I think we need to spend some time talking about new blogs we have found lately that are worth a look. I’m so caught up in my own bullshit that I haven’t explored as much and am kind of in a rut/routine as to what I read and check, so if you have a blog you think is worth checking out, or if you know of one we should be reading, through it in the links here so we can give it a test drive.
Also, I’d like to make an ActBlue page for the Wisconsin recall. Do we know who the candidates are? I sure as hell don’t. Names would be useful.
fasteddie9318
I just stumbled across this very interesting blog run by someone named Andrew Something-or-other. He’s got some intriguing ideas and I wish he had a newsletter to which I could subscribe. I used to think Mark Halperin and Ann Althouse were IT as far as star bloggers were concerned, but this Andrew person seems so thoughtful and reasonable that I’m not sure anymore.
Just Some Fuckhead
You mean dogshit.
Villago Delenda Est
@Just Some Fuckhead:
Oooh, snap!
Evolved Deep Southerner
I like Capital Gains and Games. Somebody here suggested it when I was asking for “intelligent, old-school conservative blogs.” I don’t really see the conservatism here as much as objectivity. And I’m sure 100 people will flame me for paying them that compliment, but the posters here seem to be realists to me.
fordpowers
slog.thestranger.com i’ve been loving.
also – holytaco.com
redshirt
I like science blogs. Here’s two fun ones:
Bad Astronomy – Mostly science with a mild humor twist. Also a skeptic blog. We need more skepticism!
Pharyngula – Used to be more science. Mostly pro-atheism/evolution these days – and/or attacks on the Wingnuttery.
Beth in VA
Time has what I assume is a short-term blog “Officer X” by an anonymous Airforce officer of some kind who’s gay; he’s reporting behind-the-lines about how the DADT repeal is going. A nice first-person account.
Lolis
It is not a new blog, but it deserves a lot of love: Wonkette.
Dan
You stepped on Levenson’s great post.
Tulip
when politics just get to depressing:
http://baseballmusings.com/
I also used to love:
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/
But when I had to take a 10% paycut all extra stuff got put on hold. Content for non-subscription isn’t very good. But if you are a stat geek and can afford it, I loved the articles. Besides Nate Silver was a founder (or something)… so politically it seems a little left leaning. :)
Sarah Proud and Tall
I don’t really read many political blogs, except when I am going nutpicking, because otherwise I begin to despair.
One of my favorite distractions is Flagrante Delicia, a sweet little Portuguese lady who makes truly wonderful desserts – English version for recipes, more expansive Portuguese version for pure cake porn.
I also love Flikfilosopher – good movie reviews and scads of yummy Doctor Who geek-girliness.
For the ultimate productivity destroyer, try How to be a Retronaut.
Kewalo
When I want a laugh I just head on over to Juanita Jeans Beauty shop. And today’s entry is hilarious.
http://juanitajean.com/
Southern Beale
I just discovered Big Corporation today, which I’ll be following to see what else of interest they put up. And the new one from Jared Bernstein is a must read throughout the day. I also hit Opinio Juris for legal stuff though since I’m not a lawyer a lot of it is way over my head.
And also .. Umm … I moved my blog over to WordPress recently and it now features more b00bies. So there’s … um … that….
Davis X. Machina
On sports, especially baseball, Joe Posnanski.
He’s good.
He can make me care about golf. He’s that good.
Southern Beale
My comment got embargoed, either I had too many links or it was the use of the word “boobies.”
shortstop
Party of six, your recall is ready: Those WI wingers are Robert Cowles, Alberta Darling, Sheila Harsdorf, Randy Hopper, Dan Kapanke and Luther Olsen.
And now you’ve shown that you can train your readers better than you can train your damn dog.
John Cole
@shortstop: Apparently not. I know the six who are being recalled. I need the names of the Dems running against them.
Southern Beale
Well, it wasn’t the boobies.
Okay John, I love ya but don’t ask us to share info about our favorite new blogs when our comments with said information is gonna get embargoed for having too many links.
LE SIGH
Southern Beale
OK I’m not embargoed anymore. Thank you.
So anyhoo, just made a fabulous dinner and then went on a blog and made an ass of myself, what’s new with y’all?
Origuy
Orange to Blue has an ActBlue page for the challengers in the Wisconsin recall elections.
Here’s one of my favorite blogs: Strange Maps
shortstop
@John Cole: Well, damn. You’re just failing all around on the alpha front, aren’t you? Haw.
ETA: I see the word “candidates” now. I haz a blush.
And E again TA: And it’s not like you’d be making ActBlue pages for Republicans, would you? I just did this to take the focus off of SouthernBeale. ;)
chamois
http://current.com/shows/countdown/
Keith! Good stuff developing there, with his Current TV show going on air June 20th. I think that with the constraints of corporate TV ownership off him, he will be able to say ALL that needs to be said. It will not an antidote to FOX because KO will speak the truth and not anyone’s propaganda. Please, let us not tolerate the anticipated false equivalences–which are as predictable as you can say “David Gregory.”
Dan
for an unhealthy mix of politics, sports, music, books, visit http://www.poisonyourmind.com
shortstop
I just noticed that the GOP senators’ petition challenges have been approved in reverse alphabetical order. I wish some troll would explain the proof of nefarious Democratic conduct illustrated therein.
Evolved Deep Southerner
@Kewalo: Now THAT was some wonderful, wonderful shit. Bookmarked for sure. Thank you.
Southern Beale
@Kewalo:
Oh, my! Thanks for the link to Juanita Jean’s Beauty Shop! This comment on the Chris Christie helicopter of doom is classic:
I’m sorry I shouldn’t find that funny but I do.
J.W. Hamner
For food not politics, I added a handful of blogs to my RSS feed from Saveur’s best food blog awards, but it’s too early to tell which of them will stay on the feed. The good thing about food blogs is that they don’t update so often that it’s hard to keep track of them, but the bad thing about food blogs is that they update so seldom it’s hard to evaluate them.
srv
FDChief:
http://www.firedirectioncenter.blogspot.com/
When intel-dump went defunct a 2nd time, the commenters started http://milpubblog.blogspot.com/. FDChief was one of the best sages there and he’s like John, but less snark and always right. I’ve never, ever disagreed with the guy on anything, and he’s a great writer. Stuff like this:
Has a series of decisive battles of history and often the observations have a very current theme. Give him some love.
Southern Beale
This may be an ignorant question but do they even have senate candidates in Wisconsin yet? Isn’t the recall vote a separate thing that has to come first?
I haven’t heard anyone talk about running FOR these seats, just recalling the assholes currently occupying them.
Davis X. Machina
Even if it’s unofficial, it might behoove the WI state Democratic party to wink-wink-nudge-nudge the names of potential candidates for the soon-to-be vacated senate seats.
You can’t beat someone with no one. You can beat no one with no one, but it’s easier to beat no one with someone.
Or something.
BP in MN
@Southern Beale:
In Wisconsin, the format is that the recall election is actually more like a do-over. So the 6 Senate Republicans will each have an opponent; if they get more votes, they’re retained, and if not, they’re dumped and the opponent takes over.
Sarah Proud and Tall
@Southern Beale:
Is it sad that when I went to your blog I was disappointed that it was actual boobies and not cute birds with blue feet?
Litlebritdifrnt
Not a blog but a forum of like minded individuals who evicerate the “birfers” on a daily basis. They follow their cases and their blogs and forums and debunk every last thing they ever post. A really smart bunch of lawyers and other sundry types (like me) who dedicate an inordinate amount of time to make sure that “falsehoods unchallenged only fester and grow” are challenged every day.
Warning sometimes the lawyers get into an argument about a nuance of the law, it is fascinating, albeit confusing sometimes. At times like that I go to the funnies section!
http://www.thefogbow.com/
Kewalo
@Southern Beale:
You are very welcome…you too Evolved Deep Southerner. I’m so glad you enjoyed her.
Don’t feel bad about laughing..the line that had me rolling was his shadow must weigh 17lbs.
She is consistently funny and her posts about Gov. Perry are always hilarious.
trollhattan
Ünnecessary Ümlaut http://www.unnecessaryumlaut.com/
Speaks amusingly of beer. And other things also, too.
Cat Lady
Sports with wit and a lefty sensibility, with the perspective from the sports Hub of the universe. An occasional commenter here, also too.
Litlebritdifrnt
@Sarah Proud and Tall:
Me too. BTW Sarah did you see the wonderful new species discovered recently, personally the Yeti Crab is my absolute favorite.
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/photos/9-newly-discovered-species/look-what-we-found
Zam
Shelly Moore is the one I’m helping out
trollhattan
Shout-outs for Princess Sparkle Pony
http://sparklepony.blogspot.com/
The Oatmeal
http://theoatmeal.com/
And the indispensable Hobotopia
http://apelad.blogspot.com/
Sarah Proud and Tall
@Litlebritdifrnt:
Heavens – It’s a Alexander McQueen crab. I could happily wear that as a hat.
Lurker
For the past several months, my vice has been the A Distant Soil blog. I already own the graphic novels, but I still look forward to viewing the pages as they get posted online. The artwork is that beautiful.
The author’s posts about the American comics industry and Very Bad Publishers are also worth reading, too.
M. Bouffant
This is the only really new blog I’ve seen in awhile, they seem young but not un-intelligent.
Brutish & Short
Also, they have pix of the Springfield tornado.
Ghanima Atreides
cosmic variance, disco blog and i’ll second bad astronomy.
if you move the LoOG to the mock column where it belongs, I’ll stop throwing a hissy when DougJ and mistermix link EDK.
/smiles winningly
Davis X. Machina
@Cat Lady: Pierce turns up in the comments at Rumproast, IIRC, and Lawyers, Guns and Money, among other blogs. He is the most recent instantiation of the ancient Celtic god of snark. “C-plus Augustus” for George II is one of his, e.g.
Southern Beale
@Sarah Proud and Tall:
You must know commenter w00t over at Eschaton, who only posted pictures of blue-footed boobies …
ChrisNYC
The Dem candidates are: Nancy Nusbaum, Sandy Pasch, Shelley Moore, Jessica King, Jennifer Shilling, and Fred Clark.
Wealth of info here: http://wisconsinrecall.net/blog/
Cat Lady
@Davis X. Machina:
Having that much snark to share with the world must be a burden at times. Thankfully a lot of it is just for us.
hilts
Good alternative news sources
http://www.themediaconsortium.org/our-members
http://consortiumnews.com
Gravenstone
@shortstop: Oh, they’re out there. Unfortunately caught the last few minutes of a local right whinger on talk radio this afternoon. He was swearing up and down about the state Government Accountability Board scheduling the Republican recalls earlier than the Democratic ones. Of course, he was conveniently ignoring that they recall schedule is set by when the challenges are certified. The GAB has certified all the petitions against the Republican senators, but the ones against the Democrats are still underway (and the GAB is seeking to delay the 6/3 deadline to certify due to the wide range of challenges and protests files against the Democratic Senator recall efforts). They’re trying desperately to spin their little conspiracy theories because they know they’re fucked.
TooManyJens
@Sarah Proud and Tall:
OMG. I just lost about an hour over there. Thanks for the rec.
(So glad to know I wasn’t the only one who thought the morality of “The Almost People” was totally fucked up.)
COB
Pharmalot.com Ed Silverstein does a great job.
AliceBlue
It’s not a political blog, but GoFugYourself is hysterical. It’s two Brit gals who live in Los Angeles making snarky comments about celebrity fashion (with pictures).
PeggyAI
I have never been disappointed at especially the post about her dog and the steps. Or when they moved.
TBogg
I hear that business and economics editor over at The Atlantic can be a hoot and a stitch…
Suffern ACE
I like Vagabond Scholar. I’m guessing he get’s read since he shows up here from time to time.
If I could make a suggestion though, could we have Palin Free Fridays for the summer. Even if she shows up on Bill Ayers front lawn drunk while posting her privates to Facebook on a Friday in Chicago at high noon? Could we delay analysis of the event until Saturday at 12:00am?
IrishGirl
I would second PeggyAI’s recommendation on Hyperboleandahalf blog and, of course, my own….http://drangedinaz.wordpress.com Today I made a rainbow unicorn that literally is sh*tting $100 bills.
PeakVT
I recently added a few decidedly non-mainstream blogs that are following the Fukushima disaster on a daily basis to my reader. They’re useful because they mine the Japanese-language press for articles. They are EX-SKF and Energy News.
Ben Railton
Gonna shamelessly self-promote here and just say that my daily blog, americanstudier.blogspot.com, is an attempt to write about scholarly (American Studies-esque) issues and themes in a way that would hopefully be of interest to intelligent, engaged, interesting, sometimes funny people. Like, y’know, you guys. FWIW.
Thanks,
Ben
Sarah Proud and Tall
@TooManyJens:
Her reviews of all of the new Who episodes (and a number of old Who stories as well) are worth a read.
There goes the next three hours.
Mike
The candidates in the upcoming recalls of Republican Senators in Wisconsin are:
Incumbent (R) Challenger (D) District
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1) Rob Cowles Nancy Nusbaum WI-SD-02 (Green Bay)
2) Alberta Darling Sandy Pasch WI-SD-08 (Milwaukee north shore)
3) Sheila Hardsorf Shelly Moore WI-SD-10 (Hudson)
4) Luther Olsen Fred Clark WI-SD-14 (Baraboo)
5) Randy Hopper Jessica King WI-SD-18 (Fond du Lac)
6) Dan Kapanke Jennifer Shilling WI-SD-32 (La Crosse)
Nice ActBlue page for them all here.
WaterGirl
I would recommend Diatribes of Jay for a thoughtful take on current events.
Ghanima Atreides
I like to read Allahpundit still at hotair.
This is so poignant, where he links NPR.
Allahpundit is bright enough to see contemporary culture rejecting conservatism like a disease, and sometimes he just seems so wistful.
Its very soothing when evil flourishes like the green bay tree, to taste AllahP’s sadface.
and i think balloon juice shud make a lipdub.
like this one.
i can see it in my head.
;)
Luthe
My fave new blog is The Mary Sue. Full of geek girl goodness and a title that refers to bad fanfiction. What more can one want?
Fucen Pneumatic Fuck Wrench Tarmal
“forty deuce, irreverent coverage of professional tennis from a complete and total wannabe”
i’m not a huge tennis fan, but the style makes it worth reading.
trollhattan
@TBogg:
Heh-heh, you spelled it “stitch.”
Ripley
I’m stuck on Kindertrauma ’cause when the going gets weird, the weird have media-centric flashbacks.
Kevin
I really like this guy’s thinking, this Memorial Day piece is typical of his work…
http://www.stonekettle.com/2011/05/memorial-day-2011.html
LT
The Last Word on Nothing. And the blog for this radio station is just nuts. (Disclaimer: I haven’t spent TONS of time at either, but I’ve gone now and then over the last handful off years.)
John Weiss
Off Topic!!
John, you need to find a good home for Rosie. Some family that would appreciate a lovely very fat dog. A family with no tradition of eating dogs. A family with no other pets.
If you keep Rosie, she will slowly drive you madder than you are.
Danny
Here comes some shameless self promotion:
I just started writing a blog and would love some Balloon-Juice traffic. If anyone wants to check it out it’s at exleywartime.blogspot.com.
kideni
For the Wisconsin recalls, Dane101 has a handy list of names, Facebook pages, Twitter feeds, and websites, which they update as new info becomes available.
The challengers are all pretty good. Jen Shilling, Fred Clark, and Sandy Pasch are all current Assembly reps.; Jessica King is Deputy Mayor of Oshkosh and lost to Hopper by under 200 votes last time around; Shelley Moore is a teacher and very active in her community; Nancy Nussbaum served as Brown County executive and has been a mayor and worked in the state Justice Dept.
Keeping with the Wisconsin theme, I’ve been rather enjoying The Paul Ryan Watch, a group blog by DownWithTyranny and a bunch of folks from the Cheddarsphere.
And speaking of Paul Ryan, perhaps some coin could go to his challenger, Rob Zerban? Unlike Ryan’s previous opponents, Zerban seems to actually have a shot; the national party actually mentioned him last week in the wake of NY26, so there may be some support for the Democratic challenger for once.
piratedan
@Kevin: agree on Stonekettle, the guy is concise, sardonic and suffers no bullshit.
burnspbesq
The Reality-Based Community
http://www.samefacts.com
Had a momentary freakout when I saw the name Shelley Moore; there’s a Congresscretin from West Virginia named Shelly Moore Capito (daughter of former Gov Arch Moore, who I think Mel Brooks had in mind when he created Governor LePetomane).
johnsmith1882
My friend and I have a blog that is a couple of months old. We cover current events, from the serious to stupid shit that needs to be held up and ridiculed.
hijackedsignal.com
There’s even a handy link to balloonjuice for use in case of emergency.
Shadow's Mom
I like The Files of Nefarious Newt for thoughtful, compassionate posts about the human condition framed by current events.
Also, Eclectablog, for coverage of happenings in Michigan. He also sends care packages to vets through Netroots for the Troops. You all should head to his blog now and send your condolences along. He just lost one of his beloved dogs, Hara.
Platonicspoof
Tomdispatch has been around for almost ten years, so it’s certainly not a new blog, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen the FP’ers here link to it.
The intros and articles have many good background links, since the articles tend to be analysis, links which help me catch up on news I’ve missed or news I’ve forgotten. There may be two or three days between new posts, so I check weekly.
Tomdispatch is where I first read articles by the late Chalmers Johnson, among many other fine writers.
Montarvillois
Check it out for rough & tumble commentary.
http://driftglass.blogspot.com/
jcgrim
For anyone interested in the public school privatization schemes you can cry at:
http://www.schoolsmatter.info/
or laugh at:
http://jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com/
Progressive Contrarian
I was going to suggest Tomdispatch as well but Planicspoof beat me to it.
A blog similar in focus ro Tomdispatch is the Contrarian Progressive
It is a new blog that I started a month ago and deals with Middle East, Europe and International events. It is not about snark or pithy reactions to media pieces but rather it presents longish analyses of current events from a different perspective.
Maeby
Late to this thread, and it isn’t new, but Playing for Change is too AWESOME to be missed.
From the site: “Musicians from all over the world are brought together to perform benefit concerts that build music and art schools in communities that are in need of inspiration and hope.”
Rollicking chunes and positive action. Inspiring.
WereBear
@Maeby: True, that. We got the CD/DVD combination; gorgeous music, presented in a way that made me tear up.
MarkJ
@burnspbesq: I second this one. The guys at the Reality Based Community are actual academics or high ranking experts in their fields.
philowitz
I started a blog a few weeks ago— current entries range include the economy and the financial system, student loans and debt peonage, Fukushima, and the republican primary circus. I hope some folks here find it worthwhile to check out:
possibleexperience.blogspot.com
Desargues
For a few years now, I have been reading http://hammeroftheblogs.blogspot.com/. He’s an excellent writer, keen and perceptive, and delivers a heady mix of snark and insight. I check it out every day. Also: I don’t do sports, but now and then he writes about them. So, there’s that too.
Crmac50
shameless self-promotion: I run a politics Tumblr that gets some (imho) respectable traffic:
http://letterstomycountry.tumblr.com/
bleeding heart libertarians is good for intellectual exercise as well:
http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/