This bitch and C-Money will be attending our brother Bill’s plan meeting tomorrow. For those of you unfamiliar with the world of residential treatment, a plan meeting is where guardians, staff and social workers gather to create a document that will contain my brother’s life.

This ranks right up there with ‘teh stupid’.When a weary and jet-lagged Barack Obama took the stage on the last day of the UNITY Journalists of Color convention in Chicago last month, most of the attendees had already left.

but i am seriously beginning to doubt it’s this century and in this country. yep, you over there, you guessed it- i went shopping today. now, anyone who reads here regularly pretty much knows i would rather stab myself repeatedly in both eyes with a soup spoon than go to the grocery store- or wal-mart- [...]

CONSPIRACY THEORY — A Cuil search on “conspiracy theory” returned 2,076,650 results, so the very idea is a big deal in the blogosphere.

Lifetime Network just released some poll results from their “Every Woman Counts” campaign which is supposed to get more women engaged in politics.

“Lauper, of course, is very popular with gays. “But I hate that expression,” she says. Like they are not quite real people.” Unlike some artists, who turn up at GAY or produce an album for the gay fans whenever the hits dry up, Lauper’s commitment to the cause is genuine. Her sister Elen is a [...]

i wondered what i would post about my first real day back online after summertime company. i have managed to squeeze a few moments here and there to read ‘mindful politics’ and various blogs and sundry online while my outlaws were here- and friends

…CAN NEVER STAND IN FOR REAL LIFE.

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A bitch was struggling to wake the hell up this morning…nursing my first cup of coffee like it was the elixir of life, for the love of all that’s caffeinated…when news broke that the FBI has finally identified a suspect in the anthrax mailing case.

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I get Consortiumnews’ daily email. The one tonight really chapped my hide. Robert Parry has a piece up entitled: WPost Calls Out ‘Uppity’ Obama. Parry’s article addresses Dana Milbanks column today in WaPo.

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