Sunday, February 17, 2013

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.

"Enhanced State of the Union lying (as with Iraq, s..." -- most requested highlight by readers of this site.



"Iraq snapshot" -- C.I. reports on a House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing.

"British media remembers what the US media forgets" and "10 years ago today" -- C.I. and Elaine on the protests ten years ago.  All but one of those is C.I. and she also noted the protests last week.  We're including this for a Pacifica whiner who e-mailed this site whining that Amy Goodman covered the anniversary Friday -- she didn't -- and that C.I. barely noted the protests in Friday's snapshot.  C.I. noted them all this past week and she also noted them the week before.



"EZ Nachos in the Kitchen" -- Trina offers an easy nacho recipe for kids.

"Junior heads off for prison"  and "Jesse Jackson Jr. The Dirty Crook" -- Betty and Marcia on the felon.







"Warrior,"Some movie talk" "Zero Dark Thirty,"  "Zero Dark Thirty,"
"Oz"  and  "Side Effects (with spoilers)" -- Stan, Mike, Elaine and Kat go to the movies.


"Another historic moment for Curiosity" and  "Black holes" -- Betty's science posts.






"CBS whores for Barack,"  "The embarrassing press" and "THIS JUST IN! SO DAMN LAZY!" -- Trina, Cedric and Wally take on dumb 'reporting.'

"Ralph Nader, why do I smell pork?" and  "I still smell pork" -- Ann on how Ralph Nader goes to town on women with relish but seems a little timid when going after a man.




"Live and learn" -- Kat on news cycles and discussions.



"Dream Team Take Two" -- Isaiah dips into the archives.