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 "DoD and VA fail yet again -- where is the oversigh..." -- most requested highlights of the week, C.I.'s reporting on the wasted time and money as DoD and VA decide not to follow Barack's 2009 order.


"WiFi and neighbors" -- second most requested highlight of the week, Trina on neighbors and WiFi.

"Iraq snapshot," "The disgraceful Dianne Feinstein (Ava),"  "Thoughts on today's Senate Intell hearing (C.I.)," "Brennan likes torture (Wally)"  "If Leon Panetta told the truth . . .," "Brennan tries to weasel" and "THIS JUST IN! SIGN OF THE DECAY!" and "Disgusting Congress, Disgusting Witness" -- C.I., Ava, Wally, Ruth, Kat and Wally and Cedric report on Congressional hearings C.I., Ava, Wally, Ruth and Kat attended.

 "Easy Pizza Crust in the Kitchen" -- we generally highlight Trina's recipe post each week because it's one of the things that make her site unique; however, Ty counts 15 e-mails to this site asking for it to be highlighted -- 11 because of the recipe and 4 because of her snow report.


"Bad news for Star Wars," "The Nutty Professor" and "Hitchcock" -- Marcia, Mike and Ruth cover movies.

"Whitney (questions and suggestions),"  "Whitney," "scandal: nobody likes babies," "Whitney," "Arrow," "Gossip," "Nikita: Brave New World,"  "Where is Happy Endings?," "Smash goes crash," and "Deception sucks and is racially uncomfortable" -- Betty, Ann, Rebecca, Marcia, Stan, Elaine and Mike cover TV.


"Secret Service pull Lupe Fiasco and free speech" and "Roberta Flack" -- Betty and Kat cover music.


"Crappiest blog in years and Idiot of the Week" and "Idiot of the Week: Toure" -- Mike and Stan choose idiots of the week.


"New 'Action' from 'We Forgot Iraq'" -- Isaiah dips into the archives.



"Some people can justify anything" and "THIS JUST IN! WAR CRIMINALS ENLIST!" -- Cedric and Wally on a torture justifier.