One of the CNN headlines right now reads: “Shaq compares new basketball to blow up doll.”

With everything going on in the world, this is news?

Okay… LGBTIQC.

So first we had “gay.” Fine. Probably descriptive enough. But of course one sex got upset so then we had “lesbian and gay.” Okay, still cool. Then because the bisexuals apparently were offended by the categories and the transgendered were upset, we had LGBT. Okay. It’s a mouthful, but I suppose if you all feel unloved, we can do LGBT.

But the “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Intersexual, Questioning, and Contented” community (LGBTIQC), as I just saw on a poster? Give me a fscking break.

Every single sexual individual on the planet does not need to be uniquely named. Or rather, every single individual on the planet was already named—by their parents. And that’s good enough for me, if you tell me your name, I’ll know who you are.

Meanwhile, this acronym does not need any more letters if you want to keep straight folks like me paying attention, rather than just writing the whole thing off as whining and personal inadequacies rather than an actual quest for social justice.

Signs point toward an invasion of Iran before election day.

Expeditionary Strike Group 5, according to the Navy’s own news is on its way to the region for deployment. This group is capable of single-handedly waging air war on Iran. Combine with Cheney’s recent statements about a single terrorist incident being enough to warrant an Iran attack, and his rhetoric about a “decapitation” strike against Iran that would lead to a popular revolution in support of the U.S. (they somehow believe), and online rumors of a Tonkin-style incident that will cripple or sink the U.S.S. Enterprise (part of the group and scheduled for retirement within a decade anyway) that will “justify” retaliation, and evidence of a surge in put orders expiring before the election… and you have a lot of coincidences.

I think we might be about to stage a false “attack” on ESG 5, which will then retaliate with air strikes and take us into a full-scale war. Several analysts said that Bush and Cheney see it as their life’s mission or calling from God to launch the war between civilizations, and that they will be sure to do it before they leave office (or perhaps sooner if they feel as though the window is closing, as would be the case with a Democratic swing in Congress). Are we going to attack Iran? Ugh.

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Scary “see also” here.