As everyone probably knows by now, the great Tea Party Convention is in full swing this weekend in Nashville. A whopping 600 teabaggers are gathered to hear their leaders, and are especially excited to hear Sarah Palin. The convention kicked off to a great start with notable speaker Tom Tancredo [...]

Tonight, Bill Moyers had a marvelous episode which I can’t recommend enough. The first segment was about the SCOTUS decision and the impact on our democracy. http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/02052010/watch.html With pro and con voices. http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/02052010/watch2.html The second segment I found the most intriguing, with a doctor who had been working for single [...]

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There is no particular news on the status of the health care reform bill. Or is there? CNN Obama calls for talks with GOP on health care, then vote by Congress LATimes Democrats quietly working to resuscitate healthcare overhaul NYTimes Democrats Ask, Can Health Care Bill Be Saved? ABCNews [not [...]

AdLib is online. AdLib : Cheers back at ya, Patsy! And thanks to everyone for making this such a kick! PatsyT : Thanks AdLib and ALL you are the total BEST !! Khirad : Wasn’t named something like unobtainium, was it? kesmarn : Thanks for enduring my bird-in-the-cuck oo-clock in/out [...]

Dear Dr. Maddow: Okay, I confess, I know you may never see the things sent to you via email, but hey, I will continue to make an attempt. Maybe you will have an opportunity to read me – someday. I am a regular person…a Main Street Person…as it were; a [...]

First order of business, KHIRAD is the winner of the first Planet Pop Quiz.  There were two people that got “A’s” because both answered the bonus question correctly but alas one person got 1/2 more questions wrong than the other.  Thanks for all those who participated. I know many of [...]

This morning I happened upon an article dated January 21st, 2010 from the East Valley Tribune about a meeting of religious leaders regarding immigration. The Arizona Interfaith Network is hosting the event, which will begin with a prayer service, followed by a press conference and panel discussion. The intent is [...]

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    I am bothered by movies, such as “Saw” and “Hostel”, that, to me, serve no purpose other than to depict the extremes of human pain and cruelty. I confess to having never watched a film from either of those series, nor have I watched a Hannibal Lector movie, [...]

OK I get the feeling some of you did not do your home work so here is a pop quiz. Who is Ruckusium and what comic strip and later animated series did that name come from and why? Who is Birtherbillium and why is that name appropriate? Who is Goebbelium [...]

OK how did our crack media outlets miss out on this story I found on BBC news? Like usual our media is obsessed with the sensational stories, faux outrage, and politically motivated opinions instead of real news. It seems it’s much more important that the president reminded Nevadans that they [...]

The U.S. military says Mexico’s drug war puts it at risk of sudden collapse. This is from the magazine, The Week—which I think is a great publication. It is dated 2009, but I saw this topic revisited today on MSNBC, and it’s still a possibility. Violence in Tijuana: What is [...]

The Planet now has it’s very own political parody of the Periodic Table.  I first want to thank everyone who helped me with the nomenclature.  This table is based on most of the craziness that has occurred during the first year of Obama’s presidency.  Any comments or suggestions are welcome.  [...]

No, it’s not a new sitcom, it’s instead something we can finally call…bipartisanship! Rahm Emanuel, Pres. Obama’s Chief of Staff, has insulted activist Progressive Dems and the handicapped which spurred Sarah Palin to call for his resignation. As AP reports: Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Emanuel, exasperated [...]

I’ve mentioned Randi Rhodes a few times on this site. She’s probably my favorite progressive broadcaster (Rachel Maddow is nipping at her heels). I like Randi because she reads. She scours the newspapers and agency sites for stories, and she has an uncanny ability to pull together information from different [...]

While the subject of hate is complex, hate itself can be divided into two general categories: rational and irrational. Unjust acts inspire rational hate. Who but the most spiritual or the most philosophic of us could argue that hatred of someone who had maliciously harmed us or our loved ones [...]

The official Super Bowl Sunday began January 15th, 1967 when the Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs. The NFL had full control of the game since 1920, until the AFL began in 1960. June 8th, 1966, the two leagues agreed on a merger, with the condition that the [...]

The Razzies just announced their nominations for Worsts of 2009, among their nominees: For Worst Film: All About Steve G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Land of The Lost Old Dogs Transformers 2:  Revenge of The Fallen FYI, until Avatar came out, Transformers 2 was the highest grossing movie of [...]

During the day, do you read a story and you feel it is worth sharing? Where to place it? I don’t like to disrupt someone’s thread or thoughtful post and it is not worthy of posting a lengthy article, do you? Let’s try to leave this up in speakers corner [...]