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Friday, May 26, 2006

Katrina-ravaged Libraries to Benefit From Washington Wives' Fashion Auction

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I'd be remiss in my duties as an officer of the Fashion Police if I didn't give everyone a heads-up about the special designer-cloth...
Thursday, May 25, 2006

Litbrit's Belated Mothers' Day Present Wish List

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Rove indicted and forced to answer questions under oath; then charged, tried, and hauled away for life. Cheney subpoenaed and forced to answ...

Mr. GoreMustRun

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(With thanks to Simon & Garfunkel) Al, won't you please run for President? People love you more than you will know (whoa, whoa, who...
Wednesday, May 24, 2006

If it Walks Like a Racist—or Drives a Border Patrol Buggy Like One

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As if it weren't imbecilic enough to do something as flat-out ridiculous—not to mention futile —as buliding a fence (!) along the U.S.-M...
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Monday, May 22, 2006

Baghdad ER

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This stunning HBO documentary should be required viewing for President Bush. And I would add that he should send his own children to serve...

On Raising One's Voice (and Guitar) in Protest

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Stephen and Thunderbird performing Oh Mary, Don't You Weep As Shakes has often said, one of the best things about our corner of the Blo...
Saturday, May 20, 2006

Laura Teaches Us How to Drive Cook

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I'd seen the main WhiteHouse-dot-org site before, but I had never ventured into The First Lady's Recipe Box . All I can say is, Mmm...
Friday, May 19, 2006

People in Gold-embellished Houses...

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My friend Lisa in Baltimore sends this, from Betty Bowers : "The man on the left—the one wearing a fabulous vintage chiffon-lined Dior...
Thursday, May 18, 2006

But...But...Carbon Dioxide is So Natural!

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According to the Competitive Enterprise Institute, which is really a front group funded by Exxon Mobil and other Big Oil players, the concep...
Tuesday, May 16, 2006

The FCC Gets Involved

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It looks like the Federal Communications Commission is jumping into the warrantless wiretapping fray. Good for them (bolds mine): WASHINGT...
Monday, May 15, 2006

Cable Companies Are Following the Law

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If you're like me, you love your local cable provider. In my case, they provide not only a wide range of programming (though Cartoon N...
Sunday, May 14, 2006

Wisdom From the First Mothers' Day

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On this Mothers' Day 2006, we who brought life into the world look around us and realize there is still so far to go, still so many less...
Friday, May 12, 2006

Ours, Mined, is Theirs

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This latest Buzzflash piece by Greg Palast was so illuminating, I felt it deserved its own post. Palast writes: I know you're shocked ...
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They Spy, With Their Little Minds...

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...something that begins with us . As in, the USA in toto . That's right: they see us, the People of The United States. And in order t...
Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Happy Birthday Roberto!

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Happy Birthday to you, you live in a zoo with three wild Italians and an English chick, too. Wishing my darling "Mr. Litbrit" a wo...
Monday, May 08, 2006

Go Molly, Go Molly...

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Now joining the Hookergate Review is the fabulous Ms. Molly Ivins. Welcome, Molly! It's an honor to have your famously wise and alway...
Sunday, May 07, 2006

Jesus. A Fish.

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I daresay we shouldn't be surprised that when asked by a German news weekly to name "his best moment in office", the Great Dec...
Saturday, May 06, 2006

Offered For Your Amusement

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Ah, Hookergate. As the Devil in the Blue Dress incident of the '90's proved, there's nothing quite as effective as a good sex s...
Friday, May 05, 2006

Maps For Rape Victims

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After surviving the trauma and violence of being raped, victims need medical attention and emergency birth control. This would seem glarin...
Tuesday, April 25, 2006

The Powerful Arms of Nature, or Else God

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What a heartbreaking story . MEXICO CITY - Five Mexican children were killed when a large metal cross they were praying at was struck by lig...
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Deborah Newell
Born in England and educated there, as well as in Barbados, Honduras, and the United States. Received a Bachelor's from the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications in 1981. Created the blog litbrit in 2006. Lives with her husband, three sons, and several large and loyal attack dogs and trained-assassin felines, in sunny Florida, USA.
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