Time Out For O/T Vol. 15

The so-called Jasmine Revolution went unnoticed by the Western media for weeks. Before I could write about it, the government fell! This should help fill in the gaps of what our MSM was MIA on.

You are invited, nay encouraged, to post your own links as this was hastily written on my part. Even more so if the story develops further.

Kalima : I know all about those. As I often say to bito, why aren’t you sleeping yet. Off you go now. Bloody time zones, my bad. Take care. AdLib : Heh…I could make a joke about that but I will instead be a good boy and just wish you [...]

Can we not propose that a jumbled mind is expressed through incoherent speech?
When we take up arms, we’re talking about our vote.

Wishes and Memories

Watch President Obama and Sarah Palin go toe to toe with each other in their first debate!

Posted by First Lady Michelle Obama on January 13, 2011 at 06:07 PM EST
The White House Blog

Right, come the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2012, I hope to take up arms with my laptop, sitting here in merry old England, and exercise my Constitutional right as an American citizen. No, I’m not going to beat the elderly Queen about the head with my [...]

The video and text of Obama’s Memorial Speech in AZ.

An enlightening interview with the GOP on why only attacking violent rhetoric is hateful.

Dazed, I turned only to see said chorus approaching, grinning, with one of them rapping the words “Slam Slam Cinderella.” To add to the surreal quality of the event: I didn’t feel humiliated.

She worked as a nanny and she may be one of the greatest street photographers of the mid 20th Century. She was an enigmatic woman who took pictures in synchronicity with the time and flavor of Robert Frank.  But she didn’t seem to print any of her work, it all [...]

The tragic shooting of Gabrielle Gifford and others today must be the final straw in the proliferation of violence and hatred as legitimate political and social discourse in our nation.

Friday Night Music Thread—Strings and Twine are not the Same Thing.

AdLib : Will do, thanks so much my friend! You get some rest too, need you just as much, pal! Have a great weekend! bito : Night AdLib, kiss the wife and kid and get some rest, guy. we need you! AdLib : Night Patsy! Night Bito! Night John Boy! [...]

Just for the heck of it, I took a completely unscientific study and looked at how the major news outlets cover the federal deficit.

“My own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.” -J.B.S. Haldane, geneticist and evolutionary biologist Let’s imagine a world very different from our own. The only thing on this world are tiny curves and tiny straight lines. These tiny [...]

White folks who remarkably continue to claim (or ignore) racism isn’t alive and well, that circumstances have markedly improved for black folks are either delusional or purposefully in denial or are lifelong gopers, or lifelong racists!  Case in point….the Scott sisters! Two black women convicted of robbery that involved a [...]

On my last full day in D.C. I had to catch the National Museum of Art. Again. This is part two of my last full day.

So join me in cramming a full-day activity into a few hours. Feel the panicked rush to try to take it all in one last time.

Did I mention there’s nudity?

Just who are “the American People?” I want to know. I hear that phrase bandied about by all and sundry and so much at the moment, but I’m damned if I can figure out who, exactly, “the American People” are. Depending on who uses the phrase and for what purpose, [...]

Confronted with writing a worthy post, this is me above. So I just rolled up my sleeves for a person I’ve grown to respect and love. I’m in and out fighting time zones across the miles, When I login, there you are, and I’m all smiles. Your energy and enthusiasm [...]

Sometimes you just have to make a big fuss over someone, whether he likes it or not…

Good morning everyone! I hope that when and if you have the time, MB will be the place for you to catch up with friends before you leave for work or start your new day. A place to relax and take a break from serious topics and discussions during your [...]

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