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• A Quote for the Evening…Some Romney History

  “When Mitt Romney was a college freshman, he told fellow residents of his Stanford University dormitory that he sometimes disguised himself as a police officer ... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2012 SOCIETY

• Can We Pleeeez Keep the Damned Church Away from the State?

  

  David Barton, is a Republican Party activist, pentecostal preacher and fast-talking, self-promoting, self-taught, self-proclaimed historian who is miseducating... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2012 SOCIETY

• Natasha Trethewey is the New Poet Laureate of the United States

  

  Trethewey, 46, is an English and creative writing professor at Emory University in Atlanta, named the 19th U.S. poet laureate Thursday by the Librarian of... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2012 SOCIETY

• I’m on My Way Over to CATF This Morning to Interview Ed Herendeen…

  

  Ed HerendeenGiven his tight rehearsal schedule, I have been lucky to snare 20 minutes with Producing Director Ed Herendeen this morning at the Contemporary... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2012 SOCIETY

• We Need Your Support, but We’ll Make It Worth Your While…

  

  By giving you a free gift if you support this blog with $5.00 or more… …you get “Bill’s Tropical DECOrations” a great image font, based on ornaments and images... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2012 SOCIETY

• Quote of the Day – I Agree with This One…

  

  “I don’t think it would have made the difference. But it’s kind of like Thanksgiving at your in-laws. If you go, it doesn’t guarantee it’s going to be fun, but... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2012 SOCIETY

• Ray Bradbury is Dead at 91…

  

  He took us into the future and then farther into the future. He showed us where our politics and lifestyles could take us in books like “Fahrenheit 451. Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2012 SOCIETY

• How the Rich Earn Money with No Work, Create No Jobs and Pay Minimal Taxes…

  

  Great article in PoliticusUSA this morning. It’s called Republicans Twist Capitalism Into a Democracy Killer. Here’s a clip: One thing the Tea Party crowd must... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2012 SOCIETY

• Walker Regains Wisconsin.

  We wake up to disappointing news from Wisconsin: Walker , Scott (i) GOP 1,331,076 53% Barrett , Tom Dem 1,158,337 46% While Barrett took the cities (where... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2012 SOCIETY

• Republicans Shoot Down Equal Pay Law in the Senate.

  

  From RTTGlobal Financial News: Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked a bill that Democrats say would increase paycheck equity for women. Republican lawmakers... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Wisconsin Vote is Today…

  

  It looks like the numbers are favoring Scott Walker as Wisconsinites go to the polls this morning for the recall election. This is going to be an example of... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2012 SOCIETY

• William Hanley, Playwright and TV Writer, Dies at 80

  

  William Hanley, who received critical acclaim as a Broadway and Off Broadway playwright in the 1960s and who later won Emmys for television scripts, died on... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2012 CURRENT

• When You Shop for Fruit and Tomatoes, Look at the Stickers.

  

  From Dear Ruth O’Donnell: Ruth O’Donnell shared General Knowledge‘s photo. Those stickers on fruits and veggies tell you quite a bit! 4 numbers mean they were... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2012 FOOD & DRINK, HEALTH, SOCIETY

• Science Vs. God – America is Becoming Ignorant.

  

  Gallup has released the results of a national poll on science, and unfortunately, modern biology didn’t fare well: “Forty-six percent of Americans believe in th... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2012 RELIGION, SCIENCE, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• When the Republicans Say There is No War on Women, Hit ‘em with This List:

  

  Raw Story ran this from Helen Wheels: Everyone should copy & paste this for safekeeping and for sticking in lying sack of shit baggerfascists’ faces wheneve... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2012 SOCIETY

• Farewell to Richard Dawson – Dead at 79

  

  According to his son, Richard Dawson, the legendary host of “Family Feud,” has died from complications due to esophageal cancer: “It is with a very heavy heart... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2012 CELEB, CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• My Brain is Exploding… Put Yourself in the (not So Distant) Future…

  As you read this over the internet you realize that you have replaced what we used to exchange in print… or even, for Pete’s sake, by voice over the phone or... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2012 SOCIETY

• A Frightening Story from the Religious Right:

  

  Thank you to WarIsACrime.org for making us aware of this. Part of the article as follows:How Christian fundamentalists plan to teach genocide to schoolchildren... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2012 SOCIETY

• Cartoon(s) of the Week – Donald and Mitt

  

  Mike Luckovich in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:Who do you attach yourself to if you want to win?-and - Rob Rogers in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:Does it... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2012 SOCIETY

• Favorite Quote of the Day…

  

  Jon Stewart responding to Bill O’Reilly after the Fox News host said he was going to hell: “Here’s what you and your minions don’t understand, O’Reilly. Your... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2012 SOCIETY