Oh man, when I first read this story at Majikthise, I was stoked. Ernie Chambers is suing God in the Nebraska courts for making terroristic threats. The suit (.pdf), filed in a Nebraska district court, contends that God, along with his followers of all persuasions, “has made and continues to…
So I’m reading John Aravosis writing about the Sarah Palin rape kit controversy, which he suspects was rooted in her opposition to the right of a rape victim not to be impregnated by the rapist. That strikes me as reasonable—rape kits are mainly about collecting evidence, but also contain packets…
Here you go: Sarah Palin signed off on a budget document that forced rape victims to pay for their own investigations. It appears it was the idea of the police chief that Palin hired after firing another one for insufficiently obsequious ass-kissing. It’s now getting close to impossible to believe…
I was skeptical of the charge that Sarah Palin was forcing rape victims to pay for their own rape kits, thinking a) she could always brush it off by pleading ignorance and b) that even Republicans aren’t really ready to sign onto legislation that functionally legalizes rape, because it sets…