Sunday, December 13, 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.



"Strobel practices reporting, NPR self-embarrasses" -- The most requested highlight and, for those wondering, Ava and C.I. tackle NPR this edition.



"F**k Copenhagen and the Environmental movement" -- Second most requested highlight, Marcia's firm line in the sand that we do not step over the corpses of others to rush to grab what we want.



Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts "It Takes A Starlet" -- Isaiah's most recent comic which pays homage to Joey Heatherton (as many noticed) and to Marilyn Monroe (Let's Make Love, which many missed).



"Cheesy Rice in the Kitchen" -- Trina offers an easy recipe from a reader.



"Christmas" -- Christmas means family and travel for many. Betty observes the difficulty in flying home for the holiday in terms of presents (to and from).



"friday" -- Rebecca follows up on a piece published here last week.



"Equality" & "The equality topic" -- Ruth and Marcia continue covering the issue of equality.



"Noam Chomsky, Ron Jacobs" and "Noam Chomsky is not happy" -- Elaine on the strange recent media appearances by Noam Chomsky.



"Cry baby of the week" -- Mike picks the big whiny for the week.



"No one can figure it out" and "THIS JUST IN! EVEN HE'S SHOCKED!" -- Peace? Barack thought they said it was a Piss Prize!





"Carriers" and "Caprice" "Non-reform and movies" -- Ann and Stan offer Friday night movie posts and Mike on Carriers as well.



"They always knew" -- Kat breaks it down.



"Martha Wins, Massachusetts Wins!," "martha's a winner," "Nerves and jitters," "A win, a loss and a blow," "THIS JUST IN! IT ALL BACKFIRES!" and "He used to think he was lucky" -- Martha Coakley and Massachusetts won Tuesday night.



"Connect the Dots? Lila leaves us waiting" -- Ruth offers a media critique.





"Who's hurting our LGBT rights?" -- Marcia asks the basic question and tells the unpleasant but needed truth.





"Hillary Is 44 as well as the dope" -- Betty takes on a media critic.



"He's not winning them over" & "THIS JUST IN! THE REVIEWS WERE BRUTAL!" -- Barry O's magic touch fades.





"Robin Brims and Brian Burridge" -- Kat weighs in on the Iraq Inquiry.





"The boob" -- Stan talks Barry O and American Dad.



"The Battle of the Story of The Battle of Seattle" - Ann covers books.