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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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Trius wine club - December - Our Trius wine club box arrived today. Gord and I have been members of the Trius Wine Club for over ten years. *Every month, 2 bottles of our best wine wi...
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In US Drone Attack, Wedding Party Is Mistaken for an al Qaeda Convoy; At Least 15 Killed - Yemeni news media report ten people were killed and more than twelve people in a wedding party were wounded in a drone attack by the United States. The att...53 minutes ago
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'Are You Kidding Me?!?' - If you didn't see his press conference midday, John Boehner let it rip against outside conservative/tea party groups -- even more so than he had earlier ...1 hour ago
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OB Town Council Meets in Secret and Plots How to Spend Its Money … on OB’s Needy - A picture says a thousand words, they say. And so it does. We caught the Ocean Beach Town Council holding a secret meeting at the OB Rec Center the other n...1 hour ago
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In Alabama, The Priorities Are Clear. Medicaid: No. Boeing Welfare Payments: Yes! - What do you call a state government that thumbs its nose to $2.1 billion in federal money that would help create a minimum of 30,000 new jobs, & provide ...2 hours ago
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New DiCaprio Wall Street Movie Whitewashes Republican Corruption Out Of The Film - My friend Michael took me to a press screening for the new Leonardo DiCaprio film, *The Wolf of Wall Street* last night. It was a really good movie-- so...
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sweet thursday - scientific proof meditation is beneficial companies than pay high tax rates create more jobs than tax evaders 14 author you didn't know were bigots early...4 hours ago
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Malaka Of The Week: Steve Stockman - Malakatude often involves magical (aka unrealistic) thinking. That's why Texas Congressman Steve Stockman is this week's "honoree." Stockman is so far to t...4 hours ago
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on government deficits and the so-called "debt" - myths about deficits and the debt, followed by the reality…on topic speakers, in order of appearance: - L Randall Wray - Professor, Economics, Univer...4 hours 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...4 hours ago
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The Game is Rigged - …but I think we all knew that: A growing share of the country’s jobs pay less than $15 an hour, replacing higher wage jobs, according to a new report from ...5 hours ago
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Pearls Before Swine: Why Nice Isn't Enough - Among women, I am told that a peculiar kind of competition exists. It is a contest to see who can be the nicest and the most pleasant. Men would laugh a...
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Lizzie McGuire Lives! - Hangin’ With Hilary Duff Hurley 2003 I know most of you are waiting for the latest and greatest on our girl Hilary Duff. I really wasn’t aware of her work....6 hours ago
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Time To Get The War-on-Christmas Ornaments Out of The Attic, Ctd. - A War-on-Christmas Repost: I want you To remember that no bastard ever won the War for Christmas by dying for his dogma. He won it by making the other p...7 hours ago
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It Tolls for Me - I've been avoiding thinking about this, for the most part. I feel so... bereft... and though it's literally been years since we were all together here on a...7 hours ago
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Conservatives: Forever on the Wrong Side of History - Seems to be pretty much the history of this nation that the Right has almost always been wrong. WASHINGTON — The outpouring of acclaim for Nelson Mandela f...7 hours ago
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CLIMBING THE CHARTS - Health care enrollments hit one million, and the rate of applications is accelerating http://tinyurl.com/mv3shlq http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013...
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Double standards? - Oh my! It seems that *W* had a wondering eye down in South Africa as well, and Laura Bush certainly doesn't look pleased. According to the *New York Dail...20 hours ago
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Sixty Years of Poverty in the United States - Poverty in America is a pervasive issue that we’ve been wrestling with for a long time. Some moderate advances were made under President Johnson’s “War on ...22 hours ago
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Making A List of Rustbelt America Movies: Reflecting on the Race, Class, and Gender Politics of the New Film "Out of the Furnace" - I do not shill for movies. As readers of *WARN *know, I tend to write longer critical essays than straight reviews and endorsements of a movie or TV show...22 hours ago
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About that handshake that certain people are having the vapors over... - *a little perspective is in order. * *But don't expect that from the POHers!** **Professional Obama Haters.* *They are so very, very silly.* *HERE...
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Still Between Dust And Dust - At some point, the mature person who has already bushwhacked her way through all of life's other milestones begins to think about death in a non-fictional wa...
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Tila Tequila is hot for Hitler, says Paul Walker killed by Illuminati - When it some to making inflammatory public statements there are very very few people in *Tile Tequila's* league. Lately she's been on a role. Now Tila has...
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The Naked and Famous: Young Blood - Great lyrics and mood setting... A song called Young Blood by The Naked and Famous from 3-4 years ago, but recently discovered by me. [Youtube] The Naked a...2 days ago
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This Week in Fatherhood 10: Over-Scheduling Activities, Basketball Prodigies, and the Perfect Parenting Metaphor - This is the 10th edition of this newsletter, and I hope it's a good one, even though (or maybe because?) it's shorter than usual. My boy turned 6 this week, ...
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Nelson Mandela: His Day Is Done - Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela 1918 - 2013 Credit: Gideon Mende/Corbis I've spent a lot of time looking at this photograph and reflecting on this man's life...
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Nelson - ` *Can you even imagine the shit-storm that would have ensued had Nelson Mandela been a vindictive and vengeful man?* *South African history would have l...
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Ep 209 The Professional Left Podcast - The button below allows listeners to throw a contribution specifically towards the Professional Left Podcast. Thanks for your listenership and suppor...
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Wolverines !! Are you'all seeing all this Chinese bullshit? - China is about to take over the world. And it seems the Mighty O is going to let them,possibly during his third term if Professor Zimmerman has his way! I...1 week ago
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The Essential Question Law Enforcement Personnel Need To Answer - This is where we are at today. Now is the time to have the answer to this question.1 week ago
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why meditate - An elder monk who finds a young monk sitting in a meditation pose inquires, 'Why are you sitting in meditation?' The younger replies, 'By sitting in medi...
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I Yam What I Yam - Every Thanksgiving a fight breaks out at tables across America: are those yams or sweet potatoes we just ate. Behold the answer. Continue reading →1 week 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 ...2 weeks ago
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PB an J Yep I bet You are a Racist!!! - Read it here you racist! http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/15414/ Wow Liberals are off the chain and running rampant. China III3 weeks 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 weeks ago
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How Much Will Rachel Jeantel's 15 Minutes Continuing Irk The Haters? (Plus Tea Party Racism & Zimmerman Arrested Again) - Haters never win. I just think that's true about life, because negative energy always costs in the end ~ Thomas William (dob 2/9/1981) an English actor w...3 weeks ago
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Democracy in Texas - DEMOCRACY’S FIRST DEATH RATTLE, IN TEXAS. READ ON! As we know, last Saturday a group of dun safety advocates tried to hold a meeting; this is a group that...4 weeks ago
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no time for blogging.... have some punch - "Well, no," says the Irishman, "but it happens to me sister all the time!" "Damn, I just joined the Rotary Club." "No", the guys says, "I can't believe tha...5 weeks 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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Machine gun-toting robots blast targets with M240 machines during live-fire demo at Fort Benning - http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0">name="movie" value=" http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_...1 month ago
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Test Post #3 - Testing IFTTT. Will it post this correctly to LinkedIn? Or will it not? Only time will tell.1 month ago
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION…OR UNDER DESTRUCTION… - OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. NUNLY’S IN THE MOOD FOR CHANGE!2 months ago
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Please GOP, make our day.... - ....."Certainly, as Cruz acknowledges, the public outcry over the shutdown was difficult for Republicans. (He mostly attributes this to Clinton’s superior ...
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Dublin’s Underground Beat on DCTV every Thursday night! - ... The post Dublin’s Underground Beat on DCTV every Thursday night! appeared first on Louis Yagera.2 months ago
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They Should Only Choke Out and Die, Already - If you live in an area where the Sonic chain has stores, you've probably seen these two clowns. Crimus, these commercials become so annoying that it's wor...3 months ago
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Secret Law, or this is how democracy dies. - The founder of Lavabit, Ladar Levison, has spoken to Democracy Now about his decision to close his encrypted email service, rather than, as he said, be for...3 months ago
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"Cabaret" - Willkommen, bienvenue and welcome to the Kit Kat Klub, where Sally Bowles (Kristen Hester) and the mysterious Emcee (Miles Wiseman) sound the clarion call ...
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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...4 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...8 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...9 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]11 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. ...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...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 ...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 ...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...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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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 ...3 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 ...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 ...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’...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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- All Africa
- all kinds of stuff (JohnK.)
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- 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
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- Truth Out
- U.K. Independent
- U.N. News Center
- U.S. News and World Report
- Village Voice
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- 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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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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