Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Important Notice

Posted at 20:40
by J. A. Baker
in Politics; Of Blogs and HTML

I plan on attending Netroots Nation this week, seeing as how it is in Austin this year, so posting will be light to nonexistent the next four days. I’ll be bringing my camera, so I’ll post pics afterwards.

For those few who might be interested, here are the sessions that I plan on attending:

Thursday, July 17

  1. The Lurkers’ Caucus

  2. The Texas Blogger Caucus

  3. The Pundit Project: How to Outtalk the Talking Heads (I figure I could use some pointers on growing an audience.)emoticonemoticonemoticon

  4. FDL Caucus or Science Bloggers Caucus (haven’t decided yet)

  5. Austin Drinking Liberally After-party at B.D. Riley’s Irish Pub on 6th and Brazos

Friday, July 18

  1. Different Tones and Wider Nets

  2. A Conversation with Former Governor Don Siegelman of Alabama or National Popular Vote

  3. Restructuring U. S. Science Policy, Fighting for Progressive Values in Texas or How the Media Learned to Bend Over Backward to Please the Right

  4. Progressive NASA and Space Policy Under a New Administration, An Inside Look at the National Laboratory for Bad Government, or Marketing and Monetizing Your Progressive Blog (Can you detect a theme here?)emoticonemoticonemoticon

Saturday, July 19

  1. Revolution in Jesusland: a Rising Social Movement of Ordinary Radicals

  2. From the Written to the Spoken Word: Taking the Leap from Blogging toward Online Radio and Beyond or Improv 101: Say Yes and Other Fun Lessons

  3. Don’t Think of Violence: Framing, Media and Policy, Big Telecom: An Emerging Threat to Our Democracy? or Breaking the Frame: Revitalizing and Redefining Reproductive Rights Media Coverage

  4. Self-Organizing Session

All session choices subject to change at short notice.


Another “I’m Rubber, You’re Glue” Award Nominee

Posted at 15:19
by J. A. Baker
in What Liberal Media?; The WTF?! Files; GOP Bizarro World

Chris Wallace.

Sidebar: You’d think these conservatives hadn’t graduated from kindergarten with the way they argue.


“I’m Rubber, You’re Glue” Award Nominee

Posted at 15:17
by J. A. Baker
in The WTF?! Files; GOP Bizarro World; Election '08

John McCain.


IUD = IED. QED.

Shorter Bushite Health and Human Services Department:

HHS Moves to Define Contraception as Abortion

  • In order to prevent discrimination against lunatic theocrats poor, persecuted Christians, we have to discriminate against innocent women desperately seeking basic reproductive health services!


“Shorter” concept created by Daniel Davies, perfected by Elton Beard and given a beneficial mutation by the fine folks at Sadly, No!
I am aware of all Internet tradtions.


Jesse Helms an AIDS hero?

Yeah, and I’m the heir to the throne of Zanzibar.

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