Sunday, February 16, 2014

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.


"Maxine Kumin died -- did anyone notice?" -- most requested highlight of the week by readers of this site.

"Iraq snapshot" and "Iraq snapshot" -- C.I. covers a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing and a House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hearing.

"Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts "Success" --  Isaiah weighs in on Barack's 'success' in Iraq.

"Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts "The Joker" -- Isaiah on Barack's gutting of food stamps.


"Writers Guild of America, West Statement on Comcas...," "Comcast + Time Warner Cable = Disaster (The Free P..." "Real issues matter," "Stop the merger," "The Proposed Merger," "Firefox, anti-trust and the frauds who lie (yes, that means Mia)" and "Whatever happened to anti-trust laws?" -- community coverage of the proposed Comcast and Time Warner Cable merger.




"Again on the sell out Dylan," "Nicki Minag,""i don't blame drake for being mad," "Diana Ross' Greatest Hits Tour," "Bono still wastes U2's time and our time," "Joni's Urge For Going" and "And some people call me a bitch?" -- Kat, Betty, Rebecca and Trina cover music.


"Feminism and other issues" -- Trina calls out nonsense.

"Sister Megan Rice" -- Elaine on the nun being railroaded for civil disobedience.

"Brown Rice and Corn in the Kitchen" -- Trina offers a healthy recipe.

"Avoid Endless Love," "Beetlejuice," "Good for Ellen Page," "Why I hate Chicago (and musicals I do love),"
"Gotham," "Muppets Most Wanted"  and "The Great And Powerful Stan" -- Stan, Mike and Marcia cover movies.
"joel mchale to visit hell," "The low rated (ha!) Winter Olympics," "Good news for Nick Zano," "Halle Berry's summer series," "Halle Berry's new show EXTANT," "a sequel to the awful how i met your mother?"
"The Tonys," "juliette lewis" and "Iraq, the economy, EXTANT" --Rebecca, Stan, Kat,  Ann, Marcia and Betty cover TV.



"Yellin lives, Shirley Temple passes away," "Shirley Temple Black" and "Ralph Waite" -- Ann, Ruth and Trina note passings.




"It passes for workers' rights under Obama" and "THIS JUST IN! A WORKERS' VICTORY?" -- Cedric and Wally on the state of workers' rights.




"The kiss asses learn they're not so popular," "Medea Benjmain basks in her uselessness," "Where was their energy in 2000?,"  "The attack on WSWS," "Little Bitch Robert S. Becker" and "How she overplayed her hand" --  Ann, Elaine, Marcia and Mike provide perspective.



"No Lift Off" -- Isaiah dips into the archives.



"An affair to rumor" and "THIS JUST IN! REFUTING RUMORS!" -- Cedric and Wally on the laughable rumors.


"Isaiah, Iraq, The Drone War, Third," "The Jewish Archives," "Iraq, Lynne Stewart, Ed Schultx," and "Iraq, the economy, EXTANT" -- Mike, Ruth, Elaine and Betty offer some Iraq coverage.