next they'll say she was behind the Atlanta Child Murders

ok, so just so i'm following: first the MSM gave a platform so the right can say Sotomayor is racist. now the MSM are asking if her choice is due to her ethnicity?

man, it's hard out here for a G.

don't worry, fish with three eyes is the new normal.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee environmental officials say toxin levels in fish sampled after a massive coal ash spill in the Emory River are generally safe, though testing is continuing, additional results are pending and conditions could change.

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation's test results are the first to be reported from fish caught after the Dec. 22 spill of 5.4 million cubic yards of coal ash sludge from a storage area at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston Fossil Plant, about 40 miles west of Knoxville.

The TDEC report released Thursday said results from the state's Environmental Protection Agency-certified laboratory are not definitive, but there is "no justification, at present, to modify" limits on consumption of fish caught in the Emory and downstream Clinch River that existed before the spill.

Analysis of bass, catfish and sunfish caught from January through April found the level of metals "below human health protection standards," with the exception of two catfish with slightly elevated mercury.

The report said levels of selenium were well below EPA toxicity standards for protection of fish and other aquatic life.

Earlier this month, independent researchers from Appalachian State and Wake Forest universities said their own sampling found much higher levels of toxins, particularly selenium. They said that fish populations in the Emory were at a "tipping point" for survival and that their ability to reproduce was in jeopardy.

The ash spill from a retention wall breach flooded into the Emory River and a lakeside neighborhood, damaging homes and covering 300 acres. TVA estimates the cleanup, with ash as much as 30 feet deep in the river, could take up to three years and cost $1 billion.
While tests to date show no sign of increased health risks to people and aquatic life, "they are not predictors of the future," the TDEC report said.

What's WRONG with these People??

there's something i cannot quite figure out. i can't seem to get a bead on why some people prefer to jump and flinch at shadows instead of tackling the real monsters under the bed...on on the bed, hiding in the sheets.

can anyone help me figure out why someone would rather talk crackheadedly about a service organization instead of talking about the hate group they're being compared to....TOM TANCREDO!

TANCREDO: If you belong to an organization called La Raza, in this case, which is, from my point of view anyway, nothing more than a Latino — it’s a counterpart — a Latino KKK without the hoods or the nooses. If you belong to something like that in a way that’s going to convince me and a lot of other people that it’s got nothing to do with race. Even though the logo of La Raza is “All for the race. Nothing for the rest.” What does that tell you?

SANCHEZ: Alright. We’re not talking about — we’re not talking about La Raza –

TANCREDO: She’s a member! She’s a member of La Raza!

now, unless tancredo is delusional, he knows very well that what he is saying is false, inflammatory, and potentially dangerous. i mean, perhaps he really thinks that an organization who's purpose is to support civil rights and improve opportunities for Hispanics is the same as a group who's purpose is to eradicate all races that are not white....you know, without the hoods and ropes and murder and all.

?

some bloggers have pointed out that this type of rhetoric from the right is called blowing the dog-whistle. these types of words affect those of us with all of our marbles a certain way. it's a whole over story with some among us who have lost most of our marbles. those a little less marbled get a whole other meaning from the words, ya dig?

here's what would be great. it would be great if the republicans stopped embarrassing themselves by calling this woman "racist" when so many among their own ranks have done and said racist things repeatedly. and it would be great if, since they seem to be so concerned with racism, that they use they outrage for actual hate-groups that are commiting horrible acts of violence and intimidation in this country.

but i imagine that right around the time that happens, a unicorn with rainbow hair and a nose ring will come to my house Saturday morning and play a rousing game of crazy 8s with me.

What's WRONG with these People??

the screenshot that launched a thousand snickers.....this is the best thing to happen since sarcasm happened to that one eyebrow.

"you're scaring me!"

a scene from a relationship in which the woman is transitioning her hair from relaxed to natural...

he (sarcastically): i like that afro you got going on right there.

me: then you're really gonna love it when i cut my hair off and wear a small afro for real.

he: for REAL??

me: for real.

he: .....baby, remember a few years ago when we talked about you getting a weave? why don't you do that? just so, you know....we see what it looks like?

because it still jams.

i was singing this just last week to Trixie and Dixie. I had no idea it was sung by the Pointer Sisters. Man, my childhood had some bomb-ass moments....*sigh*

modeling FAIL

nice effort, but not everyone needs to be modeling scoop neck jumpsuits. especially those of us who have stretch marks on our necks.