Sunday, July 05, 2009

Highlights

This piece is written by Rebecca of Sex and Politics and Screeds and Attitude, Cedric of Cedric's Big Mix, Kat of Kat's Korner, Betty of Thomas Friedman is a Great Man, Mike of Mikey Likes It!, Elaine of Like Maria Said Paz, Ruth of Ruth's Report (with us in spirit), Marcia of SICKOFITRADLZ, Stan of Oh Boy It Never Ends and Wally of The Daily Jot. Unless otherwise noted, we picked all highlights. Illustration is the movie poster for The Hurt Locker which is playing in Los Angeles and New York and opens July 10th in San Francisco, Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta, Austin, Oahu, Portland, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, San Diego, Minneapolis, Denver, Toronto and DC.



Hurt Locker





"I Hate The War" -- Most requested highlight of the week, C.I.'s "I Hate The War." Read it and find out why.





Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts "Barry & Bully" -- Isaiah's latest (and very popular) comic.








"The economy and voting" and "California earthquake (financial)" -- with Trina on vacation, Betty decided to grab some economy topics.





"Banks failing," "Econmy and stocks tank," "Points in the kitchen" and "Grilled cheese in the Kitchen" -- As noted, Trina's on vacation. Jess subbed for her this week.





"Iraq, Fort Worth," "Gail Collins and her ugly unibrow," "This is a 'pull-out'?," "Embarrassing programs on Pacifica" and "Summer cold" -- Ann continues filling in for Ruth who is due back shortly.





"Foul Play" -- Stan's Friday night movie post.





"Crosby, Stills and Nash" -- Kat covers music.





"LGBT" and "Dan Choi" -- Marcia on LGBT issues.








"Assault on gays in Fort Worth" & "Fort Worth cops go homophobic" -- Elaine and Mike on the Fort Worth assault on gay men.





"Barry O's No-Nos" and "THIS JUST IN! NOT ALL ARE WILD ABOUT BARRY!" -- No, they aren't all wild about Barry.





"the lady doth protest too much," "more troubles for gordon brown," "gordon brown should resign for the good of the party..." and "gordo the wounded shark" -- Rebecca on Gordon Brown.





"The administration just doesn't get it" -- Stan on the gang who promised change but had empty pockets.





"An Injustice Is Born" -- Isaiah dips into the archives for John Roberts.





"Sexist Melinda Henneberger embraces her own" & "Helen Thomas (yea!), Arianna (boo)" -- Elaine and Mike offer media critiques.





"We need to grow the hell up," "False gods and idols? Better check yourself." and "THIS JUST IN! IDOLATRY IS NOT CHRISTIANITY!" -- Betty, Cedric and Wally weigh in on the never ending 'mourning'.