Christopher Dorner's frustration and rage manifested itself in the most destructive and unproductive way imaginable. Even if you can find a way to justify his targeting the LAPD, the collateral damage is unacceptable in a civilized society. Not to mention that our government created the killing machine that was able to terrorize half a state and the asinine lack of gun control that allows a government trained killer to acquire the arsenal needed to terrorize half a state. But I find it hard to feel sorry for the LAPD. Read below the fold...
TalkLeft until recently was a normal center-left board, but ever since George Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin in self-defense (Yeah, right.), the site and its owner have zealously pursued all aspects of the case. Front-page entries now include:
From Jezebel, "A Complete Guide to Hipster Racism": http://jezebel.com/5905291/a-complete-gu.... Oh thanks for nothing. It's easy enough to write this four years later when it no longer matters, but some of us remember the reaction when we called out white Obots on their crass instrumentalisation of race in 2008.
I think we can expect to wait a very long time before we read a field guide to hipster sexism. Read below the fold...
Salon.com has a piece up urging Democrats to dump Obama and go with a candidate who will restore their party to its New Deal era politics. According to the column by Matt Stoller, there are a number of reasons why they should, including: Read below the fold...
(Posted originally April 15, 2011)
What hath Ironynous wrought? What little nuggets have I gathered on my journey through the Internet? And why these? Of course it's a continuation of last week's exploration of Barack Obama's background story. Barack Obama's warmed over Republican policies have led me to believe that he has not been straightforward with the public. Particularly those who supported him. Deception seems to be his method of operation. While I don't know what could possibly be learned by locating the so-called original birth certificate, I am in favor of a careful examination of every aspect of Obama's background. Read below the fold...
In Georgia legislation has already passed the House which out-does Arizona for pure spite, and cracker meanness. GA's Brown Codes, as some are calling them, would...
codify the racist slur "illegal alien" into state law
make it a felony (1-5 years in prison) to look for a job with any false ID. Second offense 3 to 15 years.
make it a felony (3-15 years) if that ID was of an actual person, living or dead
make it a misdemeanor (up to 1 year in prison) to give an undocumented person a ride, a felony for more than 7.
obligate law enforcement officers, school principals, health care professionals and others to ascertain the citizenship of everybody they come into contact with
grant any yahoo with a computer and legal forms standing and free discovery to sue any state or local government official or unit of local government that fails to enforce the Brown Codes with exemplary rigor.
It would take an entire library to move the mountain of fake history spun around the life and career of Ronald Reagan by now. Sometimes only a cartoon can approach the truth.
Aaron McGruder, in this intro to a Boondocks episode of a couple years ago, comes as close to capturing a piece of the mean and nasty spirit of the Gipper as anybody ever will.
One of the oldest excuses for war is that the enemy is irredeemably evil. He worships the wrong god, has the wrong skin and language, commits atrocities, and cannot be reasoned with. The long-standing tradition of making war on foreigners and converting those not killed to the proper religion "for their own good" is similar to the current practice of killing hated foreigners for the stated reason that their governments ignore women's rights. Read below the fold...
Prisoners in Georgia have been on strike since Dec 9 in order to pressure prison officials "to stop treating them like animals and slaves and institute programs that address their basic human rights."
Listen to this excellent interview with Elaine Brown about the ongoing prisoners' strike in Georgia:
After dozens of calls to national media --- CNN, NYT and others, they finally notice the GA prisoners on strike. Not a bad story, actually...
Prisoners Strike in Georgia
By SARAH WHEATON
Published: December 12, 2010
"In a protest apparently assembled largely through a network of banned cellphones, inmates across at least six prisons in Georgia have been on strike since Thursday, calling for better conditions and compensation, several inmates and an outside advocate said. Read below the fold...
Via Joe, I have to add to the viral here and link to No More Downlow TV. It's internet TV so I don't feel bad about doing that; no commercials, yo. I'll be spreading this around at other blogs with African-American writers and I hope you will too. DLism is a big problem in our communities of color, and it's time to change that. Read below the fold...
