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.


"Someone attacks Balad Air Base while Turkey contin…" -- most requested highlight by readers of this site.



 "Iraq snapshot," "Iraq snapshot," "Iraq snapshot," "Iraq snapshot," "Iraq snapshot," "Why does Joe Biden plagiarize so often?," "Our once in a lifetime chance," "Stay away from MSNBC and FOX NEWS," "Maddow? Really?," "Important new column from Glen Ford,"  "wtf? seriously, wtf?," "Elizabeth Warren?" and "Senator Tammy Duckworth betrays and harms the United States" -- political coverage in the community.


 "Five great tracks by the Go-Go's," "5 great Roberta Flack tracks," "Stevie's new song?," "Sara," "Judee Sill,"  "One Fine Day indeed" and "A deep album cut from Carly Simon" -- Elaine, Kat, Marcia, Ruth and Betty cover music.


"Alyssa Milano's new career as a pedophile praiser!" and "THIS JUST IN! ALYSSA TWEETS PRAISE OF A PEDHOPHILE!" -- Cedric and Wally take on the pedophile praising Alyssa.



"That awful, awful DESIGNATED SURVIVOR," "F**k DESIGNATED SURVIVOR and NETFLIX too" and "Dawson's Creek fans?" -- TV coverage in the community.



"Oven Baked Potato Wedges in the Kitchen" and "Spinach and Artichoke Dip Hasselback Chicken in the Kitchen" -- Trina serves up two recipes.


"They think they can con us yet again""No to war on Iran"
  

"Grave concerns for Julian's health" -- Marcia covers Julian Assange.

  

"SHAFT is a lousy film," "Weekend Box office," "DARK PHOENIX" and "Late Night is awful" -- Stan and Ann go to the movies.


"How it looks from another vantage point"  -- Ann on enlarging your scope.


"The real John McCain" -- Ruth counters propaganda.


"Some good points from Michael Tracey"



"this and that" and "I raised a monster" -- personal narratives from Rebecca and Betty.


"he needs to shave that beard" -- Rebecca blogs about a creepy commercial.


"Whales" and "Jupiter" -- science posts from Betty.