Kobe's rape case dropped

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/02/national/02kobe.html?hp

Notice that the case was dropped because the "victim" didn't want to testify. I guess she was sore about her medical records and her name being released. Boo-hoo. Cry me a river! Isn't a legal battle supposed to be completely intrusive? I know it is for sure, as I've been involved in a court case (not rape, thank God). If the rape happened the way she says it did, wouldn't she want to stick it to Kobe? Also, if she was planning to rip Kobe off from the beginning, which she most clearly was, wouldn't she think twice about fucking even one guy before she was medically examined? What a dumb-ass. And thanks to you, lady, for taking us girls back a huge step in our perpetual struggle to be taken seriously.

A great story by Zadie Smith!

I loved it! I hope y;'all do too.....

http://newyorker.com/fact/content/?040614fa_fact3

Those clever Canucks

I read or heard somewhere over the weekend that Canada has been up to no good again. This time, they are producing this superdupermega-bud called the "B. C. Bud", straight from, duh, British Columbia. This is exported into the US, mainly by drug mules who go through border crossings which are not heavily patrolled (there are many in the northwest). These people slip pounds of the stuff into their backpacks, bypass the mounties and the INS, and boom they make thousands and thousands of dollars.

Politicians are once again up in arms about this latest development. First, it's bacon that really isn't bacon at all, then Celine and Shania Twain, and now this? What WILL those Canucks come up with next to further drive our painfully capitalist society into the ground?

Well, I don't know about y'all, but Seattle is looking like a mighty fine vacation spot these days!

I love my fat, gay cats!

Yesterday, I walked into my room to find my two tubbies (kitties) huddled close on my bed, necking and kissing and licking! No, it's not incest. They are both adopted and not related by blood, but they are brothers nonetheless. I watched unnoticed for about 2 minutes, when JP sees me out of the corner of his eye, and immediately sticks out his paw and sucker-punches Samson, who at this point has not yet put his tongue back in his mouth. The claws come out, the hissing begins, and now Samson has a half inch scar right over his left eye. Feline S+M!

Republicans use 9/11 to justify Bush in office

Very sad and pathetic of them. The silver lining? They don't have consciences, so this won't weigh on them at all.

http://nytimes.com/2004/09/01/politics/campaign/01about.html?hp