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Artist Sarah Mensinga has crafted a heartbreakingly beautiful children's story called Extraordinary. Go read it right now.
I really want to get a copy of Beautiful Fighting Girl by Saito Tamaki. I'm not a big manga and anime fan (I know, I know... shoot me), but I am big on studies that utilize gender theory. And if I ever get around to writing that paper on Japanese exploitation cinema, this will surely come in handy.
John Boehner continues his quest for biggest congressional tool as he demands 'trillions' in spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt ceiling. So basically, Boehner wants us to gut the country or he'll gut the country. Because he seems to have missed the fact that failure to raise the debt ceiling will turn the US into a third-world country. Or maybe he hasn't missed that fact. Fortunately, the ever-eloquent Paul Krugman is here to explain why spending must rise if we want to get out of this financial crises alive.
The government of Pakistan is angry at us for not telling them about our plans for the raid on Osama bin Laden. So they've retaliated by outting the current CIA station chief, thus demonstrating exactly why we didn't tell them about the raid. And as a side note: I am seriously tired of all this "We had no idea bin Laden was in our country" crap. Forget leaving Afghanistan, can we stop giving the Pakinstani government billions of dollars to thumb their noses at us already? Please?
The Angry Black Bitch talks about how the Schwarzenegger-Shriver split is actually a repudiation of California's Prop 8.
Molly Wei, the young woman who colluded in the cyber-bulling that led to the death of Tyler Clementi has managed to get out of the criminal charges with counseling and community service. I hope she is able to grow from this experience into a mature, caring person. Or I hope she gets hit by a bus.
A new Louisiana bill, SB 70, will repeal the Louisiana Science Education Act that allows for the teaching of creationism. You can sign a petition on change.org to voice your support for this bill.
Are you guys ready for the rapture? These folks are! On May 21st be ready to party like it's 1999.
For anyone not in the know, economist Ezra Klein is the king of cool links. Today he's brought this outlandishly funny clip to our attention. I never thought I'd champion anything with Michael Bolton in it, but I've gotta say - the man has one first-class sense of humor. Well played, sir. Very well played, indeed.
I really want to get a copy of Beautiful Fighting Girl by Saito Tamaki. I'm not a big manga and anime fan (I know, I know... shoot me), but I am big on studies that utilize gender theory. And if I ever get around to writing that paper on Japanese exploitation cinema, this will surely come in handy.
John Boehner continues his quest for biggest congressional tool as he demands 'trillions' in spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt ceiling. So basically, Boehner wants us to gut the country or he'll gut the country. Because he seems to have missed the fact that failure to raise the debt ceiling will turn the US into a third-world country. Or maybe he hasn't missed that fact. Fortunately, the ever-eloquent Paul Krugman is here to explain why spending must rise if we want to get out of this financial crises alive.
The government of Pakistan is angry at us for not telling them about our plans for the raid on Osama bin Laden. So they've retaliated by outting the current CIA station chief, thus demonstrating exactly why we didn't tell them about the raid. And as a side note: I am seriously tired of all this "We had no idea bin Laden was in our country" crap. Forget leaving Afghanistan, can we stop giving the Pakinstani government billions of dollars to thumb their noses at us already? Please?
The Angry Black Bitch talks about how the Schwarzenegger-Shriver split is actually a repudiation of California's Prop 8.
Molly Wei, the young woman who colluded in the cyber-bulling that led to the death of Tyler Clementi has managed to get out of the criminal charges with counseling and community service. I hope she is able to grow from this experience into a mature, caring person. Or I hope she gets hit by a bus.
A new Louisiana bill, SB 70, will repeal the Louisiana Science Education Act that allows for the teaching of creationism. You can sign a petition on change.org to voice your support for this bill.
Are you guys ready for the rapture? These folks are! On May 21st be ready to party like it's 1999.
For anyone not in the know, economist Ezra Klein is the king of cool links. Today he's brought this outlandishly funny clip to our attention. I never thought I'd champion anything with Michael Bolton in it, but I've gotta say - the man has one first-class sense of humor. Well played, sir. Very well played, indeed.
