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2008

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Warch Watch
amanda palmer’s record label refused to promote her single and this video because of the way...
Dec 2nd

on canadian politics

apparently something is happening? it’s always been so nice not to have to pay attention to...
Dec 2nd

Grab the book closest to you. Go to page...

“This was what I needed to see and hear and feel, the salute of his fear as we passed each...
Dec 2nd
Villaraigosa says he won't join Obama...
Dec 2nd
H&M | Houseware Collection - Extended Look
Dec 2nd
wondermark cards
Dec 2nd

how to be a trans ally

being an ally is HARD. i want to lend my support and my voice to the cause of another, but i want to...
Dec 2nd

the nytimes surrogacy article

there’s been some buzz today about the nytimes article about surrogate pregnancy - having a...
Dec 2nd
hipsterlols now available.
Dec 2nd
I have no wrinkles and I must scream
Dec 2nd

federal sentencing guidelines

the ACLU is urging people to take bush’s recent pardons as a jumping off point for...
Dec 1st
“President-elect Barack Obama and his wife took their...
Dec 1st

problem

obama is appointing jim jones to the national security council. i understand there are concerns...
Dec 1st
from the CDC, here’s the face of AIDS in america...
Dec 1st
there’s a mini-brouhaha going on in the feminist...
Dec 1st
“If Obama is post-racial, Maddow is post-gender—divested of...”
— Tina Brown, Let Rachel Maddow...
Dec 1st
this billboard went up in rancho cucamonga - and then came...
Dec 1st
“I swear we could solve this fiscal crisis in one fell swoop...”
— melissa of shakesville on the...
Dec 1st
the exterior of the just for jesus homeless outreach in...
Dec 1st
Road to a New Identity Is Not Without Its...
Dec 1st
Fats Waller, “my mother’s 285 pounds of jam,...
Nov 28th

thanksgiving etiquette

if i’m bringing mac n cheese (fancy, with emmenthal and gruyere cheese) to a thanksgiving...
Nov 27th
Editorial - Sewing Up the Safety Net -...
Nov 27th
Warch Watch
a thanskgiving treat - jay smooth on obama’s victory and how symbolically, it was the greatest...
Nov 27th

or, you could just make a donation...

Charities can’t keep up with deepening poverty Need is being felt in the white-collar...
Nov 27th
Instead of boycotting restaurants because one or two employees donated to the “Yes on Prop...
Nov 27th
Volunteering On Thanksgiving
Nov 27th
i have just discovered that they make diet coke tallboys....
Nov 27th
Warch Watch
this kid rules. (zoomdoggle)
Nov 27th
Listen Listen
honeysuckle rose, ain’t misbehavin’, original 1978 broadway cast recording
Nov 26th
ain’t misbehavin cast recording, original broadway...
Nov 26th

LA thanksgiving things

fyi - thanksgiving is great time to test out the volunteering waters and see what it’s all...
Nov 26th
damn, her outfits for this album have been - um, striking....
Nov 26th
why yes, internet, i would like to listen to this THANK YOU....
Nov 26th
Warch Watch
how can we replicate this asap (zoomdoggle)
Nov 26th
i want to make this papercraft turkey SO DAMN BAD. but the...
Nov 26th

taxis

samhita at feministing posted about a program in iran that gives widows the opportunity and training...
Nov 26th
Helping Abuse Victims Where They’re Most...
Nov 26th

one more thing

if you are giving me materials on post-fire cleanup issues and how people should save samples of...
Nov 26th
the cabinet appointment i’ve been waiting for!...
Nov 26th
Porn in a flash: A troubling surge in creepy...
Nov 26th
A Hard Choice: A young medical student tries...
Nov 25th
Bullet train to Vegas a potential reality?
Nov 25th

breakfast: the most important meal of...

because of the recession and economic downturn, people are expecting to see an increase in poverty...
Nov 25th

cost of the bailout

i’ve understood that the bailout was big, but haven’t really understood exactly how big...
Nov 25th
Florida ban on gay adoptions ruled...
Nov 25th
California Fair Political Practices...
Nov 25th
a pox on spats! (rackedla)
Nov 25th
“73% of law professors and 99.95% of normal humans...”
— lawyersguns&money on the...
Nov 25th
Interview with the graphic designer of the...
Nov 25th
yglesias used this to illustrate a post on the new deal and...
Nov 25th

alert: actual progressive in obama...

melody barnes will run the domestic policy counsel in the obama white house. via yglesias,...
Nov 25th

twilight stats

opening weekend box office: $70.6 million. current rotten tomatoes score: 44% days the movie was...
Nov 24th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-23)
Nov 24th
Warch Watch
good magazine: somali pirates 101. unfortunately it appears that the pirates, scrappy underdogs...
Nov 24th

war is a virus

On Christmas Day two years ago, Sgt. Carlos Renteria, recently back from his first tour in Iraq,...
Nov 24th
black-metal logos by christope szpajdel, the “master...
Nov 24th

don't ask don't tell

with all the brouhaha about prop 8, i hadn’t thought that DADT was something tht obama would...
Nov 24th
an activist group in tuscon arizona has put up these cutouts...
Nov 24th
Scientology Celebrity Centre security guards...
Nov 24th
notemily: I no longer recognize marriage. It’s a new thing I’m trying. Turns out it’s fun. ...
Nov 24th
jewlery made of laser cut waveforms of words or sounds. (v...
Nov 22nd
“This year we celebrate the desacralized...”
— daniel henniger in the wsj,...
Nov 22nd
“Like throughout global government laws, the Almighty Eternal...”
— an excerpt from the amicus...
Nov 22nd
Genius. marklisanti:[via tesslynch] HA!
Nov 22nd
After 2008 Election, Some States Want to Make...
Nov 21st
“Gallup polling has asked each February for a number...
Nov 21st

Ashlee Simpson name generator

jgh: 1) Name an NYC borough 2) Name a Disney character staten island scrooge mcduck!
Nov 21st
“Eri Yoshida, a 16-year-old girl with a mean,...
Nov 21st
this may very well be the funniest thing i’ve ever...
Nov 21st
wooster collective
Nov 21st

also

where is the gmail themes setting for “how it used to be”?
Nov 21st

here's a great idea

perhaps natural disasters making thousands homeless are not the time for scheming political...
Nov 21st
Transgender Day of Remembrance 2008 : The...
Nov 21st

Missouri Republican panel says everyone...

ericasavestheday: The Onion Washington Post has an article today on a report issued by a panel in...
Nov 21st
“Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano is reportedly Obama’s...”
— yet another reason i wish...
Nov 20th
The Butler Did It - The Daily Beast
Nov 20th
Warch Watch
sarah haskins on cars and marketing of same to women. (feministing)
Nov 20th
Warch Watch
Obama-T.I. Remix: I Can Do Whatever I Like (jjp)
Nov 20th
Shakesville: Anti-Choicers Resign Themselves...
Nov 20th
On October 30, two hooligans stole the neon sign outside...
Nov 20th
“One of the more puzzling aspects of Obama’s win has been the...”
— postbourgie on Cynthia...
Nov 20th
postbourgie has come up with the brilliant idea of bailing...
Nov 20th
eaterLA
Nov 20th

things on which i am taking a pass

that whole joe lieberman mess some al queda guy calling obama a ‘house negro’, like...
Nov 20th
Karl Haendel, A year from now, what will I wish I had done...
Nov 20th

prop 8 litigation developments

the supreme court of california will be hearing and deciding the case (rather than requiring it to...
Nov 20th

the future is now

“Doctors have successfully repaired a woman’s windpipe by transplanting a segment of a...
Nov 19th
Warch Watch
amazing. (zoomdoggle)
Nov 19th
The James Hartline Report: California Fires...
Nov 19th
“I think this needling politicians for enjoying some fine...”
— yglesias
Nov 19th
wooster collective
Nov 19th
“At the beginning of the 21st century, this nation faces...”
— Eric Holder, in a June 2004...
Nov 19th
President-elect Obama has decided to tap Eric Holder as his...
Nov 19th
FEMA: President Declares Emergency Federal...
Nov 19th
ca fires as seen from space - i’m working on the red...
Nov 18th
“Focus On the Family, after forking over more than $500,000...”
— laist
Nov 18th
“Broadly speaking, the more African-American voters in...
Nov 18th
rihanna has a tattoo on her finger that says...
Nov 18th
sweeeeeet user icon. (via mags)
Nov 18th

it turns out

while staffing the shelter, i get offered the salvation army meals they’re serving to evacuees...
Nov 18th
not my favorite guy.
Nov 18th
Residents of Sylmar mobile home park line up...
Nov 18th

roll out

i’ll be out at the evacuation shelter most of today working with the thousands of residents...
Nov 17th

you stay classy

“With all the fires burning around us, the geniuses at the Americana at Brand (the new...
Nov 17th

Top 10 Songs of the TRL Era

barthel: They’re calling it something else, but let’s be honest here, it was an era and now it’s...
Nov 17th
“Our region is burning. Smoke and ashes are suffocating our...”
— what do homeless people do...
Nov 17th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-16)
Nov 16th
“No matter how liberated I liked to see myself as — no matter...”
— Barack Obama - Not such a long...
Nov 16th
Comedian Wanda Sykes says the passage of a same-sex marriage...
Nov 16th
Preoccupations - Steps in the Search for...
Nov 16th
Has Obama Taken Away Your Guns Yet?
Nov 16th
Palm trees burn on La Palma Avenue in Yorba Linda. (latimes)
Nov 16th
“The fire in Sylmar, known as the Sayre fire, began late...”
— latimes.
Nov 16th
The charred remains of a vehicle at the Oakridge Mobile Home...
Nov 16th
an laist photo from today’s rally.
Nov 16th
the oakridge mobile home park in sylmar, ravaged by fire....
Nov 16th
a mass of people exiting the metro near city hall en route...
Nov 16th
mrs. o in paris match.
Nov 16th
your cause isn’t cool until shepard fairey designs an...
Nov 15th

damnit

Fast-moving Sayre fire forces Sylmar residents from homes multiple mobile homes destroyed, 1,000...
Nov 15th

ALERT ALERT

DID YOU GUYS KNOW THERE’S A BIKINI KILL SONG ON ROCK BAND 2
Nov 15th

obama, the google president

barthel: abbyjean: at least in the area i work in - welfare and poverty interventions -...
Nov 15th
Water Birth: Manhattan Moms Extol Virtues Of...
Nov 15th
“Protests are obviously necessary, and protests were most...”
— laweekly on the prop 8...
Nov 14th

obama, the google president

barthel: abbyjean: i am a big fan of data and data analysis, as regular readers know…i think...
Nov 14th
tiny cars to smash into your bonsai. (zoomdoggle)
Nov 14th
Welfare Reform and Women’s College Enrollment
Nov 14th
Things Moving Quickly With Prop 8 And The...
Nov 14th
California considers capping enrollment in...
Nov 14th
both repellent and enticing. imagine the horribly offensive...
Nov 14th
“By 2040 it seems to me that it will hardly be viable to be...”
— yglesias on the questionnaire...
Nov 14th
“For what it’s worth — and the answer to that is...”
— ezra on the rumors of hillary...
Nov 14th
“The design of a new commemorative 5 Euro coin, also...
Nov 14th
day of impact flyer.
Nov 14th
“Today we filed a formal complaint with the California Fair...”
— full complaint at pam’s.
Nov 14th
Fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander guilty...
Nov 14th

The Marital Estate

squashed: In an interesting discussion, JGH argues with Kaytee, Soup, and probably the rest of the...
Nov 14th

oh no a potential sundance disaster!!!

The CEO of Cinemark, the company that operates 2700 screens internationally including the only...
Nov 14th
this is my favorite of the obama/lincoln cartoons. (jjp)
Nov 14th

celebrity donations on prop 8

sarahs at pam’s has a good roundup of the (extremely small number of) celebrities who donated...
Nov 14th

obama, the google president

i am a big fan of data and data analysis, as regular readers know. i’m especially fascinated...
Nov 14th
“The top map is voting patterns in this 2008 election–...
Nov 14th
wooster collective
Nov 14th

crucial holiday info

How To Create A 110′ Tall Tree Out Of Multiple Trees And Make It Look Perfectly Fake: The Grove...
Nov 14th

ted stevens

so per ezra, the ballot counting is continuing up in alaska and it looks like ted stevens will not...
Nov 13th

i just want to note

that i was right about the palin not knowing africa was a continent thing being a hoax.
Nov 13th
A vendor packs up persimmons at a fruit market on the...
Nov 13th

more prop 8 boycotts

C&L Restaurant Group - Largest franchisee of Burger King locations in So Cal; Richard Cross,...
Nov 13th
“Most people who use most mind-altering substances...”
— lawyersguns&money making a...
Nov 13th
why are they showing me a soccer game on puppycam? i need my puppy fix! i don’t understand...
Nov 13th
“Robert was in a wheelchair, for whatever reason, and was...”
— amazing post at three rivers...
Nov 13th

what will your sign say?

people are starting to gear up for saturday, november 15th: the national day of protest for gay...
Nov 12th
chuckmore: West Coast FAIL. i don’t know about FAIL...
Nov 12th

affirmative action by socioeconomic...

yglesias points out that one of the major problems in shifting affirmative action from being based...
Nov 12th

NYC Prop 8 protest today

Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm Location: New York Manhattan Mormon...
Nov 12th

bechdel test for race?

the comic ‘dykes to watch out for’ by alison bechdel proposed a test for movies to...
Nov 12th
CA businesses that supported Prop 8 take...
Nov 12th
“Worst of all, the sheer size of the [Mexican] black economy...”
— lawyersguns&money on the...
Nov 12th
“[The cited article by Adam argues that ‘you can take...”
— lawyersguns&money musing...
Nov 12th
At 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Nov 12th
“Currently, forensic examinations are not covered for...”
— that’s right - we...
Nov 12th
FiveThirtyEight.com: Electoral Projections...
Nov 12th
vive la vie!! (wooster collective)
Nov 12th
OMG GRE I DO NOT CARE
Nov 12th
In a Novel Theory of Mental Disorders,...
Nov 12th
“But the notion that Prop 8 passed because of the Obama...”
— now that nate silver has...
Nov 12th
In Boston, Doctors Make House Calls for the...
Nov 12th
lataco
Nov 12th
A Place for Primping - Interactive Feature
Nov 12th
“Black people in California =/= All Black People 10% of...”
— the angry black woman lays it...
Nov 12th

today's no on 8 protests

Rancho Cucamonga, CA Rally at 1pm. Corner of Haven and Foothill. Redlands, CA 4:00pm - 6:00pm In...
Nov 12th
arlington west. peace to our veterans and their families on...
Nov 11th

effortless

earlier today, perpetua linked to rachel hills’ fascinating discussion of serena’s...
Nov 11th
Skilled immigrants a 'brain waste' in...
Nov 11th

how to identify a bad chart

GOOD magazine has produced a chart of presidential actions during the first 100 days of office. i...
Nov 11th
Palin sorts clothes to see what belong to the...
Nov 11th
via ta-nehisi coates
Nov 10th
there are a lot of reasons i read bossip. first, i get...
Nov 10th
“In the Archdiocese of Newark, [homeless] shelters are...”
— most homeless programs and...
Nov 10th

homophobia in the african american...

there are some really fascinating discussions going on that i won’t pretend to be able to...
Nov 10th

shut up, megan mcardle

i hate stupid megan mcardle and her stupid addled libertarian theories stemming from her privileged...
Nov 10th
Nationwide gay rights protest
Nov 10th
notemily: msbadkittie: Obama Plans Guantanamo Close, US Trials Laurence Tribe, a Harvard law...
Nov 10th
“Postgame celebration and analysis are fine, for a game, but...”
— lawrence downes in the nytmes,...
Nov 10th
“I can’t believe Obama is already sitting down with an...”
— tpm reader on obama’s...
Nov 10th
Warch Watch
3 doors down - citizen soldier, a tribute to the national guard i went to the movies this afternoon...
Nov 10th
eternally classy fred phelps and his westboro church to...
Nov 10th
Math Matters
Nov 10th

LA prop 8 protests today

here’s today’s list: East Los Angeles: The Latino/a LGBT Coalition: EQUALITY not H8TE ...
Nov 9th
“Being married is not just a piece of paper that binds you...”
— ‘a family guy’s...
Nov 9th
“In Hebrew, Rahm (רעם) means “thunder” and Barack (ברק) means...”
— Barack means Lightning, Rahm...
Nov 9th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-9)
Nov 9th

allies

i’ve been thinking a lot about how best to contribute to or support the no on 8 efforts going...
Nov 9th
this photo was on boingboing a while ago, but i keep coming...
Nov 8th
“A typical two-parent, two-child middle class family...
Nov 8th
insert “about prop 8” in there and you’ve...
Nov 8th
i am a sucker for anything wire related, but wire + obama =...
Nov 8th
“* The elderly (65+) * Republicans * Conservatives ...”
— a list of groups who...
Nov 8th
ugh - this just keeps getting worse. can’t we make...
Nov 8th
In tiny Silverton, Oregon, residents have elected the man...
Nov 8th

scapegoating

“What this suggests to me is that communities of color have their problems—but largely...
Nov 7th
Demise of Same-Sex Weddings Disheartens...
Nov 7th
“You know, if you were a slave in the old South, what did you...”
— jim quinn on the war room with...
Nov 7th

no on 8 protests

a good list here, mostly california but including some salt lake city actions. there is a major...
Nov 7th
balloon animal porn!
Nov 7th
Editorial - Good Neighbors
Nov 7th

double standard anyone?

so the news is that elliot spitzer will not be charged for his role in the call girl scandal. the...
Nov 7th
linotype by eric rewitzer. (boingboing)
Nov 7th

I'm ready to repeal Prop 8.

nickdouglas: So where should I go to help? this is tricky - it’s not really clear what people...
Nov 6th
“A fairly good indicator of the health of a party is the...”
— what’s surprising about...
Nov 6th
i’m very glad to have missed this part of the no on 8...
Nov 6th
these high speed photos by martin klimas are amazing. (atla)
Nov 6th
Marijuana-related election results
Nov 6th
LGBT candidates elected across U.S.
Nov 6th

i may be wrong but

i find it highly improbable that sarah palin did not know that africa was a continent, rather than a...
Nov 6th
no on 8 rally - they are not demanding equality, they know...
Nov 6th
off to the anti-8 rally!
Nov 6th

Dear United States Supreme Court,

robot-heart: So I’m not a Californian, but this is what I don’t get: how can you override the...
Nov 6th

big picture wrapup

First and foremost, regardless of all these other issues, the historic election of Barack Obama last...
Nov 6th
“* 1998: Josh Lyman is modeled after Rahm Emanuel. *...”
— this is all well and good, but...
Nov 6th
Lawsuit filed to challenge Proposition 8
Nov 6th
“I have to tell them that that America will always break...”
— thomas from feministe about...
Nov 6th
“Nate Silver was pretty clearly this election’s MVP, at...”
— yeah internets! (ezra)
Nov 5th
hoefler & frere-jones
Nov 5th

some thoughts on michelle's dress

i realize this is not the most important post-election consideration. but. here’s michelle...
Nov 5th

anti-prop-8 stuff already in motion

protest rally planned for tonight in weho: A protest rally has been scheduled for tonight...
Nov 5th
lataco
Nov 5th
i love our new first lady. (so does our president.) (jjp)
Nov 5th

Were You Still Up For Portillo?

alexbalk: The moment everyone will remember from last night—and rightly so—was when whichever...
Nov 5th
“California is huge, of course. It proves that when it comes...”
— sickeningly, the corner may be...
Nov 5th
California voters approve Proposition 8 ban...
Nov 5th
Listen Listen
there’s still work to do. this just gives us a shot at getting it done. “Elections give...
Nov 5th

oh come on

come ON, prop 8. fail already. do it. you know you want to. you too, prop 4. and i’m also...
Nov 5th
i am so proud of my country. (jjp)
Nov 5th
karion: (via everythingontheinternetistrue)
Nov 5th

on people I am going to miss after...

urg: Nate Silver is all, “seriously, people, I called this shit weeks ago.” hee - now he’s...
Nov 5th
yay kay hagan beat elizabeth dole! hurrah for godless americans! (538)
Nov 5th
voting in LA is funny. (laist)
Nov 5th

so...

is anyone getting anything done today? i do about 3 minutes of work and then refresh every page and...
Nov 4th
the obamas voting. (bossip)
Nov 4th
Ten Reasons Why You Should Ignore Exit Polls
Nov 4th
Nov 4th
“Even as one imbued with an excess of imagination, I have...”
— the unapologetic mexican.
Nov 4th
“As election day closes in, a Field Poll shows 45% of voters...”
— TRUE THAT. (laist)
Nov 4th

let's fucking do this

over at fivethirtyeight they posted the st. crispin’s day speech from henry v, dedicated to...
Nov 4th
“I knocked on a door in Ohio and when the guy opened it the...”
— the canvassing stories from...
Nov 4th
yglesias with a graph on how we are now vs 8 years ago. he...
Nov 4th
hold on - he’s coming to save us!! (via magpiegirl)
Nov 4th

good to know

apparently if you invite another tumblr user to suck your cock, they will hold a grudge against you...
Nov 4th
r.i.p. madelyn dunham, obama’s grandmother. how very...
Nov 4th

Dare

jeffmiller: abbyjean: notemily:squashed: And so long as we’re tossing around dares, I’ll dare...
Nov 4th
ericasavestheday: meredithnyc:I kinda sorta really want...
Nov 3rd

heart attack

can i really maintain this level of anxiety until election results are in? i’m about to pass...
Nov 3rd

In which I try to answer Jeff Miller's...

notemily:squashed: And so long as we’re tossing around dares, I’ll dare anyone to to take a...
Nov 3rd
“We’re one day away from changing America.” Obama...”
— k-lo at the corner,...
Nov 3rd
to date, 4,189 soldiers have been killed in iraq. AHEM...
Nov 3rd
“Tempers flared when the Yes on 8 campaign unfurled a banner...”
— the fuck?...
Nov 3rd
Needlepoint belts, made by mom or girlfriends, are popular...
Nov 3rd
Coming Full Circle
Nov 3rd
Warch Watch
meh. in mtv interview obama directly and explicitly opposes prop 8, but also … “I am not...
Nov 3rd
what the electoral map looked like in 2004 for poor voters -...
Nov 3rd

street art for obama

saw (& photoed) tons of obama street art while out and about today. this series, which had been...
Nov 3rd
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-2)
Nov 3rd
yglesias tries to talk me down about my inability to believe...
Nov 3rd
“Women with a disability were significantly more likely than...”
— i’m not finding the...
Nov 3rd
obama’s estimated lead by poll - polls in orange...
Nov 3rd
“When we first arrived, I had the thought: “Obama...”
— the amazing melissa mcewan of...
Nov 3rd
5 found dead by gunshot wound in homeless...
Nov 3rd
off to a ‘no on 8’ rally and then to the tamale...
Nov 2nd
“Just two days before the election, every single guest on the...”
— echidne of the snakes. which -...
Nov 2nd
and then, he dj-ed the after party. (woostercollective)
Nov 2nd

Carl Hiassen prays for Florida.

alexbalk: “Deliver us from scandal, Lord. Let our optical-scanners perform flawlessly. Let the...
Nov 2nd
STOP EMAILING ME OBAMA CAMPAIGN (AND ALSO CA DEMS AND MOVEON). also, stop calling my cell phone! i...
Nov 2nd
unclear what has earned their disapproval, but it is...
Nov 1st
i am loving the new shark toof posters (lataco)
Nov 1st
“The government taxes Joe the Plumber to fund public housing...”
— mark steyn at the corner on...
Nov 1st
Nov 1st
vigalarte
Nov 1st
wow heidi klum - that is an intense halloween costume....
Nov 1st