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    Little Green Frog (Wise Latina): The O'Reilly Factor was on while I was at the gym, and I could.not.stop watching it. It made my heart rate jump up (which is what I was working on), ... more »
    EKane: Really, people can't pronounce SotoMayor? Its a fucking compound word with no trilled r'. In terms of latino last names, it can't get much easier than... more »
    ellaesther: PS If you support the Administration's approach to the Israeli settlement issue, please write and tell them so. If you're a Jewish American, make sure... more »
    denna: The pictures of Sotomayor at the presser make me so happy. She looks so joyful. (And she can smile with her eyes!) more »
    tonightineed is actually Mrs. Ziegler-Spock: Clicking through to the original article about the prison rape (the one linked at the site Megan linked us to), I feel sick now. A 15 year old? God. more »
    arodriguez.romero: I couldn't read the Sonia/PR Food article linked because they misspelled and mistranslated the names for so much of it. more »
    ellaesther: This, in a nutshell, is why I don't live in Israel anymore. The Zionist project has ceased to be about building a national home for the Jews, and has ... more »
    EkaterinaBallerina: As someone who's gone through life pronouncing and spelling both her first and last name to just about every she comes into contact with, it really bo... more »
    SomeAuthorGirl: Thank you, Megan "Breaking It All Down And Encouraging Wingnuts To STFU" Carpentier for yet another succinct roundup of the news. If I wasn't excited ... more »
    Trulymadlyme: She totally has my support, putting aside her awesome qualifications, for simply pulling this off as a law student. Bad. Ass. [www.latimes.com] more »
    stoprobbers: How desperate are you when pork is the meat of an objection to a new Supreme Court Justice?? more »
    Tangy.Nihilista.Barcelona: This is how I imagine (and snicker to myself) the conservative reaction to Sotomayor: "To the honorable Barack Obama, President..." "WE THE WHITE, GOD... more »
    EsmereldaFitzmonster: I'm sad that she ruled in favour of the global gag rule, but she did it for reasons of judicial precedent-- shouldn't conservatives be glad about this... more »
    Maritsa: The wingnut reaction to SotomayOR (that's right, bitches, I can pronounce it!) is making me so angry. I haven't felt bile rising in my throat like thi... more »
    morninggloria: Hearing about military prison rape in Iraq hurts my heart so much-- for the victims mostly, but also for our soldiers who go over there and do NOT abu... more »
    wtfox?!: Is it possible to be annoyed and revel in schadenfreude at the same time? Because a large part of me wants to deliver a serious Reality-Stick beatdown... more »
    EkaterinaBallerina: Why do people claim Affirmative Action any time a non-white person is successful? I'm serious. I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around this ide... more »
    Nighthawk (the former Okori Wadsworth) is headed back to DGUSA in November!: If enjoying Puerto Rican food means I can;t be a justice on the supreme court I have one thing to say: *shrugs his shoulders* And hey mr. Krikorian...... more »
    morninggloria: Roland Burris reminds me of Sonny, the cartoon CocoPuffs mascot from the 1980's who was cuckoo for CocoPuffs. They have the same voice. more »
    stacyinbean: Explain to me how Barry staying in a nice Vegas suite is not related to fucking (in my mind)? more »
  • #newsat10

    Crazy Wingnut Criticism Of Sotomayor Is Almost Amusing

    • Wow: there are apparently conservatives suggesting that Judge Sonia Sotomayor's enjoyment of traditional Puerto Rican food will impact her ability to be a mouth-breathing, lock-step conservative justice in the grand school of Clarence "Oral Arguments Are Nap Times" Thomas. [TalkingPointsMemo]
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  • #newsroundup

    John McCain: Doing The Same Thing Over And Over And Expecting A Different Result