I would buy a pink gun. Not from the Komen people, but I consider it only a marginal step up from pink wraps or my floral-patterned 6" knife.

NYT is reporting that Komen has changed its mind and will maintain PP funding.

Yeah, here's the statement:

The events of this week have been deeply unsettling for our supporters, partners and friends and all of us at Susan G. Komen. We have been distressed at the presumption that the changes made to our funding criteria were done for political reasons or to specifically penalize Planned Parenthood. They were not.

Our original desire was to fulfill our fiduciary duty to our donors by not funding grant applications made by organizations under investigation. We will amend the criteria to make clear that disqualifying investigations must be criminal and conclusive in nature and not political. That is what is right and fair.

Oh Komen, too late my friends, too late.

NYT is reporting that Komen has changed its mind and will maintain PP funding.

They say: "After due deliberation, we have decided blah blah focus on the mission blah blah woman power hope! Give us your money and we'll pink up corporate sponsorships."

They mean: "We're getting out ass kicked! Total PR nightmare!"

NYT is reporting that Komen has changed its mind and will maintain PP funding.

Barn door ---> horse.

We will amend the criteria to make clear that disqualifying investigations must be criminal and conclusive in nature and not political.

So, we can assume they'll yank the Penn State funding that LeNubian mentioned above? (I won't hold my breath.)

So, we can assume they'll yank the Penn State funding that LeNubian mentioned above? (I won't hold my breath.)

I want someone to pin them down on that one today, and sit back to see how much farther they can backpedal.

Our original desire was to fulfill our fiduciary duty to our donors by not funding grant applications made by organizations under investigation.

OMG! How much bullshit do they expect us to swallow? It was 100% politically motivated. Lying sacks of shit who lie.

Pink gun has issues bigger than taste. One reason water pistols are brightly colored is so that they don't get mistake for, you know, actual pistols.

(Poor Darbs. It's a shame you can't just tell her to relax, you know?)

Oh, I tell her. And tell her.

She's fine, really. She'll get over this sooner or later - like say, when she gets back home where this shit will not fly.

NYT is reporting that Komen has changed its mind and will maintain PP funding

Heh. Stupid people. What did they think was going to happen?

ION, an aquaintance of mine runs this site: [link]

It's kind of awesome: she posts great videos dissecting popular media from a Feminism 101 perspective--the latest one is on the way Lego is issuing a girls' package of toys, which are all pink and purple and focused on baking and salons. ::gags::

Apparently she's doing so well that the anti-feminist assholes have found her and ... well, you know what happens to women on the internet when they dare to talk about being women on the internet. Pisses me off. She's totally awesome and nothing she says is particularly new or challenging.

We will amend the criteria to make clear that disqualifying investigations must be criminal and conclusive in nature and not political.

And since that is totally a clear and non-subjective standard there should be no problem!

Is there a check-box on the front of investigation cover pages, I wonder?

Motivation: ___Political ___Non-political

Legitimacy: ___Spurious ____For reals