Shmarah Shmalin

I’m so tired of Sarah Palin. Aren’t you? I’m tired of her TLC show, which is boring as hell and filled with her 100% fake-as-hell folksy charm. (I’m from Wasilla — you aren’t fooling me with that fake Minnesota accent! Even your kids don’t talk like that!) I’m tired of stories about her — or…

It’s the women, stupid!

Here’s a memo to The Senate: Equal pay means a stronger economy. Unfortunately, The Paycheck Fairness Act died by a 58-41 (1 abstaining) cloture vote today in the Senate. For Nevadans, we can thank recently re-elected Sen. Harry Reid for voting for this bill, which would have helped “provide more effective remedies to victims” of…

But what does it all mean?

The election is over. Now what? Well, for one thing, we’ll all be getting less annoying junk mail and be seeing less annoying campaign ads. Actually, that’s pretty damn nice. So, hurray! At least we have that. There’s been a lot of good news/bad news round-ups out there. Mostly, it seems the take-away from the…

Remember to Vote!

Don’t forget early voting ends on Friday, Oct. 29. Election day is Nov. 2! Need help learning about the candidates? Here’s some handy guides and endorsements: ProgressNow Nevada Nevada Advocates for Planned Parenthood Affiliates League of Women Voters (members only) The Stonewall Democrats (LGBT) endorsements Nevada Conservation League endorsements And here’s a handy link to…

Let’s get … SANE!

When Jon Stewart announced the Rally to Restore Sanity, I had no idea how much I’d be needing some sanity right about now…as we live through early voting, closing in on election day and survive the onslaught of the campaign-season shit storm. Oh my God! I need a wheelbarrow to bring my mail in! I…