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Scoring (at) the Olympics


There’s a lot to talk about regarding this year’s Olympics. Male athletes are being flown first or business class and women are traveling in cargo coach. G4S fucked up the security royally and still demands a huge payoffday. In the right light, the London 2012 logo kinda looks like Lisa giving Bart a blowie. And there’s sports, of course. Lots and lots of sports that only get attention once every four years, like badminton and the canoe slalom.

Let’s talk about what really interests Crass, though. Sex. Continue reading

I Fear This Post

Phobias. We all have them. Some of us have many, some just one. Some phobias are so severe that they can debilitate us and some just simply freak us out. Some are harmless and some hurt others. Those phobias that discriminate, I refuse to acknowledge.

The word phobia is Greek for “fear” or “morbid fear.” When naming a phobia, any word connected to it should be Greek. However, throughout the years it has become acceptable for the medical community to add a Latin suppletion to a Greek stem to form a name. Continue reading

Retroactive Retirement is the New Plausible Deniability

RMoney’s campaign is making increasingly desperate statements defending, denying, and obfuscating his apparent continued stewardship of Bain Capital from 1999 to 2002 and trying to turn the ship around before it hits an iceberg. On CNN’s State of the Union yesterday, Romney adviser Ed Gillespie told Candy Crowley that the presidential candidate had “retroactively retired” from Bain Capital. Gillespie was asked to clarify the 1999 Press Release from Bain announcing that Romney would be taking a part-time leave of absence to manage the 2002 Winter Olympics. Continue reading