Category Archives: crossposted on TADA

Mosque Quotes: Mayor Bloomberg and Iman Feisal Abdul Rauf

I express my heartfelt appreciation for the gestures of goodwill and support from our Jewish friends and colleagues. Your support is a reflection of the great history of mutual cooperation and understanding that Jewish and Muslim civilizations have shared in … Continue reading

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Waiting For Hereville

I’m ridiculously anxious, waiting for Hereville to come out! It’s like buying a lottery ticket — but then having to wait eleven months to find out if it wins or loses! (Or I guess it’s like that. I’ve never actually … Continue reading

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Convenient Double Standard on Drug Use

(This post by Kevin Keith is crossposted, with Kevin’s kind permission, from Sufficient Scruples.) USAToday reports a study of the high rate of suicide and drug-related deaths in the military. The report concludes that such deaths have increased because soldiers, particularly … Continue reading

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xkcd: Athiests

From xkcd; via Blag Hag. Transcript: Man: “Personally, I find atheists just as annoying as fundamentalist Christians.” Woman: “Well, the important thing is that you’ve found a way to feel superior to both.”

Posted in Anti-atheism, Atheism, Cartooning & comics, crossposted on TADA | 3 Comments

No, Ms Magazine Never “Hired” Mary Koss

(This post is available on both “Alas” and “TADA.” No anti-feminists ((Including MRAs and including the folks from the “feminist critics” blog. )) in the comments on “Alas,” please.) On Yahoo Answers, I stumbled across this, which was part of … Continue reading

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What Is Good Health Care When We're Dying?

(Crossposted on “Alas” and on “TADA.”) In The New Yorker, Atul Gawande has an excellent article on how the American health care system treats dying patients. In 2008, the national Coping with Cancer project published a study showing that terminally … Continue reading

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Hereville is a "staff pick" in Previews! Plus, please tell your local comic book shop about Hereville.

Previews, for those of you who don’t know, is the monthly catalog of available comics sent to comic book stores all over the USA (and I think Canada as well?). Each month is a huge, glossy brick of more comic … Continue reading

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The Democrats Are Now The Home Of Market-Based Solutions

(Crossposted on “Alas” and on “TADA.”) In an op-ed in the Boston Globe, Richard Schmalensee and Robert Stavins (of MIT and Harvard, respectively) lament the Republican Party’s newfound opposition to market-based environmental solutions. LAST WEEK, the Senate abandoned its latest … Continue reading

Posted in Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., crossposted on TADA, Environmental issues, In the news | 4 Comments

Comic-Con vs The Westboro Baptist Church

Comics Alliance has a lot of fun photos from the counter-protest against the homophobic, America-hating, horrible-in-every-way Westboro Baptist Church, which was in San Diego briefly to protest Comic-Con.

Posted in Cartooning & comics, crossposted on TADA, Homophobic zaniness/more LGBTQ issues | 2 Comments

The Democratic Tax Plan Versus The Republican Tax Plan (with pictures!)

(Crossposted on “Alas” and on “TADA.”) Things are still in flux, but it seems likely that Republicans are going to coalesce around extending the Bush tax plan (the legislation Republicans wrote a decade ago created temporary tax cuts, so they’ll … Continue reading

Posted in crossposted on TADA, Economics and the like | 39 Comments