[Signal boosts are awesome! --L.]
- Nonsexy, but still fun, Halloween costumes
- [ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES - Suzie]
Before Halloween last year, I decried the pressure on women to dress as a sexy something. (10/30/09) The women at the fabulous new site, Take Back Halloween!, feel the same way, and unlike me, they actually did something about it… [link]
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- Illinois Candidate’s Name Misspelled As ‘Rich Whitey’ On Electronic-Voting Machines | TPMDC
- The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the name of Green Party gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney is misspelled "Rich Whitey" on electronic-voting machines in 23 wards — "about half in predominantly African-American areas." The error only occurs on screens voters would see when they are reviewing their choices (Whitney's name appears correctly on the initial screens), but officials say the error cannot be corrected before election day.
- In Arizona, GOP Says Grijalva’s ‘Made His Mustache An Issue’ | TPMDC
- Progressive firebrand Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) is taking hits from Republicans for his choice of facial hair. The state GOP is running a mailer on behalf of Grijalva's opponent, Ruth McClung, that parodies Grijalva's trademark facial hair and, perhaps, raises a few eyebrows regarding what it might imply about Grijalva's ethnic background.
McClung's campaign says any concern about the mailer is much ado about nothing.
"It's certainly not about the fact that he's Hispanic," McClung spokesperson Sam Stone told me yesterday. "His campaign signs feature that exact same mustache."
[Except not so much. See pictures. -L]
- TPM Fact Check: New Conservative Anti-Spending Flick Plays Real Loose With Facts | TPMDC
- When "I Want Your Money" hits theaters today, it will likely be hailed by Republicans eyeing Congressional control as exposing the Obama administration for being fiscally reckless. Already, the creator Ray Griggs has made the rounds on Fox News, which heaped praise on the filmmaker for including Fox contributors in the documentary.
But there's one big problem — a bunch of the facts don't add up. The most egregious omission is failing to mention that Ronald Reagan, who is depicted as a fiscal hero in the film, raised taxes.
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.]
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