I just saw footage of former president Bill Clinton saying that politics is a body sport and you have to be willing to get beat up. OK, you fucking adulterer, I want to see your income tax returns, now. And I want to see evidence that your wife, the one who is the putative candidate, [...]
“Let’s just saddle up and have an argument”?
March 26th, 2008 · No Comments
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Vota Obama!
March 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
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Hope
February 28th, 2008 · No Comments
Barack Obama makes me cry with hope.
Tags: · current affairs · lgbt · politics
Showing up hatred
February 12th, 2008 · No Comments
“The Westboro Baptist Church, of Topeka, Kansas, is a hate group masquerading as a Christian church.” Thus the Kansas-based organizers of The Million Fag March describe one of America’s most notorious hate mongers.
What you need to know
Date: March 30, 2008
Time: 11:00 AM
Where: Westboro Baptist Church, Topeka, KS
Requirements: This is not a “gay-only” event. Just come [...]
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Washington State Democrats - Caucus Results by Jurisdiction
February 10th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Oh my God. Clinton won only one jurisdiction in the entire state of Washington: Washington State Democrats - Caucus Results by Jurisdiction
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Not equivalent
February 9th, 2008 · No Comments
The Wall Street Journal has an article on Mormon reaction to anti-Mormon feeling raised by Mitt Romney’s campaign for the Republican presidential nomination:
“I don’t think that any of us had any idea how much anti-Mormon stuff was out there,” said Armand Mauss, a Mormon sociologist who has written extensively about church culture, in an interview [...]
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Continuing trouble in Burma
January 30th, 2008 · No Comments
Al Jazeera English - News - Myanmar Charges Protesters
Myanmar’s government has filed sedition charges against 10 pro-democracy activists detained during massive protests against the country’s military rulers last year.
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Politics
January 14th, 2008 · No Comments
Last week I did something I’ve never done before. I made a contribution to a political candidate’s campaign: Senator Barack Obama.
When November comes, I will vote for the Democratic candidate. I cannot imagine that anyone running, no matter their faults, could possibly be worse than the war criminals currently in office. But of the three [...]
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Biased media coverage of Kenya
January 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment
David Zarembka critiques a few news reports on the situation in his Report 17 - Hoodwinked: International Coverage of the Crisis in Kenya
If this story had been true, it would have been one of the biggest massacres in the current violence in Kenya. Even though the story was fabricated, it was passed on by at [...]
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Monkey Mind: Bread and Roses
January 12th, 2008 · No Comments
Monkey Mind: Bread and Roses
Today is the ninety-sixth anniversary of the beginning of the Bread and Roses strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Perhaps it is time to stop and think about this issue. Frankly, as I look at what’s going on around us it’s hard to feel there is not a class war going on. And [...]
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