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Froggies
Per MSNBC, this is from the online manifesto posted by the Discovery Channel gunman:
“Nothing is more important than saving … the Lions, Tigers, Giraffes, Elephants, Froggies, Turtles, Apes, Raccoons, Beetles, Ants, Sharks, Bears, and, of course, the Squirrels. The humans? The planet does not need humans.”
The word “froggies” fascinates me in the context. [...]
I have a dream
I have a dream that one day, a racist ex-Morning Zoo bobblehead will hold a rally on the mall in Washington, on the very anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech.
I have a dream that the racist bobblehead will claim he is the true heir of Martin Luther King. And that [...]
Obama really WANTS to destroy Social Security?
That’s the claim of Jill (Brilliant at Breakfast) in this post, aptly titled Barack Obama really, really, really, really WANTS to destroy Social Security :
I always knew that he wasn’t the raging leftist he was painted to be. I took a lot of flak from a lot of people during the primaries for not seeing [...]
Emily’s List
First of all, let me apologize for my absence. I have been so busy running the world with the Secret Feminist Cabal® that I actually forgot to update my blog. I know, I feel like Steve Martin saying that—”I forgot to pay my taxes”—but it’s true. I just lost track of [...]
Not exactly a slow news day
Okay folks, I’m just going to call this an open thread. There’s so much in the news:
1. TIME Magazine puts mutilated Afghan woman on the cover. I’m linking to the Jezebel article about it because Irin Carmon has the most thoughtful take I’ve seen.
2. Shirley Sherrod is going to [...]
A video that made me happy
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Proof that American idioms are better than British idioms
First of all, I should start by saying that I’m very tired. I was up all night trying to find a good solution to stationery needs for the Secret Feminist Cabal (which, while terribly powerful and awe-inspiring, can’t afford to pay much). But my mood is good! Cheerful, even. Or maybe [...]
Thank you, Lord Saletan
Dude is not exactly my favorite person, but he’s done a Good Thing. And now I don’t have to do it, which makes me happy because I’m in a bad mood anyway.
Here’s the deal: one of the things that’s been annoying the living fuck out of me about the Sherrod business is the [...]
Two posts on the Sherrod mess
Both well-written, both offering cogent summaries of key aspects of the case.
Amy Davidson’s Two Minutes in Georgia, from the New Yorker blog, is superb:
The most obvious aspect of the Shirley Sherrod affair is its shabbiness. How many minutes do you spare before deciding to destroy someone’s life? It would be nice if the answer to [...]
Memories…light the corners of my mind
Misty watercolor memories…..
Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards’ Statement on Abortion Ban in New High-Risk Insurance Pools
“Based on the Obama administration’s statement, we are deeply disappointed that the administration has voluntarily and unnecessarily decided to impose limits on private funds used to purchase health insurance coverage for abortion care in the new high-risk [...]
