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Questinia : hi AdLib : See you later Cher! Have a great weekend! Chernynkaya : Oh I jsut did! well thanks Ad and see ya later. Chernynkaya : I can’t post now for some readon AdLib : Night Kes! kesmarn : Good night, everyone! kesmarn : ‘Night, Patsy! AdLib : [...]

It seems appropriate that in light of the racist law passing in AZ that this week’s Friday Music Thread is dedicated to “fighting the power”. Whether it’s authority figures oppressing others or even people not being treated fairly in a relationship, this thread is dedicated to those who stand up [...]

? This spring, the Move to Amend is on the move. Read on for the latest resources, actions, and upcoming events . . . New resources: * Our Field, Action, and Education Committee is working on a set of questions for candidates, to help you decide where current and potential [...]

Hey Kids! Did you get your Super User badge yet? You can redeem your Networker tickets for cheap plastic toys at the Redemption Booth!!! And you can earn more tickets playing Whack A Troll!!! Weeeeeeeeee!!!! Blogging time is fun time!!! Have you checked out HuffPo’s new comment system upgrade? If [...]

Noah Millman of the American scene website has put together and interesting postulate of how the political spectrum really should be applied. Instead of one axis or even two he suggests there should be a third access to describe people’s political preferences. I have read many other authors try to [...]

The first years of Obama’s presidency may be remembered for many things but one of the inescapable results has been a renaissance of racism. We have become far too familiar with the racism spewing from those on the right including the Teabaggers, all of the racist references, accusations, images and [...]

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In South Orange Country CA., the teachers of the Capistrano Unified School District had just finished day three of a district wide strike.

From The Daily Tail Buddy the German Shepherd is the impersonation of canine hero Rin Tin Tin. A fire broke out on April 4, when the heater ignited chemicals at a workshop in Caswell Lake, Alaska. The workshop owner, 23-year-old Ben Heinrichs, told his dog, Buddy, they needed to get help. [...]

I have an announcement to make, which might come as a shock to and disappoint a lot of people. I am not British. Sorry, but I never have been and never hope to be. Not even if the United States’ electorate were to go completely and totally bonkers and elect [...]

Pres. Obama and  Congress have now turned to focus on passing financial reforms that are long overdue. Fox News and the Republicans tried trotting out the same Goebbels/Rove playbook on this one but it’s really hard to convince people that corporations are the victim when they are being fired and [...]

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1 guest is online. AdLib : Well, looks like it’s time to end tonight’s session of Vox Populi! Thank you so much for such a fun and thoughtful discussion tonight, this was really one of my favorites! We can continue at the related post, follow this link: «link» AdLib : [...]

As a tribute to Earth Day, today’s theme is music about The Earth. That includes songs about our planet, nature, or just life on the third rock. How can I start with any other song? What a Wonderful World — Joey Ramone Fields of Gold — Sting Couldn’t Stand The [...]

The one hundred year anniversary of Mark Twain’s death was April 21, 2010. I am sorry I missed it, but I still want to honor this great man, this great American, and this great writer. From Wikipedia: “Before 1899 Twain was an ardent imperialist. In the late 1860s and early [...]

(apologies to Milt Gabler and John Tenniel) B is for the things he wants to Ban; L is for the Libs who love this man; A, well that’s for ACORN; neeeeed I even say more, n’ C‘s for the Constitution, we have got to save it soon, n’ K is [...]

Happy Earth Day! In honor of today, I had hoped to interview an expert about The Earth but to my surprise, I was able to book none other than The Earth itself! Maybe it was my new ozone friendly haircut. Maybe it was my new recycling bin made out of [...]

I was accidentally came across this site called Evolver that takes your image and creates a 3D avatar from it. It first creates a “clone” that you use to create you avatar that can even be used in still and animation scenes. The site can link you avatar to all [...]

Every Friday night, my Tivo fires up to save what is one of the best arguments for the existence of television, Bill Moyers Journal. As a human being and a journalist, Bill exudes the kind of  integrity that has all but disappeared from the practice of television journalism today. This [...]

Isn’t reality hard enough to deduce without Photoshop? Don’t believe your lyin’ eyes. Every month or so, another expose crops up showing how some celebrity’s image on a cover shoot was Photoshopped. People get all jiggy about it, and fairly so, I think.  We are being lied to; seeing is [...]

We might just have discovered why Andy Stern is resigning as president of the SIEU. Today’s story in The Washington Post says that in Raleigh, N.C. frustrated liberals and labor organizers are taking aim at three Democratic congressmen and are trying to gather enough signatures to start a third party. [...]

In July of 1969 I was eighteen years old and a United States Air Force mechanic stationed at Luke Air Force Base outside Phoenix Arizona. I remember watching on a tiny television in blurry black and white, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the moon. It seems today as [...]

I came across a site that contained a test Harvard created for a study which tries to measure your conscious and even subconscious biases. The have bias tests for race like black and white, ethnicity, religiosity, gender preference, sexuality, disability, age, weight, weapons and ever your preference towards President Obama. [...]

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choicelady : Bito – get well soon!!! kesmarn : Good night, c’lady! So glad you were here tonight! AdLib : Night CL! choicelady : G’night everyone – I am up early so off to sleep now. Sweet dreams! AdLib : CL – I’m happy to do what I can here [...]