__ Or Selat Selamat Hari Raya! — for the holiday that marks the end of Ramadan. The world changes, and the New Yorker publishes an Irish-American ex-Catholics’ “Confessions of a Ramadan Rookie“: … In shorthand descriptions of Ramadan, it’s sometimes said that the fast lasts from sunrise to sunset. That’s not true. That would be …
Late Night Open Thread: Tampa Calvacade of Fail Limps Forward
Or, as the Washington Post, company-town paper in the town whose monopolizing industry is politics, prefers to phrase it, “Convention Focus: Romney the Professional“: BOSTON — Mitt Romney’s advisers are orchestrating a four-day Republican National Convention that is not so much designed to make Americans fall in love with the nominee, but rather to fall …
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Friday Evening Open Thread: “Romney {Hearts} Ryan”
Commentor Thoughtcrime points out: “Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan” is an anagram for “My ultimate Ayn Rand Porn.” \ (Ted Rall via GoComics.com) __ __ I {heart} Paul Constant: If we’re being generous, Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan is a man of contradictions. If we’re being honest, Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan is an idiot. Mitt Romney’s …
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Song of the Week (Foreign Politics Edition)
__ __ Per the genteel NYTimes, “Russian Band Given 2-Year Term for Stunt Deriding Putin“: MOSCOW — A Moscow judge handed down stiff prison sentences of two years on Friday afternoon for three young women who staged a protest against Vladimir V. Putin in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior last February and whose jailing …
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Open Thread: Van Bleg (Repost)
Reposted, because a couple commentors pointed out voting hadn’t opened when I put this up earlier. __ __ __ From commentor Hamletta: Hey, you guys! I am whoring for my peeps, and my city. Any of you who have Facebook accounts can vote for Lutheran Services of Tennessee in Toyota’s 100 Cars For Good contest …
Early Morning Open Thread: Van Bleg for Facebookers
__ __ From commentor Hamletta: Hey, you guys! I am whoring for my peeps, and my city. Any of you who have Facebook accounts can vote for Lutheran Services of Tennessee in Toyota’s 100 Cars For Good contest today, Friday. You should do this, because their van is fixin’ to take a shit. They do …
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Thursday Recipe Exchange: Garden Vegetables
From our Food Goddess, Tamara: I seem to have gotten into a routine with the new clients and my old job that’s working. It is feeling less like I’m going down the rapids and more like a fast running stream. I hope soon it will be a bit less hectic and I can get back …
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