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Currently airing on C-SPAN2. The live stream is here if you want to watch but don't have C-SPAN2 on your cable/satellite system. (Or don't have cable/satellite at all.) As I write this, Orrin Hatch (R-1950) is talking about abortion, and my teeth are grinding together so hard I feel like I may ...
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Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your screen name... TFIF, Shakers! Belly up to the bar, and name your poison.
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[Trigger warning.] "If they were put in front of me I'd probably watch it." — Billy Arnone , Carrie Prejean's brother, on his sister's sex tapes , in an interview with Radar Online, during which, btw, he was wearing a t-shirt reading "Loose Lips." Seriously: WTF? I don't even know how to deal ...
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Bud Day
[Trigger warning.] In three parts... Part One: Shaker Richard Gadsen emails about this theater review in The Guardian , in which Mark Lawson wonders if he should have walked out on a play in which there was objectionable content about sexual assault: It's a rightly angry play and I shared the ...
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This blogaround brought to you by Shaxco, makers of CaitieCat's Wootmobile. Recommended Reading: Marti: The Daily Transadvocate Twitter Digest Anna: 60th Disability Blog Carnival: Intersectionality Lauredhel: Rape Is Now a Girl's "Secret Sex Shame," Says Brisbane Times Resistance: The ...
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[Trigger warning. Background .] Strips One , Two , Three , Four , Five , Six , Seven , Eight , Nine , Ten , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , ...
Congress
Barney Frank
The Chicagoland Meet-Up is this Sunday! If you want to come and/or need any information about time, location, directions, parking, public transportation, etc. email me, or our organizing guru Red Sonja (at sonja1023-at-gmail-dot-com). Also: Anyone coming from southern Illinois/Northern Kentucky ...
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We discussed Will Phillips, the adorable 10-year-old Arkansas kid who is refusing to say the Pledge in class because he recognizes that there actually is "liberty and justice for all," in a thread earlier in the week, but there hasn't been a main-page post and I'm getting lots of emails about ...
Congress
Shaker Eastsidekate emails: Fundamentalist Leaders Pledge Civil Disobedience . There's too much stuff to parse here. Among other things, I'm not sure when these folks are going to actually break any of the non laws they're complaining about (call me when the federal government compels the ...
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My inquiry yesterday into listener submissions for a special edition of Radio Shakesville seems to have generated some real interest. Awesome. Totally awesome. (I will be posting up info on how and where to submit your contributions after the holidays. So get your recordings together now. Unless ...
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[ I'm posting this today at CaitieCat's request, because she's on the road today, headed this way. Woot! ] Time for another opportunity to show off your mad teaspoonin' skillz, Shakers! Drop into comments your recent act(s) of teaspooning. ô,ôP Caitie's Reminder: "The teaspoon is an indivisible ...
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[Trigger warning.] Media Matters has noticed that prominent members of the conservative media sure love using "rape" as a metaphor (note the number of times it's used to accuse progressives of "raping" their fellow Americans): [Transcript below.] There's plenty more where that came from. ...
White House
Rush Limbaugh
Clap your hands as hard as you can, Republicans. That still won't make it true. The poll asked this question: “Do you think that Barack Obama legitimately won the Presidential election last year, or do you think that ACORN stole it for him?” The overall top-line is legitimately won 62%, ...
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ACORN
Barack Obama
Shaker BethanyJo emails: "I saw a link to this , complete with thumbnail photo, on the front page of the 'lifestyle' section of msn.com. It shows a cooked turkey that has had foil put on it to look like it has bikini tan lines. Really made my stomach turn." Called "the Suntanned Turkey," this ...
World
Turkey
I just opened my email to find this: Subject: Found a picture of you visiting London! From: CaitieCat To: Liss OMG, I can't believe this, it looks JUST LIKE YOU! LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!
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And brothers. Today marks the 11th Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance , which is set aside to memorialize those killed as a result of anti-transgender hatred or prejudice resulting from fear and ignorance. The event is held in November to honor Rita Hester, whose murder on November 28th, ...
World
Brazil
Bud Day
Mexico
Shaker Neilleast. Neil is best known for playing Cousin Oliver in season six of Leave It to Beaver . (If you've a ridiculous and/or embarrassing photo of yourself from your youth, please send it to shakerwhatthehell_at_yahoo_dot_com. I'll post them up as part of our series called What The ...
