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The GOP Healthcare Plan
Hat tip to All Hat No Cattle
A Look at the Human Hands Behind Our Food
A sobering look at the folks behind much of our food.
Health Care, Race and Political Polarization – Short Stack
Pointing out the obvious again on conservative racism poisoning our politics.
Outdoor Grilling Tips – How Long Do You Grill? – Esquire
A bit late in the grilling season for most but good advice nonetheless.
DIY Hand Sanitizer and Disinfectant | EcoSalon
Not sure if anyone is going to use this, but I might give it try in a pinch. Here’s how ot make homemade hand sanitizer.
Bill Moyers Journal . Watch & Listen | PBS
Remember real news? You know, when you actually received information and people didn’t scream at each other?
Yeah, well, check out Bill Moyer’s interview with Nancy Youssef to find out all the things you did not know about Afghanistan.
Lord, our network news is so damned dumb it isn’t even funny.
Monopoly’s Hidden Maps Help World War II POWs Escape – ABC News
This is pretty cool. Apparently Monopoly board games were used to smuggle maps and escape materials to POWs held by the Nazis and Italians during WWII.
I have a history degree and I’ve studied the war a lot and I’ve never heard of this. Such an interesting story.
Sadly, you’d never get a multinational company to help a nation’s military like this in today’s world.
Right-Wing Hatemongering Fueled by Christianity? | | AlterNet
Frank Schaeffer points out the hypocrisy of right-wing “Christianity” behind the racist, fearful, and hate-filled movement against the President and common sense Americans in general.
In short, his argument is that sane Christians need to rescue their religion for the vindictive lovers of death and destruction before it’s too late for any decent person to be taken seriously for adhering to religion.
Milton Bradley sent home for season (and probably for good) – Big League Stew – MLB – Yahoo! Sports
This is about damn time.
I’ve taken my share of crap from non-Cubs fans for the signing of this jerk. Yeah, talking about you Marcos! Hopefully this is the end of Bradley’s career in Chicago.
Actually, scratch that. I hope the White Sox pick him up.
Incidentally, just finished watching the Cubbies pull a miracle out of the bat bag to avoid the sweep by the Cards. That was nice. But after dropping two to St. Louis, I think I’ve got to face reality and realize the chance of a postseason is pretty much shot. They had to win these games in particular to have a shot at catching up at least on the wild card leaders but to also pressure the Cardinals. Neither happened.