February 1

European Union Bans All Animal Testing of Cosmetics

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Coulter turns on Marco Rubio

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An Applebee's waitress--who got stiffed by a preacher's party of 20--was fired after posting online the receipt and the snide comment ("I give God 10% Why do you get 18") from Pastor Alois Bell of the St. Louis-based Truth in the Word Deliverance Ministries. After the receipt went viral, Bell lodged a complaint with the restaurant, demanding everyone involved to be fired. And now Bell has apologized, "My heart is really broken," she said. "I've brought embarrassment to my church and ministry." Indeed you have, lady. And for $6 and some change. (Truth Dig)

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SL Trib:  Appalled at rude remarks

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Sarah Palin says she left Fox News voluntarily, in order to reach a bigger audience. Someone crack a window. The smell of BS on this one is so strong it's a little hard to breathe. It's over, Sarah. Everyone knows it. And we won't miss you.

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The rightwing hate group Family Research Council is asking people to pray for God to intervene and keep the Boy Scouts of America from ending their ban on gays. It begs the question; if the BSA drops the ban despite their homophobic mumbo-jumbo, does that mean God's cool with the gays and the FRC's been wrong all these years? Somehow, I doubt these absolutely pathological haters will see it that way.

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Dear God save us. Geraldo Rivera says he's considering a Senate run from New Jersey.

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Survey | Nearly 3-in-10 Americans Say God Plays a Role in Outcomes of Sports Events

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Wyoming to Preemptively Nullify Federal Law That Doesn't Exist

What was just a proposal last week has now been passed by the Wyoming House of Representatives.

via ThinkProgress

On Thursday, members of the Wyoming state House gave initial approval to a bill that would nullify any gun laws passed by the U.S. Congress pertaining to extended magazine clips or semi-automatic weapons. The move is not only unconstitutional, but it is thus far unnecessary: Congress has yet to pass any new gun laws for Wyoming to attempt to nullify.

Under the Constitution, states are not permitted to pass laws meant to supersede federal legislation. But state Rep. Kendell Kroeker (R) argued that since Congress has not yet passed any gun laws, the nullification measure did not violate the Constitution. "It is clearly a different case than trying to nullify something that's already in existence," Kroeker said.

Oh. You're nullifying something that doesn't exist so it's not unconstitutional. At least not yet. Thanks for making it absolutely clear that you're aware that you're nullifying something that doesn't exist.

Do Wyoming taxpayers understand that their precious tax dollars are being flushed right down the toilet as their elected representatives waste time on boondoggles like this? I know Wyoming is home to small-government-loving Real Americans, so I just thought I'd ask.

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DA Investigating White Supremacists Gunned Down

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Republican outreach

Under current law, women in South Dakota must wait 72 hours between the time they request an abortion and the time they can legally have one, but that's not good enough for some Dakota Republicans.

House Bill 1237, sponsored by Republican Jon Hansen, would amend the waiting period rule to add the line, "No Saturday, Sunday, federal holiday, or state holiday may be included or counted in the calculation of the seventy-two hour minimum time period between the initial physician consultation and assessment and the time of the scheduled abortion procedure." It has 14 co-sponsors in the house and five in the state senate.

If you're going to seek an abortion, make sure you do so on a Monday. That is unless you're busy working. I assume this bill is intended to exploit work schedules to make it as difficult as possible to find time for an abortion. I can see no other possible motivation.

There's being a jerk, and then there's being a dick. I think this qualifies as the latter.

It's Republican outreach.

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1,478: How Many People Have Been Killed by Guns Since Newtown?

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Hagel Takes On McCain: Calls Iraq War 'Most Fundamentally Bad, Dangerous Decision Since Vietnam'

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Hey, you know that absolutely terrible bill in Tennessee that would require schools to out gay kids to their parents if the kids say they're gay? And also that OTHER idiotic bill that would cut poor families' welfare benefits if their kids fail in school? Somehow, what with Your Wonkette being written by people who are not actually (*shudder!*) from Tennessee, we didn't notice that both bills were the brainchildren of state Senator Stacey Campfield, who is running a strong campaign for Wonkette's coveted Legislative Shitmuffin Of The Year Award. Sen. Campfield is so very sure of brilliance of his retooled "Don't Say You're Gay" bill that he took to the comments section of the Knoxville News Sentinel to defend it. And he's every bit as douchey and obtuse as you might expect! READ MORE »