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The Non-TCR Non-TDS No Shows No Spoiler Chat Thread 12.22.08
No shows until January. Somebody thought it would be a good idea to have threads anyway, and who am I to complain? Complaining is what I do, generally, but in this case I'm not going to.Have a lolcat...
View ArticleAlone on Christmas Day
I don't know about you, but everywhere I look it seems like there's a giant black cloud hanging over the world this Christmas Day. Sure, our country is about to emerge from an even bigger, even blacker...
View ArticleNo TDS, No TCR, Not Much on TV...let's chat anyway.
No TDS...No TCR...No Stephen...No Jon...No laughs...No silly interviews...No "on notice" board...No "Senior Senior Correspondents Correspondent"...No ♥ for Sam Bee...No epic takedowns of crazy wingnut...
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The First TDS/TCR Non-Spoiler Non-Chat Thread of 2009...
...and Jon and Stephen couldn't even be bothered to show up. Losers.Anyway, what will 2009 bring to our beloved Daily Show and Colbert Report? Will Jon and Stephen do epic inauguration specials on...
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The DAILY SHOW/COLBERT REPORT Spoiler/Chat Thread 01.13.09
Tonight on The Daily Show, Bond...James Bond. As in Daniel Craig, the latest tall, strapping British guy to play 007. Tonight on The Colbert Report, Niall Ferguson, author of The Ascent of Money: A...
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The Best Virtual Inauguration Party EVER!
If you're like me, you're not attending the inauguration next week in DC. Maybe it's the money, maybe it's the millions of people, maybe it's work, maybe it's the traveling, but for whatever reason,...
View ArticleWest Michigan Blogger Meetup March 4th
(crossposted everywhere under the sun)Myth: Bloggers are all unemployed, foul-smelling, anti-social lunatics who live in their mom's basement subsisting on Cheetos and Mountain Dew.Fact: Bloggers are...
View ArticleWest! Michigan! Meetup! March! 4th!
(Yes, this is a retread of a diary I posted the other day...I'm just posting it at a different time of day to maybe catch some different folks.)Myth: Bloggers are all unemployed, foul-smelling,...
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The Daily Show/Colbert Report Non-Spoiler and Chat Thread, 02.18.2009
Tonight on The Daily Show, former Senator John Sununu (R-NH). Tonight on The Colbert Report, some band I've never heard of called TV on the Radio.
View ArticleREMINDER: West Michigan Blogger Mega-Meetup March 4th!
(originally written in rainbow ink, crossposted in two shadesof blue, a lovely green, and bright orange.)Coming soon to a tavern near you, it's the Third Annual West Michigan Blogger Mega-Meetup! Come...
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The DAILY SHOW/COLBERT REPORT Spoiler & Chat Thread 02.25.09
Tonight on The Daily Show, Tom Selleck. Tonight on The Colbert Report, John Fetterman, mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania.
View ArticleDoom Descends on Grand Rapids, MI
After tomorrow night, Grand Rapids, Michigan will never be the same. Don't let the sunny skies and unseasonably warm temperatures fool you: there's a dark cloud descending over West Michigan. Mothers...
View ArticleProp 8 California Supreme Court LIVEBLOG Part II
The California Supreme Court is currently hearing oral arguments in the case to overturn Proposition 8. As I write this, the bench is grilling Ken Starr, over whether existing same sex marriages should...
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The DAILY SHOW/COLBERT REPORT Spoiler & Chat Thread 03.09.2009
Tonight on The Daily Show, Nathaniel Frank, author of Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America. Tonight on The Colbert Report, Lisa Hannigan.
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Tweet the Silence: Friday, April 17
(crossposted from RainbowMittens.)Tomorrow, Friday, April 17, is the National Day of Silence. Sponsored by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, the original intent of the Day of Silence was...
View ArticleTony Perkins: Hate Crimes Are a Reflection of Faith
Later this week the House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to take up consideration of the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 (aka the Matthew Shepard Act, and yeah, it used to be...
View ArticleUPDATED: Bullying Claims Another 11 Year Old Victim
Two weeks ago, 11-year-old Carl Joseph Walker Hoover caved under the pressure of relentless bullying and hung himself with an extension cord. His mother, who had repeatedly asked Carl's school to do...
View ArticleMatthew Shepard Act Up for Vote TOMORROW. ACT NOW.
Yes, I know the Specter switch is important...but there are other important things going on in the world right now, too. The House is scheduled to vote on the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes...
View ArticleLAST CHANCE: Call Your Rep on the Matthew Shepard Act NOW!
The House is scheduled to vote on the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act (aka the Matthew Shepard Act, aka HR 1913) TONIGHT! The bill made it out of the Judiciary Committee and is...
View ArticleUPDATED: John Conyers Scuttles Granholm's SCOTUS Nom
Breaking news courtesy of Michigan Messenger:DETROIT — U.S. Rep. John Conyers told a gathering of progressive activists gathered at the Cobo Convention Center on Saturday that he has withdrawn his...
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The DAILY SHOW/COLBERT REPORT Spoiler and Chat Thread 6.15.2009
Tonight on The Daily Show, Ed Helms. Tonight on The Colbert Report, Austan Goolsbee, chief economist of the president's Economic Recovery Advisory Committee.
View ArticleUPDATED: DP Benefits Announcement is apparently a disappointment
I refuse to use the word Breaking in a title, but this is about as breaking as it gets...Via Kerry Eleveld at The Advocate:Obama To Extend Partner Benefits To Federal WorkersBy Kerry EleveldAn Obama...
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Virtually Speaking: Netroots Nation in Second Life
As Netroots Nation draws closer, are you despondent because the convention is so far away and so financially out of reach? Do you long to hobnob with the likes of Jerome a Paris, Hunter and Markos...
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Fight Hunger: The Million Can March
Unless you've been living under a very large rock, you probably noticed a couple months ago when a million a few thousand rabid conservatives gathered around the country for a "tea party" to...
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The DAILY SHOW/COLBERT REPORT Spoiler and Chat Thread 07.08.09
Tonight on The Daily Show, Robert Kenner, director of Food, Inc. Tonight on The Colbert Report, Ed Viesturs, mountain climber.
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UPDATED (IT'S OFFICIAL): Dr. Regina Benjamin as Surgeon General
News is filtering out of DC this morning that the President has scheduled an 11:40AM news conference to announce the appointment of Dr. Regina Benjamin as Surgeon General. Dr. Benjamin is the...
View ArticleTake 90 Seconds and FIGHT HATE NOW.
(Yes, this diary is a slightly-reworked retread of a diary I wrote a while back.)Yes, I know the Sotomayor hearings are important...but there are other important things going on in the world right now,...
View Article3 WEEKS TO GO! Netroots Nation 2009 Logistics Diary
*checks calendar*Today is Monday, July 20, 2009. Three weeks and two days from now, fifteen hundred Kossacks, bloggers, activists and other assorted riffraff folks will descend upon the David L....
View ArticleCountdown to Pittsburgh: NETROOTS NATION Logistics Diary
*checks calendar*Today is Wednesday, July 22, 2009. Three weeks from today, fifteen hundred Kossacks, bloggers, activists and other assorted riffraff folks will descend upon the David L. Lawrence...
View ArticleParty on the Patio: NETROOTS NATION Logistics Diary
*checks calendar*Today is Monday, July 27. In less than three weeks, fifteen hundred Kossacks, bloggers, activists and other assorted riffraff folks will descend upon the David L. Lawrence Convention...
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NETROOTS NATION: EXCLUSIVE Screening of DADT Film/Q&A With the Filmmaker
Next Thursday through Sunday is the fourth annual Netroots Nation convention, the pre-eminent gathering of progressive bloggers, online activists and politicians from all over the country. The...
View ArticleNo Naked People Allowed.
Haha! Made you look! But as long as you're here, give me three minutes of your time. It'll be worth it, I swear.As I'm sure you're either blissfully or painfully aware, next week is the fourth annual...
View ArticleWhat you WON'T see in Pittsburgh
I'll be honest with you: this is my third Netroots Nation, and it's going to be the highlight of my year. I waffled for far too long on whether I could/should go to NN09; I really can't afford it, and...
View ArticleSen. Ted Kennedy Has Passed Away
Sad news...KABC7 out of Los Angeles is reporting that Sen. Ted Kennedy has passed away at the age of 77. The Lion of the Senate, the last of the three Kennedy brothers and a champion of health care and...
View ArticleNadler Introducing DOMA Repeal Tuesday
We have a bill. Kerry Eleveld of The Advocate is reporting that Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) will be holding a press conference next Tuesday announcing the introduction of a bill that "amount[s] to a...
View ArticleViva Mexico! (Same-sex marriage comes to Mexico City!)
(I have no idea how to make an upside-down exclamation point on a PC. Such is the life of a Machead. *sigh*)In any event...Earlier today the legislature in Mexico City voted 39-20 to approve same-sex...
View ArticleNo TDS/TCR, Surprise Guest Host Open Thread
Ooooh doot‐de‐doo, let's go see what's going on at Daily Kos. Flame war, flame war, troll diary, GBCW from someone I've never heard of, flame war, flame war, character assassination against Jane...
View ArticleLieberman introducing DADT repeal next week
This just landed in my inbox, and it's worth talking about. This morning the New York Daily News is carrying snippets from an exclusive interview with everyone's favorite headache of a senator, Joe...
View ArticleUPDATED 4x: Lt. Dan Choi chains himself to WH fence
(Holy criminy I hate "BREAKING" diaries. Someone please flog me.)UPDATED 2:00PM Eastern: Via @kerryeleveld of The Advocate, Lt. Choi and Capt. Pietrangelo have been arrested and removed from the...
View ArticleI am not my penis.
(Provocative title FTW!)Yesterday the New York Times published an op-ed by the rather unfortunately named Charles Blow*, detailing a new Gallup study indicating that the general public’s attitudes...
View ArticleAnother Dead 15 Year Old. Make it stop.
Greensburg, Indiana:Students told Fox59 News it was common knowledge that children bullied Billy and from what they said, it was getting worse. Last Thursday, Billy's mother found him dead inside their...
View Article"All faggots must die."
Earlier today Joe Jervis of Joe.My.God. put up a post about today's Don't Ask/Don't Tell vote, and the post garnered a comment from a poster named "Jimmy" saying "All faggots must die."In his haste,...
View ArticleHate Comes Home
Prom.The Christmas dance.The Pops concert in the spring.Homecoming.The life of a high school student is marked not just in classes and tests, but in rites of passage, events every student participates...
View ArticleThe Streets of Heaven: Another Dead 13-Year-Old
"The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels..." --variously attributed to Tom Hanks, President Jed Bartlet or Sam Seaborn of The West Wing.They're even more crowded this morning. It happened...
View ArticleSpirit Day
Earlier today I asked my Twitter friends whether I should stand up at my desk and shout a short speech on why I'm wearing a purple shirt today. The response, naturally, was tepid, so instead I'll share...
View ArticleBREAKING: POTUS to address nation TONIGHT at 10:30 EST
Multiple sources (including the National Journal and Norah O'Donnell of NBC) are reporting that President Obama will give an impromptu televised statement TONIGHT at 10:30PM Eastern. The subject of the...
View ArticleJust Do It.
It's become a bit of a tradition for me in the last five years to pick a night during Netroots Nation, hole myself up in my hotel with a bit of food (Pizza Lucé this time) and write a diary. Sure,...
View ArticleDear Maggie,
Dear Maggie,You don't know me, but I know you. I've been following your work for several years now. I'm writing to you from a hotel room in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where the Netroots Nation conference...
View ArticleBREAKING: DOJ files motion to reinstate DADT
It's not dead yet, folks. Last year Judge Virginia Phillips issued an opinion calling Don't Ask/Don't Tell unconstitutional and ordered the Department of Defense to stop enforcing it. The 9th Circuit...
View ArticleUAW Strike Imminent: A Short Primer
(Cross-posted from Eclectablog).Yesterday, the United Auto Workers notified Fiat-Chrysler US (FCA) that if a new tentative bargaining agreement is not reached by 11:59PM tonight (Wednesday, October...
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