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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.




And what did we come up with?

• Truest statement of the week

Bill Van Auken of WSWS..

• Truest statement of the week II

Matt Stoller writing at Salon.

• Editorial: The shameful silence

Last week an Iraqi journalism organization announced that a reporter was stabbed to death in Baghdad while attempting to cover the LGBT issue and women being arrested for prostitution.  The American journalism organizations that pretend to be 'international' still haven't noted the death.

• TV: On Medical and Critical Malpractice

Ava and C.I. were going to write a short one, we were told.  No politics, we were told.  They lived up to it which will please many of their most loyal readers.    No promises about next week, though.  This is also one of 3 Ava and C.I. pieces this edition and one of 2 that are new.

• The Man Who Loved Hand Dancing

Screen snaps were done during the debate by Ava and C.I. and they thought this might be something to bring over for a visual and one of Dona's beloved short features.  It certainly works.

• Roundtable

We cover politics and Joan Crawford.  No, seriously.

• Before Bette versus Joan, there was Mary (Ava and C.I.)

This is the second new article Ava and C.I. wrote for this edition.  Before Joan Crawford had even heard of Bette Davis, she was tangling with Mary Pickford.  It's a detail that explains why Pickford crashed and burned in 1929 but it's a detail her biographers tend to skip.

• Save us from the idiots like mtracy9

If only mtracy9 knew what s/he thought s/he did about Iraq.

• Votes are earned or they're not earned

Earned votes and stolen votes.  They are not the same thing.  Mike noted Ava and C.I.'s language on this issue and the roundtable and we all agreed after that this was an article we should write.

• The only thing worse than the debate itself (Ava and C.I.)

The third Ava and C.I. feature.  A repost.  They wrote this the morning after last week's debate.

• Highlights

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

 See you next week.

Peace.


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