Where do F&S’ers buy their home decor items?

Why Linens N’ Shit, of course!

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Hey kids.

Sorry I haven’t been keeping up. Been in the middle of a lot of stuff and I haven’t had a chance to write much of anything. Moving forward, I’m pretty sure I won’t be able to submit anything this upcoming week either, except maybe for a dance party or two.

But don’t you fret — I will return soon–probably the 1st week of August. And hopefully I can get our old staff to contribute–or at least find suitable replacements. But then, that would take time which I just said I don’t have.

Your patience is appreciated.

-Sue

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Over at the Agitator, Radley bared his musical soul by sharing his guilty pleasure iPod tracks. (My list here.) So, in the spirit of Radley’s challenge, I submit the King of Pop as a dishonorable mention to my list. (As if you all didn’t know I liked him already.) I will take any and every opportunity to play classic Michael.

Have a good weekend.

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NYT Headline: 300 Advisers Shape Obama’s Foreign Policy

Could also read: ‘300′ Advisers Shape McCain’s Foreign Policy

UPDATE: NYT changed the headline to “A Cast of 300 Advises Obama on Foreign Policy.” Doesn’t work as well, but such is the way online journalism works these days.

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If you run in the Beltway Libertariat circles, chances are, you know Matt Vadum. The master of the awkward one-handed self-photo, the man has more uncomfortable pictures than my proctologist.

In honor of the picture taking King of Taco Night, a daring anonymous friend (no, not me) has put together a montage for the ages. Enjoy!

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Just in case you live in D.C. and ignored a summons for jury duty:

Hoping to send a message about the importance of jury service, the chief judge at D.C. Superior Court recently issued warrants calling for the arrests of 92 District residents who failed to show up. Twelve people have been arrested or turned themselves in this month for contempt of court, and marshals are canvassing the area for more. Those taken into custody had to pay $25 bonds and were given dates to report back to court for a final chance to explain themselves and get back on the calendar for jury service. The penalty for contempt of court could be as high as seven days in jail and a $300 fine.

Canvassing the area? In the past three weeks through my network of friends and acquaintances alone, I know of two people sent to the hospital as a result of crime: one journalist shot and a hill staffer mugged. (These, of course, are but two incidents in a city well-known for violent crime.) Yet, jury duty is now a priority of city officials?

Forget, for a moment, that prosecutors rig the charges to coerce dissuade would-be defendants from exercising their right to jury trial. At least several people who now have arrest warrants in their name have legitimate excuses for not showing up–they don’t live here:

Bryan D. Bender, 36, moved from the District to Alexandria about 13 months ago. The Washington correspondent for the Boston Globe said that he had his mail forwarded but that he had never received any letters from the court.

Glenda Fauntleroy, 40, hasn’t lived in the District in almost a year. Soon after her summer 2007 wedding, Fauntleroy and her husband moved to Indiana. Fauntleroy said that she, too, has mail forwarded to her new home, but that she received no notices.

How could this be?

[D.C. Superior Court Chief Judge Rufus G.] King acknowledged that the computer system that pulls names and addresses from various D.C. government databases, including voter, motor vehicle and tax records, was “not current” and was being updated to provide the court with more real-time information on District residents.

So…what you’re saying, Rufus, is that you’re arresting people on potentially bad information? Swell. How do you suppose we fix this?

King said the warrants would only be enforced against District residents. But if people moved out of town and did not alert the court, they still could be arrested if they are stopped in the District on a traffic violation and police discover the warrant, he said.

He suggested that District residents alert the court when they move, inside or outside the city, to avoid such problems. “We don’t have any way of reading your minds. If you move, let us know.”

Dear Mayor Fenty,

I hate your god-forsaken excuse for a city and I booked.

Love,

Sue

Anyone arrested on this charge should demand a jury trial.

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Freedom and Shit [dot] org now, in addition to a fan page, has a blog networks page on facebook. Please join for F&S updates!

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According to a 20 year old student at BYU, porn may be as addictive as heroin:

Our society is fast becoming numb to the sexual imagery in movies and television. It’s not that men are the bad guys. Taking into consideration how their minds and bodies work, even a man who finds pornography offensive can be lured into the traps all around him. Pornographic sites sneak into non-pornographic pages, where even the most loyal husbands can stumble upon an addiction they never wanted to feed.

Yes, as I was innocently surfing the internet for a new pair of khakis, I stumbled upon Jenna Jameson’s site by accident and BAM! I was hooked for life.

Hello. My name is Sue, and I’m a pornoholic. (HI SUE!)

Sex is an expression of deepest love and devotion. Any wife would be horrified to find her husband cheating on her with another woman. Finding out that he is addicted to porn, or even looking at it casually, is just as traumatic and leaves her feeling just as betrayed.

Come again?

Sex with someone you love is indeed the best sex you can have…in my opinion. But, hooking up with a gymnast after a night of body shots and suggestive dancing at a club is, well, pretty awesome too.

Furthermore, I’m pretty sure most women would much prefer their husbands/boyfriends to subscribe to Playboy magazine or the Spice Channel than maintain a woman on the side. Call me crazy.

Normally, I think the LA Times Op-Ed page is the best of the major American papers (New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and that coloring book of a rag known as the USA Today), but letting some 20 year old (presumably) Mormon girl (read: virgin)  rant about the destructive evils of erotic film is preposterous.

Maybe next week they’ll let me opine on the horrors of my experience with menopause.

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This isn’t a traditional song to dance to, but it’s catchy and I’ve always liked it. Deal.

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As much as I used to admire National Review, since WFB stepped down, it’s basically become a rag that occasionally publishes someone worth reading. And, as far as I can tell, none of those people write on the Corner.

Case in point: this little gem on immigration from Andy McCarthy:

Mind you, I am not resolutely opposed to the granting at some point of a humanitarian amnesty, if the illegal population were reduced by 90 - 95 percent. After all, we already have asylum laws — a form of humanitarian relief by which we permit people who would not otherwise qualify to reside here.

Let me get this straight: Here McCarthy is–I suppose–attempting to show he’s not a cold-blooded bastard by saying, “Well, we don’t have to deport ALL of those people.”

If we work with the figures most generally tossed around, there are an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in this country. Most of those immigrants work. They may or may not pay income taxes, (mind you, if they were allowed to stay here legally, they would) but their labor undeniably contributes to the economy and they pay sales tax on anything they buy in the country. Yet, if McCarthy had his druthers, he’d get rid cut that 12 million down 10.8-11.4 million.

But, who’s going to take all their jobs once they are deported? Even if we assume the patently absurd–that all of the able-bodied unemployed would magically get off their asses and work these (shitty) jobs and there would be ZERO job growth–with the current figures estimating U.S. unemployment at 8.5 million, you’re looking at a job deficit of 2.3-2.9 million!

How in the hell is that good for the economy?

Can we hire one of these illegals to teach McCarthy subtraction?

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