Prime Time Thread

Hmm. I don’t know if I even HAVE ten favorite blogs! (I know, I’m an anomaly.) So I’ll just offer the top three:1. XX Factor, on Slate2. this goddamn awesome blog, of course3. urbanMamas

Bob Cesca’s Goddamn Awesome Blogthat Huffington thingieClusterdouche until Elvis left the buildingCousin Avi’s23/6The Onion (not technically a blog, but there)Broadway Carl’s BlogomaniaPaddy and Laffyseems most of mine are linked here so just look to the left, appropriately, and there they are.

I’ll toss this out before I leave work for the evening and head on home:Bob, certainly the GDAB goes first!Huff Po (were I first discovered your awesome blogging)David CornAltercation – Eric AltermanWonkette (I can always use a snarky chuckle)The Daily Banter (Ben Cohen)The Whore Factor: Rolling Stone (Matt Taibbi)Pitchfork (not sure that counts as a blog)Mike Doughty (awesome musician and entertaining blogger)Crooks & Liars

My daily blogs:Sadly, No! (Political snark)The Rude Pundit (Rude political commentary)Instaputz (Wingnut watch)DigbyWTF is it now? (Political snark)Rising Hegemon (Rude political commentary)First Draft (Political commentary)Weekly blogs–updated less oftenWorld-O-Crap (just… fun)Enter the Jabberwock (check out his Jack Chick Tract dissections)Pharyngula (Science and religion)

In no order:Sully’s JointAny of Merlin Mann’s blogs52 Novels (BSP)Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations BlogTurf Show TimesArmy of DudeBanterist (back when he was on the regular)Nate’s JointJohn AugustCharlie Huston’s Pulp NoirHot Chicks With DouchebagsThe Whatever

I wish I had time to read all the blogs.I read:I Eat Gravel (Because it’s mine)Bob Cesca’s Awesome This SiteKanye West’s BlogAnd time-willing,MudflatsShannyn Moore

Wow. Do I have to have 10? Let’s see.Bob Cesca’s GD Awesome Blog! Go!Luminous RealitiesBaha’i ThoughtTa-Nehesi Coates (at The Atlantic)Andrew Sullivan (at the Atlantic)Ross Douthat (at the Atlantic)New favorites Broadway Carl’s Blog-O-ManiaOsbourne Ink (Matt Osbourne’s site)I have to addOpen Left (cuz I’m there a lot, no matter how much I whine about them)Hmmmmm…. I think I like my own blog. The Obama Project @ WindonWater.netThere. That’s 10. (I think)

GDAB is in the top group for sure!Alex Shapiro’s Notes from the Kelp is totally wonderful. Whimsical essays, fantastic music and superb pictures of island sea life!Ursi’s Blog of tropical travel wonders.Blue Gal that I found to the left below.Huffpo is good but overwhelmingly difficult to find the first reply posts.David Ocker’s blog Mixed Meters – suggests life is too short to listen to ugly music.That’s six and all have for now. Please enjoy them!

In no particular order –

Bob Cesca’s Goddamn Awesome Blog! Go!The Rude PunditClusterdouche!Crooks and LiarsThe Huffington PostAnd Doctor Biobrain’s Response Is…Common Dreams.orgHullabaloo (Digbysblog)Daily KosGlenn Greenwald

Hmmm…I dunno if I have ten blog sites. I visit a ton of news sites, but not so many blog sites. The ones I do visit:This here GDAB (of course)Political Carnival (Paddy!)HuffPo (where Bob and I first met *sniff*)Global Voices OnlineAndrew Sullivan at the AtlanticTalking Points MemoThink ProgressThe Ex-Girlfriend Project (although he doesn’t post as often as he used to)PostSecretApparently I have more than I thought.

Best: Your Awesome Blog! I can’t wait to see what’s new here every morning…10? not sure…D.Kos, Huff.Po, 538, the Gist, Digby, Slow Food.

GDAB (of course!)HuffPoGo Fug YourselfHow About OrangeRemabulousSpouting OffNo Impact Man

In no particular order:Bob of courseHot Chicks with Douchebags (comedy)Hedonist Perspective (new, talks about sex, politics other funny stuff)Andrew SullivanTa-Nehisi CoatesField NegroHuffington Post

Rob….I don’t read his blog on a regular basis, but I love Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. As a veggie, it makes me a little ill sometimes, but his brand of snark is too fun to stay away from.MatthewN…good to see you.

GDABAndrew SullivanMotley Moose (new progressive blog, check it out!)HuffPoKosKerr in Co-Mission (I have a friend who’s working for women’s issues in the Phillippines)Desperately Seeking ApathyWonketteFail Blog!

there are only three actual blogs that i visit.these three pretty much get the job done…bob cescas…huffingtonpostnewshounds-like i said,i dont spend a whole lot of time on the interweb thing so im not sure just how popular this blog is.but if you enjoy watching people thoroughly discredit fox news on a segment by segment,word by word basis then this is for you.sort of like if media matters devoted all their time and energy to fnc.

The word “currently” has to apply to the also-rans on this list…GDAB, TPC (Paddy Laffy Clancy Bucky and sometimes Cliff), ……TPM for serious stuff… Sadly,No! for teh A-level snark…Dependable Renegade and Mock Paper Scissors for great photoshopping….D r i f t g l a s s for some incredible snarky vitriol…I think Rude Pundit is gonna have to be on the must read list until or unless I say otherwise…Glenzilla (G. Greenwald) for the erudite legal outrage…mnftiu.cc (the guy who draws Get Your War On cartoons as seen on 23/6, besides being an NC native he is teh funneh…Prolly more than ten but I count all fuckin day so fuck that fitting my preferences for teh humor in a list of ten.When there’s nothing to read, I may hit a top 20. When it’s busy I may only get caught up on 2-3.

HereThe Political Carnival (they’re the equivilent to my neighborhood bar)I eat gravel – alaska’s (I wish you’d expand on the stuff in pea gravel, Elwood. It sounds like there’s a good story behind some of those thoughts!)Carl’sJonathan Turley – written by, you know, Jonathan TurleyMy Left Nutmeg – lefties in CTAreas of My Expertise – John HodgmanHuffPo – because someone has toI don’t post at them all, though.

Thanks for listing me, guys. It means a lot… *sniff*

Rules for tomorrow’s Santa Rampage in Raleigh (starts 8 pm at Moe Joe’s burgers on Glenwood & Peace):1) Santa Suit (mandatory, not just a hat, although feel free to be creative)2) Presents (wonderful things for all the lovely girls and boys)3) Your ID (Yeah, you need to be 21)4) Cash for drinks (Santas move like the wind, tabs will only hold us back)5) Some safe way to get wherever you’re going afterwards (Personally, I recommend against the side of the road)6) Sensible shoes (for walking)7) Bail money (Of course it wouldn’t be for YOU. After all, everyone knows that YOU don’t get like that. So it wouldn’t be YOUR bail money, it would be . . . YOUR BOYFRIEND’S bail money. Exactly.)

Is anyone else thoroughly pissed off over the fact that 533,000 people lost their jobs in November & a lot of the Congress seems ok with letting a few million more join them & Bush has NOTHING on his schedule except interviews on his neverending Fuck You, America Tour on ?!This is scary shit going on, ladies & gents.(sorry, Jane, I’m doing it again…not on purpose, though, I just needed to say it)

GDABCool HuntingFail BlogHot Ghetto MessThe OnionSpace PoliticsLibrarian AvengersHuffPoLife HackerWeb 2.Oh…really?

Well, ceu, according to breaking news with Rachel and Barney Frank, it looks like Congress figured out a way to make a loan to the car industry after all.

I saw that, Carl, but Frank did say the leadership had agreed so there’s no guarantee that the members will go for it. I remember the last time…

Now THIS is a shufflist I will pay attention to …When I have time I often forget the dozens I’ve enjoyed but might not have read for months, even years…Princess Sparkle Pony has great Condolleeeeeezzzza hairstyle photos. Fail Blog is addictive. CHeeseburger/hotdog if you like teh kittehs and teh goggies…Jesus’ General is great deadpan…Jon Swift is a modern “Let them eat children”…Poor Man…Skippy the Bush Kangaroo (he invented the term “blogosphere”)…Carpetbagger, but now Steve Benen has a gig at the Atlantic Monthly (?)…

…This Modern World (the guy who draws that cartoon in your weekly free paper with Sparky the Penguin, it has New Orleans ties…also contributor whats-his-name from Spinal Tap)…Happy Valley News Hour…oh yeah, my brother writes one (the cause and origin of my blog addiction)…and all this season’s additions to the queue, like Carl’s, Gravel’s, and I even like what I saw at –was it Electablog, whose car caught on fire, and his wife did the awesome Obama collage made up of crowd shots, which we should all buy cause it’s only $20?

I will just hold my own open thread in my head now as I seem to like to talk a lot.

GDABHUFFPO23/6TheSuperficial.com (brother’s blog fucking hilarious unless your in love with Britney Spears)the OnionTPM

I’m not listing places I write…Talking Points MemoBoingBoingLifehackerAndrew SullivanWashingtonMonthlyNewTeeVee.comMotionographer.comSusieBright.comPresentationZen.comReverseCowgirlBlog.blogspot.com

$110,000 for Palin for hair & make-up people for the campaign. Two months. How is that possible??

Ceu- it sure doesn’t show, does it? I want the Enquirer to get an exclusive with her makeup person…”What did she ramble on about in the chair?” “Just how much foundation is required to mask a devil face?” etc.

Remember the fuss about the Newsweek (I think) cover that was unretouched? $110,000 and they still needed to retouch the photos? Seriously, it’s time to admit that she’s not 20 anymore & stop throwing $$ at it. Just slap on some lipstick and be done with it.Hi ya, Jeremiah! don’t stay in relurking mode for too long

Stop lurking, people. I think everyone commenting would agree that by god especially on an open thread SAY something…fodder for the masses, if you will. Enlivens the discussion.Besides, how can you know it sounds stupid until someone else tells you????(kidding, noone does that here!)

Thanks, ceu, I’ll try My first post was an html disaster. Sorry everyone.

Let’s see…GDABHuffPoKansas JackassFundie Watch (although kind of neglected at this time)Arrowhead Pride (blog of my favorite NFL team, the KC Chiefs!)NBC Action Weather Blog (nice weather info about NE Kansas, which isn’t too far from where I live)Bay of FundieThat’s all I can think of right now…

Turn Yourself InViolet Blue$pread BlogBakerellaSorry i missed your partyCollege hooker boy

You kids color inside the lines too much….List two! List 30! Elaborate! Bob’s not gonna come and have you arrested…nor BillO and the Fox Security!

Oh yeah, Jenny, I forgot to mention you as one of the interesting blogs I’ve read from reading your comments here (like with Carl and Gravel)! What a fascinating point of view.This is a Goddamn awesome (and varied, strange, incongruent, mostly polite) group of peeps.

Bob of courseHuffpoMudflatsLeft Eye on the MediaMargaret and HelenMore light than heatAndrew SullivanThe American ProspectDaily KosObamas change.gov

College hooker boy? Is that dot com or dot org?

html disaster, Jeremiah? Hmmm…not really a disaster. No where near as bad as a getting-your-facts-wrong disaster. So you’re doing good so far

awww thanks Jane ummm ceu… all i can say is NSFW

I know this will fall into la-la land, but …….. I just heard some broad on CNN say that Obama was being ineffectual!WTF?

Bob CescaHuff PoBartCopTruthoutJonathan TurleyTPMHullabalooCrooks and Liars

Okay Bob,This is a test post in the AM to see if you read the bottom of a prime time the next morning.How about we all go to one of the aforementioned blogs we’ve never heard of or visited and report back what we find.Report on snarkiness, unique content, thought provokiness and general delight over the find.Have a beautiful Saturday peeps.

Jane, how do I get an account on your brain-blog?

cranium – did you used to post over on the court tv discussion boards?

Jenny, out of simple curiosity… is it safe to do what you do? Do you have any kinds of security measures?

Brsides yours,Democratic UndergroundAmericablogCrooks and LiarsThink ProgressTalking Points MemoRaw StoryBuzz FlashThe Huffngton PostFirst DraftNews Hounds

Alaska: i have many security measures and safety is paramount but never guaranteed.