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.

 "Iraq snapshot" and "Iraq snapshot" -- two most requested highlights by readers of this site.

Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts "The New VP Candidate" -- Isaiah on the Paul Ryan pick.

"Squash Casserole & Bean Salad in the Kitchen" -- Trina offers two vegetarian recipes.

"shameful," "The shameful media, the shameful campaign," "Barack's attack on veterans," "Shame on you, Barack Obama," "Jill, Roseanne, Cindy, someone call him out," "Dear Pathetic Matthew Rothschild" and "Now if we can just replicate the Oakland spirit"& "THIS JUST IN! OAKLAND'S GOT SPINE!" -- Rebecca, Ruth, Kat, Marcia, Elaine, Mike and Cedric & Wally on the Oakland action.

"Haywire," "One more time on Peace, Love & Misunderstanding,"  "Go to Amazon and stream Fonda's new film!!!," "Peace, Love and Misunderstanding" and "Peace, Love and Misunderstanding" -- Stan, Ann and Ruth go to the movies.

"Guess who got her own Wikipedia entry?" "Curiosity's discovery" "mars"-- Betty blogs about Curiosity. 

"I can say I'm wrong, why can't Naomi?" -- Trina on the hypocrite.

"Bill Nelson" -- Kat on the primary elections.

"Hey, WSWS, why so damn chicken?" and "2 Dumb Whores: Carl Davidson - Bill Fletcher Jr." -- Mike and Elaine call out the sad.

"THIS JUST IN! MOUSER GETS CALLED OUT" and "Mouser and Glory Hog" -- Special Ops calls out Barack.

"Helen Gurley Brown" -- Kat notes a passing.

 "Silversun Pickups: Ass bitches" -- Trina on songs and campaigns.

"Abby goes," "Portlandia," "Alphas" and "TV" -- Kat, Stan and Elaine cover TV.

"The Feminist Barack" -- Isaiah digs into the archives.

"Chicken a la Schechter" -- Mike notes a disappointment.