What might Hillary really be thinking? How about Michelle?
Here in Oz, buckle up for more Brandis Equivocation-Watch.
USA
Friday Hoyden: Bree Newsome
After the murder of nine people at a Bible study group in a church in South Carolina, USA, in a white supremacist terrorist massacre specifically targeting black Americans, many people’s patience has run out with the display of racist symbols… Read More ›
Quicklink: NRA Press Conference
Ugh. The hypocrisy of calling for a national database of the mentally ill while decrying any suggestions for a national database of gun owners is breathtaking.
Quote of the week: Clinton’s speech was so good…
that Republican strategists are demanding to see his birth certificate too.
A thread for discussing the USA election campaigns.
Wednesday I-wish-it-was-merely Whimsy: Renegade Raging Grannies
Todd Akin’s medieval science + pithily excremental phrasing has brought out the musical in a number of people who are much cleverer than him.
Capital punishment, the USA and Troy Davis
A brief history of capital punishment and what it means for the Troy Davis case.
US Congressional Mid-Terms Reader
A selection of US blogger commentary found recently in my RSS feed. What did I miss?
It’s Feminist Defence of Palin Time again
Which means it must be just about time for a US Congressional election. Yup, here come those midterms. So people are going to start talking to and about Sarah Palin again. Great.
Endangered Sunday: Sea turtles in the Gulf oil spill
A BOAT captain working to rescue sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico said he saw BP ships burning sea turtles and other wildlife alive.
The political spectrum through red-state glasses
There are some people who, despite possessing more than a little wit, are so focussed on the so-called left-right divide that they classify political blogs thusly: 2005 Bad Blog Awards Worst Right-wing BlogWorst Left-wing BlogWorst Center/Libertarian Blog WTF? There are… Read More ›
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