Twins, or as one of my commenters said, "Red(State)Rum"

Original photograph here. Open Thread below..

Bubble photograph by Mila Zinkova, from a terrific collection of photos at Life in the Fast Lane.

Open thread below...

From Gambia Series V at the photoblog "The G8", winner of this year's Best Photography - Post Processing Award from The Photoblog Awards.

G8:

"Four eyes - one destiny.
Of the children that die under age of five:
* In Kenya 35% die of aids
* In Namibia 48% die of aids
* In South Africa 50% die of aids
* In Zimbabwe 50% die of aids
* In Botswana 64% die of aids

It is time to get angry, time to do something. We can no longer sit back and say "that is awful, somebody should do something". It is our world. It's our responsibility."

Open Thread below....

(sorry the C&L was down for a while)
A LIBERAL DOSE: Iraqi PM--"Al Zarqawi killed; hope for GOP campaign"

Fafblog! after the end of the world

The Opinion Mill: Today, the average conservative commentator comes across as a kissin' cousin to the inbred mountain men in Deliverance, yelling "Squeal like a pig!" as they bend Ned Beatty over a log.

The Mahablog: Compared to Vietnam, Iraq War photography is nearly devoid of dead American bodies. Lots of dead Iraqis, though.

Yep, another Goddamned blog: Nowhere in Eric Boehlert’s book can one find a liberal political agenda. Lapdogs is concerned with one agenda: Truth and fairness in journalism.

Sooner Thought: Why I left Oklahoma politics

Jim Hightower: Corporate America is shipping our manufacturing, high-tech, andprofessional-service jobs off to Lowwagehellistan – but at least they can't send our fast-food jobs away, right?