Tonight in Denver: Crosby, Stills and Nash.

Proceeds from the tax-deductable tickets go to the American Transplant Foundation. Thu 8 p.m. Wells Fargo Theatre, 700 14th St. $250-$1000. For more information, visit here.

The TL Kid and I will be there... one of the partners at his new law firm gave us their great seats right in front. (Thanks, Jeff.)

This is another open thread as the last one is full.

Here's an open thread for today while we're at work.

If you've got an opinion or news to share, you can do it here. All topics welcome.

Everybody at TalkLeft is working today and our morning open thread is full.

Here's another one.

I'll be at work today, here's an open thread for you. Also check out:

• Christy at Firedoglake recaps Sen. Chris Dodd's speech last night on FISA. Glenn Greenwald does too.

• Spencer Ackerman has moved his blog to Firedoglake. Cool graphic and definitely one to put in your RSS feed.

• Peter Swire at Think Progress on laptop searches by border security.

• Collateral News on Floating Prisons.

All topics welcome and please be civil.

I'm out for the afternoon.

If you're stuck at work or staying inside to avoid high temperatures -- or any other reason -- here's a place to chat.

I've been opposed to all of the proposed rewrites of FISA. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. We don't need a new FISA law. We need to force the President and his Administration to obey the law, not rewrite it so they can do as they please. Here are 10 mytbs about it.

As for Sen. Obama's statement today that he supports the compromise but will work with the Senate to eliminate the telecom immunity provision, my question is, how will he vote if the immunity provision stays in? It seems like he will vote for it. [More...]

I have two FISA thank yous to hand out.

The first is to Big Tent Democrat, who has been relentless in his opposition to the bill. I gave up on it long ago, believing there was no way around what happened today. I'm sorry my cynicism has proven true, and I'm appeciative that he keeps up the fight.

The second is to Colorado Congresswoman Diana DeGette who voted against the FISA bill and issued this statement. [More...]

Now that I've wasted my morning watching the vapid View, I'm going to work. I feel like I need to do penance, like write a slew of motions or go to two jails instead of one.

Your turn.

"The Wedding Song" from Bob Dylan's Planet Waves album, great lyrics.

It's never been my duty to remake the world at large,
Nor is it my intention to sound a battle charge,
'Cause I love you more than all of that with a love that doesn't bend,
And if there is eternity I'd love you there again.

You turn the tide on me each day and teach my eyes to see,
Just bein' next to you is a natural thing for me
And I could never let you go, no matter what goes on,
'Cause I love you more than ever now that the past is gone.

It's time to get politics out of marriage and welcome a future where everyone is free to love and marry whomever they choose.

This is an open thread.

To discuss what you like.

I do want to make a point that my concern (or the pejorative PC-ness) about sexism long predates what I saw in this campaign. See this 2005 post (one of a series) on Lawrence Summers' remarks on women in the sciences. I battled Andrew Sullivan's sexism then too.

BTW, I delete off topic comments in my non-Open thread posts. If you were wondering what happened to your brilliant comment.

This is an Open Thread.

TalkLeft turns six years old today. It's our blogiversary (and as Skippy would say, y.i.c.t.p. -- yes, I coined that phrase.)

Six years is a long time on the internets, and since we have so many more readers than we did at the beginning, for those who are interested, here's a little history. [More...]