Friday Reads

 From 2018 is this interesting article about how the nonexistent "cellulite" became a "disease" designed to make women hate themselves even more.

Blame the French to begin with, and then women's magazines like Vogue reviving the scam in the late 1960s.

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Nevada senator Catherine Cortez Masto is on her way to be re-elected to a second term.  Opponent Adam Laxalt is making noises about demanding a recount.

As if her re-election was ever seriously in doubt. However, the state party is having some problems because of the DSA ratfucking  the organization.  Meanwhile, Joe Lombardo, the GOP candidate for governor has defeated incumbent Democrat Steve Sisolak.

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Obituary:  Comedian Gallagher, 76, has died of  multiple organ failure.  Popular back in the 1970s and 1980s, he retired in 2012 after a series of heart attacks.

Snip:

Born Leo Anthony Gallagher Jr., the mononymous comedian became a household name in 1980 with “An Uncensored Evening,” the first standup comedy special to ever air on Showtime. Gallagher would go on to create 12 more hourlong specials for the network, as well as several popular programs for HBO.

Gallagher’s signature bit involved a handmade sledgehammer he called the “Sledge-O-Matic,” which he would use to smash food onstage and spray it onto the audience. His hammer’s trademark victim was the watermelon. Gallagher also became famous for his witty wordplay and sharp observational comedy.

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The Idaho legislature has really screwed women over on abortion.

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