Archive for July 2009
Havin’ a Drink on Friday Night: Open Thread
Posted by: madamab on: July 31, 2009
Well, we know the Obot Trendier-Than-Thous drink this: And we know that Chatblu, La-t-da and MadamaB drink this: And you? OPEN THREAD
“DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?”
Posted by: Pat Johnson on: July 31, 2009
Can someone please explain to me what the hell that question is supposed to imply? I have heard that posed so many times in so many different venues but I am still uncertain of the proper response. Intimidation, reverence, awestruck, what is the correct answer to this inanity? Just hearing those words sends a shaft [...]
I REALLY DO NOT LIKE THIS MAN
Posted by: taggles on: July 31, 2009
If you don’t know why, check this and this and this and this out! And this man: Is to busy trying to sell a public option to the public, when 70% of us are already sold on it. While Washington burns this idiot has no leadership skills to get the democratic caucus on the same [...]
Video Tidbits:
Posted by: taggles on: July 30, 2009
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Franken on the SCOTUS Waters – Public Option was a compromise Former Cigna Exec on Michael Moore Hillary
Morning Widdershins: Lez Me be Straight with You
Posted by: la-t-da on: July 30, 2009
I stumbled upon this gem of a picture today-posted to the right. It is a caricature of then Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano shortly after she had voiced her opposition to DADT. This homophobic burlesque was prefaced by an equally homophobic and misogynistic headline: Governor Janet Napolitano (a.k.a., “Manet”) Criticizes Don’t Ask, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. [...]
The American Virgin
Posted by: taggles on: July 29, 2009
- In: Feminism
- 102 Comments
Earlier in the week, I posted three short clips of a documentary created by Therese Shechter called, “I Was a Teenage Feminist”. As it turns out, Therese Shechter, a documentary filmmaker, is in the midst of creating another documentary, called “The American Virgin”. Therese visited The Widdershins to thank us for linking to her previous [...]
Well Duh!
Posted by: taggles on: July 29, 2009
Was over at The Advocate this morning and they have a great article about a new report issued by the Palm Center regarding DADT and how LGBT leaders have basically handed the White House it’s talking points and given them excuses to turn it’s back on the LGBT community in this fight: The Palm Center [...]
The Missing 18 1/2 Minutes….
Posted by: taggles on: July 29, 2009
- In: Politics
- 5 Comments
According to Mother Jones, an amateur historian may have found a way to determine what might have been discussed during the 18 1/2 minute gap on the Nixon Watergate tapes. Most people have focused on electronically retrieving the lost minutes on the tape, but this amateur historian, Mellinger has figured out another way to hopefully [...]
Tidbits:
Posted by: taggles on: July 28, 2009
- In: Tidbits
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Senator wins review of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ A Senate panel, after prodding by New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, will examine the future of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy governing gays in the military. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, agreed to a hearing on the issue after [...]
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