Get Yer Damn Hands Out Of Women's Wombs, Part 'Leventy-Seven

My darling que_sara_sara points out this excellent bit of news, wherein four Illinois pharmacists who refuse to dispense emergency contraception -- thus violating Illinois law -- have been put on unpaid leave by Walgreens. The pharmacists' attorney calls the discipline "pretty disturbing". Fuckhead.

The story does sharpen one other point in my head about the ludicrousness of having to put this kind of law on the books, though: What cover-your-ass sanctimonious pro-life legislative whackjob thought that giving a pharmacist the "right" to interfere with the doctor-patient relationship on moral grounds, but then also requiring said pharmacist to take steps to see the prescription is filled anyway, does not put the pharmacist in the same moral dilemma he or she was trying to avoid?

Meantime, drop Walgreens a line and say "thanks".

Hee Hee

After Dumbya's... erm... remarkable Victory Plan released yesterday, the NY Times has summed things up nicely:

A president who seems less in touch with reality than Richard Nixon needs to get out more.

And then there's this quote from the Times' analyst Elisabeth Bumiller (who has in the past been a blatant Bush shill):

For those reasons, Mr. Bush presented a more comprehensive explanation on Wednesday of the administration's policy in Iraq than he has in recent months. What he left unclear in his strategy for "victory in Iraq" is how Americans will be able to measure any progress, and whether it is realistic to believe his ambitious goals.

Truly, the wheels fall off the cart.

World AIDS Day

More info here. And, selenesue aims us to Bristol-Myers' LightToUnite.org. See the Flash anim, light a virtual candle, kick in a buck to AIDS research (up to $100,000).

The O'Reilly Dance

Bwa-ha-ha.

The Last Hero On Earth: An Update

Before it gets sent off to the duplicator (most likely around the end of the month), it will be tweaked and gone over and mangled and maimed and stuff. Karen will record a chorus for the last track. And I've gotta work on the packaging.

But.

A good-enough-for-me-at-last audio mix is done.

I'll have a pre-order of The Last Hero On Earth up on the web site in a few hours, with libretto, character illustrations, liner notes, and, oh, yeah, MP3s.