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Archive for August 13th, 2007

Monday, August 13th, 2007

Monad Blogging

While we’re catching up with week-old TV news, TV Blogger reports that anonymous sources say John From Cincinnati is in fact dead. An odd fate for a show hardly anybody watched and fewer liked, but there you go. From a couple days ago, links to a David Milch interview.
Fvcking studio execs are gonna get themselves [...]

Monday, August 13th, 2007

Dresdenblogging

MKK doesn’t have to worry about Murphy and Harry having a romance in Season Two.
TV show officially cancelled-ish
There is of course a fan-originated renewal effort. Just make sure to practice safe pestering. I had my problems with the show, but I liked it, and was looking forward to a second season. SF/F shows often come [...]

Monday, August 13th, 2007

Atrios Goes Too Far

By my count, he has linked to eleventy-million Democracy Arsenal posts today. That’s exactly eleventy-million more Democracy Arsenal posts than I try to read every day. Because that’s just about eleventy-million more Democracy Arsenal posts than an intelligent person can safely read. Now my eyeballs seem swollen and there’s an alarming discharge from my right [...]

Monday, August 13th, 2007

STEALING Work From Mona

Me! I’m going to link Glenn Greenwald’s entry today just about expressing adequate incredulity over America’s bedwetter Right:
Every now and then, it is worth noting that substantial portions of the right-wing political movement in the United States — the Pajamas Media/right-wing-blogosphere/Fox News/Michelle Malkin/Rush-Limbaugh-listener strain — actually believe that Islamists are going to take over the [...]

Monday, August 13th, 2007

“Do what we want or somebody might kill you…OK, maybe not.”

By Thoreau
Yesterday I blogged the story of how Congress was bullied into passing the East Germany Restoration Act in part because they were told that terrorists were planning to kill them. In the comments, Nell informed me of a most interesting fact:
DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton says she was concerned, but isn’t any longer. [...]

Monday, August 13th, 2007

Thank You All: And Now if You Can Give Me Work

By Mona
Due to Jim’s gracious bleg on my behalf, the donations have been pouring in. At this rate I will have rent security for 2-3 months, which I urgently need in order to calm down and meaningfully pursue work.

Proofreading and Line-by-Line Editing

For some time I have undertaken research and editing services for Glenn Greenwald. In [...]