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

Damn you, Geraldo!

Ep 189 The Professional Left Podcast

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Lewis Black on Texas

Wonkette:  OMG, Obama will make Rachel Maddow Supreme Court Justice per Fox

Jeremy Scahill on Colbert (at around the 15:45 mark)

Worst columns of the week from Brooks, Friedman, Cohen, and Rubin!

Tucker Carlson sends a sixteen-year-old to a White House briefing.

Gawker talks to young Blacks so Mike Barnicle doesn't have to.

Time Magazine:   The Christian Witness of Trayvon's Mother.

Also this:  James Fallows, 2010, on memory holes, at which the above Orwell clip appears.



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Thank you, thank you, for all the kind birthday wishes.

As my darling husband Driftglass says, it's a milestone because we have ten fingers and ten toes.

I'll spend the day knitting and reading (heaven), then out to dinner at "our place."

We're off to a knitting convention in Indianapolis this weekend.   So I have a great week planned.

[Happy Birthday to my mom, who was born today also.  It's always a special time to exchange "same day birthday" wishes.]

Thanks again for all the kind wishes.  I'm so grateful for all my internet and f2f friends.  xoxoxo

Ep 188 The Professional Left Podcast

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DG and BG appear on The Matthew Filipowicz Show (at the 36 minute mark)
Gasland Part 2
Public ignorance runs rampant.
From Science Fiction University, economic writing on science fiction (spoiler, pdf)

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Ep 187 The Professional Left Podcast

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N Carolina War on Women.

Thomas Roberts says GOP men far too worried about "sanctity of sperm."

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Ep 186 The Professional Left Podcast

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Fellow podcaster Matt Filipowicz got robbed on his way back from NN.

Bob and Chez podcast.

Matt Taibbi on advocacy journalism.

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