

[please reblog]
by Leslie Feinberg
In autumn 2010, Knopf published a “transgender” themed young adult novel. The author, Catherine Ryan Hyde, is an estranged relative of mine.
The analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of Hyde’s young adult fiction novel will come from those who are living…
(via clubjacobin)

It’s this. Right here. Her face.
Whose house was the “we come unarmed (this time)” guy outside of? Who is it they’re all talking about, all the time?
How often do you think that Michelle Obama thinks about the worst-case scenario, every day?
Worth noting that Kasama has replied here to my earlier critique of their organization. Unfortunately I won’t be able to dig into this or respond further until next week at the earliest. But I’m sure all six of my readers here will want to follow this unfolding debate in the meantime.
It’s a good thing conservative types are shame-proof:
The schedule change could also help make policy more conservative. Dayspring cited the health care debate last fall when members spent long stretches of time in Washington, D.C., away from their districts, which meant that they were listening to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and other Beltway residents rather than back home talking to their constituents.
“The schedule has always created more liberal policy,” Dayspring said.
Somehow missed this when it was first posted. It really brought home the injustice of Bradley Manning’s situation to me in a way that most of the other coverage I’ve read of it hasn’t.

About 15 minutes ago, as per Twitter, Keith Olbermann told over 100,000 people that he’d unblocked me.
He hadn’t.
This is a screen shot, dated from four minutes ago, of his blocked feed. Note the clock at the far upper left-hand corner.
Please reblog this as widely as possible. If you can make it a JPEG, please do so and send that to me at Tiger Beatdown. It’s okay for journalists to have opinions. It is never okay for them to willingly lie.