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 [...]
How Crazy Have We Become When…
…George W. Bush comes across as a voice of reason (or when viewed through the skewed prism of Election 2010, a terrorist sympathizer). Thank you all very much for your hospitality. We’ve just had a wide-ranging discussion on the matter at hand. Like the good folks standing with me, the American people were appalled and [...]
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 [...]
Geithner joins Greenspan in call to end Bush giveaway to wealthy
Geithner Says Tax Breaks Don’t Pay for Themselves as Expiration Considered – Bloomberg http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-04/geithner-says-tax-breaks-don-t-pay-for-themselves-as-expiration-considered.html – Geithner said overseas investors would view even a short- term extension of tax cuts for top earners as a sign that permanent tax breaks were on the way. That could hurt the economy in the long run by suggesting the [...]
Happy Birther Day, Mr. President!
And an oy and a vey directed right at the heart of America… Forty-two percent of those questioned say they have absolutely no doubts that the president was born in the U.S., while 29-percent say he “probably” was. “Not surprisingly, there are big partisan differences, although a majority of Republicans thinks Obama was definitely or [...]
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 [...]
Big Brother loses one, ‘Jailbreaking’ iPhones legal, not felony
Apple loses bid to criminalize iPhone jailbreaking – Computerworld http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9179694/Apple_loses_bid_to_criminalize_iPhone_jailbreaking – “When one jailbreaks a smartphone in order to make the operating system on that phone interoperable with an independently created application that has not been approved by the maker of the smartphone or the maker of its operating system, the modifications that are made [...]
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 [...]
