News of the day. [1]

anticlimatic — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:22:12 +0000

Orrin Hatch, MoveOn, and George Soros: The truth – http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2009/10/19/orrin-hatch-moveon-and-george-soros-the-truth/

An Epitaph for American Journalism — http://www.rosenblumtv.com/?p=3774

Man joins Army to get coverage for his wife’s ovarian cancer — http://www.correntewire.com/man_joins_army_get_coverage_his_wifes_ovarian_cancer

Changing the Subject, Maintaining the Tone — http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/books/20gladwell.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

Field Study: Just How Relevant Is Political Science? — http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/books/20poli.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

Something fun! Zombie Cake — http://www.lostzombies.com/photo/zombie-cake?context=user

Cleansing the Air at the Expense of Waterways — http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/us/13water.html?_r=2

GOP Candidate Switches Districts, To Run Against Grayson — http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/gop-candidate-switches-districts-to-run-against-grayson.php

Democracy Corps: Republican Base Voters Living In Another World — http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/democracy-corps-republican-base-voters-living-in-another-world.php?ref=mp

Call Out 30 GOP Senators Who Voted Against Rape Victims — http://criminaljustice.change.org/actions/view/call_out_30_gop_senators_who_voted_against_rape_victims#

http://www.care2.com/news/member/752016294/1280297

And, of course, you have to love the wonderful grassroot attempts to make you think that Obama is the one who is messing up healthcare — http://patientoptout.com/

INTERAGENCY OCEAN POLICY TASK FORCE — http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ceq/initiatives/oceans/

Galapagos Islands Threatened by the Wrong Kind of Tourism — http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2299443/galapagos_islands_threatened_by_the.html?cat=16

Why Elder Oaks’ Civil-Rights Analogy Works — http://asoftanswer.com/2009/10/14/why-elder-oaks-civil-rights-analogy-works/comment-page-1/#comments [You may want to read the post and the comments on this one.]

Letter from Leuren Moret to Congressman McDermott — http://www.mindfully.org/Nucs/2003/Leuren-Moret-Gen-Groves21feb03.htm

http://tweetcongress.org/

Books Read and Unread Are Turned Into Totems, With Every Scuff Intact — http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/arts/design/20wolfe.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Gay man murdered in downtown Toronto — http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Gay_man_murdered_in_Torontos_entertainment_district-7665.aspx

GOP State Rep Metcalfe Calls Vets Traitors For Believing In Climate Change — http://www.alan.com/2009/10/19/gop-state-rep-metcalfe-calls-vets-traitors-for-believing-in-climate-change/

Firefight Over the Red, White and Blue — http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/politics/Firefight-Over-the-Red-White-and-Blue-64647657.html?m

UK Judges Order Release of Details About the Torture of Binyam Mohamed by US Agents — http://www.truthout.org/1019096

The Reading Life: What Makes a Children’s Classic — http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/16/the-reading-life-what-makes-a-childrens-classic/?hp

New Poll: Public Option Up … GOP Down — http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2009/10/new-poll-public-option-up-gop-down.html

David Keene Threatens to Punch John Ziegler at WCPAC — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP3FvTGPfao&feature=related

Public option gains support — http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/19/AR2009101902451.html?hpid=topnews

Republicans Are Irrelevant to Health Care Reform — http://www.truthout.org/10190910

VIDEO: Spine Flu Epidemic Hitting Democrats HARD! — http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/10/19/155824/90?new=true

Victims of sexual abuse get help from Weird MC and women rights group — http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/News/Metro/Crime/5471384-146/Victims_of_sexual_abuse_get_help.csp

Decline letters 101 — http://bloomabilities.blogspot.com/2009/10/decline-letters-101.html

Dramatic frustration: remember to keep the emotions real — http://www.plottopunctuation.com/blog/show/33

Public Option Gets New Life in Senate — http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125599567408695255.html

AP source: Karzai expected to accept he fell short — http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h3mpSI8fPqHjCQ2uJQchn_R1BUoQD9BEIG280

Overturning DOMA — http://www.thenation.com/blogs/actnow/486331/overturning_doma

Face-to-Face Socializing Starts With a Mobile Post — http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/19/technology/internet/19foursquare.html?em

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