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Reagan's '80s
(some of us remember)
Pol-ly-an-na
The Literate Electorate
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A Pacifist Memorial Day - For most of us, Memorial Day is a joyous occasion. We may think of idyllic, lazy summer days of childhood, whole months away from school. Our greatest c...
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Holder Approved Search Warrant of Reporter’s Emails - While Attorney General Eric Holder may have recused himself in the Associated Press probe he did approve the search warrant for a Fox News reporter’s email...52 minutes ago
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I am not making this up - The Guardian has been all over the Cannes Film Festival this week. Today's coverage included an interweb slide show thingee of the worst movies on the mark...1 hour ago
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Dear Doctors: Show Us Your Papers! - Well this is a great plan. Let's make practicing medicine even more difficult in Alabama. With rural hospitals closing, our Governor stubbornly refusin...1 hour ago
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'Nooney Tunes' - In case you missed this classic Jon Stewart segment on Peggy Noonan from this week (the excerpts from one of her audio books on Reagan are worth it all by ...2 hours ago
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GMO: No One Is Perfect-- Not Even Elizabeth Warren - What about the corporate AgriBusiness predators? America is embarrassingly overdue to have a woman president. Golda Meir, Indira Gandi and Margaret Thatcher...
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President Obama: State of Perpetual War Must End - *I'm very glad he said this, wish this speech had come sooner. But I applaud his courage and determination to change the policy of perpetual war. * * ** *...2 hours ago
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A Decidedly Non Auspicious Adventure (Part 2) - Fortune and misfortune are two buckets in the same well ~ German Proverb. After checking for traps, the halfling thief Letta the Lucky flipped open the t...3 hours ago
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“Some say,” some said - You gotta love Petunia and Pals for their unique ability to actually practice double-think. The government is incompetent and incapable of doing anything, ...3 hours ago
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it's friday night - german scientists use off-shore windfarms to replenish lobsters cutting social security and not taxing wall street can chris christie get the gop nom? our ...4 hours ago
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Freaky Friday Open Thread - *He not busy being born is busy dying. * [image: Bob Dylan] Bob Dylan (Robert Zimmerman) Born May 24, 19414 hours ago
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Shakespeare's Julius Caesar is So Very Revealing as We Try to Make Sense of the Age of Obama: Do Share, in This Same Moment, What Art Speaks to You? - On Fridays, we will be indulging ourselves from this point forward here on We Are Respectable Negroes. There may be a guest post, a video to discuss, some ...7 hours ago
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Waiting For The Miracle - Back a million years ago during the darkest days of the Age of Commander Cuckoo Bananas, we Liberals used to make a big deal of the fact that it was gonn...
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Things found...... - I found my chainsaw yesterday. I had lent it to Aaron, from the New Moon, cause he had this really crappy cedar bush that was growing into his porch and ...
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Book ~ "Home to Whiskey Creek" (2013) Brenda Novak - From Goodreads ~ *Sometimes home is the refuge you need - and sometimes it isn't. Adelaide Davies, who's been living in Sacramento, returns to Whiskey Cre...
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"Nooney Tunes" and "Witch Hunts". - A few years ago I co-founded the Afrosphere [spear]collective with a few like minded bloggers who wanted to push political thought and inspire critical th...17 hours ago
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(SATIRE) Ocean Beach Lifeguard Statute Is a Secret Republican Plot to Hold City Council Seat - Today - Thursday, May 23rd - will witness the display of a secret Republican plot to maintain the City Council District 2 seat now held by Kevin Hawkner, a...21 hours ago
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Louisyagera.com to be shutdown - I’m closing this website. It was started in 2005 as my diary of my journey with the Gateway Experience Course from the Monroe Institute. Over the years, as...22 hours ago
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My Two Fucking Cents In Brief - Benghzai? Give it a rest you hypocritical motherfuckers. There is plenty of other bullshit you ignorant fucks could be up in arms about. The IRS scandal?...1 day ago
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Channelling the Church Lady; FBI Edition - So, Ibragim Todashev, a pal of one of the Boston Asswipes, confesses to an FBI agent, two Massachusetts staties and several other cops that he assisted the...1 day ago
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Fame & Chronic Brain Fart - Jose Conseco is a person of interest! [image: former Oakland A's star is accusedin Vegas sex asault, calls out accuser on Twitter]*former Oakland A's star a...
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Them Scandals Some More - I DO mind that MY health care is at risk from a transparent smear and slur campaign, and nobody "responsible" in the so-called "liberal" media says a word....1 day ago
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Rethug Scandophiles - Impatience is a spirit poison; anger is like a stone hurled into a hornet’s nest. –The Urantia Book Washington Monthly’s Ed Kilgore writes : Even as “inv...1 day ago
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How To Keep It Up Forever - Kansas is thinking about outlawing sustainability, so that solves that. It's a great example of outside-the-box thinking, and the Reality Box has really been...
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This Is The Trip, The Best Part - *The Doors*, *The Soft Parade*, 1968. R.I.P., *Raymond Daniel Manzarek*. ...and with that, *darkblack* goes on hiatus for a time - not that you might te...
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Now they want disaster aid …….WTF……. - make up your fucking minds dip-shits … funny how those dumb-ass R’s from the south and mid-west states who voted against the Sandy relief aid to those in...2 days ago
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Magazines for Kids: Turtle, Humpty Dumpty, and Jack and Jill - I know we're a digital world, and I don't really have a problem with that. My kids could swipe-open the iPhone before they could walk, and if we're waiting...
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Ghost Scandals in the Sky - From the New York Post Toasties **** *Scandals are a'brewin' baby!* *Only these aren't really "scandals" of thescandalous variety. What we have here are dis...
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CBO budget forecast, April’s retail sales, CPI, PPI, and industrial production, Q1 household debt & credit - [image: US Federal Government Budget Surplus Deficit]on Tuesday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released their Updated Budget Projections for Fisc...
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crafting complaints - A couple of Sundays ago I finally got around to visiting a local crafts show that takes place around here twice a year. I'm not what I would consider to ...
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Ep 180 The Professional Left Podcast - * * The button below allows listeners to throw a contribution specifically towards the podcast. Thanks for your listenership and support! We really a...
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Glenn Greenwald schools Bill Maher - *RED HERRINGS* Glenn Greenwald schools Bill Maher. Did Bill learn anything? Probably not. The best part is near the end of the video. [Youtube] Glenn Gree...
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R.I.P. Kansas - With a few minor changes in events, names and places Jason Probst's obituary for his native state of Kansas, which recently ran in The Hutchinson News, could...
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Join Me Today for the Las Vegas IWW's May Day After Party (5-4-13) - The Las Vegas IWW at May Day 2013 The Las Vegas Industrial Workers of the World will be holding our official monthly meeting on Saturday, May 4th at 4pm a...2 weeks ago
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News alert: scary immigrants! - In the wake of the Boston bombing, and the changing national dialogue about immigration, I have a scary warning for you, about some frightening people who ha...3 weeks ago
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Why I switched from Apple iPhone to HTC One Android. - I’ve been an Apple customer for a very long time. I still am ‘that guy’ who harps on about Mac OS X at every available opportunity. But iOS, the operating ...3 weeks ago
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"SEQUESTER"?? YOU MEAN SCREW YOU, "ORDINARY PEOPLE". - CONGRESS CLEARS THE WAY FOR QUICK FLIGHTS TO AND FRO, BUT NOT A FUCKING BREATH FOR SICK PEOPLE, NOT FOR YOUR KID, YOUR GRANDDAD, YOU OR ME! FUCK OBAMA AND ...3 weeks ago
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UGH. - *One Reason I Haven't Posted Much This Year* Yep. Just the thought of Senator Ted Cruz(R-TX)makes me feel like comedian Lewis Black just before his head ex...
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The end of the book - I just want to go somewhere and let this all go. My rage, my pain, my anger, frustration, hurt. I want this to end. It's supposedly easy for me. Well, ...4 weeks ago
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The Bible and Comprehensive Immigration Reform - The Bible weighs in on immigration, thus bringing the influential weight of the centuries on the contemporary subject of comprehensive immigration reform. ...
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WHEN GOD GIVES YOU TOO MUCH WATER–FIND SOMETHING FUN TO DO! - For those stuck in areas of heavy rain and floods, here’s a little movie to get you started on a good rainy day project. Keep safe. Love you all, Nunly ♥♥♥...5 weeks ago
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All that Glitters..?. A Practical thought.. - I have been farming... no excuses for not blogging for a bit but things that matter day to day have been taking priority. Having said that now is a good ti...1 month ago
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Fuckin' GOPers.... - They are trying to get Americans to believe they are compassionate, they care about babies, seniors, the poor, and minorities, but it's too little too late...
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The Library News - Library news for those who care about what happens at the library. First off, we have a man who, as part of his bail, is forbidden to step into *any*lib...
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Splotchy Has Moved And Stuff - HEY I MOVED MY BLOG TO HTTP://WWW.SPLOTCHY.COM PEACE OUT2 months ago
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For God and Country - James Parco LtCol, USAF Ret, has written a position paper, *God and Country: Religious Fundamentalism in the U.S. Military*, for the Center for Inquiry. Th...2 months ago
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No net and moving again. - Well I will see you all when the smoke clears. My darling sister fucked me royal.. But I will be back up at some point!! You all take care! China III2 months ago
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Why I Never Post These Days - Gee it's kinda boring making political statements when your party is in control and the other party is doing such a good job of self destructing.3 months ago
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Exceptional Exceptionalism - What’s truly exceptional about America, it turns out, is the indifference we show to our compatriots, the absence of the kind of national solidarity more e...4 months ago
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There Comes a Time for Every Blogger… - The Omnipotent Poobah Speaks! - The downfall of Roman civilization was caused by the idea that you could have good roads and schools without paying for t...5 months ago
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NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre Provides His Solution For American Gun Violence - [image: NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre Provides His Solution For American Gun Violence]5 months ago
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Veterans Day - Funny how all of sudden everyone is proud of the veterans... everyone is proud to have served... everyone cares about those serving overseas... BULLSHIT. ...6 months ago
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The Fall of Mittens - Glad we'll be seeing more of this for the next four years, instead of this: Four more years!
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If They Ever Make an Exploding Segway - Bonnie should get the first one. Besides the fact that this commercial is as annoying as fuck, a clown who goes ripping down the aisles of a store on a S...
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Everythings Coming Up Roses! - From the Desk of Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan’s Big Chief in Charge of Bragging, Boasting, & Corporate Victimization: Hey, kids! Well, our policies may be hurting ...7 months ago
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Effective Business Transactions With Use Of Contract Management - The idea of agreement control is often used throughout purchase or perhaps purchasing departments. As a aspect of purchase division's responsibilities, the m...8 months ago
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loaded topics - Friday's 'mass shooting' at the Empire State building had the shortest shelf life of any such incident in recent memory, which is kind of a shame...
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On the Fly - I'm pretty sure I'm too busy to write this, but it has really been too long and some of it just needs to land somewhere outside of my head. If this were...
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Since a few people have asked... - I'm still around online, even though I don't update this blog at the moment. I can give you a litany of excuses but I don't want to be that person. Instead...9 months ago
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A Very Telling Quote - McDonough manages to say *exactly* what is wrong with Big Food, Big Pharma, Big Medicine in America in 81 words. Good job! So here's where I get radical. ...1 year ago
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Racism I Found Today: Non-Black Version of “The Talk” - I’m late hearing about this terrible and blatantly racist article. It’s written as a response to recent articles about “the talk” that black parents have ...1 year ago
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Chinese Chicken - In Japan they have cafes where you PAY to pet cats and drink (nonalcoholic) beverages!! BY THE HOUR! "At Calico, one of Tokyo’s most popular cat cafes, one h...1 year ago
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Hacked - While I was recovering from having a broken tooth (with an exposed nerve and a long and healthy root) pulled with not much more than fancy pliers (hold tha...1 year ago
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Great Depression II - From a N.Y. Times commenter: I'm... an independent who could not bring myself to vote for any of these republican candidates. In fact, I believe they would...1 year ago
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Come On Over to Our New Pad, MOMocrats.com - Hi! If you've come to us from the Washington Post article that mentions PunditMom (yay! also a MOMocrat and running the 2012 election coverage at iVillage) a...1 year ago
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Maher: Indicative of an Asshole in Real Time. - Update: Thanks to reader @ribletsonthepan for tracking down the clip in question. I’ll try and find a more stable version, given that it may not remain on ...1 year ago
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What'd I say - Years later, and with new technology, we still can't make records that sound better than this:
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How To Succeed In Politics Without Really Trying - *HOW TO SUCCEED IN POLITICS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING* *A New Musical* *Act I* J Andrew Boener ("Jab"), a young member of the country club set has a mind for...
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Yeah, I am back again. But this may be the only one for a while. - Reading blogs today I found a reference to a blog post at DailyKos from 2005. Now I normally don't read much at the big orange anymore because I just can't...1 year ago
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Writing Tools: Idiots Who Think They're Great Because Other Idiots Respond to Them - I write for my local Patch*, a fun diversion that also pays a bit of extra pocket money so I can get my eyebrows threaded and keep Dilf in bon bons**. Fo...
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It's Time for the FCC to Investigate "Fox News" for False Advertising - Now that Rupert Murdoch's neo Nazi media empire is facing controversy and criminal investigations in Britain, it's time to consider the illegal activities ...1 year ago
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Buh Bye Blogger! Moving to WordPress. - I am no longer posting to this damn Blogger blog. My new site can be foundhere, and the name is changed to *Leftwing Nutjob*..which is what it should be an...
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Michigan my friend - the dumber you are the easier you fall Michigan my friend is the dumbest of all in these hard times who do we elect a vulturous cadre of reptilian descent ...1 year ago
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Remember That Dress????? - Remember awhile back I bought this dress? I promised to put it on and show you! Well, here it is..... Not the greatest picture of me but .. when a 5 year ol...
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Jane Harmon to step down - Jane Harmon leaving Congress to become the next President of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. I'm sort of surprised, but it's quite a ...2 years ago
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Open Thread - Well, all the goodbye posts have been made, so this is really it. Comments on articles will continue to work for seven days after the articles were posted...2 years ago
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In Memoriam...Roger Ranch - Tuesday, I saw an email pop up with the title "Great Quote." I noted the author of the email was friend and fellow Progressive, Roger Ranch. I made sur...2 years ago
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Want What - A new poem.... Want What Sometimes I just want to separate Jump out This skin Evaporate Into thin air Into ether Into another body Who's happier than me So...
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Millionaire Matchmaker’s Patti Stanger should be a spokeswoman for damaged Black hair - I enjoy the Millionaire Matchmaker as much as the next couch potato, but there’s something about Patti Stanger’s “tough love” critiquing that irks the hell o...2 years ago
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Blankie release party Oct 1st! - Join us to celebrate the launch of Blankie™! a new designer blind box series by design company Aarting. We’ll be hosting the official release party which...
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We’ve Moved! - Our new website is up and running. Check us out at http://awfullibrarybooks.net Don’t worry all of the old posts and comments moved with us!2 years ago
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Thanks for listening to The Professional Left! - We are very grateful for your listenership, readership, and moral and financial support. Driftglass and Blue Gal (The Professional Left) are award-winning b...
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Final Blog - As most of you may have already heard, TheMom lost her long health battle on July 3rd. I am sorry I couldn't post any sooner than this but there have been ...2 years ago
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In the immortal words of Jean Paul Sartre, 'Au revoir, gopher'. - I left the democratic party today and registered in the Oregon Progessive Party. I encourage anyone in the state to also join the OPP. They need to get onl...
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Sirens Chronicles bids you adieu… - We will be closing up the site this week. It has been fun, informative and interesting with all the various authors/writers we have had over the couple of ...2 years ago
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Odds & Ends Sunday - It's time to cook up a storm and restock the freezer with my homemade TV dinners...First thing this AM I made a tamale pie from a new recipe ...turned out ...3 years ago
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Politics Plus has Moved - Please join me at our new location. http://www.politicsplus.org/blog I’ll leave this site up, because it is where we have been, but I’ll be turning off com...3 years ago
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"I'll Take the Dreaded Opera Category for $500 Alex" - Turandot [The Village] must be satisfied by being begged for marriage and having her pre-requisite riddles answered and never challenged or rebuked. She’...3 years ago
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Blog is Dead. Long Live Blog. - Well, my inner defeatist has triumphed over my better intentions. Considering I have nothing to add in terms of half-enlightened commentary to this ongoing c...3 years ago
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Sweet Home Alabama: ukelele version - Go on, you know you want to hear it: Forget the uke. She’s really good. If you doubleclick on the video, you get to Hayley Legg’s Youtube page, which has a...3 years ago
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Bye to Blogger.com! - I did it - I moved to WordPress. The new digs are: http://www.justaintrightblog.com I adore WordPress and have been working in development using it for man...3 years ago
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UFC 98 Happening This Very May 23rd - ...And oh what an event it threatens to be. Tapped for May 23rd at the MGM Grand Garden Arena (you can catch it on PPV starting 10 PM Eastern), this even...4 years ago
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Happy Birthday, BAC! - Darlings, it's BAC's birthday! I almost forgot, but Dr. Zaius reminded me. You simply must *go and wish her a happy birthday!*
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Sometimes There Are No Words - One of my favorite bloggers and frequent commenters has suffered a terrible loss. Fair and balanced commentary from a modest and reasonable conservative.4 years ago
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Good Reading and Good Blogs
- Al Jazeera
- All Africa
- all kinds of stuff (JohnK.)
- AlterNet
- AP/Reuters Photo Wire
- Beta News
- Bitter Lemons (Israel - Palestine)
- Bloomberg News
- Canadian Alternative
- Common Dreams
- Crooks and Liars
- CTV News (Canada)
- Daily Kos
- Democratic Underground
- Glen Greenwald (The Salon)
- Guerrilla News Network
- Haaretz (Israel)
- Inside Iraq
- Inter Press Service
- International Herald Tribune
- Iraq Blog Count
- Meet in the Lobby
- MSNBC First Read
- New York Times Politics Page
- Political Animal (Kevin Drum)
- political zazen
- Real Clear Politics
- Reuters Iraq Summary
- Roll Call
- Samachar (India)
- Slashdot
- Some Historical Perspective
- Ted Rall online (Comics)
- The Daily Dish (Andrew Sullivan)
- The Daily Voice
- The Nation
- The Onion
- The Smirking Chimp (Matt Taibbi)
- Truth Out
- U.K. Independent
- U.N. News Center
- U.S. News and World Report
- Village Voice
- Voice of America
Get off the couch
- An Enduring Legacy
- Any Soldier
- Boycott O'Reilly
- Bring Back Arrested Development
- College Dems
- End Animal Cruelty
- End the Death Penalty
- Foundation for Middle East Peace
- New Israel Fund
- No War in Iran
- NORML (Reform Pot Laws)
- Not Your Soldier
- P.I.R.G.
- Peace Now
- Picken's Plan
- Save Africa's Children
- Save the Whales--but Kill the Seals
- Save Tibet
- Students for Sensible Drug Policy
- The Climate Project
- The Color of Change
- The Green Foundation
- United for Peace
- We Can Solve It
- Why Tuesday
- Working for Change
Stuff We've Been Digging...
- 2008 Election Videos
- A Time to Fight: Reclaiming a Fair and Just America -- Sen. Webb
- Aarting Designer Toy Competition
- Blackwater
- Body of War
- Fire Breathing Liberal (Rep. Wexler)
- Generation Kill
- The Great American Hypocrites
- The Great Derangement
- The Shock Doctrine
- Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed: A Judicial Indictment Of War On Drugs
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