How to Seem Racist: A Guide By Tina Dupuy It feels like this needs to be said: Pro-Zimmerman folks, when you celebrate the now decidedly legal shooting death of an unarmed adolescent, it's ghoulish—and it makes you seem racist. Here's why: Trayvon Martin was a kid. He didn't have a criminal record—his killer did. Martin had a legitimate reason for being in that … [Read more...] about How to Seem Racist: A Guide (Guest Voice)
For Obama, mum should be the word
WASHINGTON -- We should talk honestly about unresolved racial issues, such as those exposed by the Trayvon Martin case, but President Obama is not the best person to lead the discussion. Through no fault of his own, he might be the worst. The need for what diplomats call a "full and frank exchange of views" is obvious. Many Americans don't even agree that there are … [Read more...] about For Obama, mum should be the word
Huge viruses may be new life form
Huge viruses may be new life form (via AFP) Two newly discovered viruses are twice as large as the previous record-holders and may represent a completely new life form, French scientists reported in the US journal Science. Researchers say they were "extremely surprised" by the discovery of what… … [Read more...] about Huge viruses may be new life form
Website owner arrested for posting ‘Canadian Psycho’ video
Website owner arrested for posting 'Canadian Psycho' video (via AFP) A website owner has been arrested for posting an 11 minute video depicting an ex-porn actor's grisly killing and dismemberment of a 33-year-old Chinese student, police said Wednesday. Following a year-long investigation, Edmonton police took Mark Marek… … [Read more...] about Website owner arrested for posting ‘Canadian Psycho’ video
Weird fossil sheds light on dinosaurs’ lost continent
Weird fossil sheds light on dinosaurs' lost continent (via AFP) Palaeontologists in Utah on Wednesday said they had found the fossil of a strange horned dinosaur which roamed an island continent known as Laramidia. Dubbed Nasotoceratops titusi, the creature lived during the Late Cretaceous about 76 million years… … [Read more...] about Weird fossil sheds light on dinosaurs’ lost continent
The World Has Changed
Underneath all the Ballot Measures and congressional measures to PRE-oppress the LGBT Community, after all the millions, and the phony "therapies" and the rest of it, the world moved on, paying no attention to their squalls. In the House, they turn tail and hoof it off to more fertile pastures, like conflating racism with Latinos with "illegal immigrants." House Republicans … [Read more...] about The World Has Changed
City of Detroit Declares Bankruptcy: Many PC Reasons May Be Given
The largest bankruptcy of a city in US history. Governor Rick Snyder will hold news conference tomorrow. The city was made, developed and given to its people. The issue will be said to be politics, corruption. It's not. It's some people. The 'some' have names. It remains to be seen, if 'the some' will be called forth in disgrace. Something, several … [Read more...] about City of Detroit Declares Bankruptcy: Many PC Reasons May Be Given
Should We Ban Hate Speech?
For the past few years speech has moved online, leading to fierce debates about its regulation. Most recently, feminists have led the charge to purge Facebook of misogyny that clearly violates its hate speech code. Facebook took a small step two weeks ago, creating a feature that will remove ads from pages deemed “controversial.” But such a move is half-hearted; Facebook and … [Read more...] about Should We Ban Hate Speech?
Schoeppel and Carlson Gateway From Landon’s Kansas GOP To Dole’s
Historic Tidbit: It’s not unusual for a politician to call his rival a “chicken” or to vow to make him a “dead-duck,” but attacking him on “dead chickens” was something out of the ordinary. But that did indeed happen in a 1974 Senate race. Secretary of State Richard Stone surprised many by making it into the Democratic runoff and as a Jewish pol based in Miami (before it … [Read more...] about Schoeppel and Carlson Gateway From Landon’s Kansas GOP To Dole’s
Will Obamacare Become ‘the Right’s Worst Nightmare’?
As the Republican-controlled House works feverishly on its umpteenth try to obfuscate, gut, sabotage, delay and just plain kill the Affordable Care Act (ACA), we now learn that in New York State, individuals buying health insurance on their own will see their premiums plunge next year as changes under the ACA take effect. The New York Times: State insurance … [Read more...] about Will Obamacare Become ‘the Right’s Worst Nightmare’?
Why Hillary, Jimmy Carter Split on Trayvon
Jimmy Carter and Hillary Clinton speak up about the Zimmerman verdict. What they have to say reverberates far beyond the limits of a local murder trial and into the heart of what is becoming a wider debate about the nation’s values and, even deeper, the state of its heart. The case that refuses to go away is turning into a Rorschach test. In the ink blots, Carter sees “the … [Read more...] about Why Hillary, Jimmy Carter Split on Trayvon
Putin’s fiercest foe faces verdict in fraud trial
Putin's fiercest foe faces verdict in fraud trial (via AFP) A Russian court will on Thursday deliver a verdict in the embezzlement trial of top protest leader Alexei Navalny, an abrasive critic of President Vladimir Putin who risks years in prison and an end to his budding political career. Navalny, 37, who… … [Read more...] about Putin’s fiercest foe faces verdict in fraud trial
Zimmerman Neighborhood Watch (Cartoon)
See great cartoons by all the top political cartoonists at http://cagle.com. To license this cartoon for your own site, visit http://politicalcartoons.com … [Read more...] about Zimmerman Neighborhood Watch (Cartoon)
Quote of the Day: Kathleen Parker on the Zimmerman Verdict
Our political Quote of the Day comes from the ending of Kathleen Parker's Washington Post column on George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin and the controversial verdict: Instead, in the wake of the Zimmerman verdict, feelings have been magnified and exploited by enablers — from certain members of the media, who seem more like rapacious rabble-rousers than journalists, to … [Read more...] about Quote of the Day: Kathleen Parker on the Zimmerman Verdict
Margaret Thatcher’s “deep love of liberty”
Margaret Thatcher’s “deep love of liberty” by Tony Miall “The world has lost one of the great champions of freedom and liberty, and America has lost a true friend” (1), read a White House Statement; The Woman who saved Britain headlined the Wall St Journal (2) and GreenvilleOnline.com (3) ran the story titled Thatcher was a friend of freedom. Meanwhile vigil was being … [Read more...] about Margaret Thatcher’s “deep love of liberty”
New technology could make it possible to fly anywhere in the world in 4 hours
New technology could make it possible to fly anywhere in the world in 4 hours (via GlobalPost) Enlarge British aerospace firm Reaction Engines is working on an aircraft it believes would be able to take passengers anywhere in the world in just four hours. The vehicle would also be able to fly in outer space. Reaction Engines says there's only… … [Read more...] about New technology could make it possible to fly anywhere in the world in 4 hours
Thawing the Senate’s ‘deep freeze’
WASHINGTON -- For all the railing against dysfunction in the nation's capital, very little had actually happened to overcome it -- until this week. That's why the agreement to begin putting an end to Senate filibusters of presidential nominees is a very big deal. It is an acknowledgement that the only way to stop political bullying is to confront the bully. On its face, … [Read more...] about Thawing the Senate’s ‘deep freeze’
The Godfather’s Peer: The Life of Brian
I believe that Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather is the most perfect film. Everything about The Godfather is to my mind exquisite. It is both personal and epic in scope. It has nothing but brilliant acting performances throughout, especially that of Al Pacino. I had a suspicion that The Godfather was special after the first scene in the Don’s home office. That suspicion … [Read more...] about The Godfather’s Peer: The Life of Brian
The stingrays and the Mexican beach
The stingrays and the Mexican beach: why is this happening? … [Read more...] about The stingrays and the Mexican beach
Citizen Apathy Over Real Story Behind Gas Prices: What is Real Story?
Cant tell by what 'experts' tell us, can we? Most of all, the people of lower salary jobs who manage to keep a car to drive kids to school, self to work... a few cents rise in gas prices x 20 gallons x 4.3 weeks in a month, can knock the heck out of an already strained budget. One wonders, what is the real story. Gas reserves. Home-made gas offerings. American investors … [Read more...] about Citizen Apathy Over Real Story Behind Gas Prices: What is Real Story?