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?
A POLITCO report gets a truest. A rare thing.
Patrick Martin offered strong media criticism. We noticed a huge desire on the part of many to look the other way.
Thank you to Isaiah for use of his comic. How the hell have we gotten to this point? An unqualified, ignorant person is up for US Ambassador to Iraq. Did they learn nothing from Chris Hill?
Ava and C.I. wrote a wonderful piece this week. I (Jim) riffed on their opening paragraph for the title. This reviews Burning Love, takes on Katrina vanden Heuvel's latest series of false claims and tells Kevin Smith to embrace those bi-sexual desires. It's an amazing piece of writing.
Readers brought this to our attention. We responded.
Dona asked for short pieces with the hope that we could finish early. We didn't finish early but we did turn in a short piece she loved.
Senator Patty Murray on the Fair Pay Act.
This required editing before publishing. Are we going to evaluate Gloria? We may. Right now we're waiting to see whether or not she's going to lie to rescue Barack. If she does, we'll most likely examine how she's damaged the women's movement over the years. In the meantime, read this article and grasp when Wonder Woman was being destroyed -- it wasn't when they gave her Zeus as a father.
At last, a reporter on the ground in Syria for NPR.
Senator Murray notes the VA's work on reproductive injuries.
Green Party candidate Jill Stein calls out the betrayal of Wisconsin.
The Committee Dianne Feinstein heads calls out the administration leaks.
Do we have free and fair elections if people can't get on the ballot?
A repost from Workers World.
Mike and the gang wrote this and we thank them for it.
And that's what we came up with this week.
Peace.
-- Jim, Dona, Ty, Jess, Ava and C.I.