By all means...

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Hat tip to BlatherWatch.

Brace yourselves...

...I'm back, mostly. Still some tweaking on the new (to me) machine, but this is the first post directly from Upper Left World Headquarters in a bit. A tip of the hat to Dan and his crew at Seattle Laptop, who snagged the essential data from the old ThinkPad and set me up with an upgraded replacement for less than the likely cost of repairs.

Seattle Laptop was one of the first, and has remained one of the most consistent, local sponsors of progressive talk radio on AM 1090, so they belong on your preferred provider list if you're a local lefty in need of a laptop, peripherals or repairs. Take it from a satisfied customer.

If you're just in need of inspiration, check out Dan's blog, Republicans Are A Disease.

Meanwhile, a tweak or two and I'll be ready to catch up around here. Thanks for hanging in there.

From the "We have met the enemy…" file.

A modest proposeal from Digby...

Every editor in the country should assign all of his reporters and spokesmodels to listen to Limbaugh, beck, savage and the rest for a solid week. Then they might not be so surprised to find out that the people who listen to them are paranoid, racist, hysterical, narcissistic and stupid. And there are a lot of them. And they aren't wearing headbands or tie-dyed t-shirts. They look just like David Broder and Cokie Roberts.

In the tradition...

...of Tokyo Rose, Lord Haw Haw and Hanoi Hannah...



Hat tip to Gordon.

From the "Since you asked" file.

Michael Hood at Blatherwatch, on the talk radio mystery du jour...

The question is: when this is finally settled, will there anyone left who still cares what Randi Rhodes does or where she does it?

Since you asked, no.

Well, maybe her creditors.

Yep.

Rachel Maddow...

[Liberals] need to be more than critical. We need to be also proud and enthused by the potential of this country. I feel like Bush has made me more patriotic.

Hat tip to Blatherwatch, where there's more from the marvelous Ms. Maddow.