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FRIDAY CAT BLOGGING Frankie Be sure to check out Modulator 's Friday Ark for more cat blogging pics! $$$$$$$...

Ben Bernanke, Hippie New Paul Krugman: And, even more remarkably, a very similar story has played out over the past three years, th...

PREPPING FOR ANOTHER AUDITION TONIGHT... ...so, as usual, no post. I'll be back tomorrow, though. Wish me luck! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$...

NO, YOU HAVE THE BURDEN OF PROOF. From Jezebel: Sexism Fatigue: When Seth MacFarlane Is a Complete Ass and You Don’t Even Notice I am...

Seth MacFarlane and the Oscars’ Hostile, Ugly, Sexist Night From the New Yorker courtesy of a facebook friend: Watching the Oscars last ...

The Dirty Secret of Downton Abbey   From AlterNet : In the world of "Downton Abbey," the classical liberal is the hero. It is ...

Richard Wolff on Fighting for Economic Justice and Fair Wages   From Moyers and Company : After the war, I think our history is the hist...

FRIDAY CAT BLOGGING Sammy and Frankie Be sure to check out Modulator's Friday Ark for more cat blogging pics!...

Are Republican Brains Different? From AlterNet : For Republicans, the region of the brain that was most active during risky behavior was...

Why Obama Should be Impeached From CounterPunch : If the Constitution is to have any relevance, and if America is to remain a free socie...

PREPPING FOR AN AUDITION TONIGHT... ...so, as usual, no post.  I'll be back tomorrow, though.  Wish me luck! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$...

THE STAR TREK CALENDAR PICTURE OF THE MONTH IS... Kirk, Uhura, and Abraham Lincoln! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$...

Raise That Wage New Krugman: Now, you might argue that even if the current minimum wage seems low, raising it would cost jobs. But ther...

Fiscal trouble ahead for most future retirees From the Washington Post: For the first time since the New Deal, a majority of Americans a...

FRIDAY CAT BLOGGING Sammy Be sure to check out Modulator's Friday Ark for more cat blogging pics! $$$$$$$$$...

The Coming Evangelical Collapse From the Christian Science Monitor courtesy of somebody on facebook: Evangelicals have identified their ...

FAT TUESDAY IN THE FRENCH QUARTER Okay, this is the last of my Mardi Gras pic sets.  More regular blogging tomorrow.  Also, the fourth to ...

FAT TUESDAY In my mind, I will never be able to separate Mardi Gras from Easy Rider.  It's like an entire city goes on a Catholic ting...

MORE CARNIVAL From a week before the Super Bowl, Chewbacchus : ...