Quickies: Such great strokes

• At the mutual masturbation parties held at 13th and Walnut, the male-to-female ratio is 2-to-1. And in other news, the Harlem Globetrotters are likely to win Sunday when they play at the Wachovia Center. Tickets are about the same price for both, too. [Citypaper]

• I actually didn’t know this. Did anyone? From The Evening Bulletin (Now available online!), a celebrity sighting: “FOX-29 sports anchor Bill Vargus with his wife, FOX-29 reporter Sue Serio.” Really? They’re married? [The Evening Bulletin]

• I’m no Nostradamus, but writing that you can’t separate loonies who kill abortion doctors and plain old pro-lifers/anti-abortion rights activists (pick the term that suits you) might not be the best idea for the abortion-rights movement. But maybe that’s just me. [Salon]

• In music news, U2 has postponed the final 10 dates of its Vertigo tour. How is this band still touring for Vertigo? Didn’t that come out like Fall 2004? [Billboard]

The big story of the day

No, I’m not going to even think about debating this. (Oh, come on, you knew the Supreme Court was going to take this case.) I’m actually impressed by the photo; the Knights of Columbus guy attached another pro-life banner to his main sign in an attempt to block out the “Keep Abortion Legal” sign. That’s pretty clever, even though it didn’t work.

Justices tackle late-term abortion issue [AP/CNN.com]

Line of the year

And so early, too! Yeah, yeah, this would have made more sense to post it before the Steelers-Seahawks game, but I didn’t see it until this morning. From Seattlest:

Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell have also made a bet with Pennsylvania’s junior senator Rick Santorum. If the Steelers win, Santorum gets apples, salmon, and coffee. However, if the Seahawks win, his wife has to have an abortion.

Unfortunately, the Steelers won. Drag.

Political Fat Cats Wager on the Seahawks [Seattlest via Deadspin]

Lead of the Week

The first sentence of an editorial in today’s Northeast Times about eminent domain:

When the Bush Supreme Court aborts Roe vs. Wade, many state legislatures may feel compelled to reinstate the right to have an abortion.

Okay guys, I just really have to ask: What the fuck?

Mind your business [Northeast Times]

Abridged Daily News columnists

Two sentences or less. Reading ‘em so you don’t have to.

Jill Porter: Holy shit, Department of Human Services is doing a good job! This story ought to lead the paper — and it does.

Rotan Lee: There was this court decision, oh, in the 1970’s, perhaps you’ve heard of it? Roe v. Wade, it’s called, and I know it’s rather obscure, but it deals with this procedure called “abortion.”