Sunday, August 05, 2012

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,
Rebec
ca 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.


And what did we come up with?

A sports quote.  
Ava and C.I. were at this hearing and they brought the quote to us.
The Islamic State of Iraq is hitting their goals, it's Nouri that's still stumbling around.
Ava and C.I. examine Amy Goodman's propaganda.  When I (Jim) read this, I realized they had two pieces and not one.  I begged them to pull a few paragraphs and turn it into another article.  Doing so meant they lost a section about how Goody loves to trash Hillary and while excusing Barack and Barack's friends all week, she made sure, in her Syria 'discussion' to trash Hillary as did her guest Chuck Glass (the apparent wife of George Glass).  This is a strong piece.

A magazine survey article.
Ty dips into the e-mails.
We look at team comics.

This went up less than 10 minutes ago.  I asked Ty, "How many views?"  21. I'd bet anything it becomes the most read feature.  Ava and C.I. hate reality shows but our readers love it when they write about them.  
A friend of Betty's had an irksome experience at Barnes & Noble.  When she complained to Betty, Betty brought Ava, C.I. and Dona in to hear the story.  Betty said maybe they could write about it?  Her friend said only if it had some humor in it.  They put this through three drafts.  In the second draft, they dropped "we" for "I" and it made the piece much stronger.

Jill Stein campaign.

Workers World repost.

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


We got done early -- especially for us.   See you next week.

 Peace.

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