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some light reading....
IT'S TRUE!!!
Please Keep in Mind
If you're not drinking, you're not paying attention.
Reagan's '80s
(some of us remember)
Pol-ly-an-na
The Literate Electorate
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A Jim Thomson Novel - Just *begging *to be written. From The Washington Post: *CEO of bitcoin exchange found dead in Singapore* By Associated Press, Published: March 5 SINGAP...
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Late Late Night FDL: Planet Koozebane – Merdlidops - *Dom DeLuise* -- *Planet Koozebane - Merdlidops* from episode 211 of *The Muppet Show*.4 hours ago
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What do you mean product placement? - They just want you to think it was a spontaneous selfie, er, an ad, man. (I wish I knew who made this.) – grs. Filed under: Badvertising4 hours ago
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OK, geography whizzes, it's time once again to strut your geographical stuff. Plus: "How do you show the unshowable?" - *This cover was trickier than we civilians probably would have thought, since how, after all, do you illustrate black holes, which can't be seen? Tom O'Ne...
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rip bartcop - incredibly sad news, our friend monkeyfister let us know that the incredible bart of bartcop has passed away. bartcop was one of the original blogs to popu...6 hours ago
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Circumnavigatrix, the script - Circumnavigatrix This is the incredible-but-true story of a woman who turned the newspaper business – and the world – upside down a century ago. As a repor...6 hours ago
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Negroes needed for "outreach". - [image: View image on Twitter]I would have tried to make it down to *CPAC*this year, but unfortunately, once again, I did not get an invitation in the mail....8 hours ago
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Breaking - Authorities in Florida say they won't be arresting Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) after his wife accused him of shoving her last weekend.10 hours ago
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The District 2 Appointment Gambit – Newsom Leads Informal OB Rag Poll, Jane Gawronski Also Running - *38 Candidates So Far In the Running* Now that former Councilmember Kevin Faulconer has been sworn in as mayor, the deck is clear for the appointment proce...13 hours ago
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Ep 222 The Professional Left Podcast - Links for this episode: - Room 222 with Karen Valentine! - Glenn Greenwald vs. Glenn Greennwald - David Brooks vs. David Brooks - Bill Ny...
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Putin: A Reach Too Far - Lawmakers in Crimea voted unanimously Thursday to split from Ukraine and join Russia instead, and scheduled a referendum in 10 days for voters on the dis...16 hours ago
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Conservative Pundits, Pols, and Bloggers... - say "Who, *MOI?"* when they're accused of supporting the ex-Soviet KGB strongman, Vladimir Putin, over their American President Obama. "Who has said a...18 hours ago
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Planes, Complaints and a Prick Named Gary - Occasionally, I’ll read a story like this one, where a woman was removed from a flight for singing “I Will Always Love You” at the top of her lungs for thr...18 hours ago
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Cruelty, malice, and their far-reaching consequences - Someone once encountered and captured a relatively tame and docile forest animal. The person was, however, very sadistic. Despite initial kindness to win t...19 hours ago
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Friday Fiction: Sweet Valley High Lives! - Francine Pascal’s Sweet Valley High Outcast Pascal 1987 I am a little too old for Sweet Valley High, but I have many friends that say this is THE teen fict...20 hours ago
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GROPING FOR AN ANSWER - Bill on military sexual assaults can't break Senate filibuster http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/06/1282698/-Gillibrand-s-Military-Justice-Improvement-A...
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Freaky Friday Open Thread - *If you feel like there's something out there that you're supposed to be doing, if you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it.* [image:...22 hours ago
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What Do Their Eyes Tell Us as We Watch 'The Act of Killing' and Look at Photos of Masters and Servants in South Asia? - There is a store in my neighborhood that sells incense, beads, and trinkets. In its window is a statue. I never make eye contact with the statue. There i...
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Who needs to shut the fuck up this week? - - Religious right wingers. These insane bastards have a huge boner for Vladimir Putin and his anti gay legislation and for how 'strong' he appears ...1 day ago
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Book ~ "First Night of Summer" (2013) Landon Parham - From Goodreads ~ *The quaint mountain town of Ruidoso, New Mexico, is the perfect place for Isaac Snow to raise his family. But when eight-year-old daught...
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Daniel Espinosa To Helm Leonardo DiCaprio's BLOOD ON SNOW - AMC Movie News - *Leo DiCaprio* had a recent disappointment at *the Oscars* when he didn't win best actor for his *Wolf of Wallstreet*. Now no one has nominated me for an ...
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The Baby Bust and Other Current Trends - I hasten to write a trend piece because the conclusions drawn are often very subjective. My surroundings dictate my views, and living in a large ...
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Ode to Sarah Palin - ODE TO SARAH PALIN There are bitches who are full of glitches There are witches who have no hitches There are stitches which fall into ditches. There...
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Rudy Giuliani Anti-American Praise of Pootie-Poot Brings Shame To Our Country - I looked the man in the eye. I was able to get a sense of his soul ~ George W bush (dob 7/6/1946) 43rd preznit of the US (2001 to 2009), reflecting on a ...2 days ago
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AL House Passes New Abortion Restrictions After Dumbest Debate Since Last Week - Almost lost amid the sound & fury of news coverage of Rep. Alvin Holmes' remark about race and abortion is the fact that our legislators wasted hours deb...2 days ago
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How to ask people money to finance your film or artwork project - ... The post How to ask people money to finance your film or artwork projectappeared first on Louis Yagera.2 days ago
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A Fur Piece - "Why would you want to go to Alaska for vacation? In the winter?" Why not? Dave and I have never been inclined toward the tropics. There's something about b...
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Real Survival: Conquering Depression - I broke my heel on November 6, 2013. To this day I am still on crutches, due to the fact that I can't bear more than maybe 50% of my weight on my right foo...4 days ago
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YOU’RE SINKING; WE KEEP GETTING RICHER. - The more desperate people are to find work, the more likely they will be to accept any work at any wages under any conditions.4 days ago
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2nd estimate of 4th quarter GDP, et al - the key release of this past week was the first revision to the advance estimate of 4th quarter GDP from the BEA, which showed that the economy grew at a...5 days ago
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Vlad the Assailer in: Annexing the Sudentenland! - The Soviet Union’s Russian Republic’s greatest per capita consumer of Viagra® has played his dictator card again, following the template he established wit...5 days ago
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the late dinner - This is one of those stories I know from family legend better than as a complete memory from childhood. It happened while we still lived in England durin...
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retro darkblack #9 - Fast Food Rushmore - [image: Fast Food Rushmore] *'Approved Clean Young Republican Version'*1 week ago
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Jordan Davis Gets His - Jordan Davis 1995-2012 ` *Jordan Davis would have - should have - turned nineteen last week. The only thing he celebrates these days is fifteen months unde...
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Weekly Fatherhood Newsletter: Growing Kids, the Evil Agenda of Frozen, and a Star Wars Room - This week's roundup includes talking with kids about tough subjects, the hidden agenda behind Frozen, dealing with growing kids, and a very cool Star Wars ro...
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Let’s Stop and Take a Breath: American Divisiveness - People disagree and with some common sense people can usually work out acceptable compromises. LGBT rights are a perfect example. Continue reading →1 week ago
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Some things Matt Dillahunty should know about Sye ten Bruggencate - Matt Dillahunty, co-host of the Atheist Experience cable access television programme based in Austin, Texas, and all ’round upstanding member of the skepti...3 weeks ago
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pppfffffffffffffffffffffttttttttttttttttttttttt - well, still can't see very well. Still can't make paragraphs on blogger....but I scrapped together enough money for a beer. back later.4 weeks ago
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Lorde's PURE HEROINE album only $1.99 on Google Play & Amazon - *BARGAIN BASEMENT* Lorde's Pure Heroine album is only $1.99 on Google Play (yeah I bought it!). It's also available on Amazon for the same price, $1.99. [...5 weeks ago
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Take Both Pills and Die, Already! - It's bad enough that we have the hype over Super Bowl commercials, but now we have pre-commercials. He should take both pills-- the red one is cyanide, the...5 weeks ago
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For You Stragglers - I see that there are still some folks wandering around lost on the Internet that wind up here. I also see I hadn't put up anything since Christmas, which i...
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January of 2014 - Here we are in January of 2014... the end of January. I have begun on a journey of writing... I am working on a series of humorous skits, a play, and a boo...5 weeks ago
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And You Want To Tax MY "Hard Earned" Money? - I become a CEO for a large company, then to make it more “profitable", I lay off 500 people that make $50K/year, each, and put the rest of the emplo...2 months ago
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Merry Christmas - I probably won't be back on before x-mas, so I wanted to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and I hope 2014 is a great year for all of you! China III2 months ago
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Well Shit darlin most are already getting it, except for a few working Fools like me! - Fucking liberals! Who will Pay for it Dumbass? http://www.prisonplanet.com/msnbcs-radical-idea-every-non-incarcerated-adult-citizen-gets-a-monthly-check-fro...2 months ago
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FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS FORGET TO VOTE IN THE MID-TERMS - The horrible republicans in the house of representatives this go-round are a DIRECT result of lazy voters. YOU AND I SAT AROUND while the republicans REDIS...2 months ago
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Same Old Song and Dance - Hey, remember we elected the GenX liberal dude who had all that Hope and Change up his sleeve? Man he sure sounded good, looked good and made a shit load ...3 months ago
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THE FLIGHT FROM DALLAS - From noon to dusk on November 22, 1963, history went dark, locked inside the closed and crowded cabin of Air Force One. Fifty years later, what happened af...3 months ago
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October's Challenges.... - October was spent in a quiet struggle, unseen by most. I was trying to get into school. I started applying to schools in June and by July had applied to a...
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Reasons to Become a Radiology Technician - As the day goes by, similar situations continue to present themselves and just like the *colors of the rainbow that can mix themselves into an infinite n...
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Test Post #3 - Testing IFTTT. Will it post this correctly to LinkedIn? Or will it not? Only time will tell.4 months ago
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION…OR UNDER DESTRUCTION… - OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. NUNLY’S IN THE MOOD FOR CHANGE!5 months ago
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Protests today in over 10 cities anti-border militarization component of immigration reform - Border residents and communities across the country are participating in a National Day of Action Against Border Militarization on Wednesday, July 17. Re...
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Can’t do this anymore , I’m done ……. - and I won’t be back … can’t deal with “stupid” pathological liars … only way to change things is at the ballot box , and with your feet to move out and awa...7 months ago
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Chalk the Police State - July 18th - [image: sunset 3]Chalk Washes Off, Injustice Never Will!Emma Goldman once stated that if voting actually changed anything they would make it illegal. The r...
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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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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...11 months ago
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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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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...1 year 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]1 year 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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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 ...1 year 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...1 year 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...1 year 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...2 years 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...2 years 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...2 years 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 ...2 years 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...2 years 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 ...2 years 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 ...2 years 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 ...3 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...3 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...3 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...3 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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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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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 ...3 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 ...4 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...4 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’...4 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...4 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...4 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
* Another Victim of the Drug War *
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3 comments:
Mmmph, deeper, deeper.
oh she can go deeper my friend... she has that big empty cavity in her head where her bbbbbraaaainss are supposed to be.
That gets me excited. Take it all Michelle. . . you hot sexy freak, you.
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