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Americans are united in their porn habits

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:01:00 +0000

Porn search engine PornMD lets users sift through X-rated offerings from websites like Pornhub, YouPorn and XTube for whatever might tickle their fancy. And in a newly-released interactive infographic, the website used that data to map porn habits from around the country.

The results? The United States might not be a monarchy, but we definitely have a queen -- and MILF be her name. The search term, which I trust you can look up for yourselves, ranked in the top 10 for virtually every state.

Other findings include a distinctly Midwestern predilection for "creampie" and a lone "mom" in Arizona. Also of interest: Iowans and the good people of Montana rank "parody" porn in their top 10. (Glad that someone is watching "The Sex Files: A Dark XXX Parody.")

We have already learned that one's porn-viewing habits may lead to more progressive ideas about marriage equality, but is it possible that American's shared love of smut can bring us together over other divisive topics, like the Keystone XL Pipeline and the sequester?

A kinder, gentler Erick Erickson?

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:44:00 +0000

CNN contributor and RedState blogger Erick Erickson is getting sick of the "outrage pimps on both sides of the aisle whipping the respective bases into a frenzy and fury against the other side," including conservatives who have become what he describes as "purveyors of outrage instead of preachers for a cause."

"We’re off key and off message," Erickson wrote in a blog post earlier this week. "We’ve become professional victims dialed up to 10 on the outrage meter. Who the hell wants to listen to conservatives whining and moaning all the time about the outrage du jour? Seriously?"

But if anyone is prone to "purveying outrage"... Here is a brief history of some of Erickson's greatest hits:

In 2008, he wondered in a blog post: “Is Obama shagging hookers behind the media’s back?” But, he concluded: “I assume not. I assume that Obama’s Marxist harpy wife would go Lorena Bobbit on him should he even think about it.”
In 2009, at the height of the health care debate, Erickson compared White House health care spokeswoman Linda Douglass to the Nazi's chief propagandist:

Petition for CNN to fire Erick Erickson gets more than 100k signatures

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 21:12:00 +0000

Could this be the final straw for Erick "David Souter is a "goat-f*cker" Erickson?

Erickson, who's both a CNN contributor and blogger for the conservative website Red State, is being targeted by a women's advocacy group after he tweeted this about the female speakers during day one of the DNC:

First night of the Vagina Monologues in Charlotte going as expected.

— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) September 5, 2012

He tweeted an apology shortly after:

My apologies to those offended by my tweet.Wasn't my intention.

— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) September 5, 2012

But that wasn't enough for the women's advocacy group UltraViolet, which shortly after launched a petition to get him yanked off of CNN. "Seriously?" the petition asks. "He hears powerful, eloquent women talking about crucial issues and that's his reaction? Perhaps it shouldn't be that surprising, given his history of insulting women." It then noted how Erickson defended Rush Limbaugh's attack on Sandra Fluke.