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First of all, thank you, Fixer. When I saw that first thing this morning, all sleepy-eyed and waiting for the coffee to kick in, I didn'...

A 'totally must read' by Mark Morford : But then, something happens. In the midst of all this consciousness review and energy siftin...

Saturday = Blogwhore Chapter 21 of my novel The Fourth Estate is up at The Practical Press .

In '85, when I was with SAC , I had hurt my back on the flightline. My recovery, since I couldn't go back to full duty for 6 weeks,...

The Unapologetic Mexican has some great new crayons . Wish I had 'em when I was young, but then, those were the 1960s. Seriously.

PW @ FDL explains it all succinctly with one sentence. Works for NOLA and the I-35W Bridge in MN as well: ... Another, more apparent reaso...

Think Progress After the recent resignation of Karl Rove, media outlets speculated on what the rest of President Bush’s term will look like ...

When I heard that Miss Bush was engaged, my first snarky thought was that there was going to be a "miracle" right after the ceremo...

Houston Chronicle Korean War veteran Nyles Reed, 75, opened an envelope last week to learn a Purple Heart had been approved for injuries he ...

Daniel Kurtzman relays one of Turdblossom's 'memorable quotes': "As people do better, they start voting like Republicans -...

Our pal 42 has a personal finance blog you should check out. Having read him almost daily for the past 3 years, his financial advice and ...

The Fundies are coming to Florida to talk about homosexuality. There's something, ain't it? On the same plane as a Catholic pries...

So u don't count. Lance Mannion takes apart the stupid article in Time by Thomas Duffy and sums up the 'evangelical' mindset ...

Sifu Tweety : ... Hey, you, hotshot cardiologist: that robot heart you gave Dick Cheney? The one that’s keeping him alive despite the nightm...

Old Marines can get this doormat here . Heh.

WaPo The Bush administration has approved a plan to expand domestic access to some of the most powerful tools of 21st-century spycraft, givi...

Shit, I thought this was about Shirley "Cha-Cha" Muldowney ! Not a rail job in it. With video.

If you own a Ford product with cruise control, go read this . Cross-posted at Fixer & Gordon .

Corrente There is NO GOP money that isn’t dirty money. There is NO GOP principle that doesn’t come back to evil.