tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-279709852011-07-28T07:33:33.570-05:00...anything but ordinary...Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.comBlogger1861100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1164948866610543112006-11-30T17:06:00.000-05:002006-12-01T00:07:40.640-05:00

I heard on the local news of my NPR station that a group of local concerns attempting to maintain a Philadelphia home to Thomas Eakins' famous paintint, The Gross Clinic, has raised about one-third of the $68 million needed to keep the painting in Philadelphia. They look to prevent Thomas Jefferson University's sale of the painting to a partnership of the National Gallery and the Crystal Bridges

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1164088395250114132006-11-21T00:15:00.000-05:002006-11-21T00:53:15.806-05:00

Here comes a bitchy post because I'm premenstrual and bitchy as hell and just because I can. Nyah.Don't get me wrong, I'm all for a Democratic Congress working hard to raise the ridiculously low minimum wage in this country. What does it stand at now...$5.15 an hour? A worker working 40 hours a week at that rate would gross $206.00 a week or around $800 a month. This is before taxes are taken

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1163920867736516992006-11-19T02:18:00.000-05:002006-11-19T02:21:07.756-05:00

I read this in Thursday's Philly Inquirer and am totally psyched about it. It seems scientists have been able to withdraw amniotic fluid, extract the stem cells and use them to grow heart valves in vitro. The idea is to use a fetus's own cells to create these valves so they are ready (they grow in 4-6 weeks) for use in a newborn with congenital heart valve anomolies.Here is the whole story:

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As I suspected might happen, there is a movement afoot in Philadelphia, spurred by local art and civic organizations, to keep Thomas Eakins' The Gross Clinic here in the city. Two major influences behind this move are the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where Eakins studied.Here is the article from today's Philadelphia Inquirer, posted below in case it

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1163892194008076412006-11-18T17:52:00.000-05:002006-11-18T18:42:15.886-05:00

I haven't had a terribly keen interest in blogging recently. Life was busy for a while before the election and I've been spending a lot of time reading political stuff since then. I've had even less interest in looking at the blog stats here. But today I went to Technorati to check links to NOP and found a new one, from Phawker. There's no "about" that I can find on the site but this seems to

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1163445211589949612006-11-13T13:35:00.000-05:002006-11-13T14:13:32.026-05:00

This is a painting entitled The Gross Clinic which was painted by Philadelphia's own Thomas Eakins in 1875. The painting has been the property of Thomas Jefferson University in downtown Philly since its purchase in 1878. It has been prominently displayed at the university since the alumni association bought it for $200. At some points, it has been displayed so it was visible from the street.

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1163435066652487852006-11-13T11:15:00.000-05:002006-11-13T11:24:27.776-05:00

Egalia has posted an article by Paul Krugman over at Tennessee Guerilla Women about populism in the recent election. I love it! Here's (imho) the best part:Ever since movement conservatives took over, the Republican Party has pushed for policies that benefit a small minority of wealthy Americans at the expense of the great majority of voters. To hide this reality, conservatives have relied on

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1163085033205092422006-11-09T10:06:00.001-05:002006-11-09T10:10:33.233-05:00

I found a wonderful letter to the editor of the New York Times this morning. I couldn't have said it any better. I wonder if Ken has a blog?...To the Editor:Now that our electorate has finally woken from its stupor, we should ask ourselves why it took six years to recognize the incompetence and demagogy of this administration and the responsibility of the Republican leadership that blindly

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1163045727066220672006-11-08T22:57:00.000-05:002006-11-08T23:24:20.143-05:00

Democrats control both houses of Congress! Tennessee Guerilla Women pointed me there...MSNBC, NBC news and the Associated Press have have called Jim Webb the winner of the Virginia Senate race over incumbent (racist, sexist, anti-Semitic schmuck) George Allen! The Democrats are in the house...BOTH of them!All we're waiting for now is for Allen and the Repubs to decide if they're going to ask for

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1163022827807595832006-11-08T16:53:00.000-05:002006-11-08T22:43:52.200-05:00

The day after the election, Donald Rumsfeld resigns.The fact that Rummy waited until after the election to do this proves to me that this administration is as delusional as I've feared. Had Rumsfeld made his exit a few weeks ago, the massive shift to the Democratic side might not have occured. Had this administration been willing to suck it up, accept what we've all come to realize...that

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1163013889944520422006-11-08T14:16:00.000-05:002006-11-08T17:09:43.896-05:00

Wow!Who really believed two months ago that things would end up this way on November 8th?The House of Representaticves has gone handily to the Democrats. The Senate hangs on the almost certain recount in Virginia. As for the Virginia race, may I refer you back to my post of one week ago...As much as I want to see that racist anti-semite in Virginia defeated, I would still consider a 50-50 split

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1162953795116496992006-11-07T21:38:00.000-05:002006-11-07T21:44:45.590-05:00

...it feels great to be registered as a Democrat in Pennsylvania!tags: Pennsylvania politics / US politicsI hope you voted!

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1162648156912286962006-11-04T08:12:00.000-05:002006-11-04T08:50:56.300-05:00

Isn't it convenient that, four days before an election that is likely to turn over control of the US House of Representatives, and maybe the Senate, to the party not currently in control of the executive and legislative (and, arguably, the judicial) branches of government, the Department of Labor releases very positive employment statistics? Not only do the Labor Department numbers reflect the

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1162592626457224442006-11-03T16:57:00.000-05:002006-11-03T17:23:46.850-05:00

I heard an interesting little snippet on the local public radio station news today. It seems 70,000 registered voters in Philly will have to present to new polling places on Tuesday. My first thought was , "another example of trying to disenfranchise the electorate," until I heard the rest of the story. The previous polling places had included local barrooms and political party offices and

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1162506594453534982006-11-02T15:50:00.000-05:002006-11-02T17:29:54.756-05:00

Why, this is repleat with irony! From today's Philadelphia Inquirer in an article about the continuing flap over John Kerry's bumbled joke which seemed to question the intelligence of the military troops in Iraq, the junior Senator from Pennsylvania, Rick Santorum, has turned this into an opportunity to impugn the character of his opponent, Democrat Bob Casey, Jr. According to the incumbent,

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1162400557124879972006-11-01T11:43:00.000-05:002006-11-01T12:15:45.570-05:00

This is an example of how democracy works in some parts of America in 2006. I'm sure we all remember stories about carefully selected audiences for Bush's stumps in the presidential race in 2000 and 2004. Has Allen learned from Bush or did our president learn from this apparent racist?(Story via CNN, USA Today, AP. Mike Stark responds via the Richmond Times-Dispatch.)You'll note the protester

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1162398277127017932006-11-01T11:09:00.000-05:002006-11-01T11:28:02.413-05:00

And Bush thinks he should apologize.What sorts of people make up the bulk of the soldiers on the ground in Iraq? Are they mostly West Point trained? Are they mostly upper-middle class sons and daughters? Is the proportion of people of color to whites comparable with the population of the US? I don't have the firm answers or statistics but I know what I've seen. I've recently seen an

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1162310086589358052006-10-31T10:41:00.000-05:002006-10-31T10:54:47.856-05:00

I got to spend the weekend in Pittsburgh with my son and his family this weekend. The baby is beautiful and learning so much. Six months old, sitting up, smiling and laughing, eating some solids and soaking it all in! And did I mention he's beautiful?tags: family / grandboy / life

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Remember what George W. Bush has wrought in America with the aid of a Republican House and Senate:Isolation of the United States from most major democracies on the planet.An unjustified war in which we have lost nearly 3,000 US military personnel.Prisoners held with no right to appeal the validity of their imprisonment.Secretly listening in on the conversations of American citizens, without

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1161758035849066472006-10-25T01:10:00.000-05:002006-10-25T01:36:06.873-05:00

Is it any wonder I love this man? He says everything I have spent the last several hours / days / weeks thinking, and in a much more succinct manner. And, oh, that enunciation!The real terrorists here, people are our current president and his crew. If, legally, we cannot remove the incompetent megalomaniac from office for over two more years, our only alternative is to create a roadblock for

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1161363737202137802006-10-20T11:47:00.000-05:002006-10-20T22:54:08.620-05:00

...especially in October and November.And yet......look at all the fun I'm missing!I love the crescendo of ticking bomb sound effects!You can go to Tennessee Guerilla Women to see the Democratic response. Egalia links to Volunteer Voters for the video I've posted. Of course Bush doesn't want to catch or kill him...then he'll have no handy boogeyman in the closet to terrorize us with!Nope.

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1161354994322749532006-10-20T09:22:00.000-05:002006-10-20T11:33:35.660-05:00

I found mention of this on Echidne and, through her, a video and transcript at Crooks and Liars (here).This is why I love Keith Olbermann. He's saying what every one of us should be screaming from behind our protest signs on the mall in DC, or on the White House gates.We have sold out our freedoms. The "terrorists" are now among us.tags: Bush / civil liberties / habeus corpus / human rights /

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1161279757469002332006-10-19T12:14:00.001-05:002006-10-19T12:42:37.506-05:00

As much as I've never held with virtually any of the views of George W. Bush, I am disturbed by a news item I'm listening to on Day to Day on NPR. At least 100 people were killed by suicide bombers in Iraq in the past 24 hours. 100 people in 24 hours. Do we remember that the people who live in Iraq are people? They are as human as you and me. And 100 of them that were alive yesterday are

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1161184149813152642006-10-18T09:35:00.000-05:002006-10-18T10:23:20.290-05:00

I found TomPaine.com today thanks to Alternet. My Alternet Mix e-mail this morning included an article by Bill Moyers and Scott Fogdall, who is not identified further in the blurb at the bottom of the article. He might be this person, via my Google search. If that's him, he writes some mighty fine kid's poems!Anyway, Alternet led me to the source of the article, TomPaine.com. I love their

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1161109345120713612006-10-17T12:46:00.000-05:002006-10-17T23:07:51.723-05:00

As you may know, I've been closely watching the House and Senate races across the country with particular interest in the Philadelphia area. I regularly check on the most recent polls via Electoral-Vote.com. I also heard today that Slate has a political barometer called the Election Scorecard which reflects the poll results for the midterm races. If you follow Tennessee Guerilla Women at all

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1161061215542746842006-10-16T23:37:00.000-05:002006-10-17T00:24:59.683-05:00

This was an article I read in my Philly Inquirer this morning. It details the death of a Philadelphia toddler over the weekend when he had access to the loaded gun of his mother's boyfriend. Here is the article in its entirety. It's fairly small, like the victim:Boy, 3, finds gun, kills self By Joel Bewley Inquirer Staff Writer Residents of West Raymond Street rushed outside yesterday

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1160889224039060532006-10-14T23:11:00.000-05:002006-10-15T00:15:22.683-05:00

There's a fascinating article on AlterNet today about the rise in American fascism. The author, Stan Goff, presents arguments that many of the precursors for former fascist regimes are nicely falling into place right now in the good ol' US of A! Goff has also contributed at Truthdig.I know it's nothing we didn't know already but it's a well-written and documented piece and worth your time, if

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1160816058313435712006-10-14T03:23:00.000-05:002006-10-14T13:56:32.416-05:00

I feel almost as if I'm becoming a doomsday writer. I was too young to remember much of the Cuban Missle Crisis of 1962 and didn't pay attention through much of the Cold War so this is my first, real brush with the potential annhiliation of the entire human race and most other mammals on earth.I've read several things recently about Evangelicals who stridently believe we are heading into, or

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1160812516721644592006-10-14T01:18:00.000-05:002006-10-14T02:55:33.700-05:00

Tempting Faith, Part One:Tempting Faith, Part Two:Tempting Faith, Part Three:Keith Olbermann Slams Rumsfeld:Olbermann on the Military Commissions Act:(Military Commissions Act on Wikipedia)Olbermann on Colbert:Olbermann on 9/11:Olbermann takes Bill Clinton's challenge to document Bush efforts to prevent the events of 9/11/2001:I think I'm in love with this man.tags: Bush / Countdown / Keith

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1160762888693177402006-10-13T13:01:00.000-05:002006-10-13T13:09:34.146-05:00

The picture is what did it:I've labeled it "Liberty Loves Justice," though it gives a whole new meaning to the phrase, no?The pic is part of a post about the rise in same-sex households documented in the latest census data (2005). The article Egalia referenced is from ABC News.I have no idea where the picture came from but it might just have to become my new profile pic!Go read the article and

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1160636332126977332006-10-12T01:19:00.000-05:002006-10-14T04:30:59.303-05:00

Hear this, Mr. President!This is what the American people **don't want** and what we **do want**:The American people **don't want** to be led into a war with Iran.The American people **do want** the rhetoric with Iran to stop.The American people **do want** our diplomats and State Department officials to commit to bilateral talks with North Korea.The American people **do want** negotiations with

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1160630292725081672006-10-11T23:13:00.000-05:002006-10-13T12:29:38.576-05:00

As it often does, this all started at Tennessee Guerilla Women. Egalia has a great post over there about the hyporcisy of the current US position with respect to North Korea...and a great cartoon about it, too. You'll have to go visit to find out more about it. Of course, all this talk about North Korea got me thinking about Iran. That's when I remembered an article I'd seen mentioned in my

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1160583337793596582006-10-11T11:15:00.000-05:002006-10-11T11:15:37.823-05:00

Good interview today on AlterNet with Frederick S. Lane, author of The Decency Wars: The Campaign to Cleanse American Culture. Fascinating stuff, really.It can't be denied that America in the last 30-40 years, and particularly in the last 20, has shifted dramatically to a much more fundamental and puritanical view of "decency," read: anything having to do with sex, sexual choices, sexual freedom

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1160438432288796852006-10-09T18:05:00.000-05:002006-10-09T19:27:48.743-05:00

Philly's own Terry Gross (Isn't she cute???) aired an episode of Fresh Air today featuring pros and cons of Christian ex-gay ministries in the US. "Pro" on the program was Alan Chambers, president of the ex-gay ministry, Exodus. (Link to the Alan Chambers interview.) (An interesting side note is that Alan Chambers' blog has primarily been active only during the months of September and October

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1160276142411972032006-10-07T20:47:00.000-05:002006-10-07T21:55:42.606-05:00

I've only just gotten to e-mail and such. I toodled around the house a bit when I got home. I heated a bowl of my hamburg-noodle stew, which was yummy. It's funny how much I am a person of rituals. I always eat my HNS in a bowl and with a spoon, not a fork. Not only that but, although I use a teaspoon for everything from cereal to ice cream to tea, I use a tablespoon for soups and stews.

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1160199692470753822006-10-07T00:40:00.000-05:002006-10-07T00:46:28.573-05:00

I'm moving to Canada. Really. Or some little sliver of land in a vast ocean somewhere. Anybody got an island up for sale in the $250,000 US range? The cause of my rage tonight? Wal Mart.I went to the grocery store this evening. The rain was stopping and the sun had just set when I came out, $130 US poorer but rich in cheese, crackers, fruits and veggies, cereal, TP. You know, the staples of

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1160153256966032642006-10-06T11:35:00.000-05:002006-10-06T11:49:20.553-05:00

Check out the badges on my sidebar from electoral-vote.com.Oh, hell, I'll save you even that trouble and post them here:Last night when I got home from work, the senate race was tied at 49-all with two ties. Bob Menendez in NJ has pulled ahead according to a Farleigh-Dickinson poll.In the House race last night, the tally was 217-all, with one tie. Look at those Democrats now! Yeah!You know me.

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Egalia has a great post up over on Tennessee Guerilla Women about the significance of Mark Foley and his attorney claiming Foley is "a gay man." For me, a real "gay man" is not someone who is primarily interested in peripubescent boys, but, whatever. Great post, great site. Go check out TGW!Well, didn't we all know it was going to happen? Here's what I had to say to Egalia: Oh, you knew darn

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1159978827149471382006-10-04T10:36:00.000-05:002006-10-06T11:33:25.206-05:00

Through the Antiprincess, I learned this morning that Fred Phelps, the deranged pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas, is planning to protest the funerals of the Amish girls killed Monday in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.In case you don't know Phelps, this is the individual who leads groups in protest at military funerals for young men and women killed in Iraq, carrying signs which

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1159934997663120812006-10-03T22:52:00.000-05:002006-10-03T23:23:07.203-05:00

Wow! The Tennessee Guerilla Women must be kicking some serious butt down South. That's got me as excited as the most recent poll results for my home state of New Jersey! In case you hadn't noticed, I put badges in my sidebar which show the current state of campaign affairs based on recent polls. It's really very interesting. I got it from www.electoral-vote.com, if you'd like one of your very

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As if there's not enough bringing me down recently, the news over the past weekend is enough to send me scurrying for the nearest cave.Florida Congressman Mark Foley was outed for his unconscionable behavior with teenaged congressional pages after transcripts of e-mail and IM communications with the teenagers were made public on Friday. (The previous link to ABC News contains some of the most

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1159678839244384582006-10-01T00:00:00.000-05:002006-10-01T00:18:44.843-05:00

Okay.So I read about this incident this morning but have absolutely no idea where. It might have been through AlterNet. Even if it wasn't, AlterNet's a great site so now you have another link to it.So, this evening I end up at The Aristocrats, another site worth your perusal, in my humble opinion. Contributor Blue Gal has posted the video posted there of Borat Sagdiyev (aka Ali G, aka Sacha

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1159650791336276172006-09-30T16:06:00.000-05:002006-09-30T16:41:08.650-05:00

What sort of idiots do we have teaching our children in public school systems? Where has the backbone gone among educators these days? What ever happened to exposing children to a wide range of ideas in elementary and secondary education to foster critical thinking? What sort of leadership are we going to have in 20 or 30 years if the stuff I've seen on the internet lately is any example of

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1159594656120064122006-09-30T00:31:00.000-05:002006-09-30T01:06:35.913-05:00

Also here, from the New York Times. Somebody'd better lock up the guns.Oh, and I found out about it thanks to Debra Haffner's blog. I hope the Rev. Haffner can forgive my unChristian act of casting a stone, though it wasn't the first one. And for hoping Ken Mehlman doesn't get one uninterrupted hour's sleep between now and Nov. 7th.tags: abuse / pederasty / pedophilia / Republican Congress /

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1159588960845056682006-09-29T21:40:00.000-05:002006-09-29T23:32:42.136-05:00

I was innocently tooling around on the internet this evening, minding my own business. (Aside: They called me yesterday from THAC to ask if I'd do 7AM to 3PM or 11AM to 7PM today instead of my expected 3-11 shift. I jumped at the 11-7, can I tell ya? Get a four-hour head start on my weekend? You betcha!) Anywho, I stumbled across this old news item and am so disgusted I simply have to spew

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1159334929929152362006-09-27T00:14:00.002-05:002006-09-27T00:50:18.653-05:00

I came home from work tonight to find that Bush and Co. declassified the National Intelligence Estimate I blogged about recently. What I want to know is why. Oh, and isn't it awfully handy to be able to decide which parts of a report remain classified, depending on your definition of "national security," of course. Do Rove and the other brains think that by reminding the American public about

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1159144210667761332006-09-24T18:44:00.000-05:002006-10-01T13:15:34.766-05:00

News flash! We are not safer since the invasion and occupation of Iraq.Noooo, really?The National Intelligence Estimate offers a consensus view of 16 separate US spy services. The report, entitled "Trends in Global Terrorism: Implications for the United States," concludes that Islamic radicalism/jihad ideology has spread rather than been reduced by the US presence in Iraq and that the world as

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1158931354089945102006-09-22T08:09:00.000-05:002006-09-22T08:25:07.366-05:00

It's been a very busy week. I've spent a lot of time at The Hospital Around the Corner orienting to my new work environment. Although this is a new job at a new place for me, I'm already done with my orientation. The hospital is within the same health system as my last employer and policies and procedures are very similar, many of them used system-wide. My preceptor has been extremely bored

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1158673811359487772006-09-19T08:00:00.000-05:002006-09-19T09:06:44.583-05:00

There is a disturbing piece in the New York Times this morning which happens to also be a lead story on NPR. It involves an economist from Ottawa, Maher Arar, who holds dual Canadian & Syrian citizenship.Mr. Arar was returning from vacation in Tunisia in the fall of 2001. When he arrived for a stopover in New York, he was taken into US custody and questioned. Ultimately, Mr. Arar was "deported

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1158369329538725472006-09-15T19:47:00.000-05:002006-09-15T20:16:20.733-05:00

My dog is scaring me. I swear to God she can fully understand spoken English! I came home from work this evening and was, as usual, met at the door by my loving mutt. We played a bit, did a little belly rubbing and I put out her food.I gave her a bone to allow me a little wind down time before our walk. She came over to me, sat down alongside the couch to get petted. As I petted her, she

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1158276885321837622006-09-14T17:23:00.000-05:002006-09-14T18:34:45.690-05:00

You know, sometimes Republicans surprise me by doing something which doesn't raise a stench like a rotting elephant carcass wrapped in shit.Case in point: John Warner (R-VA, chairman) and fellow members of the Senate Armed Services Committee today approved a bill as an alternative to the one proposed by the current male resident of the White House regarding the disposition of "enemy combatant"

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1158092918896644182006-09-12T15:07:00.000-05:002006-09-12T15:30:28.140-05:00

Sandra over at Forgiving Nature tagged me for the book meme going around. Gee, thanks, Sandra! ; )Wherein Cheryl shows just how shallow she is:1. One book that changed your life? I, too, can't choose just one.the Bible taught me to love poetry, ritual and values.Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex..., because it showed me that this could be mine even if, apparently, nobody else in my

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1157753992101679902006-09-08T12:41:00.000-05:002006-09-08T17:32:13.630-05:00

Through my site meter (gotta love it!) I found my way to Blogslut today. Great politics. Great smut. Great slut!The post at the top of the page today is about Shiny, the 9-11 pony. You've got to go see it for yourself as it defies my mere mortal attempts at description. Once you've gone to see it, go back. You see, this fancy little comic is entered into the "Contagious Festival" at The

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1157688177649370632006-09-07T22:09:00.000-05:002006-09-07T23:30:18.553-05:00

I love David Sedaris...too bad he's openly gay and I am openly, predominantly, lesbian. You know, if there was ever a man I would've married, it could've only been someone who made me laugh, no...guffaw, no...whoot and holler from my toes to my scalp, tears streaming down my face and other body fluids streaming elsewhere. You know... Robin Williams! Kate Clinton! Tom Hanks! Christine Lavin!

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1157677369388051582006-09-07T19:53:00.000-05:002006-09-07T20:04:25.393-05:00

Tennessee Guerilla Women has a plea up on their site. I don't know if things are going badly there or if they've just been depleting resources in a very busy election season but they could use a little help there.The button to your left is linked to TGW's Paypal site, or you can wander on over there, enjoy the fabulous George Carlin video (which is, as usual, hilarious and dead-on) and click the

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1157656738527091382006-09-07T14:09:00.000-05:002006-09-07T14:18:58.586-05:00

Now that I'm starting a new work schedule next week, I've come to realize that my life is going to change drastically with a 5-day workweek, 3pm to 11pm.I will never hear Fresh Air again!All Things Considered.Talk of the Nation will be interrupted with showering and dog-walking.I can't live without my NPR!So, I think it's time to break down and get one of those iPod or mp3 player thingies so I

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1157581295033764882006-09-06T17:08:00.000-05:002006-09-07T11:40:57.466-05:00

Okay.So I somehow managed to (mostly) listen to Bush's speech this afternoon without vomiting. And without any pre-medication, either. Let me see if I've got this all straight now... His administration has violated the laws of war, international laws, the Geneva Conventions as well as basic tenets of human rights and common decency. They have acted illegally, in violation of the US Constitution

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1157518232359651852006-09-05T23:27:00.000-05:002006-09-06T03:01:03.413-05:00

While wending my way across the internet tonight researching that post on Path to 9/11, I checked my technorati tags for "graft." I like to make sure my tags actually lead people to something, except on occasion of the "guess which is the fake tag" contests challenges.Well, 'graft' led me, somehow, to the net neutrality site, It's a Series of Tubes!!!Trust me, you're gonna love it. Hilarity at

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1157512984946789272006-09-05T21:23:00.000-05:002006-09-06T01:23:28.766-05:00

Via Echidne of the Snakes, I found out about the upcoming ABC broadcast of the docudrama, Path to 9/11. Hey, I don't watch much tv, especially network tv. (Ckick here and here [Ack!...you'll just have to scroll down to "More on 'Path to 9/11' " since I can't figure out the direct link.] for Echidne's posts on the subject.) I also clicked on the link to Think Progress for this disturbing analysis

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1157397546856245242006-09-04T14:00:00.000-05:002006-09-05T01:52:29.960-05:00

I'm sure you've all heard by now that Steve Irwin, the famous Australian Crocodile Hunter, was stabbed in the chest by a stingray and killed today.I never cared for his style. I thought he was needlessly reckless with very dangerous animals. Hey, it's the mother and ER nurse in me.But, really, I wish someone would do the math and tell me what the odds are. I mean, stingrays swim off the New

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1157348063995833412006-09-04T02:18:00.000-05:002006-09-04T04:08:48.786-05:00

Somehow, I came upon this site. Not through the usual suspects. No, this was a random Google search for sand sculptures. (Click on the thumbnails to go a larger image at the website of origin.)The place is Sandsational Sand Sculpting. I tell you, I spent at least an hour and a half there just checking out the product! Amazing stuff!There are gargoyles thinking.And gargoyles doing what comes

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1156992075912248082006-08-30T21:32:00.000-05:002006-08-30T21:41:16.026-05:00

I read about this in my Philly Inquirer over "brunch" this afternoon and almost spit my coffee all over the newsprint. Here's the whole AP story from CNN.com.My favorite part was the first few paragraphs (in all honesty, I couldn't read the whole thing...I was eating after all):SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Tuesday accused critics of the Bush

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1156928965177050132006-08-30T03:33:00.000-05:002006-08-30T04:12:31.640-05:00

Tennessee Guerilla Women did it for me again...gave me a great topic to pass on. This piece by egalia led me to the full text of the article she referenced in The Nation about George "Macaca Man" Allen, incumbant Senatorial candidte.If you live in Virginia, please consider carefully, come November, how you want your commonwealth to be represented for the next six years. Is a racist/white

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1156904489286737542006-08-29T21:08:00.000-05:002006-08-29T21:27:08.270-05:00

Via the Tennessee Guerilla Women, one of my favorite online sources, I found this in The American Prospect, by way of a detour at We Move to Canada. It's an article by Robert Kuttner about who really runs the country...the current male resident of the White House or Dick Cheney. We Move to Canada reportedly has excellent resources for any who are seriously considering the switch. It's prudent,

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1156878149925626472006-08-29T13:45:00.000-05:002006-09-02T23:31:14.436-05:00

I'm very glad Plan B was approved for over-the-counter distribution for women 18 and older. I think many women can make these decisions themselves and don't need the permission of a physician to decide whether she'd like to take action to prevent the possibility of a pregnancy following assault or contraceptive failure.I have concerns, though. I'm concerned that many pharmacists don't feel the

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1156813627584412042006-08-28T20:03:00.000-05:002006-08-28T20:09:01.096-05:00

Rene Descartes walks into a bar, sits down and orders a beer.A little later, the barkeep approaches and inquires, "Want another beer, Mac?"Descartes replies, "I think not,"And, immediately, disappears.(Shamelessly stolen from yesterday's broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion.)tag: humor (and attempts thereat)

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1156792681884112122006-08-28T14:17:00.000-05:002006-08-28T14:18:03.526-05:00

Tomorrow's broadcast of Talk of the Nation is going to focus on race and Hurricane Katrina. It's on at 2PM on my local NPR station. I plan to be there, should be interesting. You can check out when it's being broadcast in your area at the Talk of the Nation site.tags: Hurricane Katrina / life / NPR / racism

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1156785335841326802006-08-28T12:05:00.000-05:002006-08-28T12:19:12.210-05:00

Debra Haffner, of Sexuality and Religion, has a great post today on the term "just friends." Here's a snippet:I shared though that we can take back the term "just friends" if we understand that “just” comes from “justice”, right relations. “Just friends” love and nurture each other. “Just friends” listen to each other, sit with each other, and offer each other unconditional regard. “Just friends

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1156620196421443592006-08-26T14:19:00.000-05:002006-08-26T23:58:42.226-05:00

...teach BlogRolling how to alphabetize properly so I don't have to enter links as, "Secret Brain, The," in order to get them in their proper place? Sheesh! I'm not a frigging libriarian!tags: bitchy / blogging / blogroll / proper-fucking-English

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1156618855332928502006-08-26T13:12:00.000-05:002006-08-26T14:19:14.143-05:00

I found a comment somewhere in the blogosphere last night from someone who claims to be "Princess's Secret Admirer," or some such nonsense, which links...ta da, here. As a result, I felt the need to add a few disclaimers...I live in eastern Pennsylvania and have no real interest in Texas politics, aside from the sideshow factor. You've got to admit, this race is a hoot from a distance.I live in

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1156442512849294872006-08-24T12:10:00.000-05:002006-08-24T13:33:52.546-05:00

I tell ya, I love this candidate! I don't care whether he's Republican, Democrat, conservative, liberal, libertarian, green or Commie. I just want to pull that lever for Kinky!Kinky is Awesome dropped by recently and read my Kinky Friedman post. He/She pointed me in the direction of several sites and articles about Kinky that I hadn't seen. Thought you might like going there, too.Kinky is

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1156393747664637692006-08-23T23:18:00.000-05:002006-08-23T23:31:01.530-05:00

Thought you might like to see my sweet pooch, happy as the day is long all spread out over my feet. I swear she would crawl inside me if she could!Pay no attention to the dirt on the carpet, please. Bitching makes for a busy lifestyle."Dull women have immaculate houses."tags: bitchy / dogs / life

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1156384888058481812006-08-23T20:44:00.000-05:002006-08-23T21:01:28.696-05:00

I just looked through my site stats and found a couple of the most interesting scenarios played out:One person, some poor trudge law clerk burning the midnight oil no doubt, presented from a US Court in DC through a Google search for:boggs "sixth circuit" detroitThat brought him or her to a recent post on the District Judge's denial of the NSA domestic spying program. This reader exited to Pinko

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1156379218213200642006-08-23T18:42:00.000-05:002006-08-28T20:12:09.926-05:00

Meet Richard S. "Kinky" Friedman, who is running for governor of the great state of Texas.I can't recall just how I happened upon Kinky. I swear it wasn't a Google search gone awry. I already know where the kinky sites are that I like.Is this a candidate name with a limitless bounty of campaign possibilities or what? "Don't vote for [insert name of sex-hating right-winger here]! Go Kinky,

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1156141115861952212006-08-21T01:11:00.000-05:002006-08-21T01:23:18.070-05:00

Egalia, of Tennessee Guerilla Women, pointed me in the direction of this hilarious mock-up to be found at The Huffington Post. Want to know what the right-wing sees when they read the front page of the NYT? Go see for yourself.(Egalia credits Avedon Carol of The Sideshow for pointing it out to her.)tags: bitchy / blogging / humor / US politics

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1156131305258337392006-08-20T22:34:00.000-05:002006-08-20T22:36:38.766-05:00

Most of you probably know I lost my dad in March. I've written more about it on my old, now-unused blog, MadMom and Mutt, if you want to read about it a bit. Check the February and March archives. Hell, check out April, too, if you want. Just no snickering...that was my first foray into public blogging!It was a tough time for me and a difficult process. We didn't have much time to get used to

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1156060334031280382006-08-20T00:30:00.000-05:002006-08-20T02:52:14.056-05:00

Believe it or not, I don't have much to say today so I'm going to surrender to my reticence and simply post some notes about the 'places' I've been recently: Empowerment4Women is a great site which enjoys as one if its claims to fame the contributions of the dashingly handsome and painfully brilliant Bryan McKay of Les Faits de la Fiction. Check out this list of blogs!Somebody (who, I canNOT

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1156042483575918732006-08-19T21:48:00.000-05:002006-08-19T23:16:40.893-05:00

I had to play around at Blogthings after being sucked into the notion implanted over at Belledame's place... Your Bumper Sticker Should BeBuckle up - it makes it harder for aliens to suck you out of your carWhat Bumper Sticker Should Be On Your Car?And here I thought it should be the one I already have on there:tags: blogging / humor / life / US politics

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1155958411318194542006-08-18T22:32:00.000-05:002006-08-18T22:41:18.763-05:00

I don't know how some people can look at photos like these and not concede that we evolved from the oceans. I found these at Neptune Divers.As much as I love snorkeling and as much as I'd love to see, up close and personal, the wonders which only exist at the bottom of the sea, I don't think I could ever get beyond my claustrophobia and fear of death by drowning to bring myself to don a wetsuit

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1155935862538671302006-08-18T16:07:00.000-05:002006-08-20T12:52:35.373-05:00

I read this article in my Philadelphia Inquirer this afternoon. Yes, I was up until 4 AM and stayed in bed until after noon. It was the first day I didn't have to set an alarm in over a week so I savored it!Anywho, a federal judge (in Detroit...makes me wonder who appointed the judges for the US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals) has finally weighed in (pdf of the opinion from the court's official

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1155888456795537762006-08-18T03:02:00.000-05:002006-08-20T12:55:46.933-05:00

Through Pinko Feminist Hellcat, I found this disturbing but telling site. Go read for yourself the horror our country has become as we've devolved over the last three decades.It makes me sick.tags: classism / economy / parenting / US politics

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1155883321230635482006-08-18T01:37:00.000-05:002006-08-18T01:42:01.243-05:00

...template.If I don't hang around much over the upcoming weekend it's because I'll be twiddling my template. I downloaded some nice Blogger templates, gratis, from a site -which-shall-remain-nameless until I (hopefully) get one to work for me here. Wish me luck...it's my first real head-long dive into fiddling with this stuff.tags: blogging / computing / life

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1155736993035697952006-08-16T08:58:00.000-05:002006-08-16T09:03:13.170-05:00

It's official! I will leave my current place of employment on Saturday, September 2nd and start at The Hospital Around the Corner on September 13th. Woo-hoo!I'm very excited about leaving this place with which I am so displeased and disillusioned and starting in a place where they really seem to have staff buy-in in their hospital and unit. I think I'll like it there. If only it weren't 5

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1155528704969858082006-08-13T22:52:00.000-05:002006-08-13T23:18:19.996-05:00

I got an e-mail the other day from the owner of the Nectar of Life Coffee Company desiring a link to his site on my blog here. Has anybody ever heard of them? I never have. I made up my list of fair-trade suppliers of various sorts, mostly coffee, a couple of months ago following a really interesting web cruise. I don't remember seeing a Nectar of Life. Or I saw it and passed it over for

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1155523601015023272006-08-13T21:46:00.000-05:002006-08-13T21:46:41.043-05:00

Yes, it's that good.In checking to make sure my tags worked (See how it pays to be a diligent and courteous blogger?) I found the most amazing sexuality link. In case you haven't noticed, I'm a spiritual person. I've half hung onto the religious conversion afforded me in 1976 by Christ and the fundamentalist Christian community I interacted with then. Although my firm idea of what God and Christ

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1155511600414654522006-08-13T18:13:00.000-05:002006-08-13T18:26:40.553-05:00

I just got back from the Jersey shore after visiting with my family. Mom is good and looks great and Mike is not nearly as bothered by his back (two herniated disks have had him laying off running for the better part of the last year). He ran in his ten-mile race at a seaside town and finished 50th. That's the poorest I can recall though he tells me he did worse the first time he ran it. The

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1155191421739497532006-08-10T01:19:00.000-05:002006-08-10T01:32:26.406-05:00

It looks as if I have a new job. I interviewed today with some of the staff at The Hospital Around the Corner (here after to be known as "THAC." THAC is two blocks from home or a short hike up the hill and 100 yards, if I'm running late. I wonder how long it'll take me for the secondary route to become the default?I hope to be able to leave my current place of torment, erm, employment in three

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1155110887845654712006-08-09T02:56:00.000-05:002006-08-09T03:14:52.936-05:00

Go on over to my absolute favorite female (and supportive) progressives at Tennessee Guerilla Women. Read every post from Tuesday, August 8. Follow every link. Read all the connecting articles (but skip the links...you'll want to get right back to TGW).Laugh your socks off!Is this fun or what???tags: bitchy / comeuppance / fairness / US politics / truth / justice / American way ('bout time we

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1155030458800952752006-08-08T04:42:00.000-05:002006-08-08T04:47:38.813-05:00

From SCOTUSBlog, dateline, yesterday:Justice Antonin Scalia on Monday afternoon denied the request of the Texas GOP to delay a federal appeals court ruling that requires the name of former Rep. Tom DeLay to remain on the congressional ballot for this fall's election. That ended the matter, since the Republican party's lawyer, James Bopp, Jr., said he would not renew the request with another

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1155005024901711682006-08-07T21:33:00.000-05:002006-08-08T01:09:04.556-05:00

I stopped by Fetch Me my Axe after work last night to discover the most interesting post on shame and religion and the former’s relative value for political progressives. I believe this originally sprung from a discussion of the value of the use of the term “godbag” at PunkAssBlog. What I started as a “good post and oh, by the way” comment took on a life of its own, grew completely out of

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I'm only going to be a minute...I'm going to be late for work again (as if I care). Since it seems the NYT archives the articles they have available on their website then charges to read them, I will post them in full in text boxes here when I reference one. I'm sure this violates some copyright law or other but, until they track me down, I'll continue, with appropriate citation or whatever:Via

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I will repeat Refugee from Reason's plea that "God forbid anyone should read my blog and go buy Coulter's book!" With that disclaimer out of the way, this was too fun not to share.Note: David Letterman has a much larger viewership than I have readership. It is, therefore, logical to extrapolate that if Coulter's book sales go up, it's because of his segment, not my piddly little blog

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Somehow...don't ask me how...I wound up on this site tonight. Although I am terribly suspicious of anything which has its roots in the Catholic church, I found this International Prayer for Peace moving and fitting for the times. I just wonder where the Arabic translation is. Still it's a good idea.International Prayer For PeaceSubmitted by Rev. Robert Johnnene OFA, Mission Saints Sergius and

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Thanks to Bryan McKay, who led me to BlogCritics who, ultimately, led me to my new love. I've only read his CV and one post and have already added Mark Schannon to my Google sidebar. (Yes, some day I'll grow up and actually figure out BlogRolling! What can I say? Basically, I'm lazy unless it's something I really enjoy. I'm learning to live with my inner slacker : )There are now two men in

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I read this article in my Philadelphia Inquirer yesterday about the FDA's decision to revisit the possibility of making the emergency contraceptive, Plan B, available over the counter. This decision has been stalled or delayed for more than three years. In the meantime, women who have been raped, sexually assaulted or abused or just had a contraceptive mishap have had to jump through

Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743973913593370664noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970985.post-1154485752747580442006-08-01T20:51:00.000-05:002006-08-01T21:47:38.646-05:00

The Rude Pundit is vacationing in a (gasp) Red State this week and the guest blogging line-up there is a Who's Who of left-leaning, progressive heavyweights! I've shamelessly stolen this list from Tennessee Guerilla Women and present it here for your reading enjoyment: Monday, July 31 was Bitch day (Woo-Hoo!), with BitchPhd and AngryBlackBitch. Too bad I was working yesterday!Tuesday, August 1

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I was very heartened to read this article in today's New York Times. The evangelical Christian pastor of a megachurch in the St. Paul, Minnesota area has decided that the push for political action, particularly Republican political action with its calls for the denial of homosexuality and any rights for those who are of that ilk, increasing militarism and even increasing militantism in

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Reading Pat Kirby today brought back to mind some thoughts I had last week when our "illustrious leader" issued the first veto of his tenure by denying the embryonic stem cell research bill (H.R. 810) which had been passed by the US House of Representatives and Senate.Pat led me to this post on The American Prospect's blog. Here is what I see as the bottom line from that TAP post:I don't give a

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I was shocked and disheartened when I read recently that the percentage of Americans who believe Saddam Hussein actually possessed weapons of mass destruction at the time of our invasion of Iraq 3 years ago has gone up in recent months. What could possibly account for this shift? Surely, Bush has not performed so splendidly in recent months that his credibility has improved. The Iraq war gets

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Do you think the right wing cringes as much every time Ann Coulter opens her mouth as Democrats do when Howard Dean plants a foot in his? This woman isn't a right wingnut. She's just plain, old nuts!So, Coulter outright lies, distorts the truth or just makes grievous errors in the statements she presents as fact and Chris Matthews says nothing to correct any of the erroneous information she's

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