Here is a list of advertisers to the Rush Limbaugh show. Drop them letters and emails to let them know that you will not support their businesses as long as Limbaugh is spewing his racist hate-speech and undermining President Obama's efforts to stimulate the economy.

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Seeing as I'm new at this state job, (less than a year),  I chose not to call in gay today.

I regret that decision. I'm listening to these god-fearing Obama-loving women in my office, sneer and slur those who MIGHT be out today, all the while chuckling to homophobic remarks from being… Read full post »

As much as I would want to lobby for increased tariffs and punitive taxation for companies that outsource American jobs overseas, I really would want to spend the hour on one major issue:

 Single payer health care.

 I would spend most of the hour on my main thesis: Any national health… Read full post »

A short photoessay from Hecate:

It's Always Some Little Girl, Looking All Alone, Surrounded By Grownups, With Her Hair Done Up. But It's Different, This Time.

...Today, two little African American girls traipsed off from one of DC's finest hotels to one of DC's finest schools. We routed traffic all aro… Read full post »

Yes - Increase taxes on excess oil company profits, please. Thank you.

Israel can try to justify this until the cows come home, but shelling civilians is fucking wrong.

I can't wait to read how dropping phosphorus is somehow Not Evil.

Please. Explain it to me.
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From Ruth at Cabdrollery, on the waning of Texas power in DC:

Schadenfreude Again :

"...For any of you who may have forgotten, an established practice of redistricting after census was ridden over by ambitious Republican party members who had visions of a permanent majority. They powered the… Read full post »

From Slow Roasted: Reading List

sekmet  :  The Houston Chron story about the birth certificate has over 900 comments. The wingnuts are just foaming and howling at the mouth. Pathetic

I spent a few minutes there yesterday. Just sad. Then I went to FactCheck.org to prove to a coworker that ye… Read full post »

The release of Mamma Mia! The Movie on DVD is causing me no small amount of tsuris at home, I'm telling you.

The Red Queen is greatly looking forward to seeing it. It looks very girly and all "Traveling Pants"-ish to her, I think.

My problem is ABBA's music turns me into a…

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Well, the conservatives are completely ahead of us on this:


Take Bacon. Add Sausage. Blog.

By DAMON DARLIN

Published: January 28, 2009

The Bacon Explosion, modestly called by its inventors “the BBQ Sausage Recipe of all Recipes,†has swept the Internet.

...The Bacon Explosion posting has since… Read full post »

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir becomes Prime Minister of Iceland, and the first openly gay head of government in modern times.

And a fox:

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I don't have the words to describe how awesome and gorgeous the work that Marc is doing over at DIVAS NEED LOVE TOO. I came of age in the 70s, and I have never gotten over the beauty of my disco goddesses and their music and those incredible, incredible album covers./…

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Because it's insanely cool...



Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey DBE (born 8 January 1937, Cardiff, Wales) is a British singer. She performed the theme songs to the James Bond films Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and Moonraker (1979). She is the only singer to have recorded more than one Ja…

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I was just reminded that right-wing assholes have no idea who, or what liberals are. To these misguided and benighted souls...Gilly says for you to Go Fuck Yourself:

Steve Gilliard - I'm a fighting liberal:

...It's time to regain the sprit of FDR and Truman and the people around them. People who… Read full post »

Bravo to Sinfonian, who spoke truth to power at a "teabagger rally" in Florida yesterday.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkOwsIIIe5I&feature=player_embedded

Spocko has a lot more to say about it, HERE

And to racymind, who got a write up in the Houston Press for her inspired counter-protest. (I was on t…

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Here's some good news:

The Onion: Dept. Of Evil: 'All Of You Must Die' :

WASHINGTON, DC—In the latest in a long series of ominous public pronouncements, the Department of Evil released a statement Monday demanding that all residents of the United States must die.

Dread Secretary of Evil Hammond… Read full post »

Elle landed Jennifer Aniston for their big September issue, but don't worry, you needn't pity the poor, single actress.

"I'm not going to ignore the pink elephant in the living room. It's fine. I can take it," she says of how it's hard to find a decent man in this town—and once… Read full post »

I do believe that I said that Obama wasted three months letting the Thugs get traction on any damn thing, much less health care.

Curiously, Maureen Dowd seems to get it. Yes, dear - that IS why they hate him.

He isnt really losing the "white" vote. He's losing squishy Dems who/…

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President McCain will be on my teevee yet again on Sunday.

It dawned on me this morning - I don't give a shit any more about those people who refuse to admit that they lost the election last year. Seriously, bored with them, annoyed with them - fuck them.

I don't care if…

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