Say hello to MoveLeft Media, a new blog by Eric Jaffa. We especially like the photos and other graphics. The articles are good too, check out this one reporting that the simulated acts at Abu Ghraib weren't just simulated, some were real and forced.

Also say hello to War and Piece, by journalist Laura Rozen who reports on national security and foreign policy issues.

Daily Kos has initiated a new project, the DKospedia.

....a collaborative project of the DailyKos community to build a political encyclopedia. The dKosopedia effort was started in April of 2004 and currently consists of 616 articles. Please see our Policies before contributing. Articles are written from a left/progressive/liberal/Democratic point of view while also fairly acknowledging other sides' take.

Readers are invited to contribute original material.

Say hello to BrownWatch--news for people of color.

The 8th Edition of the Rocky Mountain Blogger Roundup is now available at Freedom Sight. Lots of good entries. And, last reminder, the third annual Rocky Mountain Blogger Bash is Friday night at the Denver Press Club. Details here.

The New York Times has a feature Thursday on bloggers who can't stop blogging. Ezra at Pandagon responds. We're torn: Should we show the world we're not addicted by not blogging for 24 hours? Or should we say, who gives a damn, this is what we do in our spare time because it's fun, it gets our message across and it keeps us aware, connected and on top of world events? Easy answer.....see you all first thing in the morning.

Blogger Oliver Willis has started his new paying gig at Media Matters. Here's his first post on the torture scandal.

In other Media Matters news today, check out their press release (pdf) charging that Rush Limbaugh is endangering our troops:

Media Matters for America has sent a letter to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld asking that he consider removing Rush Limbaugh’s radio show from the taxpayer-funded American Forces radio network. MMFA has also created a petition you can sign, urging Secretary Rumsfeld to remove Limbaugh’s show from the network.

And don't forget to get a copy of Media Matter's chief David Brock's new book:

The Republican Noise Machine :
Right-Wing Media and How It Corrupts Democracy

Walter in Denver reminds us that the 3rd Rocky Mountain Blogger Bash is this Friday, May 28, at the Denver Press Club. The festivities begin around 7 pm. Address: 1330 Glenarm, Denver.

Various items will be available in a silent auction format, with proceeds benefitting The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

If you have anything you'd like to donate, contact Walter. He says you'll get some nice publicity for your trouble. Kudos to Zombyboy for the graphics and Darren Copeland for the lead on the Denver Press Club.

We will be there, although, we don't think we'll get drunk and start flinging subpoenas on the stage as Jeff Goldstein of the uber-right blog Protein Wisdom, predicts. On the other hand, you never know.

We just hope we finally get to meet Vodka Pundit in person It's been two years since we met via cyberspace, offering to buy him and his bride Melissa a drink on their next trip to Denver from Colorado Springs, and we're still waiting. Vodkapundit, like Instapundit, was an early and gracious linker to and supporter of TalkLeft -- despite the fact that our politics match only on occasion--when the Libertarian in them and the liberal in us strike the same chord.

If you're anywhere around Denver this Friday, please stop by. We can tell you from having attended a prior RMBB that the attendees definitely are a varied bunch of characters... and that a most excellent time is had by all.

The results from the Blogads Reader Survey are out. More than 17,000 readers responded. Some interesting numbers:

This survey shows that blog readers are older and more affluent than most optimistic guestimates: 61% of blog readers responding to the survey are over 30, and 75% make more than $45,000 a year. Moreover, blog readers are more cyber-active than I'd hoped: 54% of their news consumption is online. 21% are themselves bloggers and 46% describe themselves as opinion makers. And, in the last six months:

• 50% have spent more than $50 online on books.
• 47% have spent more than $500 online for plane tickets.
• 50% have contributed more than $50 to a cause or candidate, and 5% have contributed more than $1000. (Only 25% of NYTimes.com readers have contributed anything online in the last year.)

Blog readers are media-mavens: 21% subscribe to the New Yorker magazine, 15% to the Economist, 15% to Newsweek and 14% to the Atlantic Monthly. They are also far more male -- 79%! -- than I expected, versus 56% of NYTimes.com's readers.

Blogads.

Bump and Update: 45 minutes left to vote. Blog readers can help blogs out by taking this brief survey which will be provided to possible advertisers. Be truthful, and for the last question, #22, , asking who referred you to the survey, write in "TalkLeft."

Everybody's doing it so we will too. Change our xml feed to Feedburner. Digby at Hullaballoo started it. As See the Forest says, if you don't know what we're talking about, don't worry about it. If you do know, here's our new xml feed.

Or, click where you see to subscribe. The feed should be readable at these readers:

Via Agonist: Charm school time for U.S. soldiers:

At the Camp War Horse detention centre in Baguba, north of Baghdad, it is a surreal scene: US soldiers handing out cash to freed prisoners along with a note saying "You have not been mistreated."

Happy birthday to Matthew Yglesias who turns 23 tomorrow and describes his eventful year:

It's been a pretty eventful twelve months, from the Spurs heroic victory over the Lakers in the Conference Finals right after I turned 22 to their tragic defeat in the Conference Semis right before I turned 23. Perhaps more importantly, I graduated from college, saw a good swath of Italy, moved to a new city, acquired some new friends, and started a new job. More thoughts later.

Patrick at Electrolite explains why "Senator Inhofe is a disgrace to the Senate, to his party, and to the United States of America."

Kevin Drum at Political Animal wants to know more about Joseph Darby, the soldier who blew the whistle on the abuse at Abu Ghraib.

TomPaine.com has a great quote today:

"I don't care what the international lawyers say, we are going to kick some ass." President George W. Bush, Sept. 11, 2001 (quoted by Richard A. Clarke, Against All Enemies) .

Someone at Google apparently has a sense of humor. We received this by email, try it soon, before someone at Google fixes it:

1) Go to www.Google.com

2) Type in (but don't hit enter): "weapons of mass destruction"

3) Hit the "I'm feeling lucky" button instead of the normal "Google search" button.

4) READ CAREFULLY what appears to be a normal ERROR message.
MAKE SURE YOU READ THE WHOLE ERROR MESSAGE!!!.