Special link for JZ.

Still waiting on a phone call. Hate this. I love my mother and wish she would take better care of herself.

Distracting myself by trying to figure out how to incorporate these into a crochet project.

ADA LOVELACE SMASH

I daresay she'd arch an eyebrow and shoot them a withering look of death. Keep your stupid gender politics out of my tech, you sexist bastards!

Sending vibes your way Cash.

When I went to vote today, my change of address hadn't gone through, so I had to re-register and fill out a provisional ballot. I was v. late to work. The upside is that my new polling place is even closer to home than my last one was.

A nice photo gallery of Chicago's waterways.

Oh my - PZ is awesome here.

Y'all know that Jenny McCarthy is opposed to vaccinations because of the false vaccine/autism link, right?

Help Oprah out

Oprah asks so sweetly: What Should Jenny Do?

You've seen it all over the news...Jenny McCarthy, one of America's funniest and coolest moms and Harpo is giving her, her own show.

Here is where YOU come in.

What would you like to see featured on Jenny's show? What would you like for her to talk about? What are you and your friends buzzing about?

Any topics you'd like for her to tackle? Are there any questions that you have -- that you would love for her to answer?

If so -- we definitely want to hear from you!

Write to us and tell us exactly what you'd like to see Jenny do.

Make sure to include your questions and thoughts in detail. And make sure ONLY to write if you'd be willing to talk to us on national television.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Here's the suggestion I sent to them.

I want Jenny McCarthy to get schooled. I want her to invite educated, intelligent scientists and doctors on her show, who each week dissect her vapid little opinions and dismantle her cherished biases. I want her to be embarrassed in every hour. And I want her to get a little wiser, episode by episode, so that by the end of a year she actually becomes an informed and interesting person.

Help people learn some actual science and medicine by making Jenny McCarthy a public example, and help McCarthy become a better human being -- one who doesn't kill children with her ignorance.

Do you think they'll go for that?

I'm still boggled that anyone, anyone at all is still holding onto the autism/vaccinations link--not only were there always troubling questions about the validity of the original study that started the whole mess, right from the beginning, but it was decisively debunked and the author exposed as a fraud and a cheat just a couple of months ago. Everything comes from that one Lancet article, and there's no reputable anyone anywhere in the world who now believes that article to be anything but a piece of number-massaged shit.

At this point Captain Logic is not only not steering Jenny McCarthy's tugboat, he's been bludgeoned and dumped overboard in the dead of night.

I feel so bad for all the abuse Captain Logic suffers these days....

I'm still boggled that anyone, anyone at all is still holding onto the autism/vaccinations link

We're starting to get the fallout from it in the UK. (Warning: needle in this link*) [link] Don't know how this compares with situations in other countries, but it's scary. Apparently there are huge numbers of parents here who *still* won't get their kids immunized.

*My other half passes out upon seeing a needle. I've learnt to put warnings on things.

At this point Captain Logic is not only not steering Jenny McCarthy's tugboat, he's been bludgeoned and dumped overboard in the dead of night.

I totally agree that logic is not where she is at. Where that plays seems to be is a deep disappointment and anger and upset and an inability to understand sometimes medical shit Just Happens and the humans don't control everything. Try as hard as we'd like.

It makes me feel sad.

Credit Card Industry Aims to Profit From Sterling Payers

Credit cards have long been a very good deal for people who pay their bills on time and in full. Even as card companies imposed punitive fees and penalties on those late with their payments, the best customers racked up cash-back rewards, frequent-flier miles and other perks in recent years.

Now Congress is moving to limit the penalties on riskier borrowers, who have become a prime source of billions of dollars in fee revenue for the industry. And to make up for lost income, the card companies are going after those people with sterling credit.

Banks are expected to look at reviving annual fees, curtailing cash-back and other rewards programs and charging interest immediately on a purchase instead of allowing a grace period of weeks, according to bank officials and trade groups.