Week of 2/5 thru 2/11/06
The Canadian women's ice hockey team is on their way to another prerecorded lopsided victory, and when the commentator makes a big deal out of how one of their members knows Italian and everything, I know it's once again time to abandon the Olympics and check in on what posts caught my eye this past week from Liberal Coalition members. First, just a note that Chris Brown's old site got hacked and he's temporarily taken residence residence here. Now, on with the highlights:
• Alex at Sooner Thought recommends Mrs. Benny Hinn's HolyShit Ghost moment of Zen. I guess it was so amazing she lost not only her surname but her first name as well!
• Bora informs us in Circadiana that science has found no link between the lunar cycle and childbirth rates (although I'm told there's certainly a link between a full moon and the ferocity of a Nor'easter!); and in Science and Politics he admires a parody blog (although it's probably incomprehensible to folks like me who don't waste any time obsessing over the right side of the blogosphere) and has some good advice for writers who want to shut down their blogs.
• Bryant at Make Me a Commentator!! reminds us of conservatives' dicey history with racism.
• Echidne eavesdrops on the President, along with some open mikes; and has some musings about blog pseudonymity based on Ann Bartow's post from Sivacracy, which I just realized wasn't on my Group Blogs list despite linking to me; that's now been fixed. (By the way, Ann, Flea isn't anonymous, she's Leigh Ann Wilson and One Good Thing has even been written up in her local paper.)
• The Farmer is back blogging again, this time at Farm Runoff, where among other things he links to an article tracking the rise of the authoritarian right.
• Horatio at Dodecahedron makes my skin crawl with his praise of Ampulex compressa.
• Jane Hamsher at Firedoglake enumerates the sins of Barbara Comstock.
• Kathy at Liberty Street links to Riverbend's latest post about her aunt's house and neighborhood being raided by Iraqi "security" forces. Riverbend's blog is starting to bear uncomfortable similarities in places to The Diary of Anne Frank, and this is one of her more evocative posts. Kathy also passes along the horrific news of South Dakota trying to ban all abortion outright.
• T. Rex continues his series of reality versus conservative arguments, focusing on Guantanamo prisoners and the efficacy of illegal wiretaps.
• Michael at Musing's Musings Olympic-blogs, but joins the bobbleheads in not mentioning (vis a vis the parade of nations) that the largest obstacle to Korean reconciliation remains the US.
• Moi at bloggg is also Olympic-blogging, asking why media-anointed darling Michelle Kwan took Emily Hughes' spot on the US women's figure skating team in the first place being that aware of her own injuries. I think the an$wer is obviou$ but maybe that'$ ju$t me.
• Mustang Bobby on Bark Bark Woof Woof asks, "Is there an actor, director, playwright, singer, composer, or artist whose work you won't see based solely on that person's political points of view?" For me there are a number of them, particularly sexist and sleazy guys. There's enough entertainment out there for me to enjoy without needing to ever come near a Woody Allen or Roman Polanski film again.
• Alex at Sooner Thought recommends Mrs. Benny Hinn's Holy
• Bora informs us in Circadiana that science has found no link between the lunar cycle and childbirth rates (although I'm told there's certainly a link between a full moon and the ferocity of a Nor'easter!); and in Science and Politics he admires a parody blog (although it's probably incomprehensible to folks like me who don't waste any time obsessing over the right side of the blogosphere) and has some good advice for writers who want to shut down their blogs.
• Bryant at Make Me a Commentator!! reminds us of conservatives' dicey history with racism.
• Echidne eavesdrops on the President, along with some open mikes; and has some musings about blog pseudonymity based on Ann Bartow's post from Sivacracy, which I just realized wasn't on my Group Blogs list despite linking to me; that's now been fixed. (By the way, Ann, Flea isn't anonymous, she's Leigh Ann Wilson and One Good Thing has even been written up in her local paper.)
• The Farmer is back blogging again, this time at Farm Runoff, where among other things he links to an article tracking the rise of the authoritarian right.
• Horatio at Dodecahedron makes my skin crawl with his praise of Ampulex compressa.
• Jane Hamsher at Firedoglake enumerates the sins of Barbara Comstock.
• Kathy at Liberty Street links to Riverbend's latest post about her aunt's house and neighborhood being raided by Iraqi "security" forces. Riverbend's blog is starting to bear uncomfortable similarities in places to The Diary of Anne Frank, and this is one of her more evocative posts. Kathy also passes along the horrific news of South Dakota trying to ban all abortion outright.
• T. Rex continues his series of reality versus conservative arguments, focusing on Guantanamo prisoners and the efficacy of illegal wiretaps.
• Michael at Musing's Musings Olympic-blogs, but joins the bobbleheads in not mentioning (vis a vis the parade of nations) that the largest obstacle to Korean reconciliation remains the US.
• Moi at bloggg is also Olympic-blogging, asking why media-anointed darling Michelle Kwan took Emily Hughes' spot on the US women's figure skating team in the first place being that aware of her own injuries. I think the an$wer is obviou$ but maybe that'$ ju$t me.
• Mustang Bobby on Bark Bark Woof Woof asks, "Is there an actor, director, playwright, singer, composer, or artist whose work you won't see based solely on that person's political points of view?" For me there are a number of them, particularly sexist and sleazy guys. There's enough entertainment out there for me to enjoy without needing to ever come near a Woody Allen or Roman Polanski film again.
• Natalie Davis at All Facts and Opinions sings the praises of oats, complete with recipes, and remembers Bob Marley.
• Lastly, Steve at The News Blog finds an article from a Beeb correspondent that actually gets it about blogging. I love the comparison to the Baker Street Irregulars!
Okay, slightly more than ten again, so sue me...
• Lastly, Steve at The News Blog finds an article from a Beeb correspondent that actually gets it about blogging. I love the comparison to the Baker Street Irregulars!
Okay, slightly more than ten again, so sue me...
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