Hanna's made landfall in NC...

Saturday, 3:40 AM: Tropical Storm Hanna has made landfall, and here in the Triangle area of NC (I'm in Durham, we're in the middle of the state), we're feeling the effects right now, which is under a flash flood warning with tornadoes likely.

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Bush & McCain's 'strong' economy keeps rolling along

Think we've seen the bottom of this ugly pit?  Think again.  The federal government is taking the wholly unprecedented step of seizing control of Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac.

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Sam Brownback lets his hair down with Mike Signorile

Next week should be fun on Mike's show. It has been a parade of wingnuttery marching past the Sirius OutQ booth at the GOP convention as he's nabbed interviews with the theocrats, fetus fantasists and homo-obsessives you've come to know on the Blend -- Eagle Forum doyenne-with a self-loathing gay son Phyllis Schlafly, Rick Santorum, Bob Barr, Grover Norquist, Newt Gingrich, and failed Ohio gubernatorial candidate (and spot of color at the convention) Ken Blackwell.

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The Blend picks up "Best LGBT Blog" at Black Weblog Awards

Just heard the news...

Popular Vote: Pam's House Blend Judges' Vote: Living Out Loud With Darian

In 2005, the Black Weblog Awards were created to recognize the best black bloggers in the industry and to serve as a platform for supporting and uplifting those shaping the minds of the black community through the use of online technology and communication.

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Blooperville: McCain backdrop not Walter Reed Med Center - it's Walter Reed Middle School

I was wondering why John McCain, during his epic boring speech last night, was standing in front of a green screen that made him look pasty.

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More of McSame: Palin's foreign policy and security tutors are Bushies

Now how is this a selling point for McCain's new theme of bringing change to Washington? The McCain team has hastily assembled a team of former Bush White House aides to tutor the vice-presidential candidate, Alaska Gov.

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Self-Evasion of the Mind Revisited

Let me start by saying that I'm going to give the Log Cabin Republicans the benefit of the doubt that they choose their party and their candidate based on their political philosophy and not just their positions on LGBT issues.

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New Palin scandal - charges of extramarital affair, Troopergate dodging

Oh, lord, not another one. The National Enquirer, no matter what you think about the tabloid, is usually not wrong when it starts sniffing around a story.

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Are you ready for the Values Voter Summit?

Hot PR release in my inbox -- Sean Hannity will be there with the luminaries of the political right, and the flat earth, homo-obsessed bible-beating crowd, including special guest Stephen Baldwin! Today, FRC Action announced that Sean Hannity, co-host of Fox News "Hannity & Colmes" and host of "Hannity's America," will address the third annual Values Voter Summit on Saturday, September 13th.

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Convention Wrap-Up -- Obama Comes Out on Top

Kennedy, Clinton, Clinton, Biden, Obama, Gustav, Giuliani, Palin, and McCain: the American people have now been introduced to the latest cast of characters who will populate this year's most watched reality program, the 2008 Presidential Election.

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