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JESUS' GENERAL
"Who knew Christians had their own army? I mean, besides Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan & Pakistan?"

JOE. MY. GOD.
"An ACTUAL New Yorker, captured live, every day."

THE SMIRKING CHIMP
"Still smirking, eight months after the Chimp was kicked out."

ZIMBIO
"It's a magazine. Sorta. It's a blog. Sorta."

OBSIDIAN WINGS
"It's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard blog...)"

DAILY KOS
"The big shots need love too. I guess."

FROM THE LEFT
"Open. Left. Any questions?"


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LIBERATED LADIES, DRAMA QUEENS & HARD-WORKIN' WOMEN WRITERS

Sometimes It's Hard To Be A Woman; Sometimes It Kinda Looks Like Fun!

This month The American La Cosa Nostradamus Foundation For The Advancement Of Blog People And Their Blogs, TALCNFFTAOBPATB for short, pronounced: "TALCNFFTAOBPATB," is proud to announce a new category in the Cosie Awards: Women. This new and rising group is taking the world by storm, and promises to have a great future. If the whole "woman" thing works out, we might be willing to try some other genders.

In the meantime, these are great blogs by great ladies who just happen to be female, not that there's anything wrong with that. Every day, or once in a while they will enlighten, amuse and/ or enrage you with their wit, witticisms, and yes, wisdom, though not all of them are Latina's, thank Gawd says Jeff Sessions!

We should all consider ourselves fortunate to have so many brilliant femmes blogging these days, working tirelessly to remove the stain on their gender's reputation smeared there by the excremental Michelle Malkin, Ann Coulter, Peggy Noonan and Maureen Dowd, who might otherwise leave you with the impression that all women in the media, like so many of the men, are right-wing *ssh*les, when the reverse is true. Read 'em and weep, laugh, scream, nod your head in wise accord, but read them.


III. JULY 09 COSIES

SUZIE-Q
"Iran Election Riots: Gunmen Open Fire"

' 2:19 PM ET — More details from Reuters. “Iran’s hardline Islamic Basij militiamen killed at least one person on Monday and wounded more when their building was attacked by demonstrators protesting an election they say was stolen by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.” '

PAM'S HOUSE BLEND
"Joe the Plumber...er, scribe(?!)"

' Honest to god, how soon will "Joe the Plumber: Fighting for the American Dream" hit the bargain bin? You know some conservative think tank will buy a buttload of copies to give away to pump up the sales, but I seriously doubt the teabaggers are going to line up to read this ghostwritten POS. WingNutDaily's fawning coverage reads like a parody, however we did get an idea of Joe's relationship with the Man Upstairs and politics. '

WILLPEN'S WORLD
"So Sarah cut and ran…"

' I don’t know if I am shocked or not by this newest game that Sarah Palin is playing. After thinking about this for a day it seems to me that Sarah Palin’s life is basically one game after another. It’s almost as if she does this to prove something to herself. It is obvious that the woman is suffering from some sort of Narcissistic disorder which I am sure can be found in DSM IV. '

THE MUDFLATS
"Palin’s Health Care Priorities and Alaska’s Daughters"

' Today, Lisa Demer of the Anchorage Daily News has broken a story that adds another scandal to the growing list of scandals that have plagued this administration, and shines the light on Alaska’s very own health care crisis. Demer’s story centers on the horrendous condition of the Alaska’s state programs that are designed to help its most vulnerable citizens, the elderly and disabled. '

WEST VIRGINIA FUR AND ROOT
"Lilac or Lavender (but not purple)"

' Of late, I am not accustomed to things going according to plan. It’s been so bad that I’ve taken to saying that I’m bad at planning. Although properly executed with the appropriate preparation and diligence, things go awry. And nothing goes awry like paint. I have painting stories that’ll curl your stir sticks. Really. While nothing will ever top the Great Tibetan Red Saga, there was the Moose Mousse episode and it’s probably best if I don’t go into the Homestead Antique Cameo story. The Cerulean Blue master bath was not an unmitigated disaster, but it also didn’t end up as expected. I am so scarred by these episodes, coupled with some trauma from my youth, I am afraid of color. So. Imagine my surprise when this past January I started thinking about painting the office at my place of employment lavender. '

NOVEMBER FIFTH
"Baby Steps"

' Emma is slowly climbing out of a hard crash right now. At her vet appointment Monday her blood-work showed she is severely anemic. After an iron injection and several hours with the vet, he sent her home and was cautiously hopeful about the chances she will respond to the new medication we are going to be injecting her with three days a week for the foreseeable future (the same stuff I used when I had cancer a number of years ago, oddly) to help boost her red blood cell count. She could barely walk Monday... Tom and I are both taking this very hard. I "slept" out near the closet where she has been staying for the last several days. '

MUSINGS OF A WANDERING ELF
"Too Lazy to Read? Then Shut Your Pie Hole!"

' That's the best advice that I can give to the deluded masses that insist on deluging our Senate today with calls, emails and letters imploring our elected officials to vote NO on the "Pedophile Protection Act." What, you didn't know that the Senate was going to vote on the "Pedophile Protection Act" this week? Well, then consider yourself more intelligent than Focus on the Family's James Dobson who has also referred to S. 909, commonly known as the Matthew Shepard Act, as "utter evil." Certain so-called "Christian" commentators and general muck-stirrers will have you believe that S. 909 is an attack on Christianity. Yea, they will even have you buy into the notion that it will criminalize Christianity! Come again? '

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THE ANCIENT ARTS OF DEMOCRACY & HOSPITALITY, ALIVE & WELL ON THE INTERNET

Some Places Are More Friendly Than Others. We Don't Reward The Others. Just These:

Yup. This months belated -again- Cosie Awards are going out to our peeps & homies and all the big dawgs & kewl kitties in the left-wing political blogosphere that have allowed us to post links to our bloviations right here in Smalltime, USA. We're not going to wait for Gawd to reward them; he's a notorious procrastinator. (Look how long it's taking to wrap up this Universe thingie! SEVEN DAYS, He said! Typical builder.) So, we're sending out the crystal arrowhead (or whatever it is) to these folks well in advance of Judgment Day, in case they need to pawn them in the meantime. What with these being such mean times, and all. Check 'em out:

MERCURY RISING
"Stop Saying That"
Acid rationality & sweet reason, by the shot or by the pint. Drink up.

' Do the Republicans ever listen to themselves? Do they ever think about what they’re saying? Or does somebody pull a string in their back and out come the talking points? -Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell … “Americans don’t want a government-run system that puts bureaucrats between patients and doctors.”- Senator McConnell, shut up. Just. Shut. Up. '

THE SEMINAL
"Will Republican leaders denounce rash of racist comments directed at President Obama and his wife?"
Self-appointed watchpersons over the whole healthscare thingie and other stuff, these folks even engage with right-wing trolls in their comment section. Not sure why. It's like talking to a wall with nasty written stuff on it. Bring a bucket of liberal paint.

' I know the traditional media has its hands full providing exhaustive coverage of the David Letterman-Sarah Palin saga, but when they get a minute, maybe they can look into the racist and bizarre comments Republican activists are directing at President Obama and his wife. As I mentioned the other day, a Republican activist in South Carolina just compared Michelle Obama to a gorilla. Not to be outdone, today, another Republican activist in SC posted this gem on Twitter: “Just heard Obama is going to impose a 40% tax on aspirin because it’s white and it works.“ Funny stuff–but wait, there’s more. A Republican staffer for a Tennessee state senator emailed a block of paintings and photographs of U.S. presidents. The white presidents were shown in their actual likenesses–Obama was depicted as a disembodied cartoon set of eyes–get it?–he’s a “spook“. '

FIVE THIRTY EIGHT
"Don't Expect Ensign to Resign"
THE place to go for real poll numbers, named for the number of Electors in that notorious "College" which chooses our Presidents. Nate Silver outdid the "experts" in the 2008 Democratic primary races, and he continues to do so himself. His secret? Good math, common sense and applied political savvy. A winning combination. Just ask Barack Obama.

' Nevada Senator John Ensign today disclosed that he'd had an extramarital affair with a campaign staffer. This will make for plenty of interesting water-cooler gossip, particularly since Ensign has a penchant for calling on people to resign for various and sundry moral and ethical lapses -- notably Larry Craig, Bill Clinton and Ted Stevens (but not David Vitter). It seems unlikely, however, that Ensign will resign himself. Although Nevada's governor is a Republican and could appoint another Republican to replace him, that would nevertheless trigger a special election in 2010, when Democratic incumbent Harry Reid is also on the ballot. Nevada Republicans have a very poor bench right now and are already having trouble recruiting a credible candidate to run against the unpopular Reid. They might have a lot of difficulty retaining Ensign's seat in the event of a special election, or alternatively, might compete for it at the price of giving Reid a free pass. '

FROM THE LEFT
"Will Obama’s Firing of an Inspector General Evolve Into a Major Scandal?"
This blog manages to stay on top of stuff better than most. Not a knee-jerk Democratic supporter, sometimes quite offensive, bordering on hate-speech in the comments. But that's the cost of free speech, sometimes. The haters condemn themselves.

' This didn’t take long. Not six months on the job yet and President Obama could be facing a major political scandal. Last Wednesday, a man named Gerald Walpin, a U.S. inspector general investigating the possible misuse of Americorps funds, received a surprise call from the Obama White House informing him was fired. The firing was seen by some as politically motivated and highly illegal. The bottom line: Gerald Walpin accused a prominent Obama supporter of misusing AmeriCorps grant money. After an investigation, the prominent Obama supporter had to repay back more than $400,000 of the grant money and Obama fired the inspector general who shined light on the matter in the first place . '

BOING BOING
"Poop on the moon, and how to protect it"
On Boing Boing, and only on Boing Boing. Cory Doctorow's personal foibles, fetishes & phobies spread out for all the world to see, every day.

' When Neil Armstrong first took that one small step onto the moon, he left behind more than just a footprint. Among the many items still sitting in the Bay of Tranquility are; Neil Armstrong's boots, a gold replica of an olive branch, tongs, four armrests, urine collection assemblies, a hammer, an insulating blanket, and... four defecation collection devices. Yes, Neil Armstrong's poop is moldering on the moon. While bags of frozen astronaut poop may sound unimportant, even a little gross, some "extreme heritage" conservationists are very concerned about their protection--as well as the other detritus left behind by humanity's first moonwalkers. For now, Tranquility Base is still tranquil (there is no wind or rain up there to damage things), but preservationists worry that private space enterprises will one day endanger the Apollo landing site, as well as other important landmarks on the moon. From the Lunar Legacy Site: '

CROOKS AND LIARS
"Some 'neighborhood watch': Forde's Minuteman spinoff outfit was about 'starting a revolution against the government' "
Turn off the Fuxsnooze of the day and check out the real news of the day. The name says it all.

' Remember how all those right-wing pundits proclaimed the Minutemen as being just like a neighborhood watch? Michelle Malkin called it "the mother of all neighborhood watches." Lou Dobbs labeled it "this country's biggest neighborhood watch program". Bill O'Reilly declared: "Talking Points applauds the Minutemen. They are in the great tradition of neighborhood watch groups." Boy, that sure is some neighborhood watch: Accused ringleader Shawna Forde told her family in recent months that she had begun recruiting members of the Aryan Nations and that she planned to begin robbing drug-cartel leaders, her brother Merrill Metzger said Monday in a telephone interview from Redding, Calif. "She was talking about starting a revolution against the United States government," he said. '

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BEST BLOGS IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE, 5/2009

THIS MONTH HIGHLIGHTING SMALL PERSONAL BLOGS THAT SHOW GENUINE HOSPITALITY




Well Designed, Well Written, Interesting, Funny, Informative And Cosy Hangouts Online

It doesn't hurt that these blogs have blogrolled us, either. The term "blogroll" comes from the ancient Etruscan term khkoiugiggittigiggitti, or "logrolling," meaning you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. The idea is to create crawl-able links between websites so as to catch the search engines' attention, introduce more people to the sites, and drive up traffic, which may result in more blogrolling and listings on the various blog-ranking and rating websites.

All this is done purely for egotistical purposes, to get a message out, make friends and influence people, shill for a job or an invitation to post on a bigger blog or media site; or to make money through selling ad space or merchandise. In our case, we just wanted everyone to look at the graphic photos of our perineum imbedded on every page. DON'T JUDGE US! DON'T YOU JUDGE US!! DON'T YOU DARE JUDGE US!!!

There are no perineii on any of these pages, as far as we know. We did see a preputium clitoridis in the corner of one of them. That could just be our imagination, though. Preputium clitoridis on the brain, lately. We can't even remember which one of these it was. You'll just have to scrutinize them all:


NOVEMBER FIFTH
"A Wine Key, Party Crashing, and A Nerf Football"
Skyewriter tells a story. You'll have to click on this to see the ending. It's so...

' My dissertation chair is taking us out for dinner on Tuesday after my defense. In addition to some friends I have invited, some faculty members will be there, too. One of whom is the chair of my department, who has seen me buzzed on more occasions than I care to recall. The 2nd worst time was at the start of my second year here. At the end of orientation week every August, the department throws a party for the new *first year graduate students* (this is key). It involves cases of free booze and good food. The party is held in an historic house two blocks from where I live. My first year I got pretty toasted and ended up being out until 4 AM after bar-hopping with a group of other new students. At the end of orientation week my second year... '

I [HEART] THE MUDFLATS
"For the Birds"
The social-networking/ fansite for The Mudflats. Everyone is welcome to join & post.

' My View from The Right Reverend: I am Radagast the Bird-Tamer. Well, no, but the birds in this sanctuary are pretty bold. Even the woodpeckers. I suppose the same can be said for all the little creatures here. Spring is a wonderful time of year. I may be projecting, but it seems all the creatures emerging from the cold winter share the same sense of eagerness and energy, and general joy just to be alive. OK, I’m not projecting at all. They’re just as happy it’s Spring as I am. '

GEEZERPOWER
"A letter from Obama on Healthcare Reform "
A regular contributer to SUZIE-Q, this is WordGeezer's personal blog. Fascinating stuff.

' Can this be the same Obama that we heard when he was campaigning for POTUS. I voted for him because I wanted universal health care or a reasonable facsimile thereof. I recieved his email asking to send his (cough cough) bedrock requirements to representatives in congress. President Obama has announced three bedrock requirements for real health care reform. It must: ' [continues]

IT'S MORNING SOMEWHERE
"Friday Cat Blogging - Boy, will my cats be pissed!"
Ms. OWL and her kittys, careers & cat-tastrophes. Nice fotos & paintings, too. A really kewl chick! [for a Missourian]

' A friend of mine has five cats. Two of the cats had kittens. The first one had one kitten, then the second had four. Since that made ten cats, in all, I told her I would take one. She gave away the first kitten, already, because it was older than the second batch. That still leaves her with nine cats. When she told me what colors they were, I told her I would take the white-with-black-ears-kitten. The first pictures she showed me were of a very ugly little kitten, of course, the kitten was only about four weeks old, at the time. Last weekend, I took my camera with me when I visited the kitten. In the picture above, the kitten is walking with mom. I thought that was a cute picture. ' [click link for foto]

THE IMPOLITIC
"In the eyes of a child"
Consistently the best of the blogs, and always hospitable. Libby needs help moving. Can you carry a refrigerater? No? OK, then make a donation to her blog. We know you have money. Do we have to waterboard you?

' I've been following politics so long that I don't trust any politician, not even the ones I vote for. So I've been rather conflicted about Obama. While I think he's the best president we've had for a very long time, and he's done a lot of good, it still makes me uneasy when I see him continue bad policies and cover up for the last administration. But it's photos like this that ease my mind somewhat. Children, especially babies, have a sixth sense about people and when I see them engage with our president like this, it makes me think he's probably a good man who is going to do all right by us in the end. '

COFFEEHOUSE STUDIO
"SPONTANEOUS APPLE CREATION: 5/12-13/09 "
Pocono radio personality, DJ Jimi The Hippy, aka Rainbow Demon.

' Had a bit of trouble getting set up this week. After the minor delay, things seemed to run smoothly. The little car needs a brake job - and two new tires - it was a bit scary getting in - but we made it. Big old "Bessie the Bronco" needs a new idler belt. I'm broke till payday... Seems that the new casino just discovered the station, and it was a bit of fun talking to them on the phone. They were requesting Zeppelin. It sounds awesome in SHM (super high material). You can actually hear Jimmy page touching the 12-string if you listen... but do we really need another CD format? This is the way things should have sounded from the beginning... Damn the record companies. '

WIKIPEDIA
"Logrolling"
From the ancient Etruscans to the modern Blogniks, the logs keep a'rollin'.

' Logrolling is the trading of favors or quid pro quo, such as vote trading by legislative members to obtain passage of actions of interest to each legislative member. It is also the "cross quoting" of papers by academics in order to drive up reference counts. The Nuttall Encyclopedia describes log-rolling as "mutual praise by authors of each other's work." American frontiersman Davy Crockett was one of the first to apply the term to legislation: The first known use of the term was by Congressman Davy Crockett, who said on the floor (of the U.S. House of Representatives) in 1835, "my people don't like me to log-roll in their business, and vote away pre-emption rights to fellows in other states that never kindle a fire on their own land." The widest accepted origin is the old custom of neighbors assisting each other with the moving of logs. If two neighbors had cut a lot of timber which needed to be moved, it made more sense for them to work together to roll the logs. In this way, it is similar to a barn-raising where a neighbor comes and helps build your barn and then you go and help build his. Here is an example of the term's original use. "A family comes to sit down in the forest," wrote an observer in 1835. "Their neighbors lay down their employments, shoulder their axes, and come in to the log-rolling. They spend the day in hard labor, and then retire, leaving the newcomers their good wishes, and an habitation. Though most sources support the above etymology, another possible origin is from the sport by the same name in which two contestants try to topple each other into the water by standing on a log. Each must keep up with the other or risk taking a spill, so it appears to be cooperative. Spy Magazine ran a feature entitled "Logrolling in Our Time" that cited suspicious or humorous examples of mutually admiring book jacket blurbs by pairs of authors. Private Eye magazine regularly draws attention to alleged logrolling by authors in "books of the year" features published by British newspapers and magazines. '

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