A few excellent articles/posts about the murder of Dr. George Tiller, one of the few late-term abortion providers in the U.S., yesterday:

• Homegrown Terrorism, by amilyn
  
  
• Why I Am Done With Candlelight Vigils, by Gloria Feldt
  
  
• The Murder of Dr. Till, a Foreshadowing, by Cristina Page
  
  
• Who Killed George Tiller?, by Jill Flipovic
  
  
• A list of vigils in Dr. ( Read more... )

Via giandujakiss, All Hail Out Obama-bot Overlords. My favorite bit (well, other than the vote, obviously): “What is that, a robot?” he said, exhaling noisily. “The Obama campaign has a robot set up in the plaza. It’s holding a sign that says ‘Powered by hope.’ Which I don’t think is entirely accurate.”
*die laughing ( Read more... )

( Snapped at a taco stand in Los Feliz on Saturday )

I thought Obama's acceptance speech was amazing, and while I didn't agree with everything he said (and while I remain hugely disappointed with his choice of Biden, who, beyond being the consummate Beltway insider who believes in nothing more strongly than politics as usual, is impressed that Obama is "clean" and embarrassed by his wife's education ( Read more... )

I'm having a lot of trouble dealing with the political climate these days. I'm divided pretty much straight down the middle when it comes to Hillary and Obama... I like them both, but I don't love either one. I agree with a lot of what they both have to say; they (and their supporters) have both said and done things that have made me cringe or ( Read more... )

Bill Maher on W's best moment in office (note: the world record for largest freshwater perch is 4 lbs, 3 oz.):I just want to say that when we come back on August 25 ... I hope we're only months away from the beginning of impeachment proceedings. But not for what you think. Now of course there is a laundry list of valid reasons for impeaching ( Read more... )

Sometimes I just want to have Bill Maher's children (and, you know, sometimes I want to smack him upside the head for being smug, unfunny and reactionary, but it's the love we're focusing on at the moment). From last week's New Rules:The Christian Right are now officially the party of paranoia: secularists are attacking Christmas, gays are ( Read more... )

So, I've linked a couple of Glenn Greenwald's blog posts in the last several days, but I realized today I walk away from nearly everything he posts wanting to grab everyone I know and make them read it, so to that end:

If you're not reading Greenwald's blog Unclaimed Territory on a daily basis, you should be.Quite beyond his expertise on issues ( Read more... )

Wow. Officials in Beaverton, Oregon, have apparently decided that simply blaming rape victims for their ordeals is not enough, and have instead found an innovative way to prosecute, fine and jail them.I'm particularly fond of the fact that she was convicted of filing a false police report because the prosecution and the judge decided she didn't ( Read more... )

And in keeping with our cheerful theme, a deeply depressing and not a little frightening firsthand account from a refugee camp being set up in Oklahoma.

ETA: Looks like ana posted this earlier, along with several other must-read links.