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With the economy down and recent prostitution busts claiming three popular New York S&M clubs, professionals working in BDSM community are getting nervous about job stability. So, what is a dom to do? Start a PAC, of course! Mistress Johanna, owner of Le Salon DeSade, and her business partner are drafting paperwork to create DomPAC to help lobby lawmakers to rewrite prostitution laws to protect BDSM practices. Johanna is also hoping to form a union for dominatrices so they can have 401(k)s, get health insurance, and receive unemployment benefits. Overall, the doms simply want a sense of job security and stability, and who would deny a woman with a whip what she wants? [NY Post] More »
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• Sarah Palin is, like, so annoyed that Katie Couric, like, insisted on asking questions and talking about what she wanted to talk about instead of just letting Sarah bash Obama. Because that's how an "interview" works. To be fair, though, Palin had been on Fox News with Hannity first. [Huffington Post]
• She was also really sad when she read the papers this morning and found out that the campaign was pulling out of Michigan. They didn't tell her in advance that they were pulling out or that they don't care what she thinks about the Big Boy campaign stuff. [Politico]
• The United Steelworkers think he might be forced out of Pennsylvania, too. [Huffington Post]
• In the mean time, though, they've got an ad featuring a quote from a Famous Person. It turns out that person is Peggy Noonan, but it does make her look completely in the tank for McCain, not that anyone cares about anyone being in the tank for anyone other than Obama. [Washington Post]

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The Trades Union Congress in England is urging employers to stop making high-heels compulsory for female employees on grounds that it is sexist and can lead to health problems. • Comedian Kristen Schaal reveals that not only is she well-read in British dramatists, she used to practice stand-up in front of cows as a child. • In England a man has been banned from visiting his girlfriend's home after neighbors complained about their noisy sex and the girlfriend's general "nightmare neighbor" behavior. • Another plucky-grandma-fighting-a-thief story? Oh, yes. • More »
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• OMG Bon Jovi is the motherfucking guest judge on Project Runway tonight! [Fashion Week Daily]

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