even though it’s not funny
When they tell me that freedom ain’t free.
Brief comment, after the jump:
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Over at Dispatches, Ed has a post on an issue near and dear to all of our hearts (of which cuttlefish have three). It is never (never? rarely? Ok, never) a bad thing to appreciate that damned first amendment, which gives others the right to offend us. Today is a busy day, so here’s something appropriate from blasphemy day a couple of years ago. After the jump:
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Better, quick, find somebody to hate
They’ll go fast—it’ll soon be too late
Stake your claim; make your name
It’s all part of the game
At the Tea Party Pinhead Debate
Headline: Perry comes under fire at the CNN/Tea Party Debate
Seriously, which was more disgusting, the candidates or the audience? (boo, migrants!)
We thank you for your heartfelt prayers;
We know they helped a lot.
In times like these, it’s nice to know
How many friends we’ve got
So many folks concerned enough
To bow their heads and pray;
It makes us smile while struggling through
Our many tasks each day
It’s tough to do the household chores
With both of us in pain
But hey, you’re busy praying, so
We really can’t complain
Of hands in prayer, and hands at work,
I’m sure you know the saying—
And yeah, the lawn could use a trim,
But really, thanks for praying
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I knew I’d seen these cuttlefish before. Back in December of 2007, they were in the news. The latest–the proposed desalination plant–is only the latest blow. In fact, the plant’s purpose is to provide water for the mining process. So, from nearly 4 years ago, after the jump:
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It’s the day the world changed
When we learned who we are,
And united in strength and in sorrow
When we opened our eyes
And the lessons we learned
We will never forget… till tomorrow.
The memorials are indeed moving, and even the Sunday comics section has brought tears to my eyes, but I can’t help but notice that “the lessons of 9/11” have an uncanny tendency to be “I was right”, no matter what political or social position “I” happened to hold on 9/10.
After very thorough searches
Of some Arizona churches
Cops arrested 20 people whose religion didn’t pass
But their reasoning was shoddy
Christ demanded, “Eat my body”,
Is partaking of a wafer less ridiculous than ass?
Is a brothel with a madam
Where they’re dressed like Eve and Adam
Necessarily deserving of the prosecutor’s wrath?
If the act is prostitution
But it comes with absolution
Could the Phoenix Goddess Temple tread a holy, righteous path?
“It’s a blight on the community”,
They don’t deserve immunity
The First Amendment doesn’t mean you get to break the law
But I wonder if the papists
With their pedophiles and rapists
Will consider Arizona an exemplar or a flaw?
See, religion’s found excuses
For all measure of abuses
They’re the arbiter of morals more in theory than in fact
And they’re headed for the poorhouse
If they let some Phoenix whorehouse
Say they’re really a religion… cos they’re messing up the act!
Story, after the jump:
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