Via commentor Rikyrah, the Electronic Urban Report quotes HuffPo: Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) said Friday that he was “absolutely shocked” to hear Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia describe a key piece of the Voting Rights Act, one of the most significant achievements of the civil rights movement, as a “perpetuation of racial entitlement” earlier this …
Friday Recipe Exchange: Meatballs
. From our Food Goddess, TaMara: A few weeks back I made meatball grinders – subs to most people – and was talking to my mom about them, because after all I used her recipe. She told me that one of her favorite things to do is to buy ground beef when it’s on sale …
Early Morning Open Thread: Be of Good Cheer
. There’s still plenty of stuff on the internets that won’t make you hate the human race. Via commentor SRV, in the NYTimes, Peter Mercurio explains how “We Found Our Son on the Subway“: The story of how Danny and I were married last July in a Manhattan courtroom, with our son, Kevin, beside us, …
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Late Night Open Thread: The Breitbrats, Still ‘A Shanda for the Neighbors’
. That’s the phrase my Irish-American Nana would use, when an extended family member had done something she judged potentially embarrassing to the whole clan. (Eventually, I found out this was her interpretation of the Yiddish a shanda fur die goy.) And I could hear her voice saying it, when I first ran across this …
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Dog Rescue Bleg – Santa Monica/Westside Area
. From lurker JennaD: My name is Jenna and I need to find a new home for my dog. I took her on when my brother had a baby, and I can’t financially support her anymore. I’ve posted her on Craigslist, but I’m worried that she’ll go to an unsavory home on there… I think …
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Open Thread: I Blame the Free State Project
Libertarians, still not ready for prime time, or grown-up real-world lawmaking. Doktor Zoom at Wonkette reports: New Hampshire state Rep. Mark Warden (R-Fuck This Guy), was one of four members of an NH House committee to vote in favor of reducing the penalty for some cases of simple assault from a misdemeanor to a “violation-level …
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Early Morning Open Thread: I Don’t Know How She Does It
Gail Collins is a much stronger woman than I am, because I’d have strangled David Brooks years ago: Will Journalism Go the Way of Whaling? David: … Now I feel, or maybe it’s hope, that we’ve reached equilibrium. Blogging is real, but not hegemonic. YouTube is interesting for people who enjoy watching 54,000 versions of …
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