War on Poetry

Republican figures out the real evil Obamacare is supporting.

Thanx to Charles P. Pierce.

Sounds familiar

Outside agitators in North Carolina again.

Self-awareness

In the UK (and presumably here) banks don't trust themselves

Thanx to andrewducker

Don't Read Much

Cory Doctorow on what DRM is doing to us.

Cross-reading

Katherine Kerr on the grief she got back in the day for reading "boys' books" (such as Heinlein), with an interesting perspective on one beloved old favorite:

A few had horrible female villains, like The Stars My Destination, where a bitter woman, trapped in a teleport-proof prison to protect her virtue, schemed against the hero.

Bester was a sick bastard; he made it subtle in Stars, but let it show in the later books. Since the "hero" raped at least one other woman (offstage of course; there were decencies to preserve), maybe the "villain" needed protection.

Thanx to jimhines

Bitch had it coming to her

Wall Street Journal actually pays idiot to say we need to crack down on drunken rape victims.

Thanx to Feministing