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Can I go into heaven now?

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BlueNC - 9:20 a.m.

Was the stimulus too small?

Martin Wolf, the award winning journalist at the Financial Times, makes a convincing case (registration required) that the real debate over the US stimulus is not whether the stimulus package worked but whether it should have been bigger. Although it’s doubtful that there were enough ’shovel-ready’ projects to make quick use of a major expansion in [...]...
The Progressive Pulse - 8:49 a.m.

Maggie Gallagher meets St. Peter

They talk about gay marriage. I often tell people that what we call “traditional” marriage in America is really only as old as 1967. This video makes the point in a humorous fashion: Share and Enjoy: ...
The Progressive Pulse - 8:49 a.m.

What's the most important thing Richard Burr has done in 16 years? POLL CLOSED

Expand government through the Graduate to a Better Future Act 2% (1 vote) Amendment to allow for exportation of nuclear bomb-grade uranium 26% (11 votes) Expand government through the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act 0% (0 votes) Military Spouse Residency Relief Act 19% (8 votes) He's accomplished an averag...
BlueNC - 8:49 a.m.

UPDATED: Real Jobs, More Lies

UPDATE via email “That’s the third attack mailer ‘Real Jobs NC’ 527 has put out, and that’s the third time they can’t get the basic facts correct,” said Campaign Manager Mike Radionchenko. “When you make three mistakes in three mailers, anything you say is questionable. This special interest group has lost all credibility. The question remains -- when will they stop lying?” ...
BlueNC - 8:49 a.m.

Latino voters blame both parties for stalling immigration reform

It’s hard to find fault with them for doing so.Though Democrats are seen as generally more willing to pass common-sense reform (and less likely to block it), a plurality of voters thinks both parties are stalling. On the specific issue of immigration reform, congressional Democrats have the edge among the Latinos surveyed when it comes [...]...
The Progressive Pulse - 8:26 a.m.

Burr's 16 years of insignificance ... and the winner is?

Throughout the month of August, we sponsored a contest with a $250 reward to the person who could come up with something of great significance that Richard Burr has accomplished. The original post had more than 1300 visits, and more than a dozen entries. Four of those entries were included for review in our poll yesterday , with a clear winner emerging. Richard Burr's most significant accompl...
BlueNC - 7:02 a.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Corporate traitors

This election is about electing economic patriots, and saying no to corporate traitors. This election is about a lot more than just who comes to Congress (and Raleigh) in January. It will continue to define who we are as a nation, whether we’re a nation that respects workers and rewards work. Corporate traitors is exactly the right term for people who would buy our democracy using money ...
BlueNC - 6:43 a.m.

Top of the morning

Jim Horn at Schools Matter is justifiably fired up about the latest move by the Gang of Five on the Wake County Board of Education to dismantle the system’s diversity policy. And he doesn’t mince any words. Instead of following the advice of the consultant they hired to present a plan for “controlled choice,” the Tea [...]...
The Progressive Pulse - 5:26 a.m.

Where's the President on marriage equality? It depends on what year it is.

Joe Sudbay said this last night on Americablog : It's a little galling that the Log Cabin guy gets to ask the question about Obama's stance on marriage equality. And, the answer is "Behind Dick Cheney." But, that's where Obama is. Obama is on the wrong side of history, but that seems lost on the political geniuses at the White House. This has to change because we're going to keep a...
Pam's House Blend - 4:22 a.m.

Homobigot Sally Kern revives her 'gays worse than terrorism' zombie meme

The homo-hating , illegal pistol-packing bigot Oklahoma State Rep. Sally Kern ( sallykern@okhouse.gov ) is back and Evan Hurst of Truth Wins Out points us to this report (via the Dallas Voice )-- Sally Kern made her infamous statement about homosexuality being worse than terrorism over two years ago. Now she is trying to explain what she meant! It's not a matter of quality, but a...
Pam's House Blend - Wed 7:29 p.m.

Real Jobs, Real Lies

BlueNC - Wed 2:03 p.m. - 7 clicks 7 clicks

The Estate Tax: Bring it Back Now

Of all the ways taxes can be levied, the estate tax might just be the most sensible and fair. It’s a tax on wealth, not on income, and it can provide funding for vital public investments while having almost no supply-side problems. Besides that, the rates for the tax have traditionally been quite low, much lower [...]...
The Progressive Pulse - Wed 1:27 p.m.

See how competing tax proposals would affect you

Would your taxes be lower under President Obama’s proposals to extend the middle class tax cuts, or under proposals to extend all of Bush’s tax cuts, including those for the wealthy? Here’s a tool that can answer that question. The answer might surprise you (or not, if you’ve paid attention). Share and Enjoy: ...
The Progressive Pulse - Wed 1:27 p.m.

More Than Linguists: Servicemembers United Repeal Ad 3 - active duty

So we have our first active duty webad.  The fact that we're using someone still in is compelling - as it's meant to be - but only as a means to gain attention.  The deeper talking point here is how comprehensive the affects of DADT really are. Take a gander: The focus on linguists discharged under DADT began with a story broke by the Center for the Study of Sexu...
Pam's House Blend - Wed 1:27 p.m.

NCAE: Millions welcome, but serious shortfall looms (video)

In recent weeks, North Carolina’s Department of Public Instruction has received $700 million from the federal government. The first $300 million was to help protect teachers from layoffs this school year. The next $400 million will be used to turning around low-performing schools as part of the Race to the Top initiative. In some ways the [...]...
The Progressive Pulse - Wed 12:21 p.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Real Jobs, Real Screw-up

BlueNC - Wed 12:20 p.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

The AFA and The Peter go off the rails over Mehlman and GOP 'secret homosexuals'

Join the pity party with Joe Farah at WorldNetDaily boys ! One News Now's Chad Groening composes what has to be one of the most hilarious keyboard protection first grafs ever. A pro-family activist who is working to expose the truth about homosexuality finds it absolutely appalling that former Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman Ken Mehlman was able to "beat back" Republican efforts a...
Pam's House Blend - Wed 11:10 a.m.

Late Lunch Links

You might remember the post I did a while back about oddsmakers making book on the 2012 Presidential election. In the six weeks since, the betting line has moved. President Obama is — surprisingly — even more of a favorite to win than he was in July, being offered at -140 now. Even more surprising, to [...]...
The Progressive Pulse - Wed 10:49 a.m.

Uganda's David Bahati tells author Jeff Sharlet that he would "kill every last gay person"

This is disgusting. Where do you even begin. ( LezGetReal ): Jeff Sharlet, author of The Family and C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy, went to Uganda and spoke to the author of the much discussed Anti-Homosexuality Bill, David Bahati. Sharlet has written an article about his visit for Harper's Magazine (you'll have to be a subscriber or find a hard copy to read it)...
Pam's House Blend - Wed 10:49 a.m.

Earl Central

Ominous signs coming from Hurricane Earl today, including new worries that its trajectory may be shifting to the west. Ocracoke evacuation ordered . NC Department of Transportation Travel Information National Hurricane Center (scroll down for maps) WRAL Weather Indian Beach webcam ...
BlueNC - Wed 10:28 a.m.

8PM ET: PHB Liveblog with leaders of the LGBT 'military underground' org Outserve

UPDATE: Bumped up for the liveblog. Tonight is the liveblog with the leaders of Outserve , the "underground network of LGBT actively serving military members." We are active duty and veteran gay, lesbian, and bisexual soldiers, sailors, Marines, airmen, and members of the Coast Guard who are currently serving and who have served - some in silence, some with the open support of our comrades - i...
Pam's House Blend - Wed 9:45 a.m.

SC Pride banners meets resistance through false claims, distortions

crossposted on Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters In a move which should surprise no one, the Palmetto Family Council released a press release criticizing the city of Columbia about the rainbow flags hanging on downtown lamp posts. The banners  are to commemorate the SC Pride festival happening Saturday as well as to bring visibility to SC's lgbt community. The Palmetto Famil...
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Jobs may be out there, but they’re not really paying

For the thousands who have been handed pink slips in this recession, landing new jobs are supposed to offer relief and a way back to financial stability. But that may not necessarily be the case. The New York Times offered this sobering take today on the changing job market, reporting that many of the available [...]...
The Progressive Pulse - Wed 9:03 a.m.

FHFA continues its attack on PACE program

Now you have to pay off Solar panels before selling your house: On Tuesday, Fannie and Freddie issued guidance to lenders stating that borrowers with sufficient equity in their homes must pay off the loans before refinancing. Those homeowners without enough equity to take cash out of their home to pay off the lien can refinance with the loan in place. “It’s absolutely clear now that the F....
BlueNC - Wed 9:03 a.m.

Senator Burr: Blameless in denial

BlueNC - Wed 8:29 a.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

CEOs who lay off the most workers make the most money

You might say “this is altogether unsurprising,” and you’d be right. My favorite bit of cognitive dissonance these days comes from people who believe CEOs have to get multi-million dollar “golden parachutes” built into their contracts, or else companies won’t be able to attract the most talented people — but state workers shouldn’t get decent pension...
The Progressive Pulse - Wed 7:08 a.m.

What's the most important thing Richard Burr has done in 16 years?

BlueNC - Wed 6:20 a.m. - 7 clicks 7 clicks

Top of the morning

The Progressive Pulse - Wed 5:00 a.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

I didn't watch the President's address tonight, but you can read it here

I had a long hard day at work (you know, the one that keeps a roof over my head) with the prospect of more tomorrow, so I wanted forget about politics this evening, or think about the approaching hurricane, and just went out to dinner with my wife. Now I'm in my jammies and feeling beat. Will give the dogs a snack and hit the sack since I have to get on the hamster wheel again in the AM. But you...
Pam's House Blend - Tue 6:26 p.m.

After dark

BlueNC - Tue 4:21 p.m.

"We'll bring North Carolina government to its knees."

The extreme right wing of the NCGOP kicked into high gear this week with a full-frontal assault on responsible government, stirring Birthers , Dunkers and Wakers alike to rise to revolt. They've set aside internal squabbles about their not-gay Chairman, and come together with a war chest funded by Pope, Luddy and Eshelman. They call it 100 Days to Change North Carolina . The change they wan...
BlueNC - Tue 3:28 p.m. - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Petition: Republican millionaires should have no voice in the future of Wake schools

Good afternoon. Please take a second to consider signing my petition which will deliver a message to the five Republican members of Wake County's Board of Education. The link will be at the bottom. Thanks! ...
BlueNC - Tue 2:49 p.m.

NC AFL-CIO: Invest in workers this Labor Day

The Progressive Pulse - Tue 1:45 p.m. - 8 clicks 8 clicks

Why not publicly report hospital costs and insurance company payments?

The Progressive Pulse - Tue 12:48 p.m. - 8 clicks 8 clicks

Former McCain campaign chief: marriage equality is becoming a conservative cause

This quote could put Joseph Farah into a padded cell: "I think there is a growing mass of people in Republican politics who are fundamentally sick and tired about being lectured to about morality and how to live your life by a bunch of people who have been married three or four times and are more likely to be seen outside a brothel on a Thursday night than being at home with their kids... There ...
Pam's House Blend - Tue 12:48 p.m. - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Where is home, Senator Burr?

Does your claim "Home nearly every weekend" include this home in DC? About 450 New Jersey Av SE County/Region: Washington county DC / D.C. Southeast Year built: 1890 | Builder: N/A Square footage: 940 sq. ft. (land) | 1,156 sq. ft. (living) Beds: 3.0 | Baths: 2.5 | Stories: 2 Census tract: 65/Folger Park Property taxes: $5,913.96 (2008) You can see the street view of his house (t...
BlueNC - Tue 12:48 p.m.

Justice Center report: Extension of TANF Emergency Fund critical

The Progressive Pulse - Tue 12:02 p.m. - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Daily Kos diary: 'Who Are The LGBT Community?' I ask: how do we address leadership?

There is a must-read diary over at DKos by GLBT and Friends that covers some ground that we discuss here in the coffeehouse fairly often - can we define a single view of what the LGBT community is ? And even if we can't all agree on what "the community" is, who is currently effectively representing it? The logical and thorny extension of the latter is who is now qualified to represent the...
Pam's House Blend - Tue 10:05 a.m.

Earl

BlueNC - Tue 9:42 a.m.

Open thread: From birthers to dunkers

BlueNC - Tue 9:42 a.m.

States suing to overturn health law also taking subsidies under same health law they hate so much

The Progressive Pulse - Tue 8:41 a.m.

Elaine and friends

BlueNC - Tue 8:41 a.m. - 8 clicks 8 clicks

In case you missed it ...

The Progressive Pulse - Tue 7:28 a.m.

SC Pride hangs rainbow banners in Columbia to increase lgbt visibility

crossposted on Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters   The upcoming SC Pride festival is what everyone is talking about in Columbia and a key move by the organization coordinating the festival is a good reason why: Displaying a multitude of colors, the rainbow flag is now hanging from lamp posts on Main and Gervais Streets. The brightly colored banner is a sign of diversity ...
Pam's House Blend - Tue 5:40 a.m.

Top of the morning

The Progressive Pulse - Tue 5:24 a.m.

AFA Highlights/Recycles FOTF Campaign Against Perceived Gay Public School Agenda

Oh, the hard-hitting, up-to-the-minute journalism of OneNewsNow , the "news" outlet for the American Family Association 's (AFA's) "Reporter" Bill Bumpas. In the OneNewsNow piece of Bumpas's (and no, I'm not trying to be funny -- I'm not making up the last name for this OneNewsNow "reporter") , entitled Combating Homosexual Promotion In Schools , Candy Cushman {of Focus On The Family's (F...
Pam's House Blend - Tue 5:24 a.m.

WRAL-TV highlights Gloria Williams' fight against insurance giant

BlueNC - Tue 5:24 a.m.

Tough Tuesday

BlueNC - Tue 4:43 a.m. - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Today's Joe Farah Cry for Help: Homocon represents GOP 'appeasement of the open celebration of sin'

  Am I the only one willing to stand up for marriage as an institution of one man and one woman? Am I the only one willing to stand up for a U.S. military unencumbered by perverse social experiments? Am I the only one willing to stand up for liberty as a gift of God? -- WorldNetDaily's Joseph Farah, continuing his public psychological meltdown in today's column, " The homo con continu...
Pam's House Blend - Tue 4:05 a.m.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry's gay-baiting: next up - his state has steers, no queers

Gov. Perry was speaking at a barbecue in Temple, Texas , and he asked those in the crowd to make a decision. " Would you rather live in a state like this, or in a state where a man can marry a man ?" -- From Michael Jones's piece at Change.org . Is this what it's come down to? The hypocrisy fest is plumb out of control today. No word on whether he took an empty beer can and crushed it o...
Pam's House Blend - Mon 3:09 p.m.

Marshall calls Burr's ad a fairy tale. She's right.

BlueNC - Mon 3:09 p.m. - 7 clicks 7 clicks

DREAM Now Letters to Barack Obama: Lizbeth Mateo

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Winger Sen. Tom Coburn on Gingrich: 'he doesn't know anything about commitment to marriage'

This is hysterical - Newt's going to have a hard slog ahead if he plans to run for President - his own party faithful are going to talk about his inability to understand the "Sanctity of Marriage." Via Think Progress : U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn called out Democrats, Republicans, Newt Gingrich, the military-industrial complex, teachers unions and Medicare - to name a few - at a town hall meeting F...
Pam's House Blend - Mon 1:20 p.m.

Real jobs ... or snow jobs?

BlueNC - Mon 1:20 p.m. - 8 clicks 8 clicks

Republicans get the headline they wanted

The Progressive Pulse - Mon 11:44 a.m.

Watauga voters next to decide tax issue

The Progressive Pulse - Mon 11:04 a.m.

A good start on admitting their screw-ups

The Progressive Pulse - Mon 10:29 a.m. - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Cautionary tale of contracted waste management

BlueNC - Mon 10:29 a.m.

Monday Books

The Progressive Pulse - Mon 9:49 a.m. - 8 clicks 8 clicks

AFA's Bryan Fischer on Beck: he sides with 'people who want to use the anus for sex'

Pam's House Blend - Mon 9:49 a.m.

Striking a nerve

BlueNC - Mon 9:49 a.m. - 6 clicks 6 clicks

WND's Farah obsesses over GOProud's 'infiltration and subversion of the conservative movement'

Pam's House Blend - Mon 9:02 a.m.

Crist reawakens ghost of anti-gay Federal Marriage Amendment

IntersateQ.com - Mon 9:02 a.m.

More Jobs Needed

The Progressive Pulse - Mon 7:45 a.m.

Dan Neil on the Nissan Leaf

The Progressive Pulse - Mon 7:28 a.m.

Video: Marriage Equality and Drinking Fountains

Pam's House Blend - Mon 7:28 a.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Guest column by NBJC's Sharon Lettman: 'Department of Defense, I am Waiting to Receive My Survey'

Pam's House Blend - Mon 7:28 a.m.

Real Jobs?

BlueNC - Mon 7:28 a.m. - 9 clicks 9 clicks

Something fishy

BlueNC - Mon 6:02 a.m.

High and dry

BlueNC - Mon 6:02 a.m.

Top of the morning

The Progressive Pulse - Mon 5:04 a.m. - 9 clicks 9 clicks

August 28

The Call - Sun 11:25 p.m.

OutServe creates announces creation of regional and base chapters; join Blend liveblog on Wed

Pam's House Blend - Sun 10:09 p.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Crist uses CNN appearance to reiterate support for fed marriage amendment; walks it back later

Pam's House Blend - Sun 3:49 p.m.

Sunday thinking

BlueNC - Sun 2:01 p.m.

"The Better Person" Standard For Marginalized Peoples

Pam's House Blend - Sun 1:42 p.m.

Big-money right-wing roundup

BlueNC - Sun 12:44 p.m.

Ken Mehlman, Do Something Useful: Speak Truth to Power.

Pam's House Blend - Sun 12:29 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Richard Burr significance testing: Two days left

BlueNC - Sun 11:25 a.m. - 10 clicks 10 clicks

The unsustainable aspects of growth

BlueNC - Sun 9:25 a.m.

Can't help laughing at the GEICO piggy in the carpool

Pam's House Blend - Sun 9:06 a.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

The politically informed attendees at Glenn Beck's rally

Pam's House Blend - Sat 10:41 p.m.

Law Enforcement Officer Who Beat A Transgender Detainee Gets Two Years

Pam's House Blend - Sat 5:02 p.m.

Accusations of impropriety, mismanagement and cronyism within my county party make me:

BlueNC - Sat 3:41 p.m.

Virginia 'Crazy' Foxx: There's an app for that

IntersateQ.com - Sat 12:41 p.m. - 28 clicks 28 clicks

Abe's Not Havin' Any of It!

The Progressive Pulse - Sat 12:27 p.m.

Triad domestic violence programs face severe cut

BlueNC - Sat 10:04 a.m. - 10 clicks 10 clicks

A BlueNC post from one year ago today: Virginia Foxx at AFP rally

BlueNC - Sat 8:45 a.m. - 8 clicks 8 clicks

Alveda's scheme? Reap off of MLK's dream

Pam's House Blend - Sat 8:28 a.m.

Business as usual for the Show

BlueNC - Sat 8:28 a.m.

A BlueNC post from one ago today: Virginia Foxx at AFP rally

BlueNC - Sat 8:28 a.m. - 13 clicks 13 clicks

Media Matters: Beck's views vs Dr. King's; follow the rally w/Rude Pundit

Pam's House Blend - Sat 8:04 a.m.

Guest column by Kate Kendell: Choosing Children - progress made in LGBT family law

Pam's House Blend - Sat 7:02 a.m. - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Who is General Mills trying to fool - Lucky Charms is dessert

Pam's House Blend - Fri 9:26 p.m.

AFP breaks the law, business as usual for the Show?

BlueNC - Fri 7:01 p.m.

AFP breaks the law, business as usual for the Show

BlueNC - Fri 4:08 p.m.

The Fehrenbachs: DADT has brought loss and heartache to our family

Pam's House Blend - Fri 3:24 p.m.

McLenaghan: Tough, taxing decisions await Congress

The Progressive Pulse - Fri 3:06 p.m. - 11 clicks 11 clicks

What a voice

BlueNC - Fri 1:21 p.m.

One Step Forward And One Step Backward On State Identification Cards For Trans People

Pam's House Blend - Fri 12:02 p.m.

iokiyar

BlueNC - Fri 12:02 p.m. - 12 clicks 12 clicks

SPECIAL REPORT: Washington has yet to address key failures exposed by Katrina

BlueNC - Fri 12:02 p.m.

NC Supreme Court: Life means life, regardless of good behavior

The Progressive Pulse - Fri 11:00 a.m.

UNC Prof. defends Dr. Laura

The Progressive Pulse - Fri 9:26 a.m. - 9 clicks 9 clicks

TGIF Lunch Links

The Progressive Pulse - Fri 9:26 a.m. - 9 clicks 9 clicks

What is 'holding this President accountable' - and who determines what that means?

Pam's House Blend - Fri 9:26 a.m.

Belk stung by judge's decision

BlueNC - Fri 8:45 a.m.

Mike Signorile, LCR's Clarke Cooper talk Mehlman on John King USA

Pam's House Blend - Fri 8:03 a.m.

Marshall says Simpson should go

Breaking: Democrat acts like Democrat. Charlotte, NC – In a speech Thursday marking the 90th anniversary of women being granted the right to vote, U.S. [...]...
Exile on Jones Street - Fri 8:02 a.m. - 11 clicks 11 clicks

Number of dangerous coal ash sites grows

BlueNC - Fri 8:02 a.m. - 10 clicks 10 clicks

Scary math on your neighborhood stroll

The Progressive Pulse - Fri 7:22 a.m. - 13 clicks 13 clicks

More fed foot-dragging: Obama AG Holder sits on proposals to reduce sexual abuse and rape in prison

Pam's House Blend - Fri 7:22 a.m.

Dr. Bill Roper: NC's most powerful person in health care

The Progressive Pulse - Fri 6:21 a.m. - 10 clicks 10 clicks

Weekend wound up

BlueNC - Fri 6:21 a.m.

SBI mess: Death knell for the death penalty?

The Progressive Pulse - Fri 5:44 a.m. - 9 clicks 9 clicks

Q Of The Day: Has LGBTQ Community Overcome Our Four Burdens Bayard Rustin Identified?

Pam's House Blend - Fri 5:44 a.m.

Alveda King's attempted claiming of the MLK legacy is sad

Pam's House Blend - Fri 4:41 a.m.

CA: a letter to the editor shows why gay Republicans must draw the line on supporting anti-gay pols

Pam's House Blend - Fri 4:29 a.m.

Pathetic Family Research Council DADT ad goes after 'HARRY REID and HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVISTS'

Pam's House Blend - Thu 7:49 p.m. - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Surprise! Fair and Balanced...NOT: Fox News Channel - runs ZERO segments on Mehlman

Pam's House Blend - Thu 7:20 p.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Ralph Reed's fundnut 9/11 Faith and Freedom conference: a gathering of the tired Right

Pam's House Blend - Thu 2:45 p.m.

Women's Equality Day

BlueNC - Thu 2:44 p.m.

Which Will Be The Texas Same-Sex Marriage? Nikki Araguz's Or Sabrina Hill's Marriage?

Pam's House Blend - Thu 1:09 p.m.

The right's willful ignorance

The Progressive Pulse - Thu 12:47 p.m.

Question time with Marc Ambinder of The Atlantic on Mehlman

Pam's House Blend - Thu 12:47 p.m.

New Health Law: Most people will maintain their employer coverage

The Progressive Pulse - Thu 12:05 p.m.

AFP and Glenn Beck join forces

The Progressive Pulse - Thu 11:44 a.m.

N&O desperate for an issue

BlueNC - Thu 10:47 a.m. - 8 clicks 8 clicks

Lunch Links

The Progressive Pulse - Thu 10:27 a.m. - 8 clicks 8 clicks

Failure to Plan

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 26

The Advocate interviews Ken Mehlman; what is the political path forward?

Pam's House Blend - Aug 26

Another (big) reason to defeat Burr in November

BlueNC - Aug 26

Trying One's Hardest Not To Be A Dckhead, But Being A Dckhead Anyway

Pam's House Blend - Aug 26

Bush's Tax Cuts For the Rich: Destroying Our Revenue Base, Harming Our Economy

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 26

Top of the Morning

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 26

NOM's Brian Brown: 'Mehlman abdicating core Republican beliefs' - and more on the self-outing

Pam's House Blend - Aug 25

Keith Olbermann covers NYC cab driver stabbed for being a Muslim

Pam's House Blend - Aug 25 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Extra...Extra...Bush Campaign Chief and Former RNC Chair Ken Mehlman: "I'm gay"

Pam's House Blend - Aug 25

Wednesday This & That: Open Thread

Pam's House Blend - Aug 25 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

DFA hearts Debra McHenry

BlueNC - Aug 25 - 8 clicks 8 clicks

BONUS: What's on Tap Wednesday for Drinking Liberally Raleigh

BlueNC - Aug 25 - 7 clicks 7 clicks

ME Teabagger Gubernatorial Candidate Opens Mouth- and Spews Myths of Buffaloes and Black Flies

Pam's House Blend - Aug 25

Somebody forgot their talking points

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 25 - 8 clicks 8 clicks

With Dix closure, new worries of chaos for patients (video)

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 25 - 10 clicks 10 clicks

Coming soon to Afghanistan

BlueNC - Aug 25

Local business leader speaks out in support of universal child care

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 25 - 8 clicks 8 clicks

Lunch Links

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 25 - 9 clicks 9 clicks

New Report: Closing Tax Loopholes Saves Jobs

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 25

Perdue makes far right ideologue a UNCW trustee

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 25 - 7 clicks 7 clicks

NC counties short-sighted on stimulus

BlueNC - Aug 25 - 9 clicks 9 clicks

DADT deployment goodbyes:'I worry about how close to the pier I could be without raising suspicion'

Pam's House Blend - Aug 25

Update: Navy Chief accused of gay-baiting hazing likely to retire at full pay

Pam's House Blend - Aug 25

Top of the morning

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 25

Black males aren't graduating like they should? Blame the gays

Pam's House Blend - Aug 25 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Game over, man: anti-gay forces know the marriage war is over as conservatives toss them overboard

Pam's House Blend - Aug 25

Florida pastor arranges for armed militia to protect church during Quran-burning event

Pam's House Blend - Aug 24

DREAM Now Letters to Barack Obama: Carlos A Roa, Jr.

Pam's House Blend - Aug 24 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Catholics for Equality: Laudable, Laughable, or Simply Oxymoronic?

Pam's House Blend - Aug 24 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

After dark

BlueNC - Aug 24

Shorter MSNBC: Maine Refounders/ Tea Party= Racists

Pam's House Blend - Aug 24

Texas school rejects 4-year-old over lesbian parents

Pam's House Blend - Aug 24

Where in the world is Maine's Tea Party Gubernatorial Candidate, Paul LePage?

Pam's House Blend - Aug 24

Marine Corps Commandant Conway is still worried about his men rooming w/openly gay service members

Pam's House Blend - Aug 24

Americans for the Prosperous use Ronald Reagan to mock March on Washington

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 24 - 7 clicks 7 clicks

As county leaders gather, new worrries about "the 800 lb. gorilla" (video)

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 24 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

'Ebonics' is back & the DEA needs nine linguists fluent in it

Pam's House Blend - Aug 24

Mike Signorile interviews WND's Farah - on Coulter's 'betrayal': 'My Eyes Have Been Opened'

Pam's House Blend - Aug 24 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Come out and support Elaine next Monday in Chapel Hill

BlueNC - Aug 24 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Richard Burr: Still a bigot, still a jerk

BlueNC - Aug 24 - 7 clicks 7 clicks

New report recommends reforming tax deductions

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 24 - 7 clicks 7 clicks

NC wins $400 million in Race to the Top

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 24

TNR editor: Obama's marriage equality position is a disgrace

Pam's House Blend - Aug 24

Baltimore ABC2's crime report reveals beyond-offensive trans bias and ignorance

Pam's House Blend - Aug 24

NC to receive $400 million for education

BlueNC - Aug 24 - 7 clicks 7 clicks

Biesecker, NC State Board of Elections & so called vote vendor / ballot printer monopoly

BlueNC - Aug 24

SBI revelations bring focus to Death Row

BlueNC - Aug 24 - 8 clicks 8 clicks

'As parents, Don't Ask, Don't Tell offends us deeply'

Pam's House Blend - Aug 24

Top of the Morning

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 24

National Youth Advocacy Coalition on its new report 'Coming Out About Smoking'

Pam's House Blend - Aug 24

A new day?

OrangePolitics - Aug 24 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

A new day?

The Orange County Board of Commissioners will place a 1/4 cent sales tax on the ballot this November. Revenues generated from the tax, which is expected to raise $2.3M annually, will be allocated for economic development (42.5%), repairing older school buildings (42.5%), public safety (15%). The tax will not be applied to food or pharmaceuticals. Of the $977,500 expected to be raised for economi...
OrangePolitics - Aug 23 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

The Peter soils himself over another conservative defection on marriage equality

Pam's House Blend - Aug 23 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Monday This & That: Open Thread

Pam's House Blend - Aug 23

California's Civil Marriage Religious Freedom Act (SB 906) A Step Away From Governor's Desk

Pam's House Blend - Aug 23

After dark

BlueNC - Aug 23

Meet me in ... Charlotte for 2012: The Democratic National Committee 2010 summer meeting in St. Loui...

BlueNC - Aug 23 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Will Glaxo do anything to keep Avandia on the market?

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 23

Muslims, Christians and Jews share a very human commonality

Pam's House Blend - Aug 23

Fixing the new health law v. dismantling it

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 23

Lunch links

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 23 - 8 clicks 8 clicks

Privatization and divestment of government assets

BlueNC - Aug 23 - 7 clicks 7 clicks

Virginia might need a News & Observer

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 23 - 8 clicks 8 clicks

Coulter on fundie Take Back America confab: 'They're a bunch of fake Christians'

Pam's House Blend - Aug 23 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

"I would have been the last to know had my partner been killed"

Pam's House Blend - Aug 23

Nuke plants in hot water

BlueNC - Aug 23

New reporter, Travis Fain, follows bread crumbs to Puppetshow

BlueNC - Aug 23 - 8 clicks 8 clicks

Guest Post From TYFA's Kim Pearson: Pennies From Heaven

Pam's House Blend - Aug 23

Top of the morning

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 23

The (Roman Catholic) Empire Stikes Back

Pam's House Blend - Aug 22

What are you reading?

BlueNC - Aug 22

UNC's anti-abortion controversy

BlueNC - Aug 22 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

We need a Martin Luther

BlueNC - Aug 22

Gubernatorial Candidate Meg Whitman Says California Should Defend Prop 8

Pam's House Blend - Aug 21

Second 'I don't want to counsel gays' lawsuit struck down by the courts

Pam's House Blend - Aug 21

Relic Pat Boone commentary: 'The mosque at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue'

Pam's House Blend - Aug 21

DADT: Spouse Survey Revealed

Pam's House Blend - Aug 21

Xe (Blackwater) still eligible for government contracts

BlueNC - Aug 21

Burr hopes Sinophobia will boost his campaign

BlueNC - Aug 21

GetEqual: It's The ENDA Summer

Pam's House Blend - Aug 21

Catholic Values: Same-Sex Love Worse than Brutal Murders

Pam's House Blend - Aug 21

Add AFA's Bryan Fischer to list of homobigots in meltdown over conservatives ditching them

Pam's House Blend - Aug 21

The deviance of 'gay marriage' to the max: cleaning out the pantry and fridge on a Friday night

Pam's House Blend - Aug 20

My Lunch With Senator Gillibrand

Pam's House Blend - Aug 20

This is why heterosexuals must demand passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act

Pam's House Blend - Aug 20

Focus On The Family/CitizenLink Sees "Sneaky" Gay Agenda In The Public Schools

Pam's House Blend - Aug 20

Open Letter to Brian and Maggie: What About the Real Lives of LGBTs?

Pam's House Blend - Aug 20

Dornan: Teacher retention, better funding are challenges for new neighborhood schools

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 20 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Target Still Targeted For Its Political Donation

Pam's House Blend - Aug 20

Why bother pretending?

BlueNC - Aug 20

Duke Energy backs out of wind project

BlueNC - Aug 20 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Beitler says New York mosque issue being used for political expediency

BlueNC - Aug 20 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

TGIF Lunch Links

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 20 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Friday This & That: Open Thread

Pam's House Blend - Aug 20

WorldNetDaily's Farah in complete meltdown as high-profile conservatives 'embrace the homos'

Pam's House Blend - Aug 20

'Porn' at the Greensboro library?

IntersateQ.com - Aug 20 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Transgressive: This Isn't About Grapes And Lettuce, But About People

Pam's House Blend - Aug 20

Some job growth, but also more losses

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 20 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Closing Graduation Gaps in Higher Education

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 20

Weekend wound up

BlueNC - Aug 20 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Top of the morning

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 20

The "Witt Standard" and Pending DADT Cases

Pam's House Blend - Aug 19

Former baseball star Roger Clemens indicted for perjury

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 19 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Blue Cross seeks to raise rates in 2011

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 19

John McCain's constituents are about to receive an e-blast from the DNC & OFA on his DADT record

Pam's House Blend - Aug 19

Activists Arrested in San Diego Prop 8 Sit-in

Pam's House Blend - Aug 19

My Fox Houston Asks Website Users Whether Trans People Should Be Allowed To Marry

Pam's House Blend - Aug 19

Sarah Palin endorses Dr. Laura and Renee Ellmers

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 19

Servicemembers United Web Ad Series, Part Two: Damaging Secrets

Pam's House Blend - Aug 19

NC-Sen: League of Conservation Voters back Elaine Marshall

BlueNC - Aug 19 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

What will be said about the state of the community at this year's HRC National Dinner?

Pam's House Blend - Aug 19

Uganda's First Lady to country's youth: 'In God's word, homosexuality attracts a curse'

Pam's House Blend - Aug 19

Round-up: DNC 2012, Charlotte & the LGBT community

IntersateQ.com - Aug 19 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Kay gets Townhalled in Kernersville

BlueNC - Aug 19

Help for Pakistan

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 19

Amended Judgment Entered in GLAD DOMA Challenge

Pam's House Blend - Aug 19

P. R. Latta: Profile from Examiner.com

BlueNC - Aug 19

New report: extending middle class tax cuts would have huge impact on NC's families

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 19 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Top of the morning

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 19

Lesbian appointee caught in crossfire between Peter LaBarbera and Glenn Beck

Pam's House Blend - Aug 19

'What your opposition to gay marriage really means'

Pam's House Blend - Aug 18

Truth Wins Out: Catholic Bishops Claim to 'Refute' Legitimacy of U.S. Court System

Pam's House Blend - Aug 18 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Mexico City mayor sues Guadalajara bishop over anti-marriage equality remarks

Pam's House Blend - Aug 18

Great Schools in Wake group denounces unfounded attack on public schools

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 18 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

UNC School of Government weighs in on Mosque-gate

BlueNC - Aug 18 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Watch Margiotta's flip flop on high-poverty schools

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 18

Constitutional Tyranny

Pam's House Blend - Aug 18

New report shows faulty forensic evidence in cases of three NC executed

BlueNC - Aug 18 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Pentagon to send out DADT survey to spouses of service members this weekend

Pam's House Blend - Aug 18

What The White House Whine Says About The LGBT Blogosphere

Pam's House Blend - Aug 18

Racist Glenn Beck organizes insult to Dr. King's memory

Pam's House Blend - Aug 18

Seven Most Medicated States: All Southern

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 18

Sinsheimer: AG, SBI face "a really big problem" (video)

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 18 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Housing attorney extraordinaire discusses foreclosure crisis in North Carolina

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 18 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Wake schools: not that simple

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 18 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Erik Prince flees to Abu Dhabi

BlueNC - Aug 18

NOM: The Company You Keep

Pam's House Blend - Aug 18

Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin: Fraud Fighter and Capeless Crusader

BlueNC - Aug 18 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Lunch Links

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 18 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

You're nobody until Tom Fetzer has called for your resignation

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 18

Ballantine files Chapter 7

BlueNC - Aug 18 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Happy Birthday, 19th Amendment!

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 18

Social Security: Doing Well, Doing Good

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 18

Socarides: The sooner Obama changes his answer on marriage, the better off he will be

Pam's House Blend - Aug 18 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Drawing Small Circles Of Normal

Pam's House Blend - Aug 18

Obama, Katrina and human rights

BlueNC - Aug 18

'Satan is behind gay marriage' - gotta love those lovely NOM supporters

Pam's House Blend - Aug 18

Top of the morning

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 18

Rachel Maddow to receive Cronkite Faith & Freedom Award

Pam's House Blend - Aug 17 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

'Dr. Laura' decides to quit radio after brain-dead N-word rant

Pam's House Blend - Aug 17 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

I Vote FAIL For The Christian Right

Pam's House Blend - Aug 17

After dark

BlueNC - Aug 17

Competition

BlueNC - Aug 17

What’s going on at UNC-TV?

Yes! Weekly is reporting that Eszter Vajda has been fired. No reason given, according to the report. LL has been on this story plenty and [...]...
Exile on Jones Street - Aug 17 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Policy Watch's Fitzsimon on democracy 2.0

BlueNC - Aug 17

Liveblog with former West Point Cadet Katherine Miller

Pam's House Blend - Aug 17

The National Republican Senatorial Committee is a bit out of touch

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 17 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Real Jobs or snow jobs?

BlueNC - Aug 17

Bigot Pat Buchanan: 'judicial tyranny' on Prop 8 a 'perversion' of the Constitution

Pam's House Blend - Aug 17

Pam Silberman, NC Institute of Medicine CEO, on health reform misconceptions

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 17

Coleman: Indifference and legal shortcuts must end

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 17 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Extra, extra: the White House is frustrated by 'gay bloggers'

Pam's House Blend - Aug 17

Preserve N.C. Jobs with a Short-Time Compensation Program

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 17

Deranged: American Family Radio's Bryan Fischer: 'No More Mosques, Period.'

Pam's House Blend - Aug 17

Video rewind: ABC Primetime on how Muslims are treated in the USA

Pam's House Blend - Aug 17

Capitol Resource Institute Urged Phone Calls To Cali Gov & Attorney General To "Do Their Jobs"

Pam's House Blend - Aug 17

A bike and pedestrian artery for our community

OrangePolitics - Aug 17 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

NC Department of Insurance gets $1 million grant for rate review

The Progressive Pulse - Aug 17

UNC-TV's Alcoa saga continues

BlueNC - Aug 17