Quick links

1. Jon Swift kicks some conservative blogger ass:

Jamie Leigh Jones, a contractor for Halliburton/KBR, says she was gang raped by her co-workers, locked in a shipping container and threatened by her bosses. She was finally rescued by the State Department after she got word to her father who contacted Republican congressmen Ted Poe. If true, the story makes Halliburton/KBR look really bad and the fact that a Republican congressman and the State Department got involved lends some credence to her story. But Shackleford, Curt and Ace did not let that stop them from reflexively defending the military contractor and accusing this woman of being a liar in order to support the war effort. They saw that there was something fishy about the story, besides the fact that it is bad PR for Halliburton/KBR.

Read the entire link--do!--to find out just how evil and obnoxious some people can be.

2. Lawyers, Guns and Money reports that Bush vetoed the State Children's Health Insurance Plan. Again. Please, guys, look to see how your representative voted, and if he or she voted against it a second time, *use their vote* to talk everyone you know into kicking them to the curb next year. You can look up your representative's names here. Senate vote here.

3. Apparently teh gays are not only undermining marriage, they're threatening world peace. Via Pandagon.

4. Need a Christmas gift for a cool chick? You could do worse than a snarky t-shirt. Via Feministing.