http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/147928 – According to the U.S. Census of 2000, 80 percent of the 285 million people living in the United States are urban dwellers. Those living in slums are well below 5 percent. If we translate the Iraqi statistic into the U.S. context, 121 million people in the United States would be living in slums. [...]
Congrats, Assholes. You won.
Read this comment today. Figured it was pretty honest about the whole thing, and certainly reflects what I would feel. So congrats, assholes hoping for a generations long war against most of the world, you are one step closer to that goal. Nudge 2010-08-23 07:06:58 AM I’m a Muslim American, and the nationwide attempt to [...]
Link Dump….
Working…can’t write…dumping link… – This is why they should. (I got sick of this nontroversy a couple days ago) – When Pat Buchanan calls your Nazi analogy over the edge, it is. – Read the comments to see why I call them nutjobs. (note the comment and reactions to the comment that explains this away [...]
NYC mosque will be election issue, Republican predicts
Of course it will be. The R’s ran on 9/11-9/11-9/11 to great effect in 2004. Why not try again in 2010? Between this, immigration, and Obama, the ‘Brown Scare’ wins the Republican motivate-the-base campaign theme trifecta. http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-08-16-mosque16_ST_N.htm?csp=hf – WASHINGTON — The top Republican in charge of Senate campaigns said Sunday that President Obama’s support of [...]
Angry protesters descend on mosque
http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Angry-protesters-descend-on-mosque-606515.php BRIDGEPORT — About a dozen right-wing Christians, carrying placards and yelling “Islam is a lie,” angrily confronted worshippers outside a Fairfield Avenue mosque Friday. “Jesus hates Muslims,” they screamed at worshippers arriving at the Masjid An-Noor mosque to prepare for the holy week of Ramadan. One protester shoved a placard at a group of [...]
Desktop clearing link dump re: Ground Zero Mosque
Well I’ve got some bad new for y’all. Looks like I’m backing to selling my skills on the open market, which means *much* less posting (if history is any indication). That being said, here’s the stuff that I found interesting lately and some quick blurbs and all that. You know the drill. First up is [...]
Republicans officially Anti-American, Anti-Constitution
This is sick, sad, and disgusting. Everything that this country stands and has stood for, is now under attack for short term political gain. This is the Republican *leadership*, working every day to change what it means to be an American (which you can only be if they approve of your heritage). This is officially [...]
Sacred Strip Clubs? Yes! Sacred Buildings? No!
Nice piece on this subject, covers most of the arguments I’ve made about the thing. – There are actually a couple of adult entertainment venues that show up on Google ( GOOG -news – people ) Maps if you search around the former site of the World Trade Center. Internet reviewers seem to like New [...]
Stay Classy, GOP
The level of absurdity on this one just went to 110 (out of 10). Here’s the backstory (a bit of it anyway). And here’s the ad from a political group that invaded and destroyed a country because it had the same religion as “them”. You really can see “their” thought process on Iraq in this [...]
Stay Classy, Tea Party
The message of a controversial billboard in Mason City comparing President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Lenin probably got lost in its visuals, a co-founder of the tea party group that paid for the sign said Tuesday. He said the underlying message remained: The country is headed in the wrong direction. [full story] [...]
Helen Thomas outsted for criticizing Israel
And the old lady is gone. WASHINGTON, June 7, 2010 – Helen Thomas announced Monday that she is retiring, effective immediately. Her decision came after her controversial comments about Israel and the Palestinians were captured on videotape and widely disseminated on the Internet. Thomas later issued a statement: “I deeply regret my comments I made [...]
It’s time to cut off all aid to Israel (period)
U.S. Confirms Citizen Shot Dead in Gaza Flotilla Raid http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=atkYRIaRZWSw I really don’t like the idea of foreign governments (caught spying on the U.S. repeatedly) summarily executing U.S. citizens. So far the Obama administration’s reaction to this massacre has been pathetic. Cut off funding, totally, then talk to them again (after they stop building settlements).
