A note to our readers

Hey --
Another Sunday.

First up, we thank all who participated this edition which includes Dallas and the following:

The Third Estate Sunday Review's Jim, Dona, Ty, Jess and Ava,
Rebecca of Sex and Politics and Screeds and Attitude,
Betty of Thomas Friedman Is a Great Man,
C.I. of The Common Ills and The Third Estate Sunday Review,
Kat of Kat's Korner (of The Common Ills),
Mike of Mikey Likes It!,
Elaine of Like Maria Said Paz),
Cedric of Cedric's Big Mix,
Ruth of Ruth's Report,
Wally of The Daily Jot,
Trina of Trina's Kitchen,
Marcia of SICKOFITRDLZ,
Stan of Oh Boy It Never Ends,
Isaiah of The World Today Just Nuts,
and Ann of Ann's Mega Dub.

We thank them all. What did we come up with?

• Truest statement of the week

An interesting take from Black Agenda Report.

• Truest statement of the week II

It's rare that we consider politicians for a truest but Dona especially championed this one.

• Editorial: The arrest warrant that wasn't

When the press repeatedly gets it wrong and does so in such a way that one side is always smeared, maybe it's time they stop claiming "objectivity"?

• TV: Score card time

Ava and C.I.  There was hope for a Barbie piece for this edition but most felt Ava and C.I. should participate and they ended up tasked with an assigned TV piece.  Ty had found some e-mails of especial interest and I (Jim) agreed.  So we got Ava and C.I. to do a look back and also to grade themselves.  They give themselves two As and two Fs.  I think most would grade them higher.  (Higher than an A?  One A is backed up by The New York Times noticing this month what they predicted last October.  There's no way you can grade that below an A.  The other A was for noting the sexism of the Water Cooler Set throughout the season.  Again, they earned that A.  I doubt most would give them the two Fs but they self-graded.)  This is a lot more than what Ty and I were expecting and it's sure to be a readers' favorite.  The CW is its own thing.  If readers want Ava and C.I. to weigh in on it, they're happy too but as it continues to struggle, they didn't feel it was fair to compare it to the big three plus Fox.

• Congress and Veterans

Dona moderated a roundtable on last week's House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing.

• From The TESR Test Kitchen

If you're eating diet products, you're doing so to watch the calories. So shouldn't the calories be less -- signficantly less -- than non-diet versions of the same food?

• Barack and his sexism captured in photo

A short feature.

• Bradley Manning

Law and Disorder Radio continues their coverage of Bradley Manning.

• Jill Stein on marriage equality

Jill Stein is running for the Green Party's presidential nomination.

• The press ignores some Chinese dissidents (WW)

Workers World repost.

• Highlights

Mike and the gang wrote this and we thank them for it.

Peace.

-- Jim, Dona, Ty, Jess, Ava and C.I.