Reading List

Nabbed from Sqyd who got it from Treacle Tartlet who yanked it from fancypantsdylan who got it from...

"Bold the ones you’ve read COMPLETELY, italicize the ones you’ve read part of, and no cheating. Watching the movie or the cartoon doesn’t count. Abridged versions don’t count either. BTW, according to the BBC if you’ve read 7 of these, you are above the average."

But what exactly was the BBC trying to show? How did they pick these books?
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Sqyd pointed out that Graham Green is missing and I'd add Wallace Stegner, Willa Cather, Naguib Mahfouz, Isabel Allende, Amos Oz, Homer, Sappho or Socrates to name a few if we are talking about 'classic' works.

Who else is missing from this list...no offense but JK Rowling, Douglas Adams & Dan Brown but no ancient Greek literature or philosophy? 3 Jane Austen's and no Bronte sisters? You're kiddng right? Or did I totally miss the point?

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Reading List

Nabbed from Sqyd who got it from Treacle Tartlet who yanked it from fancypantsdylan who got it from...

"Bold the ones you’ve read COMPLETELY, italicize the ones you’ve read part of, and no cheating. Watching the movie or the cartoon doesn’t count. Abridged versions don’t count either. BTW, according to the BBC if you’ve read 7 of these, you are above the average."

But what exactly was the BBC trying to show? How did they pick these books?
________
Sqyd pointed out that Graham Green is missing and I'd add Wallace Stegner, Willa Cather, Naguib Mahfouz, Isabel Allende, Amos Oz, Homer, Sappho or Socrates to name a few if we are talking about 'classic' works.

Who else is missing from this list...no offense but JK Rowling, Douglas Adams & Dan Brown but no ancient Greek literature or philosophy? 3 Jane Austen's and no Bronte sisters? You're kiddng right? Or did I totally miss the point?

( Book Nerd List )

New CNN Anchor is an Equal Oppportunity Hater

From Think Progress:

CNN Taps Unhinged Conservative Blogger Erick Erickson As Regular Political Commentator

Finally, finally, they got rid of Lou Dobbs.  No more birthers and immigration nutfuckery.

But just when you thought it might be safe to turn on CNN, they hire a new nutjob Commentator who is a racist, sexist, homophobic, teabagger.  He's a veritable trifecta of hate.

Gee, what ever happened to the old CNN - the network that never veered too far to the left or right?  Guess those straight forward anchors just weren't exciting or sexy or controversial enough.

Aaron Brown - I miss you so. And for the record, I thought you were plenty hot.

New CNN Anchor is an Equal Oppportunity Hater

From Think Progress:

CNN Taps Unhinged Conservative Blogger Erick Erickson As Regular Political Commentator

Finally, finally, they got rid of Lou Dobbs.  No more birthers and immigration nutfuckery.

But just when you thought it might be safe to turn on CNN, they hire a new nutjob Commentator who is a racist, sexist, homophobic, teabagger.  He's a veritable trifecta of hate.

Gee, what ever happened to the old CNN - the network that never veered too far to the left or right?  Guess those straight forward anchors just weren't exciting or sexy or controversial enough.

Aaron Brown - I miss you so. And for the record, I thought you were plenty hot.

Apparently the Sky Won't Fall, If Openly Gay Troops Serve in the US Military

I stumbled across thiis quite by accident:

From Think Progress:
Why haven't I heard more about this!!

POLL: More Than 70% Of Iraq And Afghanistan Veterans Comfortable Serving Alongside Openly Gay Troops

It seems like our troops are a lot smarter than our Congress.  70%!  And of those surveyed 40+% identify themselves as Republicans. 

How will the right wing tap dance their way around this one?  Claim that the soldiers aren't REAL soldiers? Or that the identified Republicans aren't REAL Republicans?  Or perhaps they'll go with the ever popular assertion that the soldiers have been 'converted' or 'brainwashed' into accepting the 'homosexual agenda' (whatever the hell that is).

Ok, Congress if the troops don't care about their fellow soldiers' sexual orientation, what reason will you now come up with to refuse to repeal DADT?

 

Apparently the Sky Won't Fall, If Openly Gay Troops Serve in the US Military

I stumbled across thiis quite by accident:

From Think Progress:
Why haven't I heard more about this!!

POLL: More Than 70% Of Iraq And Afghanistan Veterans Comfortable Serving Alongside Openly Gay Troops

It seems like our troops are a lot smarter than our Congress.  70%!  And of those surveyed 40+% identify themselves as Republicans. 

How will the right wing tap dance their way around this one?  Claim that the soldiers aren't REAL soldiers? Or that the identified Republicans aren't REAL Republicans?  Or perhaps they'll go with the ever popular assertion that the soldiers have been 'converted' or 'brainwashed' into accepting the 'homosexual agenda' (whatever the hell that is).

Ok, Congress if the troops don't care about their fellow soldiers' sexual orientation, what reason will you now come up with to refuse to repeal DADT?