Friday the 13th. Good thing I'm not superstitious.

[lagilman]

Just the start of what promises to be a very long day. Probably a long weekend. A long, warm, muggy, occasionally rainy weekend. And so I give you some link soup:

kradical says it for me on the matter of Stupid Hateful People.


kefiraahava reminds us that we have stewardship over the animals...and that implies a little responsibility. Verizon doesn't seem to think so.

An update on the shelter situation: NY/NJ loves animals almost as much as they hate Verizon...


And I hereby proclaim today national Wear A Politically Offensive T-shirt Day. I don't care who you offend -- just do it! Otherwise this story will become even more the norm.

And let's just not even discuss Governor McGreevy, okay? I don't like the man, but stepping down because you had to admit to an extramarital homosexual relationship... no, dude. This is New jersey! Step down because your fiscal connections are shady! Not for stupid sex! (although I will say that I respect him for stepping forward and dealing with this, rather than trying to duck and dodge as is the norm for politicians these days).

Comments

[alexkaufmann]

He didn't have a choice. He was being sued by his now ex-lover, who was hired by the State of New Jersey when McGreevey became Governor.

It's being made public now (thanks to the lawsuit) but according to friends I have in the NJ GOP, it was well-known even before he became governor. I know this because *I* knew about it before he became governor.

Amazing, huh? The Republican party not only knew he was involved in a homosexual relationship but didn't use it to sling mud in a campaign.

[lagilman]

The NJ-GOP has its own skeletons they really don't want rattled. Politics in NJ is very much a case of "don't scratch my open sores, and I won't scratch yours."

Not that I'm cynical or anything.