From Twitter 02-22-2011

• 10:55:38: I liked a YouTube video -- Cat Laser Bowling http://youtu.be/aFztjgfDWDA?a
  
• 11:06:38: The Dragon Age II demo will be out later today -- http://ping.fm/Bg7Qe . 1M+ d/l's unlocks an in-game item for EVERYBODY.
  
• 11:57:40: I liked a YouTube video -- Muppets singing Danny Boy- RKO Army Preshow http://youtu.be/d9usCebdKT0?a
  
• 14:52:29: I liked a YouTube video -- Playable Angry Birds birthday cake http://youtu.be/-hwVRzaQNkA?a
  
• 14:58:50: Star Wars reimagined as a Western: http://ping.fm/rm69E
  

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Here's To The Ladies

starcat_jewel points us to a superb column on sexism and its unwitting support system.

In the same vein, the curvaceous Christina Hendricks had a hell of a time getting a dress for the Emmys. Why? She's not a size 2.

Women are half the species -- as far as I can tell, the better half by an order of magnitude. So, naturally, they get teh short end of the stick.

Today is hereby declared a day for celebrating the women in our lives. Anne, Leslie, my mom, my step-mom, my sister, so many friends here -- smart, caring, funny, wise, passionate, creative, stylish, beautiful. I adore you all. Sometimes you don't see that in themselves; sometimes we forget to remind you. But my world would be a stark, barren, awful place without you, and I thank you for everything you have done for me, for others, and for yourselves, because you make everything better.

Here's to the ladies! Without them, guys, all we'd have is each other. Shudder.

DOMA Response, or John Boehner Once Again Is A Tool

A number of people have pointed out the good news that, while the Defense Of Marriage Act is still on the books, the Obama Justice Dept. has decided to stop defending it in court. A very welcome development indeed.

And, it brings forth unintended hypocrisy hilarity:

Michael Steel, a spokesman for [House Speaker John] Boehner, said in an e-mail he questions why Obama "thinks now is the appropriate time to stir up a controversial issue that sharply divides the nation" when "most Americans want Washington to focus on creating jobs and cutting spending."

As Steve Benen points out:

But the larger problem here is with Boehner's office lacking any and all self-awareness. This Speaker, after all, leads a House Republican caucus that has spent its first seven weeks tackling multiple abortion bills, health care, private-school vouchers, Planned Parenthood, a resolution to promote the phrase "In God We Trust," and even a measure tackling marriage rights in the District of Columbia.

I swear to FSM, I have no idea how these people ended up in charge of anything. How they put their pants on in the morning. How they look at the rainclouds without drowning.

The true comfort I have at this point is that, by and large, the entire Republican political response to everything -- and I mean everything -- is so crude, so ham-fisted, so blatant, that both the Vichy Media and their own grassroots are unable to not notice. It's like when Grandpa goes out in the front yard and strips to his underwear and yells at the grass to get off his lawn. Only, multiplied by both houses of Congress, the Supreme Court, fifty states and a whole bunch of pundits who apparently figure They've Got Theirs So Fuggit.

Now and again, we hear politicos say they're going to "focus like a laser" on whatever problem they think we'd like them to focus on. But there's focus... and there's ideological blindness.