"Dr" Alveda King Trading on the King DNA, niece turned away from family, doesn't recall why she was awarded an honorary doctorate BBC News – Who answered Glenn Beck Crackdown in Bahrain Hints of End to Reforms – NYTimes.com I sometimes book travelers to Bahrain, and they're not great fans of the place. Delivery of Boeing 787 Dreamliner delayed again – USATODAY.com The New Yorker Maps Koch Industries Follow the money that funds the vast right wing conspiracy BBC News – How the internet is changing language Kind of sad reading definitions of Internet Menes in British court.
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Beck’s team got a permit for 300,000, about 87,000 showed up. Via @KeithOlbermann Glenn Beck Rally Attracts Estimated 87,000 – Political Hotsheet – CBS News An estimated 87,000 people attended a rally organized by talk-radio host and Fox News commentator Glenn Beck Saturday in Washington, according to a crowd estimate commissioned by CBS News.
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“Don’t make me come out there.” What the hell, I ended up live-blogging the whole damn thing. I took this photo a few years ago on a trip to Washington DC, with the “good camera” that’s been sent off to Canon for possible repair, or I’ll be in the market for a refurbished 30D. I Tweeted a lot of my Lincoln Memorial photos last night after getting irked at all the Beckamania co-opting of the imagery of Lincoln, Dr King, and all the hoo-ha about reclaiming the nation’s honor. It bugged me that the national honor so much in need…
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Thank goodness I can get some at the local Japanese supermarket for a variety of dry skin needs!
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I’m still alive, and hoping to break free of my Google Reader addiction in order to fall back into the more creative addictive habit of actually blogging something about what’s going on in my life or in my head. Today is Caturday. There, I’ve blogged something. And I’ve been wrasslin with WordPress, updating all three of my sites/blogs. Er, well, I have a fourth blog but it’s quite inactive at the moment, it’s Riley the Cat’s blog. I’ll get around to that later – he’s much too lazy to do his own blogging and I’m too lazy to do my…
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Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Day Out By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 13 Aug ’10, 10.05am CDT PST
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The Most Biased Name in News Enjoy this trove of examples of FOX "News" bias… PRE-9/11 Porter Goes Deeper Into Dominionism | Right Wing Watch Blagojevich on trial: Former governor Aug 14 9am Editor’s column: We ran with the list story, but not with the list | The Salt Lake Tribune American-born children at heart of controversial list, state says | The Salt Lake Tribune
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…wow, this guy sure knows how to deconstruct the English language. #fb A summer storm? It’s unheard of! | Attempts at Rational Behavior It really was fucking raining overnight, and there was lightning in the middle of fucking summer. However I don’t believe 2012 is true, because that is a fucking movie. About 1130PM last night, I was awakened by a tremendous clap of thunder, although I’d been aware of the thunderstorm while dozing along. WHAM! WHAMMITY-BAM! David generally doesn’t wake up until things go “BLAMMITY WHAM-BAM BOOM!” but eventually the storm went to 11 and David woke up for…