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, Isaiah of The World Today Just Nuts 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," "Scott Brown asks if it is a staffing issue (Ava)," "Burr: I'd heard it before, I just hadn't heard it from you," and "The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing" -- C.I., Ava and Mike cover the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing on mental health Thursday.

"Iraq snapshot" and "House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health hearing" -- C.I. and Mike cover the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee hearing as well.



"THIS JUST IN! NOW THEY TELL US!" and "Now they tell us he was lying 3 years ago" -- aren't you glad to know Barack was vetted by the press?

"Summer pasta in the Kitchen" -- Trina offers a recipe for pasta salad.

"In which I explain "Cracker" to White people" -- Betty takes on a liar.


"700 people left sickened by a chlorine gas leak" -- Ruth covers Iraq.

"He didn't change the world or even the perception of the US" -- Kat provides reality.


"The brains of that marriage" -- Marica talks music figures.

"Netflix Part II" "Bye-bye Netflix" -- Stan on the big entertainment news of last week.

"jezebel likes beating up on rape victims" and "fan mail from jezebel" -- Rebecca takes on Jezebel.


"The Libyan War" -- Elaine on the Libyan War.

"Little baby storms out" -- Mike on Barry's walking out on the meeting.

"New rules from Stitch Bitch Carney" and "THIS JUST IN! MORE BITCHIN FROM THE STITCH BITCH!" -- Jay Carney is in love with Barack.

"He's not much of a man" -- Betty on Barack's lies and use of his dead mother as a prop.


"the scare tactics" -- Rebecca opts out of Barack's attempt to scare America over the debt ceiling limit.

"The latest White House scandal" -- as Ruth notes, the scandals never end.

"Tom Joyner, kiss my ass" -- Marcia has no use for Tom Joyner.

"Blow Out" Stan goes to the movies and Ann covers radio:

• 4 men, 2 women
• 2 men, 0 women
• 4 men, 3 women
• 3 men, 1 woman
• 4 men, 2 women

"I don't heart Huckabee" -- Isaiah dips into the archives.

"Assuming the worst" -- Elaine on the NPR portrayal of the Libyan War.

"Idiot of the week" -- Mike picks the idiot of the week.