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Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times View of the Station fire from...
Sep 1st

the danger to wilson observatory

It was 1904 that wealthy, Chicago-born astronomer George Ellery Hale, with nothing more than a...
Sep 1st
Photo by Kevin Dean
Sep 1st
HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES - AUGUST 29, 2009: Plumes of smoke...
Sep 1st
causes and origins of greenhouse gases (via chartporn.org)
Sep 1st

want to help with the LA fires? here's...

Potential volunteers for the Red Cross should call (866) 548-8226. Financial donations can be made...
Aug 31st
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times / August 30, 2009) ...
Aug 31st
(Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times / August 30, 2009) ...
Aug 31st
A charred Los Angeles County fire truck sits at the bottom...
Aug 31st

all good parents speak english. didn't...

The Mississippi Department of Human Services (DHS) recently ruled that a woman was an unfit mother...
Aug 31st

the fire just keeps getting bigger and...

Aug 31st
You see that whether or not one goes to college turns out to...
Aug 31st

substantive vs procedural coverage

The Washington Post publishes health-care reform stories almost every day as it tracks the twists...
Aug 31st

breastfeeding discrimination

[Recently, an] Isotoner employee was fired for taking unauthorized breaks to pump breast milk. Not...
Aug 31st

porn and mirror neurons

But how does porn work? Why do humans (especially men) get so excited by seeing someone else have...
Aug 31st
The alignment of income with party identification is close...
Aug 31st
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-30)
Aug 31st

oh no you guys

if the radio atennas go down, how will i hear kanye telling me about love knocking me down or...
Aug 31st

seven black groups you won't see in the...

THE BLACK MIDDLE CLASS: Before anyone pipes up with a reference to The Cosby Show, try to remember...
Aug 31st

the aid industry in africa

For others, particularly some non-expatriate staff, the aid industry itself is perceived as unjust....
Aug 31st
Caffeine and Calories | Information Is Beautiful
Aug 31st
Ben Huh’s media star continues to rise. The founder of I Can Has Cheezburger, Fail Blog,...
Aug 31st

organizing the poor

more from a commenter at ezra: I would point out that the Center for Community Change attempts to...
Aug 31st
the mount wilson webcam...
Aug 31st
o. henry for the modern age. (nezua: xreighted)
Aug 31st

dick cheney explicitly rejects rule of...

WALLACE: Do you think what they did, now that you’ve heard about it, do you think what they did...
Aug 31st

WHAT IS WRONG WITH SEN FEINSTEIN

Both Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Diane Feinstein (D-Calif) emphasized on Face the Nation this...
Aug 31st

i don't think you guys realize what it's...

walking outside is like entering an oven on high heat. everything smells like smoke and campfire. in...
Aug 30th
good morning! things are on fire! very near to me! these...
Aug 30th
bump what you heard, august is totally the cruelest month....
Aug 30th
montevideo, uruguay. (wooster)
Aug 30th
oh fantastic.
Aug 29th
great infographic on new orleans recovery from the nytimes....
Aug 29th
Copyright Tom Andrews 2009 (lataco)
Aug 29th
Warch Watch
this moment is usually remembered for the “george bush doesn’t care about black...
Aug 29th

why won't obama visit the gulf coast

Four years after Katrina, government bodies are still shuffling about trying to figure out what is...
Aug 29th

unhappy anniversary

four years ago today, hurricane katrina first hit land. thousands died, hundreds of thousands...
Aug 29th

what the fuck

if you are a celebrity or public figure or person that other people have heard of, please go...
Aug 29th
(zadidiaz)
Aug 28th
“This week, our chefs cooked for joint bachelor/bachelorette...”
— Tom Colicchio, on Top...
Aug 28th
“DimePiece is a lifestyle and brand aimed at catering to all...”
— DimePiece Designs. (from the...
Aug 28th

some quick advice

if, perchance, anyone ever gets a temporary restraining order against you and you appear at the...
Aug 28th
kanye
Aug 28th
Photo by R. E. ~ via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr
Aug 28th
Narcotecture in Afghanistan
Aug 28th
Atheists who'll take in your pets after the...
Aug 28th
Warch Watch
this video, of a couple chicago stepping in their kitchen, made me smile. (from a post at reference...
Aug 28th
Out.com
Aug 28th
There Are More Slaves Today Than at Any Time...
Aug 28th

the death penalty kills innocent people

A report (PDF) released Tuesday by Dr. Craig Beyler to the Texas Forensic Science Commission found ...
Aug 28th

report from the kennedy funeral

I don’t know that it’s possible to describe what it was like to see the hearse pull up...
Aug 28th
handmade soap with debossed type on all sides . The type...
Aug 28th
i expect the lawsuit from KFC in 3, 2, 1…...
Aug 28th

racism and YA books

I decided to do a small case study at my local Barnes and Noble. I counted up all the YA titles for...
Aug 27th

national women's history project quiz...

in honor of women’s equality day, which was, um, yesterday, here’s a quiz! click thru to...
Aug 27th
ted kennedy was the first member of congress to have a...
Aug 27th

this man is trying to help you. listen...

Last night I went and watched the upcoming Tucker Max movie, in full. Here is what I saw, before I...
Aug 27th
Girl power: Reyes knocks in winner for Canada...
Aug 27th
Ezra Klein - Politics and the Poor
Aug 27th
High school students in Gainesville, FL were sent home...
Aug 27th

homeless female veterans

Marginal living conditions, scarce employment opportunities and post-traumatic stress syndrome and...
Aug 27th
Boortz has also called the overwhelmingly black, poor...
Aug 27th

these things make unjust social...

But the reality is that Semenya may be neither “boy” nor “girl,” or could be both. And who cares?...
Aug 27th

please politicize my death

via pandagon: As the President pointed out that even young, healthy people should have living...
Aug 27th
katharinec: Political Cartoonists Honor Ted Kennedy | The...
Aug 27th
The Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third holiest site and...
Aug 27th
The Broadway Hollywood by nathanielperales
Aug 27th
The Roosevelt Hotel (via Jamie Engber)
Aug 27th
(via balmes)
Aug 27th
RIP dominick dunne. my favorite chronicler of celebrities in...
Aug 27th
fatcaps: Swine flu
Aug 27th

glenn beck vs color of change

I have to give props to the crew over at Color Of Change for taking on Glen Beck, and the folks at...
Aug 26th

joe francis' new "legal technique"

Q. Have you ever been convicted of a felony? A. I don’t understand what that means… ...
Aug 26th
Warch Watch
vogue evolution from america’s next top dance crew. if you haven’t seen this, you really...
Aug 26th
“Teddy inspired our country through his dedication to health...”
— arnold schwarzenegger on ted...
Aug 26th
alicetiara: OK, where in NYC can I get nails like Katy...
Aug 26th

apparently republicans no longer think...

The Mt. Shasta News reports that at a recent town hall in Redding, Republican Rep. Wally Herger...
Aug 26th
indexed
Aug 26th
Barack Obama faces partisan polarization not seen since...
Aug 26th
i haz an armee! (ichcb)
Aug 26th

why activism is so damn hard

When POC have teaching moments? It costs us. Sometimes a little. Sometimes a lot. It’s a sacrifice...
Aug 26th
“His career is proof that a lifetime of privilege and its...”
— yeah, this is what i was...
Aug 26th
Youngsters prepare their robots for performance during the...
Aug 26th

HIV and prison

HIV-segregation policies stemmed from raging paranoia about HIV contagion, paranoia that was...
Aug 26th
Singer Chris Brown allegedly involved in...
Aug 26th
Warch Watch
great review of ted kennedy’s health care work. warning: may be tear-inducing. (via...
Aug 26th

ok just one more thing

william kennedy smith. (who is still up to his charming ways, it seems.) now i’m done.
Aug 26th

check the stats

Even a partial listing of the major bills in whose passage Kennedy has played a part is impressive....
Aug 26th
Chappaquiddick - The Boston Globe
Aug 26th
RIP ted kennedy. :(
Aug 26th

there has been some confusion on this...

i have more than one bookcase. i actually have three big ones, two smaller ones, and then a room...
Aug 26th

what not to do when talking to a...

“Well, That’s Really Interesting, But Have You Perhaps Considered The Status Quo? Just My Two...
Aug 26th
i still think kelly clarkson is beautiful.
Aug 26th

if you, like me, were wondering where...

here is a handy list of countries without extradition treaties with the U.S. the clear choice here...
Aug 26th
Hunger on the rise in Mexico as recession...
Aug 26th

"post" racial

As ACLU Senior Staff Attorney Reginald Shuford notes in his law review article, “Why Affirmative...
Aug 25th

like the neilsens, but for the internets

An emerging field known as sentiment analysis is taking shape around one of the computer world’s...
Aug 25th

gender testing is the nazi's fault!

The watershed year for the paranoia behind men competing in women’s international sporting...
Aug 25th
streetlove, barcelona. (wooster)
Aug 25th

ableism and death panels

from an awesome comment by amndaw at shapely prose: We are so terrified of facing up to the...
Aug 25th
Objects of a lifetime, all carefully arranged in MoMA’s...
Aug 25th

truth: america kind of sucks

[the nasty nasty shit in the IG report on torturing detainees] this is not my america. i want my...
Aug 25th

cheney's counterfactual assertions more...

Have the big news orgs really decided that Dick Cheney’s previous claims that CIA docs proved...
Aug 25th

the content of death panels

via shakesville, a hospice medical director shares the details of the end of life counseling that is...
Aug 25th

CCTV cameras: not that effective

What happens when the government blankets London with surveillance cameras at a cost of £500m? ...
Aug 25th

CA prison reform hits a snag

Assembly members stumbled out of the chamber early Friday morning without voting on a bill that...
Aug 25th
Lady Gaga vamps it up for Out’s September cover story....
Aug 25th
more vampire fangs! where are we going with this? (wow)
Aug 25th
When a former vice president, the usually rotund cleric...
Aug 25th
“The IG Report is not for the faint of heart. The details of...”
—  publius | Obsidian Wings (via...
Aug 25th
los angeles stores.
Aug 25th
“One of the psychologists/interrogators acknowledged that the...”
— The IG’s report on...
Aug 25th
The trend toward bigger-and-bigger houses has continued...
Aug 25th
Warch Watch
sharks - cadence weapon & final fantasy (live) in which owen pallett gets a violin and some...
Aug 25th
Warch Watch
vogueing is not back. vogueing never went away. (wow)
Aug 25th
this book was stupid and boring and kept saying (sometimes...
Aug 25th
someone likes the new rug i got today.
Aug 25th
i went on a ruthless book culling spree and gathered three...
Aug 25th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-23)
Aug 25th
Bloody, Bloody Weekend: At Least 5 Murdered...
Aug 24th
this is primarily because i am contrary.
Aug 24th
Obama Vacation: The President's Martha's...
Aug 24th
placard for the human exhibit at the bristol zoo. clickthru...
Aug 24th
“It’s also no accident that the feminist men in my life are...”
— Melissa Gira Grant » On...
Aug 24th
cassie for dimepiece fall 09 lookbook. it’s not out...
Aug 24th

this would be a big adjustment

As reported in today’s Wall Street Journal, the Samoan prime minister has ordered a switch from...
Aug 24th
Strawberry workers in Oxnard, most of whom are indigenous...
Aug 24th
A crew of strawberry pickers is made up of indigenous Mixtec...
Aug 24th
In South Korea, Freed U.S. Journalists Come...
Aug 24th

Why social programs are important

notemily: squashed: When I speak of social ills, I am generally referring to poverty and related...
Aug 24th
No papers -- and little hope of advancement...
Aug 24th
i don’t like ankle booties, but these are tight. plus...
Aug 24th
Warch Watch
cureforbedbugs: Chris Bown, you miserable piece of shit, I didn’t think I could possibly despise...
Aug 24th
“It was hard being in a feminist band in the early 90’s, I’m...”
— Kathleen Hanna (via...
Aug 24th
Right to a speedy trial? Not so much
Aug 24th

also

i keep getting mixed up about which horrible mutilations were done to the body of the black dahlia...
Aug 24th
i got the black dahlia on audiobook and i’ve been...
Aug 24th
you need this awesome mix by jsa if: you need music to put...
Aug 23rd
Listen Listen
david bowie - cactus (pixies cover) a love song so beautiful i can hardly stand to listen to it.
Aug 23rd
F*ck Money: Music for the Recession. A thematic mix...
Aug 23rd
Kite Aerial Photography (KAP) in Praia das Fontes (Beberibe,...
Aug 23rd
recession street art (flickr)
Aug 23rd
welcome to the fabulous recession (flickr)
Aug 23rd
that’s all folks (flickr)
Aug 23rd
recession street art (flickr)
Aug 23rd
recession street art (flickr)
Aug 23rd
Banderolas y Afiches /Junio 2009 / Cusco (Carlos Díaz)
Aug 23rd
wooster
Aug 22nd

in which katy perry accuses someone else...

KP said: “Oh, please. It’s all very calculated, [Lady GaGa] knows what she’s doing. She...
Aug 22nd

To clarify

sexartandpolitics: I’m concerned with what happens after you are convinced that you have benefited...
Aug 22nd
Warch Watch
ok sometimes when i am making dinner or cleaning, i’ll have a dancehall dance party and i...
Aug 22nd
(wooster)
Aug 22nd
Aug 22nd
Cotton Candy Ice Creams. (Photo by the always amazing Agent...
Aug 22nd

good thing to remember

if you go looking for trouble, you’re sure to find it, even if it wasn’t there before...
Aug 22nd
joe hollbrook (wooster)
Aug 22nd
We can see clearly that India and China are major centres of...
Aug 21st
Cooking robot “Okonomiyaki Robot” pours the...
Aug 21st
shadow skating. (wooster)
Aug 21st
“There’s an idea out there that we should really be preaching...”
— finally, a decent PSA...
Aug 21st
Aug 21st
“So, yes, privilege exists and most of us have some of it. Is...”
— this is a great articulation...
Aug 21st
From The Economist, a chart showing “how long it takes...
Aug 21st
Shrimp, crab, lobster, clams, mussels, all these are an...
Aug 21st
CA's Unemployment Rate Hits Record High
Aug 21st
katoleary: pilgrimsoul: Yes!  Keith and Liberty are...
Aug 21st
What Europeans don’t do at night — spend a lot of time on...
Aug 21st
What Were Laura Ling and Euna Lee Looking For...
Aug 21st
lady gaga at heathrow. (bossip)
Aug 21st
people terrify me.
Aug 21st
Aug 21st
“Usain Bolt is a phenomenal athlete. He is fast, way fast and...”
— No-one questions Usain Bolt —...
Aug 21st
lataco
Aug 21st

reason to support health reform: improve...

#10 Long overdue steps to modernize the system, improve the quality of care provided, and curb...
Aug 21st

reason to support health reform: THINK...

#9 Better access to coverage for uninsured children so they can get the care they need. What’s in...
Aug 21st

reason to support health reform: reform...

#8: Improvements to Medicare that will help seniors and people with disabilities afford their drugs...
Aug 21st

reason to support health reform: help...

#7 Much-needed relief for small businesses so they can afford to offer coverage to their...
Aug 20th
Superblocks in Caracas, from an amazing story at...
Aug 20th
iveneverheardofyou: molls this is why i need to stop...
Aug 20th

reason to support health reform:...

#6 Limits on out-of-pocket spending, giving Americans real health security and peace of mind....
Aug 20th
ohfortheloveofdog: robot-heart: Being Frank | Chris...
Aug 20th
Warch Watch
ftr, i do not think this is funny.
Aug 20th

what is a gender test anyway

there’s been some buzz recently about a caster semenya, an 18-year-old south african runner...
Aug 20th

prevent another troy davis

Despite the mountain of exculpatory evidence that emerged in the aftermath of [Troy Davis’]...
Aug 20th
Prison officials neglect addicted prisoner;...
Aug 20th
Number Of Poor In U.S. Likely Increased By...
Aug 20th
Warch Watch
schwarzenegger’s complete japanese commercial filmography. in case you needed a new reason to...
Aug 20th
crazy delicious bookstore porn! Livraria da Vila / Isay...
Aug 20th
Wake Up California: It’s Time to Get Real...
Aug 20th

PLEASE JUST STOP TALKING, MR. TERMINATOR

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, after touring the site where a major prison riot occurred 10 days ago,...
Aug 20th
sexartandpolitics: chuffedlittlemuffin: rosasparks
Aug 20th
if we don’t include undocumented immigrants in health care reform, there will be no way to...
Aug 20th
Skewville meets Obey Giant. (C-M)
Aug 20th

reason to support health reform: the...

sure, there’s a lot other than the public option in proposed health reform that would make...
Aug 20th

quick reference guide

peek: to look quickly or secretly. “kim kardashian’s skirt was so short her chonies were...
Aug 19th

reason to support health reform: protect...

#4 Sliding-scale subsidies so middle-class, working families can afford the coverage they need to...
Aug 19th
In Millennium Park, the Burnham Plan centennial pavilion by...
Aug 19th
stagmags.
Aug 19th
(wow)
Aug 19th

reasons to support health reform:...

see here for background. #3 Requirements that insurance companies spend more of the premium...
Aug 19th
Mark Rothko, Brown and Gray Sandwich, 1963. Liverwurst and...
Aug 19th

reason to support health reform:...

see here for background. #2 A regulated marketplace that clamps down on insurance company...
Aug 19th

we should probably just shoot them all...

Senator Jon Kyl says: “In the last couple of bills … there were efforts to ensure that only eligible...
Aug 19th

reason to support health reform: major...

there’s a lot of reasons to support health reform - the public option is only one of them. ...
Aug 19th
“The Republican leadership has made a strategic decision that...”
— Rahm Emanuel, White House...
Aug 19th
art by ed ruscha, commissioned by james frey. ABOUT HIMSELF....
Aug 19th

the effects of misinformation

538 reports on the latest NBC/WSJ poll: Also, while just 36 percent believe Obama’s efforts to...
Aug 19th
where responsibility lies
Aug 19th
Wal-Mart's 'Wetback' Problem
Aug 19th

fiji water - environmentalists or scary...

I did contact Fiji Water before my trip, and Six mentioned that the company ‘takes journalists to...
Aug 19th
How do you make a Black woman appear attractive when the...
Aug 19th
Women are severely underrepresented in political office in...
Aug 19th
Warch Watch
people doing essentially a pairs skating routine but on bicycles, to ‘we are the world.’...
Aug 19th

district 9 (WITH SPOILERS)

i saw it this weekend. i enjoyed it, for the most part, although the part with the tooth and the...
Aug 19th
Trans woman Kate Lynn Blatt says her former employer requested a photograph of her genitalia as a...
Aug 19th
Second Chance Nurse, by Richard Prince. (Image courtesy of...
Aug 19th

who are the uninsured?

just so we’re all clear on who we’re talking about. 85% of Americans have health...
Aug 18th

i got a library card.

or rather, the LAPL agreed to issue me a library card. they are apparently unaware of the long long...
Aug 18th

hope for troy davis?

Since 1991, Troy Davis has been on death row for the murder of Georgia police officer Mark...
Aug 18th
“But here’s your conservative jurisprudence, your...”
— serwer on scalia and...
Aug 18th

so, how'd you guys meet?

it’s easy to meet people in school, in college. and then, it seems to get infinitely harder....
Aug 18th

Awkward

ohfortheloveofdog: I very stupidly accepted a FB friend request from a colleague I now need to...
Aug 18th
The Woman Suffrage Party was organized by Carrie Chapman...
Aug 18th

homeless shelters and animals

homeless shelters are tricky entities. first, it’s hard to get a bunch of strangers to stay...
Aug 18th

dear het men:

You are not entitled to my body. You do not deserve access into my pants. I am not an object for you...
Aug 18th
'Prince of Darkness' Robert Novak Dead at 78
Aug 18th
amandaw: I can’t be the only one who feels like this is...
Aug 18th
i want this for lunch today! (boing)
Aug 18th

is this a good time to remind people...

Nine months before the mother of a 4-year-old decapitated him with a Ginsu knife, the principal of a...
Aug 18th

maybe it is because i lack faith in...

An op-ed piece in the San Francisco Chronicle. Echoing Jefferson, the author, Jim Wunderman, wrote,...
Aug 18th

you don't have to have watched the wire...

Starting 2006, teams of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were expected to increase their...
Aug 18th

why california is so overwhelmingly...

California, it turns out, is ungovernable. Its public schools, once the nation’s best, are now among...
Aug 18th

If magazines die out, where will people...

gonzaloisgod: skybarn: gonzaloisgod: (via skybarn) Blogs. Ugh. How will they meet the love of...
Aug 18th
Warch Watch
i love that people do stuff like this in apple stores. (YouTube user nicholifavs uses the Apple...
Aug 18th
Fighting to Recall a Sense of Family and Self...
Aug 18th

my top 5 artists, annotated

Amanda Blank (30) amanda blank OMG amanda!!! i love this girl and could (and should) write a...
Aug 18th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-16)
Aug 18th
i learned a new word from a sears advertising circular:...
Aug 18th
perpetua: Popsicle stick graveyard across the street from...
Aug 17th
notemily: I was planning on taking [my family] to the...
Aug 17th

I have a rant

amandaw:thecurvature:katoleary:robot-heart:needtherapy: Conclusion: Finding a bra is easy as long...
Aug 17th
“When I write about racism I use the term ”Whiteness”. I...”
— renee at feministe.
Aug 17th
maybe she’s against the inclusion of reproductive...
Aug 17th

which group are uncivilized hooligans...

The people at the tea parties are screaming and angry and furious about bad things that aren’t...
Aug 17th

oh dear - this isn't going to help...

A fire that has burned more than 87,000 acres in Santa Barbara County was started by an illegal...
Aug 17th
At the Forum: the Los Angeles Field Hospital...
Aug 17th
A man is carrying an assault rifle and a pistol outside...
Aug 17th
“It is unconscionable that anyone could assert that for...”
— Letter from Norma Jean...
Aug 17th
Survey on Classroom Hunger (Poverty in...
Aug 17th
Subsistence is the Only Choice (Poverty in America -...
Aug 17th

this is indeed a problem

Obama isn’t saying the right thing. He should be saying, “Stop lying.” Or maybe he...
Aug 17th
go, top 0.01% of american earners! maybe someday...
Aug 17th
“And there you have it, ladies and gentlemen of the...
Aug 17th
i like her. i liked her before, partly because i appreciate...
Aug 17th
In Ventura County, an increase in the mobile...
Aug 17th
At free clinic, scenes from the Third World
Aug 17th
ohfortheloveofdog: (via lovegifs)
Aug 17th
“Just take your meds” often translates into “just take that...”
— Mental illness, medication,...
Aug 16th
astrodome post-katrina. not entirely dissimilar to inglewood...
Aug 16th
On Tuesday, volunteers provided 1,448 services to about 600...
Aug 16th
Dental tools are seen on a table at the Remote Area Medical...
Aug 16th
Hopeful patients, camping out for health care outside of The...
Aug 16th
California board votes to drop healthcare...
Aug 15th
“I have a confession to make. Sometimes, just to be mean, I...”
— commenter sugabelly at stuff...
Aug 15th
hahahahaha.
Aug 15th
Barack Obama was in Montana today for a town hall on health...
Aug 15th
70 year old senators fighting about policy on twitter - sign...
Aug 15th
brad downey takes a graffitied brick wall in sweden and...
Aug 15th
Santa Barbara's homeless are dying at an...
Aug 15th
frank plant (kanye)
Aug 14th
indexed
Aug 14th
Low-income families, disabled sue gov over...
Aug 14th
Drawings: Ted McCagg : Ghosts
Aug 14th
from alex blagg: “Behold, Mt. Douchemore. RT @danecook...
Aug 14th

the texas board of ed is totally...

Both Barton and Phillips recommended that César Chavez (labor organizer and civil rights leader)...
Aug 14th
fair! and also balanced! except if you, like, actually check...
Aug 14th
For anybody who has ever watched the gendered social interactions of women — watched a woman get...
Aug 14th

the cycle of nice guyness

The cycle that leads to Nice Guyness®:  First, assume that women are not really human beings like...
Aug 14th

why the violence and threats are so...

These death threats aren’t threats—they’re challenges. They’re attempts to inject into the public...
Aug 14th
“Once you get a group of men together to socialize around the...”
— pandagon.net- Epic battle of...
Aug 14th

more companies pull ads from glenn beck

ColorOfChange.org this week received confirmation from four more companies — ConAgra (maker of...
Aug 14th

ACLU wins suit about anti-LGBT internet...

Yesterday we won a great settlement of a lawsuit against two Tennessee school districts. Before,...
Aug 14th
Second suit strikes at governor's budget cuts
Aug 14th
thepoliticalpartygirl: Yo! Samanthrax! Would this work? ...
Aug 14th
wooster
Aug 14th
Random Road Trip
Aug 14th

a compelling defense of tyler perry

[Coonery] is a charge often leveled at Perry, but any closer examination reveals how ill-fitting...
Aug 13th
i think kelly clarkson is beautiful. that is all.
Aug 13th
Capitol Alert: Group files second suit...
Aug 13th

shut up karl

bitch: In this month’s issue of Harper’s Bazaar,fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld is the...
Aug 13th

oh, burma

A Burmese military court pronounced pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of violating terms...
Aug 13th
Hello Haptic is a set of tactile flash cards. The cards are...
Aug 13th
Unsurprisingly, the far left and far right have vastly...
Aug 13th
Deeper blue means [the median home price is] expensive...
Aug 13th

current private insurance for pregnancy...

One CareFirst rep we actually managed to reach explained we had maxed out because the benefit was...
Aug 13th

i mean super serious business

you can tell because i am wearing my lawyer costume - pinstripe suit, pantyhose, and pearls....
Aug 13th
Toronto street artist PosterChild has an ongoing, extensive...
Aug 13th

how medicare works

I recently lost my father and an uncle to lung cancer. Both were diagnosed with stage 4 diseases...
Aug 13th
the map to success (strangemaps)
Aug 13th
Free Tetris
Aug 13th