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Haiti: Is the Diaspora Doing Enough? Part One (newsjunkiepost.com)

4 February 2012, 11:04 pm

A bit more than two years after the devastating earthquake, the country which used to be called "The Pearl of the Caribbeans" is still in a complete state of disarray. Many Haitians are very religious people, and some put their hopes more in the hands of God than in human beings for help. The numbers [...]

John McGivern interviews Alderman Tony Zielinski (bloggingblue.com)

4 February 2012, 10:50 pm

If some of you are curious about where some of the video used in the recent Jan Pierce campaign ad that Zach wrote about came from (the I, I, I segment)...well here it is:

Video Overnight Thread- Chicago Soul Train Line Dance Tribute to Don Cornelius (thepoliticalcarnival.net)

4 February 2012, 9:30 pm

Very cool, very appropriate. More here. We love doing what we do, and your help is always appreciated. You can make a donation through the PayPal button to the right to help us out or choose to make a monthly ... Continue reading →

Meet the New Hate, Same as the Old Hate (bloggingblue.com)

4 February 2012, 9:07 pm

Salon has an interesting interview with Arthur Goldwag, author of the new book The New Hate: A History of Fear and Loathing on the Populist Right. He argues that the racist and conspiracist approach of today's right-wing nut jobs is "largely the same as it was 50 years [...]

Oh yeah, Romney captures Nevada caucus in overwhelming win (thepoliticalcarnival.net)

4 February 2012, 9:00 pm

Snore. LAS VEGAS - Mitt Romney romped to a commanding victory Saturday in Nevada 's Republican presidential caucuses, posting a second consecutive win and laying an impressive marker in a battleground state both parties will vigorously contest in November. The ... Continue reading →

Demystifying Libertarianism and Austrian Economics (bloggingblue.com)

4 February 2012, 8:35 pm

It's really not that hard as soon as you realize it's a cult like the Manson Family, Jim Jones or Scientology. It helps explain Ron Paul and his acolytes quite nicely, actually. From The Austrian Disease -- Poor Scholarship, A Priori Bias Despite its efforts to reach a broader audience, libertarianism is a marginal discourse [...]

VIDEO- Ron Paul: "If it's an honest rape," go to the emergency room, get "a shot of estrogen." (thepoliticalcarnival.net)

4 February 2012, 6:26 pm

Via Raw Story. I have a few questions for Ron Paul: WTF is an "honest rape"? There are dishonest ones? Some rapes are more "honest" than others? So if the trauma is too much for a woman to deal with, ... Continue reading →

Welcome to Our New Home! Momma Politico Joins A World Of Progress (mommapolitico.com)

4 February 2012, 4:23 pm

Hey, there, my fellow Politicos! I have exciting news! Momma Politico has a new home, as part of the A World of Progress family. Please change your reader or rss feed to our new address, http://mommapolitico.com so you won't miss a single juicy political morsel! In addition to a bold new look, the facelift for the blog [...]

How Did An Al-Qaeda Magazine Get Into Guantanamo? That's A Secret, Pentagon Says (pubrecord.org)

4 February 2012, 11:29 am

This report was originally published on Truthout. The Pentagon won't release any details of an investigation initiated by the commander of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility revolving around the discovery of "contraband" at the prison, which included a magazine produced by an offshoot of al-Qaeda based in Yemen. Late last year, Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. [...]

Shit Lawyers Say: Anonymous Dumps Docs on Attorney Exposing Alleged Rape, Intimidation, depravity (freakoutnation.com)

4 February 2012, 10:10 am

Plano, Texas attorney Vale Krenik is an alleged serial rapist and an avid Scientologist, but a recent dump of information by Anonymous members potentially destroys what little credibility Krenik may have had. According to sources, Krenik has been generous in executing subpoenas on others in order to cease the public from gathering information on his

The lowly groundhog: Long may they live (aworldofprogress.com)

4 February 2012, 9:00 am

Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, Thursday. That means there will be an additional six weeks of winter. Or, it means there will be an early Spring. It doesn't make much difference. Phil has an accuracy rate of about 39 percent, according to the StormFax Weather Almanac. That's probably about the same as TV weather forecasters. [...]

The Republican myth of Obama's 'entitlement society' (aworldofprogress.com)

3 February 2012, 6:00 pm

One of the few things Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich agree on is that President Obama is turning America into "European-style welfare culture." In his standard stump speech Romney charges Obama with creating a nation of dependents. "Over the past three years Barack Obama has been replacing our merit-based society with an entitlement society." Gingrich [...]

Conservative author & radio host, Neal Boortz deems the poor as "toenail fungus" (freakoutnation.com)

3 February 2012, 2:02 pm

Neal Boortz, a popular Conservative author and radio host with an audience of around 4 million people nationwide, whose radical concepts on the economy, the President and now the poor, draw ire from the reality based public, has just one upped himself. If you recall, Boortz -- probably whoring for publicity -- deemed President Obama

The GOP Primaries: Just a Bunch of Rich Kids on the Playground (rippdemup.com)

3 February 2012, 11:16 am

This GOP primary season is reminding me of a few things from a while back in my past... Rewind with me, the year is 1985 and location Frazier Elementary School in Greensboro, NC. A young Phlip, swathed in silly little shirts that he hated at the time and would surely beat his mother for showing [...]

Following Poland's Lead, Bulgarian MPs Wear Guy Fawkes Masks in Chambers in Protest of ACTA (freakoutnation.com)

3 February 2012, 8:38 am

In an act of protest recently against the intrusive Censorship treaty ACTA, members of the Polish Parliament wore Guy Fawkes' masks. Members of the Bulgarian Parliament followed their lead on Thursday and Friday. The picture that rocked the Internet: Novinite reports: On the initiative of the blog "Open Parliament" and following the example of

Super Hype (And Related B.S.) (therationalmiddle.com)

2 February 2012, 10:37 pm

Greed however, caught up with the the NFL in a big way, greed and a notion that because they were so popular they could do no wrong. Television contracts caught up with the NFL in a big way, television contracts and the idea splitting up a bigger pie in smaller pieces was more important than serving a better pie to more people. Football is still a great sport, but the leadership of the game's highest expression have lost their way.

Post-Racial Update: Racial Bias Negatively Impacts Blacks in Bankruptcy Filings (rippdemup.com)

2 February 2012, 2:28 pm

Oh gee; I have some more systemic racism to tell you about. Apparently there's a study just released that suggests that Black folks are negatively impacted by racial bias when it comes to filing for bankruptcy. Not surprising, really; especially when you consider that it costs more to be Black in America than it is [...]

Fighting the vast Right Wing with Pea Shooters, Part One: Books and Bookmakers (ramonasvoices.blogspot.com)

2 February 2012, 1:54 pm

We progressive types are working overtime these days marching, rallying, sitting, petitioning. We place ourselves prominently on Twitter (with our #p2, #OWS, and #CTL hashtags) and on Facebook. More and more of us have taken to writing political blogs. Our blogrolls feature other bloggers, other writers who work as hard or harder than we do in trying to sort out the truths behind America's [...]

Boston Film Forum: Putting Human Trafficking in the Spotlight (newsjunkiepost.com)

2 February 2012, 12:21 pm

From February 3rd to February 5th, the Boston Initiative To Advance Human Rights ( BITAHR) is organizing a film forum to raise awareness about the epidemic crisis of human trafficking and to promote the cause of the anti-trafficking movement. Human trafficking victimizes millions of women and children worldwide, and should be considered modern day slavery. [...]

"Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory" A Film Review (newsjunkiepost.com)

2 February 2012, 12:12 pm

Muckrakers are important. They are good for society. They open our eyes to the underbelly of our lives. They often take us places where the average person either refuses to go or has no inclination to explore. More often than not, muckrakers lack style and art. Style suffers because what they want us to [...]

Bishop Eddie Long Anointed King, and the Church Say... Negro Please!! (rippdemup.com)

2 February 2012, 11:26 am

So it's Groundhog Day and I heard Puxatawney Phil looked out and saw the GOP field. Yep, four more years of Obama. Of course this might be great news for Democrats or anyone riding the anti-Romney train; but, I'm not sure if four more years of president Obama really means anything. Oh no, not that I'm [...]

Former Guantanamo Detainee Forcibly Repatriated To Algeria By US Sentenced To Prison (pubrecord.org)

1 February 2012, 12:44 pm

This story was originally published on Truthout. The UK action charity Reprieve, whose attorneys represent over a dozen prisoners at Guantánamo Bay, reports that former Guantánamo prisoner, Algerian citizen Abdul Aziz Naji, has been sentenced to three years in prison in Algeria. Reprieve says the charges were "of past membership in an extremist group overseas [...]

What We Left Behind In Iraq (pubrecord.org)

30 January 2012, 11:12 pm

Human Rights Watch is charging that, despite U.S. government assurances that it helped create a stable democracy, the reality is that it left behind a "budding police state" -- cracking down harshly during 2011 on freedom of expression and assembly by intimidating, beating, and detaining activists, demonstrators, and journalists. The organization's Middle East and North [...]

Myths And Reality: Congressional Reform (therationalmiddle.com)

30 January 2012, 10:56 pm

The quickest route to a reform of Congress is now, and has been, a return to the quintessential notion of American democracy; one person, one vote. Not one white land owner, not one corporation...one person. Real, sustainable, non-partisan campaign media and finance reform is the ticket for Americans. Maybe you would consider joining The Rational Middle and suggesting that course the next time someone emails you the false and misleading [...]

FRIDAY FOLLIES: From Orly Taitz to Gabby Giffords: From the Ridiculous to the Sublime (ramonasvoices.blogspot.com)

29 January 2012, 9:59 am

When the whole SOPA/PIPA blackout was going on, most of us, like the sheeple we are, just grabbed something someone else did and closed up shop, but The Oatmeal, like the creative peeple they are, got creative. You can see it here.Carlsberg Beer, like the creative peeple they are, (I didn't know that about Carlsberg, did you?) pulled a stunt involving [...]

Out with the Good and In with the Bad: It's Just So Yesterday. (ramonasvoices.blogspot.com)

25 January 2012, 6:31 pm

Here it is nearing the end of January and at long last, after 17 Republican debates--count 'em, 17!--we're down to two actual contenders and a couple of valiant bench-warmers. While Ron Paul and Rick Santorum work hard to make some headway, it looks like it's Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, neck and neck, fighting it out for a chance to clobber the current White House occupant and show this country what a real president looks like.

The SOTU ADDRESS: Official Transcript and Video (nutsandolts.com)

25 January 2012, 12:41 am

In case you missed it, here's a video of the President's Stae of the Union Address, along with the official transcript. White House Transcript: THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans: Tonight ... Continue reading →

Happy 38th Anniversary Roe v. Wade (nutsandolts.com)

22 January 2012, 8:46 am

Today marks the 38th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision recognizing a women's right to choose an abortion according to her conscience and without interference from the government. During the past 38 years, the Republican party, with ... Continue reading →

What does Newt Gingrich's SC Victory Mean? (nutsandolts.com)

22 January 2012, 6:45 am

With Newt Gingrich's victory in South Carolina last night, the speculation is that Mitt Romney's campaign is in trouble. That may be true, but Gingrich's win also signifies an increase in the ugliness that has characterized his campaign so far. ... Continue reading →

Hey Seniors, This Is Obamacare (therationalmiddle.com)

20 January 2012, 12:03 pm

As you can see, cherished senior friends, Obamacare might very well be the sign of the beast, and it will only get worse. In 2014, states will open exchanges that offer competitive, private, insurance plans. Also on those exchanges will be at least one non-profit insurance option, and funds will be provided that will support member-owned insurance co-ops at the state level.

I have moved! (depravedmindset.com)

9 December 2011, 8:01 pm

I am no longer blogging at Depraved Mindset. I am now focusing on a racial justice newsletter in Hartford. The blog has already been launched, and the print edition will be out in February. Please check it out.Click on the banner, and you will be taken to the Hart Monitor.

American Racism: The Giant White Elephant in the Room (billnoxid.wordpress.com)

30 October 2011, 2:22 pm

Every day it gets more embarrassing. The total absence of even any discussion of racism after three years of the most vile and incessant displays of it I've ever seen, proves beyond question this country's pathological denial and self-delusion. The fact that the psychology community itself isn't standing up and making this obvious statement proves [...]

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22 September 2011, 6:47 am

RIP TROY DAVISMurdered by the State of Georgia with help from the US Supreme Court

My own race fail! (depravedmindset.com)

8 September 2011, 8:44 am

Every two weeks I go to "mobile foodshare" sites around the city I live in. It is a program that shares fresh fruit and vegetables with people who are unable to afford them independently. Since my food stamp allowance has been reduced significantly since I moved, I have been taking advantage of this service to prepare healthier meals. Since they distribute enough food for a large family to each individual, I usually take some of what I am [...]

Attention101 YouTube Channel Terminated: Inexplicable Delay Restoring it (billnoxid.wordpress.com)

23 June 2011, 6:43 pm

Believe it or not, I'm not inherently suspicious. In fact, I have the utmost faith in Humanity and Creation. You certainly wouldn't gather that from my volumes of writing, but there is a perfectly good reason for the apparent disconnect. I am not deaf, dumb, blind, and otherwise totality oblivious to what happens right in [...]

Channel Cruiser: Keep Men In The Game (radiograffitionline.com)

22 June 2011, 5:02 pm

Found a fab show that keeps getting better and better so now they're talking cancellation. I'm talking about "Men of a Certain Age, " RG and News Junkie Post regulars know I've been enamored with TNT's great little dramedy from the beginning. I'm not sure what the ratings are, but apparently they're lower than the [...]

Clueless Confidential (radiograffitionline.com)

17 June 2011, 4:14 pm

I knew it was all over for Anthony Weiner after Gloria Allred showed up at a press conference with the ex-porn star turned "featured club dancer." All over but the shouting and the law suits. Put a blonde bimbo in a scandal and this ambulance chaser's well-tuned radar will land her in the middle of [...]

Broadway's Best (radiograffitionline.com)

13 June 2011, 3:25 pm

Neil Patrick Harris is one man showstopping genius. After last year's lackluster show, the delightful performer revived the Tony Awards just in time for the 65th annual celebration of Broadway's best. There were no great surprises: "The Book of Mormon, " the predicted big winner swept almost every category, including Best Musical. Although with two [...]

Obama's White House Corespondents' Dinner Speech (Video) (pastinprint.com)

30 April 2011, 10:54 pm

The White House Corespondents' Dinner was a target rich environment for POTUS, and many a target got theirs. However, I took personal pleasure in watching that clueless ass-hat Donald Trump getting his ass handed to him by the President.

The GOP's Latest Victory... Styrofoam (progressivenation.us)

1 March 2011, 9:24 pm

The list of issues causing bitter divisions among Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill has a new entry: biodegradable cups. When the House returns Monday from a week-long recess, members and staffers will see something that hasn't been in the Capitol for four years: Styrofoam. In the first move toward phasing out part of Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) "Green the Capitol" program, polystyrene cups were reintroduced this week...

Maddow: 'Wisconsin, You Are Winning' (Video) (pastinprint.com)

1 March 2011, 8:39 am

If you haven't been paying attention to the remarkable events in Wisconsin these past two weeks, Maddow will bring you up to speed: (Watch)

Exactly What Spending Do Most Americans Want Cut? (progressivenation.us)

19 February 2011, 12:26 pm

Early Thursday, a fax arrived at the Capitol Hill office of Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN). In addition to an extraordinarily racist cartoon of President Obama being dragged with a noose behind a pick-up truck, the fax accused McCollum of being a Marxist, followed by the terrorist threat: "Death to all Marxists foreign and domestic." McCollum [...]

Kristol vs Beck... Well, this ought to be interesting (progressivenation.us)

8 February 2011, 1:30 pm

Last week, Fox News' Glenn Beck launched a week-long effort to explain developments in Egypt as only he can. The deranged media personality cooked up truly bizarre conspiracy theories -- even by his standards -- involving caliphates, communists, and radical theocrats, all of whom are coordinating their efforts for "the coming insurrection" and the "new [...]

WikiLeaked: Editors Preempt Dastardly Plot by Releasing eMails (ourbiggayborhood.com)

31 January 2011, 5:32 am

With all he's got going on lately, we're surprised Julian Assange found time to get all up in Our Big Gayborhood's business, but his minions somehow defeated OBG Co-Editor Lori Hahn's NSA-level encryption system, resulting in the interception of a bunch of sensitive Gayborhood emails between Hahn and Co-Editor Margo Moon. Like the blackmail victim [...]

Where to Find Our Authors (ourbiggayborhood.com)

31 January 2011, 5:25 am

Without the authors who freely (and we mean freely) gave their time, imaginations, and words to these pages, this website would not have been possible. We hope you visit them often for more enlightenment, laughter, and their own LGBTQIA human experiences. Margo Moon's Website Margo Moon at OBG Margo Moon's Podcast Hahn at Home's Facebook [...]

We're Gone But Enjoy These Sites (ourbiggayborhood.com)

31 January 2011, 5:20 am

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Gabrielle Giffords: Casualty of the Second Civil War (billnoxid.wordpress.com)

21 January 2011, 11:46 am

Note: Due to the complexity of the topic (and length this document), I created a separate site for it: The Second Civil War. It's always astonishing to witness the pathological denial that substitutes for reality in this country, but the levels reached in the last two weeks set an entirely new clinical standard. The common [...]

BANNED: Kyle Minogue's visually stunning video for, "All The Lovers." (thejoshuablogs.blogspot.com)

29 December 2010, 8:53 am

Check out Kyle Minogue's visually stunning (and banned in Indonesia, Malaysia & Singapore video for her beautiful song, "All The Lovers."Via Queerty:

Holding up New START impacts more than nukes (pastinprint.com)

20 December 2010, 1:58 pm

"The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President [Barack] Obama to be a one-term president," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced after the midterm elections. Perhaps you were under the impression McConnell's statement was just hyperbole; his vindictive sentiment, mere posturing for the benefit of the GOP's reanimated right wing. If [...]

David Shuster & I had breakfast this morning! (UPDATED) (thejoshuablogs.blogspot.com)

14 November 2010, 10:29 am

David Shuster & I breakfast this morning! It was truly an amazing experience to sit down with him and talk about our lives, our families, our thoughts on the current political climate and so much more.Honestly, he's one the of the nicest people I've ever met. Down-to-earth, warm, welcoming and completely nonjudgmental. I left filled with tons of gratitude and appreciation knowing that he took the time out of his [...]

A Couple More 'Rally to Restore Sanity' Pics ... (thejoshuablogs.blogspot.com)

13 November 2010, 5:15 pm

My friend Jeff just sent me a couple of pics he took of us at the Rally to Restore Sanity with his camera:

An American Election Folly & Rise of White Male Jacobins (rmuse.p2blogs.com)

1 November 2010, 12:52 pm

So what now after the GOP wins the House back? Will structural deficits suddenly vanish, even as US tax rates are at their lowest since 1950? Of course not, the cycle will simply start over again.

Angle Stoking Racial Hatred (rmuse.p2blogs.com)

28 October 2010, 10:36 am

Using race as a campaign strategy is sleazy and unethical, and when used in conjunction with threats of armed insurrection are downright dangerous.

Conservatives Use Nazi Gestapo Tactics (rmuse.p2blogs.com)

26 October 2010, 2:07 pm

America is heading down a dark path, and for a country that is allegedly a Christian nation, the Christian Dominionists support violence if they believe it helps their cause. There has been no outcry from Christians or Republicans because they think it is to their benefit to silently approve of any means necessary to steer America toward a Corporate Theocracy.

A Demagogue Inside Your Head (thetoddblog.com)

1 August 2010, 11:41 am

Rather than being a rational and pragmatic leader, Obama cowered to the reactionary elements of blind political divisiveness and further marginalized his own unique history to use Mrs. Sherrod's speech -- her whole speech -- and personal story as a "teachable moment."

Alex Knight: The End of Capitalism, Part 2-A (thetoddblog.com)

25 July 2010, 8:37 am

End of Capitalism Theory insists there are deeper explanations for why this crisis is so severe, widespread, and long-lasting. Here's one explanation: The devastating quaking of the financial markets, and the lingering aftershocks we're experiencing in layoffs and cut-backs, are manifestations of much larger tectonic shifts under the surface of the economy. This turmoil originates from deep instabilities within capitalism, the global [...]