From our Cooking Expert, TaMara: I’m still in re-entry mode, but things are slowing down a bit. When I went to sleep last night, I swore I heard the bustle of Bourbon Street still in my head. To my delight when I returned from the Big Easy, the fall colors had popped – mountain foliage …
Crock Pot Craziness
Not A Joke
Make your reservation now for Galileo was Wrong: The Church was Right, the “First Annual Catholic Conference on Geocentrism”. Your $50 reservation fee includes a free lunch and plenty of entertainment, such as “Geocentrism: They Know It But They’re Hiding It” and “Scientific Evidence: The Earth in the Center of the Universe”. (via)
Glenn Beck is not the white Malcolm X
There are many things wrong with Reihan Salam’s comparison of Glenn Beck to Malcolm X, and Adam Serwer points to a number of them: Except for the fact that Malcolm’s father was murdered by white supremacists who were never brought to justice, his memories of the KKK terrorizing his family, his general experience of white …
Stupid American Month
August. Every August something happens that reminds me just how stupid America has become. This month is full of fresh reminders of our dwindling National intelligence. It has traditionally become the month to celebrate how stupid America has become. It is the month when stupidity in America goes on full display with a vengence. It …
Open Thread: Thursday Night Menu
Our weekly dose of culinary adventure, thank you TaMara: This may not be to everyone’s liking, but I thought we needed to shake things up a bit. A friend used to take me to an Ethiopian restaurant occasionally and I enjoyed it. When it came time to create one of the International Menus I do …
Confederate History Month: Prone to Violence
An effort to help the Republican Confederate Party celebrate Confederate History Month would be incomplete without noting how these folks tend to embrace violence as the preferred way to solve problems–especially when they feel that they are losing at the ballot box.
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Confederate History Month: It’s Pat
There are a lot of voices on the lunatic fringe helping the Republican Confederate Party celebrate Confederate History Month. Many of the groups have been chronicled by the Southern Poverty Law Center in their recent report Rage on the Right which showed how the views of these extreme hate groups are moved into the mainstream …