Sunday, September 30, 2012

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.


 "Can't nail down the numbers, won't talk about the ..." and "Iraq snapshot" -- the most requested highlights of the week voted on by readers of this site and tabulated by Ty.  He passed on Dale's quote, "This kind of writing is exactly why I discovered The Common Ills years ago and haven't missed a day reading it since."



"It's not just that Special-Ops are in Iraq, it's t...,"   "Now Nouri targets the youth activists in Iraq" and "Plans to go back into Iraq as the news media cover..." -- our picks for three Iraq posts you better not miss.




 "Artichoke and Asparagus Salad in the Kitchen"

"Artichoke and Asparagus Salad in the Kitchen" -- Trina offers a simple recipe that requires only brief cooking.

 "The pathetic former pop star" and "I was being ironic" -- Marcia takes on Madonna.


"Fact check and revamp the campaign schedule" and  "The news media manipulates consumer confidence" -- Betty and Trina offer news critiques.
 "Drone War and more" -- Kat on the war few want to talk about.

  
"The Eiger Sanction," "Movies about the news industry" and "the 39 steps" -- Stan and Rebecca go to the movies. 

"Idiot of the week" -- Mike picks the idiot of the week.
  
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