Cross-posted from The Global Sociology Blog.
This really makes me happy. It’s about time too. After six years as a hostage of the FARC, Ingrid Betancourt is finally free.
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Department of The Happy DanceIngrid Betancourt is Finally Free!Submitted by FrenchDoc on Wed, 2008-07-02 20:29.Cross-posted from The Global Sociology Blog. This really makes me happy. It’s about time too. After six years as a hostage of the FARC, Ingrid Betancourt is finally free. Drop Jim Webb A Thank-You NoteSubmitted by Sarah on Mon, 2008-06-30 20:22. Hat tip to shawnod at the Great Orange Satan.
Webb kept his promise. Legislation he introduced on his first day in the Senate was signed into law today:
The following is a statement from Senator Webb: “This is a great day for our veterans. This bill properly provides a modern and fair educational benefit to address the needs of those who answered the call of duty to our country—those who moved toward the sound of the guns—often at great sacrifice. Read more Mayors endorse HR676Submitted by gob on Tue, 2008-06-24 11:40.The U.S. Conference of Mayors has passed a resolution endorsing H.R. 676. Good work, Healthcare-Now! The resolution that was adopted “overwhelmingly”: RESOLVED that the U.S. Conference of Mayors expresses its support for The US National Health Insurance Act (HR 676), and calls upon federal legislators to work towards its immediate enactment and further urges the adoption of a process to insure that healthcare providers justify any increase in health care costs. Obama Opts Out Of Public FinancingSubmitted by leah on Thu, 2008-06-19 16:30.I’m jumping on this announcement by candidate Obama, because I hope to subvert the impulses of some of my fellow Fellows and some of our readers to make of this moment a chance to accuse Barack Obama of being a liar, breaking a promise, not really being about reform, undermining efforts to reform our increasingly broken system of elections, and other ways not to like Obama that I’m not clever enough to even think of. You don’t need to go there; the VRWC is way ahead of you. As Roy notes, there is high comedy to be had in the deep disappointment of the McCain campaign, the Republican Party, and their right-winger supporters, most of whom have bellowed long and hard against any sort of limitations on the financing of political campaigns. Of course that was when they were the ones rolling in money. Yes, I know, McCain has been an advocate, of sorts, and a sponsor, of sorts, of campaign finance reform, but when Obama states, as he does in the video message in which he announced his decision, that the entire system, including the so-called reforms of it, by which we finance our elections is “broken,” he’s right. Here is as much of what Obama says on the video that I could get off the story as it appears in the NYTimes and Reuters: Read more Exxon loses in human rights caseSubmitted by DCblogger on Tue, 2008-06-17 09:31.Court rejects Exxon appeal in human rights case
Father's Day is ComingSubmitted by chicago dyke on Thu, 2008-06-12 20:53.And if you can’t afford a gift, let me suggest sending him this link. I’m sure with a little research the remainder of the originals (cause of course they were all scrubbed as soon as Grandpa’s Crack Intertube Team slept off the cow manure hangover) can be found as well, but the choice ones are up at JC’s place. I’m so glad he’s on our side now. /princess hair toss/ Try to remember that I was one of the first people here to link to him, despite his membership with the jammymedia crew. He’s not the first conservative to see the Light, nor will he be the last. Friday Food and Flower Posting, For You, Bruce D!Submitted by chicago dyke on Fri, 2008-05-23 09:11. Our good friend Bruce D was teasing me about being such a flower-oriented poster, so I’m very happy to finally include some of the early performing veggies in today’s garden post. Lots of pics, slow for dial up, and damn! Just try to make me slide into a bad mood today, nah. gunna. happen. Not with this much blooming and sunshine.
The Mighty Mississippi Special ElectionSubmitted by DCblogger on Tue, 2008-05-13 21:28.Swing State Project has a MS-01: Results Thread. So far it looks very good. WillBardwell is live blogging the results. Oxford has had a very high turnout. Cotton Mouth is also following returns. It looks like a terrific night for Missippi Democrats. Damned if it didn't rain -- and the desert bloomed!Submitted by Sarah on Sat, 2008-05-10 13:26.[Welcome Sideshow readers!] I live in Lubbock. Last year was the wettest spring and summer since the NWS had kept records here. Then in October the rain quit. Until this week, when over a three-day span beginning Tuesday we had four inches fall. But it’s May in West Texas, and there’s nothing gentle about the weather. This is not snow on the side of the road. It’s hail. I tell you all this because tomorrow is the anniversary of the worst storm ever to strike my hometown. It was the Lubbock tornado, May 11, 1970. The "Bitch-Slap Theory of Electoral Politics"Submitted by myiq2xu on Fri, 2008-05-09 17:33.Susan Faludi thinks men are warming to Hillary because she’s mean and nasty.
Today's single payer post: Donna EdwardsSubmitted by DCblogger on Mon, 2008-05-05 23:58.
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Leah! Hey, Leah!Submitted by lambert on Thu, 2008-05-01 13:15.All's Quiet on the Western FrontSubmitted by jeqal on Wed, 2008-04-30 17:46.Just dipping into the popcorn, munching out, watching the punches fly, Obama has begun a “Truth Police” in Indiana, The Clinton campaign calls the group’s creation “strange.” The “Truth Squad” includes former U.S. Rep. Tim Roemer, who represented South Bend from 1991 to 2003; state Sen. Earline Rogers, D-Gary; state House Majority Leader Russ Stilwell, D-Boonville; and former aides to former Gov. Joe Kernan, former Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson and three attorneys general. http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbc… Their first act is to um….lambast the independent commercial that maintains that BO does not have a plan BD talks about it : Read more HRC: Let's debate on the back of a flatbed truck!Submitted by Davidson on Mon, 2008-04-28 10:21. (h/t: MABlue at the Confluence) FOX “News” video (audio not great):
Obama told reporters this week that he’s ruled out another debate before the next round of primaries, moderators or no moderators — saying “Rather than being in a studio, I want to make sure that we’re reaching out to folks where they live.”Read more Kodak MomentSubmitted by Davidson on Wed, 2008-04-23 15:48.From Shakespeare’s Sister: Donate, everyone. Please. Whatever you can manage. And tell others. I'm with this guySubmitted by Sarah on Fri, 2008-04-18 23:04. John Edwards *nails* what it’s going to take to get my vote (except for the jet ski — make mine a BD-10, please.)
Tax Day MusicSubmitted by BDBlue on Wed, 2008-04-16 00:26.For Sarah, I don’t know who that asshole DJ was, but maybe this will cheer you up: Because I secretly believe that there isn’t a soul alive that Dolly Parton can’t cheer up. Unfortunately, I could not find a decent You Tube video of Dolly herself singing this. Travesty. Lexicon of Liberal Invective achieves transcendanceSubmitted by lambert on Tue, 2008-04-15 09:34.He Who Is Known As The Shrill But you know, it’s funny… Read more »
Kentucky Musical RedemptionSubmitted by BDBlue on Tue, 2008-04-15 02:07.The daughter of an Eastern Kentucky coal miner, making the Bluegrass state proud: According to the 2000 Census, the per capita income for Harlan County, Kentucky, was $11,585 and 32.50% of the population lived below the poverty line. A list of people who have died working in the Harlan coal mines can be found here. Read more Jackie Speier Gives 'Em Hell on Her First DaySubmitted by BDBlue on Fri, 2008-04-11 01:18.Today, Jackie Speier was sworn in as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. And what does she immediately do? Gives an anti-war speech and gets booed by Republicans.
Better Dems, one at a time: Meet Jackie Speier (D-CA12)Submitted by bringiton on Wed, 2008-04-09 19:04.Democrats will have a new congress-person tomorrow, as Jackie Speier is sworn in to succeed Tom Lantos. Read more "Where did you go?" "Out." "What did you do?" "Nothing."Submitted by lambert on Mon, 2008-03-31 09:56.[Repeating an earlier post eaten by Vista.] Well, I did win a pony Despite the patchouli, I did go to a massive dinner for thirty organized by Susie at a Vietnamese restaurant in Chinatown, with doodlebean and teresa. Read more Friday Flower PostingSubmitted by chicago dyke on Fri, 2008-03-21 10:02.It’s an exciting race to see which will be the first to salute the return of the Sun. Very much so for me; I put in ~150 new bulbs last fall and I’m just dying to see how they turn out. This is likely one of the Hyacinths. I swear, it’s putting up 1-3mm a day, all week so far. Read more
The Good Guys (and Gals) WinSubmitted by chicago dyke on Thu, 2008-03-20 10:03.Via Phoenix Woman, comes this happy news from Harvard: The Harvard University study involved 100 Boston-area college students playing the same game over and over — a punishment-heavy version of the classic one-on-one brinksmanship game of prisoner’s dilemma. The research appears in Thursday’s edition of the journal Nature. Let's take a break from the Discord.....Submitted by A. Citizen on Wed, 2008-03-19 19:50.
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