Ep 212 The Professional Left Podcast

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Wonkette:  Team Santorum in S.C. does an oopsie on their Hanukkah card.

Gawker:  BG's quote of the year - "I need my paycheck."

And then there's this:  No big dogs in Bejing?

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Ep 211 The Professional Left Podcast

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Ep 210 The Professional Left Podcast

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Ep 209 The Professional Left Podcast

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Ep 208 The Professional Left Podcast

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Ep 207 The Professional Left Podcast

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Ep 206 The Professional Left Podcast

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Ep 205 The Professional Left Podcast

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Ep 204 The Professional Left Podcast

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Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband

I'll get to work on the airbrushed Dune / Sand Worm cake later on today.

I love you, Driftglass.

Ep 203 The Professional Left Podcast

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Professional Left Podcast will be late today.

We have parent-teacher conferences today which are biting into our time.  Thanks for bearing with us!

Ep 202 The Professional Left Podcast

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• Bible Bitch:  Romans 15 Paul sees alleviating poverty in Jerusalem as a duty.
• Homeland is the story of Cassandra 
• Books mentioned in Science Fiction University:  Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake  and   The Handmaid's Tale,  Frederick Pohl,  The Space Merchants,  and   Henrik Ibsen, An Enemy of the People.

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Ep 201 The Professional Left Podcast

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• Hero Republican Congressman Yoho says many, many stupid things, one of which we talked about.
• Milton Mayer's Essay: "They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45"
• Tina Brown asks John McSame a question that makes him poop himself.
• Driftglass and the 27% -- then and now

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Bonus Podcast: Breaking Bad Mini-Cast "Felina"

  Walter White obit as it actually appeared  in the Albuquerque Journal earlier this week.  h/t David B.

Ep 200 The Professional Left Podcast

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Our last Breaking Bad mini podcast will be up later this afternoon.

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Bonus Podcast: Breaking Bad "Granite State"

Vanilla Coke, Bitches!

Ep 199 The Professional Left Podcast

Another Breaking Bad podcast will be up later this afternoon.

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Karoli's must-read piece from Crooks and Liars on the consequences of Media "Both Sides"ism.

Lawrence O'Donnell: Beltway media likes political lies.

Motivational Biden (LITERALLY)

And here is the list of Driftglass's favorite science fiction characters, as mentioned in Science Fiction University:

Lazarus Long - (multiple stories) (Heinlein)

Jake Stonebender - (Callahan's series) (Spider Robinson)

Dana Franklin - (Kindred) (Octavia Butler)

Frank Frank - (Man in the High Castle)  (Philip K. Dick)

Case - (Neuromancer) (William Gibson)

Gulliver Foyle (The Stars My Destination) (Alfred Bester)

Cirocco Jones (Titan)  (John Varley)

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Bonus Podcast: #AMCBreakingBad "Ozmandias"

Ep 198 The Professional Left Podcast

Another Breaking Bad podcast will be up later this afternoon.

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Ep 197 The Professional Left Podcast plus BONUS #AMCBreakingBad Minicast

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What Digby Said.


And since last week's was so popular, here's another Breaking Bad podcast.


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Ep 196 The Professional Left Podcast

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Asimov's predictions for 2014 correct back in 1964.

 And there's a bonus episode on Breaking Bad, too.

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Ep 195 The Professional Left Podcast

Question: Too Soon?

Ep 194 The Professional Left Podcast

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Ordinances of Secession for the Southern States

Science Fiction University:  How the internet reacted to the casting of Heath Ledger as the Joker in Batman.

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Ep 193 Professional Left Podcast

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Tengrain at Mock Paper Scissors owns Peggy Noonan.

Colbert Report's wonderful story on a gay mayor bringing LGBT equality to rural Kentucky.

David Brooks debates Laura Ingraham etc. on the GOP "seizing the center."  Yeah.

Both sides don't have Birthers.

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Ep 192 The Professional Left Podcast

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Rick Santorum says liberals make it uncomfortable to shower at the YMCA.

Wonkette:  Mitt Romney worries about income inequities?

Johnny Rotten reviews Katy Perry.

Cenk Uygar interviews Reza Aslan.

Science Fiction University:  Table of contents to Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories.

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Ep 191 The Professional Left Podcast

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Mitch McConnell asks McCain and Schumer “when are you all getting married?”

Whoops McCain’s caregivers lost him again.

In These Times:  The Good versus Perfect debate on Illinois Fracking

Republican Wall Street types interfere with Illinois’ state credit rating.

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Ep 190 The Professional Left Podcast

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Harold Ford, Jr. does a blah blah blah on "bipartisan gridlock" without once blaming Republicans.

Transcript of Obama comments on Trayvon Martin / George Zimmerman verdict.

Fox News leaves Obama economic speech coverage for commercial and "breaking news" on Royal baby name.

Science Fiction University: IO9 commenters recommend SF books for beginners.


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A little somethin' for the cable news graphic serfs - #RoyalBaby