Sunday, November 15, 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, 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.



"I Hate The War" -- Most requested highlight of the week by readers of this site.





"Iraq snapshot" and "Senate Banking Committee" -- C.I. and Kat cover last week's Senate Banking Committee subcommittee hearing.





"THIS JUST IN! GROVEL IN CHIEF!" and "So eager to please" -- Wally and Cedric on the scraping and bowing Barry O.



Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts "That Barack" -- Isaiah's latest.





"Did you read The Tipping Point?" and "Serious and fun" -- Betty and Mike talk American Dad.



"Got War?" -- Isaiah reaches into the archives for this.



"Deviled Eggs in the Kitchen" -- Trina offers a seasonal recipe and economic news.



"The Crook vs. the Fighter" -- The Nancy Pelosi approved House member heads off to jail while the Nancy Pelosi scorned former House member remains a hero.



"Carly's performance" -- Ann reviews Carly Simon's performance on Latenight with Jimmy Fallon.



"new action from now" -- Rebecca highlights NOW's struggle to fight back.



"some stand strong, some don't" -- and notes which losers aren't worth standing with.



"Do headline writers read?" -- Ruth asks a question we should all be asking.



"The ones holding us back" -- Marcia notes how some of the worst when it comes to silencing LGBT issues are . . . gay male bloggers.



"Love Finds Andy Hardy" -- Stan offers up this film review. (And plans to continue film Fridays.) (Continue reinstating them.)





"The one functioning member of the administration" -- As Trina points out, there's only one. Read it to find out who.





"they finally cancelled it" -- Celebrate!



"How weak are we?" -- Boycotts are bad . . . except when we do them. That's the 'logic' Ruth tackles here.





"The 'B' stands for 'bitchy'" -- Let's see if we get the 'logic': It isn't nice to criticize or slam religion . . . unless it's Christianity. Good for Marcia for taking on this b.s.



"When I was one of the sheeple" -- Stan points out that anyone can get fooled.



"The attack on the freedom of the press" -- Elaine on the efforts to attack the press.





"THIS JUST IN! HE THINKS WE'RE STUPID!" & "Not so Frank Barney" -- Barney Frank thinks he can just lie and get away with it.