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NOTE: Overstock bests Amazon's prices and is "blue."

THE BOOKS WITH "BUZZ":
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Senator Edward M. Kennedy tells his extraordinary personal story:

True Compass: A Memoir
by Edward M. Kennedy.

Read Barack Obama's vision for America:

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
by Barack Obama

Boran2 and maryb2004 recommend:

The Big Over Easy: A Nursery Crime
by Jasper Fforde

Must-have information for all presidents-and citizens-of the twenty-first century?

Physics for Future Presidents: The Science behind the Headlines
Richard A. Muller

rae recommends:

Dark Ages America: The Final Phase of Empire
by Morris Berman.

On BooMan’s shelf:

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
by Doris Kearns Goodwin

This looks interesting:

Adventure Divas
by Holly Morris

Here’s a good one from
Elizabeth Gilbert:

Eat Pray Love
by Elizabeth Gilbert

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Recommended by Indianadem and ejmw:
The Conscience of a Liberal
by Paul Wellstone

From northcountry’s bookshelf:

The New Golden Age:
The Coming Revolution Against
Political Corruption and Economic Chaos
by Ravi Batra

A novel about contractors in Iraq from the woman that runs The Spy That Billed Me:

Outsourced: A Novel
from RJ Hillhouse.


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Challenging Empire: How People, Governments, and the UN Defy US Power by Phyllis Bennis (interviewed on DN!)


Featured by Keith Olbermann, New (Powell's Sale): Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower by William Blum (whose other books merit serious consideration)


"Explosive" State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration
by James Risen


The book the CIA doesn't want you to read: Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al Qaeda: A Personal Account by the CIA's Key Field Commander
Larry Johnson's review


BT's all-time best seller:

PERMACULTURE:
A Designers' Manual

$79.95 * Sale: $59.95


Unequal Sisters: A Multicultural Reader in U.S. Women's History (Third Edition)


The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor And Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car!


The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
by Timothy Egan


Green Press Initiative
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Journalistas: 100 Years of the Best Writing and Reporting by Women Journalists by Eleanor Mills * NYT review


Bury Me Standing: the Gypsies & Their Journey


1491: New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus



Brokeback Mountain
by Annie Proulx
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Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World by Noam Chomsky (Power & Terror: Post 9-11 Talks)


The Price of Privilege:

How Parental Pressure and
Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of
Disconnected and Unhappy Kids

by Madeline Levine


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I liked BitchPhd's take on this.  My first thought when I read Markos' take on Kathy Sierra was that implicit approval had just been given for that kind of behavior on his blog.  How else can you interpret the suggestion that women who are bothered by rape threats are just whining, need a thicker skin, or are just plain lying?

We've been talking about this on various blogs for weeks now. How could someone be so out of touch with these issues?  Oh, wait...nevermind.

"Life is always better with clean pants."

by CabinGirl on Fri Apr 13th, 2007 at 07:52:08 AM EST
I don't really get it either...  I honestly don't understand how Markos's post is likely to encourage or discourage any of the various threats that blogger or any other public semi-public figure receive.  It is not as if those kinds of comments are permitted on dailykos, in general they are rated for the trolls they are.

Markos didn't condone those kinds of messages and his words aren't going to effect what kind of e-mail is sent by the general hate-spewing public.  99% of those people who issue such statements are dumb asses spouting off at the mouth, sadly a small fraction of them might actually have the means and motivation to follow up on that threat and that is what makes it scary.

BitchyPhD argued that Markos doesn't receive his "fair share" of hate e-mail, but her calculation doesn't take into account that his is also more popular than most other bloggers, so that probably increases his share of hate mail to much more than than he has time to read.  I would guess that he took the first dozen or so semi-seriously and then decided that for his sanity he had to just laugh them off, including those aimed at his wife and children.

I understand that threats and hate mail suck, but really don't understand how his message was offensive.  I get that telling people essentially that if they can't take the heat to get out of the fire, isn't that compassionate, but it is the best he can come up with.

My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington- Obama
Philly for Obama

by Luam (LuamDK at gmail.com) on Fri Apr 13th, 2007 at 12:06:32 PM EST
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By suggesting that Sierra's complaints about the violent rape threats she received are merely whining, or not having a thick enough skin, or even possibly being lies or exaggerations, Markos has made clear to his readers what they can expect from him in terms of a response to those types of comments and threats.

I highly doubt that Markos receives the kind of sexualized threats that many women are subjected to on a regular basis.

"Life is always better with clean pants."

by CabinGirl on Fri Apr 13th, 2007 at 12:16:10 PM EST
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No, I imagine that the threats aren't sexualized in the same way.  He probably does get plenty of messages calling him gay or that he is sleeping with some politician that he support, but that is very different.

I don't think that he intended to imply that issuing threats is at all acceptable.  I think he meant to say that he doesn't see any solutions anytime soon other than ignoring/ deleting them, or removing yourself from the public sphere.  It is pretty much impossible to do either of those completely anyway.

It is pretty close to the advice I would give BooMan on his "blogger paparazzi": "You just have to ignore them", "You should see it as a compliment", "If they make you stop posting, then they win."

Actually, as I see it the kind of people who appear to be stalking you are much more threatening that someone who sends one hateful message.  If they know where you live and send lots of messages then they really are scary.

My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington- Obama
Philly for Obama

by Luam (LuamDK at gmail.com) on Fri Apr 13th, 2007 at 12:32:05 PM EST
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