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, Marcia of SICKOFITRADLZ, Stan of Oh Boy It Never Ends, Ann of Ann's Mega Dub. and Wally of The Daily Jot. Unless otherwise noted, we picked all highlights.



"Iraq snapshot," "Post-9/11 GI Bill," "House VA's Subcommittee on Health," "Iraq snapshot," "House Committee on Veterans Affairs" and "Iraq snapshot" -- C.I. and Kat report on three Congressional hearings they attended.



Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts "Prizes" -- Isaiah's comic gem.





"Grow up, Danny Schechter" -- the most requested highlight of the week.





"Bully Boy Bush the destroyer" -- Isaiah dips into the archives to highlight an early favorite.



"Somerby on the cry of 'They fact checked!'" -- multiple requests for this to be highlighted.



"Chicken & Rice in the Kitchen" -- Trina offers a new recipe.





"Barbra Streisand's auction," "Barbra's latest record," "barbra's auction," "TV and Barbra" and "glen nye, barbra streisand" -- Barbra coverage in the community.



"World Food Day" -- Ruth on World Food Day.



"Lt. Dan Choi" and "Why Urvashi Vaid has nothing to say to me" -- Ruth and Marcia on LGBT issues.



"Alexander Cockburn hopes you're really, really stupid" -- Elaine offers a strong critique of a distractor.



"Celebrity Whine" and "THIS JUST IN! LA BITCHY!" -- Cedric and Wally take on the bitchy starlet.



"Selling widows in Iraq"-- Betty on the policy of marrying off Iraqi widows for cash.



"gordo even screws up a withdrawal" -- Yes, Rebecca, he does.



"Carly Simon sues lying Starbucks" -- Did Starbucks mishandle Carly Simon's This Kind Of Love? Kat documents it and documented it back in 2008.



"Tom Ricks: One Doughnut Short Of A Dozen" & "FSRN, the Idiot Maddow" -- Stan and Elaine offer media critiques.



"Who hired her?" and "THIS JUST IN! DUMB IN PRINT!" -- Cedric and Wally on simplistic idiots.



"Prizes" -- Ann discusses Isaiah's comic.



"Barack's assault on the press" -- Marcia's 'controversial' post.



"Gail Collins" and "Mondays" -- Mondays are a pain in the ass. So is Gail.



"John Walsh, Tom Eley, Barry Grey, Isaiah, Third" -- Mike with a full plate.



"The come down" & "THIS JUST IN! NO NEW AWARDS!!" -- Poor Barry O. Last week, he didn't win a single award.



"Justice For Iraq" -- Trina on meanings.