Lynne Simpson

Much has been made this year of dog whistles in politics, so I recently did some research on how the term originated and what it means. According to Wikipedia, it was coined in Australia in the 90s to describe the Howard government’s technique of using coded words to secretly convey messages of support to racists, [...]

I may have to buy the T-shirt for this:

In August of 2007, Colin Powell donated $2,300 to John McCain. I suspect the horribly misguided choice of Palin as McCain’s running mate AND the crazy rhetoric of the last month were deal-breakers for a lot of Republicans and Independents, Mr. Powell included. I have my differences with him over his support for the invasion [...]

From today’s Obama rally in downtown St. Louis. The local police estimate the crowd at 100,000. Edited to add: iTunes: Donna Summer, Stamp Your Feet I’ve been round so many times before Broke my back, been split open so oft Tried to make it to the finish line Been knocked down, get up every single [...]

BPM alone is worth the XM subscription fee. And then there’s Chrome, Boneyard, Squizz, Folk Village, Radio Left, and Cinemagic. I heard this song, Pjanoo, on BPM just this morning.