Princess Sparkle Pony's Tea Party Roundup: Poll reveals they have a split personality. And their salt-of-the earth cheerleader is dedicated to luxury hotels, private jets, a team of consultants, and BIG FEES

sexgenderbody: Catholic church goes 'all in' on victim-blaming, denial and depravity

Booman Tribune: A history lesson for Sarah Palin

Calculated Risk: The SEC and other Banks

Wall St. Cheat Sheet: The Cost of Terror

OFF THE BEATEN PATH: Monkey Muck (who is 4 years old!), Watergate Summer, Manifesto Joe's Texas Blues

Princess Sparkle Pony's Photo Blog: Hairdressers and fetuses will destroy tea baggers. Internecine warfare has already erupted. But check out the invite I got yesterday!

Bob Cesca's Awesome Blog The wingnut defense of Monsanto

Enduring America: Afghanistan: Did the way forward come out of London Conference? (h/t swimgirl)

Margaret and Helen: The elephant in the room is a kangaroo

Angry Bear: The meaning of "Monty Python and the Meaning of Life"

2L4O: Too Liberal for Obama: My friend vastleft sent me this cool Tshirt...

Consortiumblog: Few Americans understand how important Haiti's contribution to U.S. history was, and this moron and this braying jackass prove it

The Washington Independent: First GOP Moneybomb and a union warning

The Big Picture: How Bankers Think

The Swash Zone: Timid liberals

Princess Sparkle Pony's Photo Blog: Book Shelf: GQ Scene Magazine, Fall 1967

Jack & Jill Politics: Teddy Pendergrass, RIP

Princess Sparkle Pony's Photo Blog: Today's lousy healthcare coverage brought to you by Siemans and Novartis, out of the kindness of their hearts. Tired...

Capital Eye: Health Care Cheat Sheet

Legal Schnauzer: Karl Rove did NOT deny involvement in the Siegelman case

h+ Magazine: The Salk Institute for Biological Studies has proven that genetic diseases can be cured by combining gene therapy with stem cells.

TreeHugger: North Carolin Senate bans moutaintop wind turbines. Too ugly!

3 quarks daily: How the brain hard-wires us to love Google, Twitter, and texting

Lost in Tarnation: Unattended conference a huge success

at-Largely: Coup in Honduras...Vioent reaction might come from South America

alicublog: Build a better crackpot, and the world will beat a path to your door

Dissident Voice: How a Saudi deception protected bin Laden

Petrelis Files: Cops raid Texas gay bar on Pride Sunday

Princess Sparkle Pony's Photo Blog: It's never too early to politicize a celebrity death

FranIam: That was then, this is now.

Maria.Maria: Ann Richards' daughter Cecile, President of Planned Parenthood, speaks at the DNC...

Reed writes: "Why didn't the emergency NATO meeting in Brussels do a three-for-one sale and tell USA to get the hell out of Iraq and Afganistan, and take their sad Canadian flunkies with them?"

Princess Sparkle Pony: Reviews of the DNC set and the Big Tent.

Scholars and Rogues: Art on the street in Denver

Guest posted by Blue Gal.

Informed Comment: Iraqi allies we've left behind: "The people on my list have been tortured, they've been raped, they've lost body limbs. There's one guy on my list who's been thrown out of a moving vehicle. And all of this because they helped us. They came every single day to try to pitch in, in our efforts there."

The Reaction: So you thought you might like to go to the show

Monkey Muck: If you're not rich yet it's your own damn fault!

Princess Sparkle Pony's Photo Blog: Condi's Czech Mate

ePluribus Media: Rigged Casinos and the Plunge Protection Team: Bernanke debunks 'free market' myth.

Mother Jones: Is the McCain campaign screening questioners? Meanwhile, this ad could mark the first time the Republican National Committee launched an attack against its own party.

"Condi Tried to Clinch Firm Arab Commitments on Iraq but All She Got was This Lousy T-Shirt" from the blogosphere's number one expert on all things Condi, Princess Sparklepony.

And don't miss Brando's post on the top ten ways we're going to woo the white male vote.

Open Thread below....

Jiminy Jilliker!: Mr. McCain? Your comments are not out of context, your context is the problem...

David Stephenson: A great idea I never thought of: put "in case of emergency" as a "person" in your cellphone directory. Make the number someone you want contacted if you're ever unconscious or worse... your cellphone may be the best and only way for first responders to contact your loved ones.

Zaius Nation: Happy Birthday (April 1) to Rachel Maddow, whose last name has the new meaning "verbally reduced to a pulp while the slayer maintains her class and cool", as in "Joe Scarborough got Maddowized."

"Off the beaten path, surprisingly not a Photoshop" edition: Make them Accountable, Dependable Renegade, Princess Sparklepony. Warning: Hide the kids and small pets, that last link shows Condolezza Rice at the gym. For real.

Blue Gal is covering for Mike through Monday. But hopefully you won't notice.

Now isn't that special? Florida has a new license plate, and it's so darn classy, Princess Sparkle Pony has come up with some design variations. I can't decide whether my favorite is the Anita Bryant version or this one: