. . . that Durbin tried really hard to figure it all out.

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. . . and check out the Andrew Sullivan freak-out advisory on my left sidebar. I'll have to pop over and see what the poor dear is waxing emotional about.

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. . . has a jolly little story about monkeys. Even better: the story is "found art" from his in-box.

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I'm sorry, Laurence. I know it's tough, and you'll be in my thoughts over the next few days.

I'm afraid I just didn't realize how serious this was. Not at all. I thought she just had a kitty infection.

But, please: I love "Ask the Cats." Check in with the other kitties in a few weeks and see if they want to continue: maybe in a vertical "stacked format" or something like that. Don't be hasty! What would Arafat do? (Oh, wait.)

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Delivered the ultimate smackdown to Maureen Dowd in NRO.

Dowd's relentless shallowness and silliness are her most obvious crimes against readers. And because she's the only woman with a plum twice-a-week spot on the New York Times op-page, the tacit and insulting message she gives off is that female political thinkers can't be expected to actually think. Sometimes when she's skittering around, like a water-beetle on a pond's surface, Dowd happens upon a notion she likes a lot. But rather than develop it into an actual argument, she just repeats it endlessly, like an eight-year-old with a knock-knock joke.

That's it: the editors of the New York Times are convinced that women can be brilliant thinkers. So much so, they give the prime space to an airhead. But because most of her readers agree with the general notions floating around in her columns, they haven't noticed that the Empress is a nude, ditzy chick.

Via Decision '08, who shares his own views on what a jackass Dowd is.

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Excuse me. That's Kinky Friedman and Michelle Malkin, here together talking about RoveGate at Trey Jackson's pad.

Malkin: "What was the whole Guantanamo debate about anyway, if not a demonstration of what Karl Rove was talking about?" (I'm paraphrasing, but I think it's pretty close.)

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on the psuedo-science of gynecology.

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where every room will feature a copy of Atlas Shrugged, rather than the Bible.

I mean, if we're going to abuse eminent domain endlessly, let's get right to it, and start with the Justices who supported this particular attack on property rights.

Via Tall Glass of Milk.

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She was always someone I'd heard about as being incredibly talented, yet ferocious in that way that comics are sometimes. Within most really funny people there is a dark side that ofen leaves me unsure when they are going to pull the switchblade out.

April, in particular, had the reputation for being a tough woman, someone whose bad side you never wanted to get on.

But I've always enjoyed listening to her on Mr. KABC on Friday nights; I think she's with him one night out of the month (and they do occasional specials together, like they did this past Halloween).

I cannot feel anything but deep respect for a woman who lost her father a long time ago, and finally, mere days after he died, was able to write this. (No permalink; see the Monday evening entry.)

I have plenty to say about complicated father-daughter relationships, and dysfunctional families. And how even Christopher Milne (of all people) felt estranged from his dad. Later, though. What I admire are comics who are able to come to terms with their pasts, and talented people who deal with their demons in the here-and-now.

Sure: it's good to share your talent with the world. But it's more important to be a human being.

Huzzah, April.

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. . . deconstructs her friendly neighborhood "feminist" bigot.

One of my blogging ambitions, of course, is never to make Ilyka mad. Go see why.

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1 No danger of making me mad, but you are making me slap my own forehead in disgust, because you just reminded me that I should have credited you for me finding the Pandagon posts to begin with. Got there via a winding road from feministe to medial girl to comments at media girl, in which I think you linked the Amanda (I'll never hear that old Boston song the same way again!) posts if memory serves. She's, uh, she's fun people. Yah sure, you betcha.

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2 Yup. I'm real sorry I missed that episode with the tequila and the fire dept.

Posted by: Attila Girl at June 28, 2005 03:29 PM (RGWNz)

3 that episode with the tequila and the fire dept. I know now I'm being guilty of just what I've carped at her for doing, but I've seen pictures: You would NEED the tequila.

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. . . a very bad boy.

Bad. Bad!

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Froggy's got a brand-new tadpole, who appears to be skipping the "newborn" stage: he already looks like a strapping little boy.

Go take a peek, and congratulate him.

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1 Yeah, I thought he looked surprisingly un-squishy for a newborn.

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Margi's pregnant. Very cool.

Via Ilyka.

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James Joyner is engaged.

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. . . for a good challah recipe for years. i'm glad Jeff re-ran this one.

UPDATE: New and improved! Now featuring a link to the entry I'm talking about!

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The blogger currently known as "Mayor Sam" has some advice for Los Angeles GOP (and, yes—he's talking to both of you):

We've recounted several times that the Republican party under control of Linda Boyd here in LA has got to make some radical changes if we ever want to elect any GOP candidates in LA.

Its bad enough that Linda and her husband Doug treat the party as their personal little social club and do stupid shit like endorse James Kenneth Hahn for Mayor, while never supporting actual Republicans like Walter Moore or going a step further and trying to recruit someone who could win like Keith Richman to run.

One of the problems the Republicans have is their constant rebuffing of gay Republicans. Now Mayor Sam is not gay, but to me a Republican is a Republican. The GOP in LA could make HUGE strides in local races if they could begin to include gays in the mix. Many gays are high income indiviuals with views that reflect a world with limited government and a strong defense. But for now many gays toss that aside because stormtrooper Republicans have hang-ups about buggery. Hey, no one is having sex in the voting booth, so get a grip. Even though they want lower taxes and less government, most gays still vote Democratic.

I honestly think that purging the homophobes from the party would open things up quite a bit. (And, no: homophobe doesn't mean someone who thinks that civil unions for gays is a reasonable compromise, or someone who feels gay marriage can wait a few more years until everyone's used to the idea.)

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1 Purge the Party? DA! No, really? You can't be thinking that. There would go half the party.

Posted by: Desert Cat at June 10, 2005 10:32 PM (xdX36)

2 All right, all right: bad choice of words. Hasty, etc. Ill-thought out. Hyperbolic. (And I'll bet you were being ironic anyway, but others wouldn't be, so I'll just answer the surface meaning here, since it's bound to be on people's minds.) I do think a position is possible that respects Christian tradition and the fundamental right of the individual to be left alone and make his/her own domestic arrangements. And therefore I think that a lot of people—the hard-core "faggot haters"—could take a hike and I wouldn't cry at all. Not at all. And I honestly believe those haters are a much tinier slice of the GOP than any of my Democrat friends believe.

Posted by: Attila Girl at June 11, 2005 12:45 AM (8e5bN)

3 GOP never would have gone near a "ban gay marriage" amendment if studies hadn't shown that would be the goose that laid the golden eggs in the politics of fly-over country. Homophobia and theocracy aren't front and center in the minds of Republican leadership, but that is indeed the electoral powerhouse of how they get to go into Washington with Majority Leaders rather than Minority Whips. If they turned away from the tent-meeting bible-thumping types, they might as well just adopt the Libertarian Party platform and edit a few of the platform planks on foreign policy. They'd pick me up as a loyal member.

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Miller's Time has an excellent roundup of the Bear Flag League blogs.

For those who don't know, the BFL is a coalition of Golden State bloggers, and it's grown from around 20 members (when I joined) to around 100. We're going to be hosting a political blogging event in July, so stay tuned for that. (Credit for organizing this event—and the League itself, for the most part—must go to Justene of CalBlog. She's a whip-smart lawyer and dedicated mom, as well as being a neighbor of mine in my little town near L.A.)

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Rick at Right Wing Nuthouse has some misapprehensions about female warriors:

“Who guards the louvetrain? The direct approach to Politburo?

Avtari blanched when he glanced down at the map. “Attila.” he whispered.

Superhawk pondered that bit of news for a moment. The former barbarian queen and her horde of Amazonian warriors were a formidable opponent. But ever since her marriage to the son of King Rusty of Jawa Land the Amazonians had forsworn war and taken up farming. Superhawk also remembered AttilaÂ’s tender caresses, the warmth of her kisses, the softeness of herÂ…

The Barbarian King sighed. It woudnÂ’t have worked. Both of them wanted to lead. Neither could yeild. Their parting was for the best. Perhaps he could buy her off with chocolates? It had worked in the past. Or some shiny trinket? ThatÂ’s it!

“Avtari, send a rider and have him fetch the Jewel of Mathwrate. Instruct him to present it to Queen Attila with my compliments and these words; ‘You are my one. I am yours. When next Siddira opens her arms, I will be with you again.”

“But M’Lord, the moon will be full in less than a fortnight. How can…” Superhawk cut him off.

“Leave that to me. Unless I am mistaken, the Queen will take our bribe and slip quietly away. And without her, the Amazonians will not fight.”

Ah, but long-ago peacetime pleasures are lost in the crush of war, and my husband won't let me accept trinkets these days, unless they're from him. So the Amazonians fight. Which is bad news for the wingnuts, since most of my Amazonians are about twice my own height, and they all carry M16 A-2s.

And the Commissar admits that we might have a problem on our hands.

But remember, Kids: sometimes war is the answer.

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Posted by: Attila Girl at June 07, 2005 09:50 AM (8e5bN)

2 Sigh. M16A2 is a weapon with a birthdefect. A .22 long rifle on steroids. Friends don't let friends carry poodle shooters.

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The Ladies of the Cotillion are hosting their usual Tuesday morning party, and everyone's invited to read the linked posts:

This week, your hostesses are Merri Musings, American Princess, and American Housewife.

And, of course, the Cotillion has its own site, here.

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A few of us just got featured on CNN's "Inside the Blogs." This particular segment focused on bloggers' reactions to the Supreme Court decision on medical marijuana. Included were Pennywit, ScotusBlog, and—me.

Yipes. But that was fun; I haven't been on CNN in 12 years. (I appeared in a small segment for them in 1994 as a feminist—and female—supporter of the Second Amendment.)

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1 congratulations!

Posted by: David Foster at June 06, 2005 03:58 PM (7TmYw)

2 I would really like for you to look at my site and tell me what you think. Just click on my name.

Posted by: American at June 07, 2005 08:11 AM (xb27s)

3 You lost me with 1) your implication that the 60-senator supermajority in the Senate is written into the U.S. Constitution, and 2) your statement that President Bush "stole" the election in 2000. But thanks for the tip. Feel free to e-mail me if you want to call my attention to a particular post.

Posted by: Attila Girl at June 07, 2005 08:57 AM (8e5bN)

4 Congrats, as well. However, I cannot seem to find it on CNN's site, would love to read it. Would thou havest a link?

Posted by: William Teach at June 07, 2005 04:48 PM (HxpPK)

5 BTW, that probably came out rude, though not intended that way.

Posted by: William Teach at June 07, 2005 06:50 PM (HxpPK)

6 It didn't come out rude, but I haven't found a link to anything online. There are at least two of those "Inside the Blogs" segments for each edition of Inside Politics, which presumably airs at least once a day--so they just may not keep up with it online. If you want to see what the format looks like, some of them are at Trey Jackson's video blog.

Posted by: Attila Girl at June 07, 2005 07:10 PM (8e5bN)

7 Oh, it's CNN live. Quite frankly, I've almost forgotten that CNN has a tv station, been so long since I watched it

Posted by: William Teach at June 08, 2005 05:02 AM (HxpPK)

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