I've kinda held back on making posts about my Edwards-love here on LR, out of deference to luna_k's Hillary-love. But when I mentioned it, she told me there was no need, and she'd love to see some Edwards-squee too. So here 'tis. [x-posted to my journal]

( Edwards on corporate greed vs. regular Americans [YouTube] )

Congressman Murtha is getting kickass enough that I think it may be time for him to stop flying in small aircraft.

Awesome: Reid vows to stop future congressional pay raises until congress rasies the minimum wage. Seems fair. After all, they've had "cost of living" pay increases amounting to $31,600 in the last nine years. That's pay increases ( Read more... )

No Child's Behind Left by Greg Palast exposes some of the egregious class discrimination in the NCLB test to pass third grade. Included are questions about tennis, which, Williams sisters not withstanding, is usually not a sport working class people play.

"Most young tennis stars learn the game from coaches at private clubs. In this sentence, a ( Read more... )

The bad news is that the Senate passed an extension of sunlighting Patriot Act provisions. The good news is that their exension is only for six months, not the permanent extension the administration was pushing for.

And, the good news is that a filibuster stopped an attempt to attach opening the Artic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling to a ( Read more... )

I don't always agree with Michael Moore, but seeing him speak on C-Span 2, I find it amazing that he was ever successfully smeared as unAmerican or unpatriotic. You only have to listen to him for five minutes to hear his concern for the American people, especially the working class. I suppose his passionate commitment is what made him dangerous, ( Read more... )

Or, as Stephen Colbert might say, stuff you don't care about. But I find it interesting.

Riots in France. As the news keeps telling us, these riots are happening in largely North African immigrant neighborhoods. They're not really about the two boys' accidental deaths running from police - that was just the trigger. ( more babble about France )

New Delhi Explosions Hit Bus, Two Crowded MarketsIt's not clear yet what group is responsible for these attacks, but one possibility is that it's Kashmiri separatists or another group opposed to the peace process between India and Pakistan. India and Pakistan have also just begun talks on opening points along their border, which runs through ( Read more... )