May 12, 2008

BLOGGING AN EARTHQUAKE, live from Chengdu.

PATROLLING THE SHORJA MARKET WITH THE SONS OF IRAQ: A report and photo slideshow from Bill Ardolino.

ANN ALTHOUSE is blogging before blogging. Forward, into the past!

TALKLEFT: 64% of Dems want Hillary to stay in the race.

JAMES KIRCHICK: South Africa's unseemly alliance with Mugabe. "Appalling as it may seem, post-apartheid South Africa maintains a firm military relationship with the Mugabe regime." But the political alliance is even more appalling.

SPEAKING UP AGAINST ANTI-APPALACHIAN BIGOTRY AT THE DAILY KOS:

Over the last week or so, I've heard a lot of kossacks writing off West Virginia, making fun of West Virginia, and even saying West Virginia doesn't matter. Some have painted all of Appalachia as racist homophobes who will never change. Some even said that Obama is in mortal danger there. Some have suggested that we revert to Clinton-style "states that matter" campaigning, leaving West Virginia and Kentucky behind altogether. . . . I want to talk about stereotypes because so far in this diary, I've talked about the ignorant because that's the stereotype that many kossacks have of Appalachians. But West Virginia and other places like it are not as monolithic as many believe. Sure, they are more skewed to the conservative, but you will find a wide range of people.

Read the whole thing. (Via KnoxViews ).

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