Around the Blogroll and Elsewhere

This week marks the premiere of my new weekly round-up, That was the week that was -- and that we wish wasn't over at The Crone Speaks.

Carrie makes my general, "If I Lose My Job My Career Is Over" work-related anxiety even worse.

Cernig on how a new sheriff in town over in the U.K. means an end to mindless adherence to Bush policies in the Middle East, with senior generals warning a presumably more receptive new prime minister to the facts on the ground in Afghanistan.

Yesterday I had a highly entertaining lunch with Tami and Tata. Wish you were there, but since you weren't, you can visit them over breakfast today. (Gotta love that paranoid chipmunk...except that it's really a prairie dog, but wev.)

Will someone please adopt this kitty?

N=1 on how George Bush's tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans are not trickling down, but are instead being paid for by those at the bottom of the conomic ladder.

Gregg Allman tells the story of shooting himself in the foot to avoid having to go to Vietnam. It's a funny story told 30 years on, but when guys start doing this, you know you've lost the war. Hoffmania tells of one of them.

Because man cannot live by rage alone, ModFab picks the Emmy nominations.

I don't care what CBS says, he's still really friggin' cute.

Stephen at The Thinkery on theocrats mistaking Jesus for God the Father and the U.S. Senate for a house of worship.

Ian Welsh at FDL on browbeaten Democrats and what they need to do in order to govern as they give lip service to wanting to. (Hint: Stop assuming you're dealing with intelligent people of goodwill). Also at FDL: A slice of racist Americana that whether George Will wants to believe it or not, still is alive and well.

Larisa Alexandrovna on Johann Hari's chilling article in the Independent in which he relates his experiences with racists and would-be murders on the National Review cruise.

When one door closes, another opens. The Group News Blog now has VIDEO!