Category Archives: politics

nyt: how many deaths are enough?

I loved Bob Herbert’s op-ed in today’s NYT. Here’s an excerpt: The slaughter of college students — or anyone else — has never served as a deterrent to the gun fetishists. They want guns on campuses, in bars and taverns … Continue reading

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i believe…we can be better.

One of the the portions of last night’s speech that had a huge impact on me: But at a time when our discourse has become so sharply polarized — at a time when we are far too eager to lay the blame … Continue reading

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today is a google holiday, hooray!

Today’s Google Holiday: 55th Anniversary: Rose Parks refuses to move. I love this one, although I find it disconcerting that on the same day this is a Google Holiday, there’s an NYT headline that reads, “Pentagon Sees Little Risk in Allowing Gay … Continue reading

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a hump day cry face remix?

So, this happened (at the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, obviously): …followed by this: This, of course, has nothing to do with Cry Face, except in that it proves that I aim to never look attractive in public. (Speaking … Continue reading

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barbara bush’s guide to artful insults.

While filming a segment for Larry King, Barbara Bush delivered quite the artful insult to Sarah Palin (yes, this was reported a few days ago, but I JUST got my new Macbook power cord!). It’s the kind of thing you … Continue reading

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six words has a guest post!

Hey all! How about a Sunday evening guest post? The lovely folks over at My Dog Ate My Blog contacted us with some interest in writing a guest post, and we said, “Okay!” Inspired by the category of people/things not … Continue reading

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can’t turn back now, i’m haunted.

While I can’t support T.Swizzle’s song from the 2010 VMA’s for reasons explained here, I can’t help but love her new album. No, it’s nothing new, but I love it for the reasons I love all of her stuff: It’s … Continue reading

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hump cay cry face: the fam.

Ladies and gentlemen, a family Cry Face (from a photo booth at a recent wedding): We may not agree on how we feel about what happened yesterday, but Cry Face will always bring us together. [Posted by Mallory]

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today is a google holiday, hooray!

Today’s Google Holiday: Happy Halloween (featuring Scooby Doo)! What I was Googling: Thanks to Google’s new predict-y thing, I can’t get a good screen shot anymore, but I was Googling “Kamala Harris.” Interesting lady. Hope you all had good Halloweens! … Continue reading

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from the dnc: it gets better.

Okay, I know I already posted the YouTube clip of the day, but I can’t wait to post this. This makes me so, so proud to call myself a Democrat:   Nice work, DNC. [Posted by Mallory]

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