Fun with Predictive Text and Conservative Cleavage

So there I was, minding my own business on Google and about to do a search for a Wall Street Journal article when the predictive search function CLEARLY finished my thought for me:

Or maybe Google just treats all the Reagan speechwriters this way...

Black Party Gear Shopping

The Black Party is coming up this month and that's a good excuse to buy some new gear. I haven't gotten anything new since September when I bought my Nasty Pig chaps from their store in Chelsea. Since I've been pretty satisfied with them, I'm thinking about heading back there. I'm thinking about going for either their Back Zip Shorts or a pair of Fighting Shorts:

Back Zip Shorts


Fighting Shorts

Though an old fuck bud of mine made a different suggestion. It's a little bit of wishful thinking on his part, but he wants me to go for the Ass Fuck Neoprene Shorts from Fort Troff. He knows from experience that I'm mostly a top - he was too until he got flipped by me - but I have to admit they do look hot.

I'm also up for any suggestions. Who else is gonna be there?

Arianna Can Keep My Foreskin

I've had a problem with the "Living" section over at the Huffington Post for a while now, ever since I started noticing how the site would conflate news and legitimate analysis from my side of the political spectrum to fucking batshit insane articles supporting autism vaccine conspiracy theories, pseudo-Kabbalah bullshit, and articles about "ending death." Her "Move Your Money" campaign was partly a big scam for generating page views. But when I saw this article called, "We Need to Stop Circumcision," I figured it was time to vent about this shit in writing.

The whole article is written from the perspective that male circumcision is a human rights abuse. Maybe I'm just biased, seeing as I don't have my foreskin anymore, but I'm sick of this argument - usually from uncut guys - that sex is somehow not enjoyable if you don't have foreskin. In this case, "Visionary Pioneer" Dr. Christiane Northrup, has never even had any - well, as far as I know.

Circumcision is an unnecessary procedure that is painful and can lead to complications, including death. No organization in the world currently recommends this... Believe it or not, circumcision was introduced in English-speaking countries in the late 1800s to control or prevent masturbation, similar to the way that female circumcision--the removal of the clitoris and labia--was promoted and continues to be advocated in some Muslim and African countries to control women's sexuality.

Wait, I could have DIED from being circumcised? First of all, she's got her late-19th century medical history a bit off. In some of the research I did on Male Sexuality in Europe during that time when I was back in school, the reason I generally came across for most circumcisions back then was that it was thought to prevent syphilis. Earlier on in the 19th century, the Victorians were obsessed with keeping boys from masturbating at boarding schools, but I don't think there's any consensus on that being the reason for male circumcision becoming common medical practice in 20th Century America.

And saying that male circumcision is a form of sexual abuse on par with female circumcision is fucking irresponsible. It trivializes real sexual abuse and the real human rights crisis over female circumcision - which is done with the intent to destroy a woman's sexuality, make her subservient to men, and quite often does lead to serious medical emergencies. I can't remember being traumatized by circumcision, or would she have me think I've just repressed the memory because it was too painful..? And is she trying to say I don't really own my sexuality, because some doctors ruined it for me?

Anyway, it's anti-feminist and delegitimizes a real human rights crisis. I don't like this kind of pointless cause and others like the vaccine people (who are the birthers of the left, as far as I'm concerned) getting the same webspace and press as important political causes I care about. Not to mention that Arianna Huffington's site is garbage for other reasons. Scott over at Bill in Exile did a great post the other day on why he de-linked her from his site, which you can read here. I never had her linked, so I can't de-link her myself, but to any readers who have her linked and care about things like social justice, PAYING YOUR WRITERS, feminism (in the first and the third worlds), and journalistic and academic oversight, I'd recommend doing the same.

[Screen Grab from this bold fresh piece of medical literature]

I'm putting this picture up for you readers to focus on while I take a sledgehammer to the fucking wreck Blogger has made of my template, and hope to bring some order back to it. So instead of wondering why the sidebar keeps disappearing, or where your link went, focus on this dude's abs and how he's wearing the harness backwards but still manages to look good.

Master of the Gayme

Paul Wagner and Dean Tucker

It's been a while since I've posted any Naked Kombat pics, but I couldn't resist. Paul Wagner is a fucking beautiful man:

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Check out the rest of this set at Naked Kombat

Blame It on the Suburbs...

This was the closest person to me on Grindr today. I don't know what this kid's deal is, but last time he was on my feed this was his profile. It's either ignorance, or being desperate for attention.

I can't remember where but earlier in the week I saw a liberal pundit on TV respond to the notes written on Sarah Palin's hand saying that soon all the Teabaggers will start writing on their hands in solidarity with her (though solidarity is a liberal/socialist/nazi word so probably something else). I just hadn't expected Grindr to be the first place I'd see that.

Flawless

Snookie Shop

Every Chamber's Loaded When You're Playin' With Your God...

Religious art commune Westboro Baptist Church continues to impress me with their music and video-making skills. Apart from the whole 'God Hates Fags' thing, I think they've got a pretty intriguing view of God; it's like they worship chaos and destruction. That makes them more interesting than evangelicals in my book. And as far as religious zealots go, they have surprisingly good editing skills (though that's not really saying much). Anyway, here's their Lady Gaga Poker Faceattack video, which is becoming more difficult to fnd on YouTube, with all the "response videos" popping up.