Sunday, July 31, 2011

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" and "Huffington Post insists "Oh those darn Republicans" -- two most requested highlights by readers of this site.

"Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts "Spanked on the Global Stage" -- How's that Libyan War working out for Barack?

"Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts "The Whiner In Chief" -- Isaiah did two comics last week. This was on Barack's Monday night speech.


"Kat's Korner: Talent breaks free, EMI suffers" -- Kat reviews Joss Stone's LP1. And, reminder, last week she offered "Kat's Korner: The Real and The Synthetic."



"Iraq snapshot," "Scott Brown in the Committee spotlight," "Senator Johnny Isakson (Wally)" and
"Soldiers aren't gods" -- C.I., Ava, Wally and Kat report on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing.


"Corn Chowder in the Kitchen" -- Trina offers an easy recipe and talks the economy.


"Bad mother alert" -- Betty's not a bad mother but she did write a great post.

"pelosi the fighter re-emerges" -- who would have thought the safety net would all come down to how hard (and how willing) Nancy Pelosi is to fight for it.


"A very bad year for music" -- Kat calls it as a bad year for American music thus far.

"mystery album" -- Rebecca on music. And Ann on radio:




"The cesspool" -- Ruth on the awful.


"Oh look, it's Miss Priss Jay Carney" and "The shameful Jay Carney" -- Kat and Mike on White House spokesmodel Carney.


"Netflix spits on customers" -- Stan with the latest on Netflix.

"John Halle and websites" -- Elaine explores John Halle's premise.

"Where I was surprised" -- Mike on the only surprise in the administration.


"Time to start booking a flight home?" and "THIS JUST IN! PACK YOUR BAGS!" -- Cedric and Wally on the increasing unpopularity of Barack Obama.


"The awakening" -- Marcia hopes there's an awakening take place in the country.

"That not-so Fantastic Four and sequel" -- Stan goes to the movies.

"Idiot of the Week: Matthew Rothschild" -- Idiot of the week winner is Matty Rothschild.

"Jobs?" and "THIS JUST IN! WHERE ARE THE JOBS?" -- as Cedric and Wally point out, the most basic question still can't be answered by the White House.

"There is no 4 year pass" -- Trina explains accountability has to come.

"If only he could talk big" -- Marcia on Jesse on Barack.

"Jason Alexander's announced his suicide" -- Netflix isn't a 'White' thing, someone break it to Alexander.

"Bully X-mas" -- Isaiah dips into the archives for this one.

"Tim DeChristopher" -- Elaine on political prisoner Tim DeChristopher.