Doing it Luna style!

++ Jury awards father $11M in suit against Rev. Fred Phelps Woot! Proof that my home state isn't completely nuts. :)

++ Armitage's Apology Not Accepted He was the one who leaked Valerie Plame's covert status. Bastard.

++ Oil Prices Fall on OPEC Expectations They are currently at $94.62. The gas price national average is $3. ( Read more... )

... some links for the rest of us.

Via twistedchick: Protesters give Congress a spine. Hee! You can also watch speeches from the protest live on C-Span... oops, they've cut away to Hillary's town meeting in Iowa.

Check out the Huffington Post and Firedoglake's coverage of the Scooter Libby trial. Those two blogs wrangled press credentials for the media ( Read more... )

In response to the Supreme Court telling him the authorization of force Congress passed after 9-11 didn't actually create him emperor, Bush has submitted a new "terror detainee bill" which would let him do the things he was trying to do all along. i.e., hold anybody he likes for as long as he likes without any of the usual rights and protections ( Read more... )

Because if we don't laugh about potential global pandemics, the bird terrorists win!


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AmericaBlog is asking readers to post links to their favorite small, up-and-coming blogs. I thought it was a great idea, so I'm ripping it off here. Plus, it's Friday afternoon, and I'm lazy & want you to the work for me. :D

Please comment with links for your favorite small, overlooked blog or LJ that needs attention - or an article you think I ( Read more... )

Pop Quiz!!! Off the top of your head, with NO GOOGLING, tell me ( Read more... )

Things I need to better understand ( Read more... )

I'm trying to organize all my bookmarked blogs/news/media sites, along with their corresponding LJ feeds. This is just the stuff I'm currently reading, not neccesarily the most Important or Relevant sites out there. Most of the blogs (besides DailyKos & Atrios) I've only been following a couple months, and I'm still rather clueless. Please, feel ( Read more... )