We are all socialists now

Not that weren’t already, of course, but poll results like this amuse me, because they often fly in the face of the mainstream media’s consensus.

New progressive coalition to challenge Dems who are more conservative than their districts

It appears the ruffians take this democracy stuff seriously.  I can only imagine how annoyed this is going to make elites:
It is a concept bound — indeed, designed — to ruffle the feathers of powerful figures in Washington, in part because the names behind it are now institutions themselves. With $500,000 currently in the bank, [...]

Describing the modern Republican movement

Digby:
They are now officially a sub-culture and it’s hard to get a majority when you literally speak a different language than most people.
Atrios:
I’ve written before that I think part of the problem that conservatives/Republicans face is that their mythology has become a bit too complex for mere mortals (people who don’t listen to Limbaugh and [...]

Simple Wikipedia

Found because of XKCD, actually.
But cool.

The Pure Awesomeness of the Corvallis Second Floor Librarians

They have a blog, and it is good.
Prompted by this post.

Tom Geoghegan on Public Affairs

Geoghegan doesn’t say anything more than what would have been considered mildly liberal forty years ago, but check out how many Republican talking points the moderator throws at him.  It’s like the moderator isn’t listening to anything Geoghegan says, but just tries to fit Geoghegan’s statements into some sort of preconceived narrative.
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[LCSD] Rumors, Rumors

I heard a rumor this evening: Anyone know anything about Mary Bowman visiting the high school in the last couple of days?  I’ve heard a little, but would love to hear more.
Please leave anything you know in the comments or email me at rhetoricalwasteland@gmail.com (Mary, that includes you, if you’re still interested in contacting [...]

Carrie Brownstein on the changing nature of our relationship to music

She says smart things:
I read the news about Touch and Go today. I was sitting in a restaurant and I checked my phone and gasped; my friend actually asked what was wrong. Something is wrong. We are careening toward a paucity of experience and a paucity of means with which to evaluate music. I mean, [...]

[LCSD] Liveblogging the Board meeting

UPDATE 2:  I hear Mary Bowman wants to get in touch with me.  My email address is rhetoricalwasteland@gmail.com.  I prefer email to the phone.
UPDATE:  The word count on this thing is about 4400 from beginning to end.  Wow.
I intend to liveblog tonight’s board meeting….
6:03 PM – Room at least 50% full.  Board members trickling in.  [...]

Research Bias

Kevin Drum makes a point that made my brain resonate:
Even as a joke this is inane, but in case you want to see what’s really happening this winter, here’s a NASA chart of global temps for January. As you can see, there are only two areas in the entire world that are colder than the [...]

Casual Collective

Home of Dangerous Flash Games.

‘Literacy’ List

Also from Facebook (h/t HEM)…
BBC Book List
Apparently the BBC reckons most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here.
Instructions:
1) Look at the list and put an ‘x’ after those you have read.
2) Add a ‘+’ to the ones you LOVE.
3) Star (*) those you plan on reading.
1 Pride and Prejudice – Jane [...]

[LCSD] A Lebanon Weekend, Part #5

A commenter over at LT’s place asks:
What is the official mission statement of Lebanon School Board? When was it approved? Updated?
I went to the LCSD site and found Board Policy BA – Board Goals (PDF)
The Board is responsible to the people for whose benefit the district has been established. Further, the Board’s current decisions will [...]

Hillary Hahn vs. Beardyman

Wow.
Double wow.
(For some reason, I can’t get the videos to embed.)
via Buzzmachine.

[LCSD] A Lebanon Weekend #4

UPDATE:  Check the bottom.
At the request of LT and a few others, I temporarily broke my ban on reading the DH and checked out Jennifer Moody’s article on Sen. Morse’s proposal regarding K-12 school district board members.  From the DH article:
Morse said he wants the state Board of Education to create a certification process for [...]