Late Night Open Thread: Iranian Uprising

We are all Iranians tonight.

Get off my lawn!

If you haven’t heard of Donald Mills (aka “Crabby Old Fart”) then you’re missing some really funny stuff.  The site is called “The problem with young people today is . . .” and all his posts start with those words. Here’s an example: The problem with young people today is that they sleep too much. [...]

Not so fast with the primaries, Atrios

Atrios did his best Rodney King imitation the other day.  Why can’t we all get along?  We’re all on the same side now.  We all want the same things on this side of the lefty blogosphere.  We should be cooperating instead of attacking each other.  Nice for him to say.  No one was calling him [...]

Hullaballo – A Fauxgressive Freeperville

(Do not watch the above video unless you have a strong stomach – I’m not even going to describe what’s in it.) Last week we discussed Digby’s role in last year’s meltdown of progressive blogosphere.  Digby was one of the most well respected bloggers until last year and Hullaballoo used to be one of my [...]

Punk’d

This would be funny if it wasn’t tragic.  Obama throws some more of his most loyal supporters under the bus: This week, the Obama administration is facing the ire of gay rights groups after it filed a brief in California federal court defending the Defense of Marriage Act and calling it a “valid exercise of [...]

Your Breakfast Read, Served By The Confluence (Very Abbr. Edition)

Economy Watch Members’ fortunes see steep declines Well-heeled lawmakers like Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.), two of the richest politicos on Capitol Hill, saw paper losses worth tens of millions of dollars, although the recent Wall Street rally may have helped them recoup those losses. War On Terror Europeans to U.S. [...]

Start The Weekend Open Thread

. What are you doing this weekend? Me llamo Rico. Que tú quieres??

This is what a feminist looks like

Spare me the “she’s an anti-choice conservative” bullshit.  So is Obama. Sarah said more in defense of women than NOW did. From Transcript (unofficial): Here’s the problem, Matt – the double standard that has been applied here. One, let’s talk politically, the double standard. First, remember in the campaign, Barack Obama said the family’s off-limits [...]

Your Breakfast Read, Served By The Confluence

It’s Official WHO declares first 21st century flu pandemic The World Health Organization declared an influenza pandemic on Thursday and advised governments to prepare for a long-term battle against an unstoppable new flu virus. Analysis: why has the WHO waited so long? How Much Extremism Can we Tolerate? Holocaust Museum Shooting, Other Recent Attacks Prove [...]

What WILL those Conflucians Say tonight?

With so much going on it could be anything . . . . We’ve been thinking about the Assassination of Dr. Tiller & the shooting at Holocaust Museum  — is domestic terrorism spreading? What about Internet censorship and Obama’s bid to control the Internet? Is Obama’s expressions of commitment a sign of progress toward Health [...]