Boston’s WRKO announced Tuesday that it will be 100 percent Rush-free. The station, billed as “Boston’s Talk Station,” is the largest yet to lose Limbaugh. The breakups began in 2012 when Limbaugh went from controversial to offensive in his attacks on Sandra Fluke, then a Georgetown Law stud[...]
Archive for May, 2015
May 29th, 2015 - 12:08 pm § in Politics
The “right” to work for lower wages
“It may benefit employers not to negotiate with employees and to pay less, but that’s different from saying this is going to help a state’s economic development.” — Gordon Lafer, University of Oregon economist Republicans tout anti-union laws as a way to attract busine[...]
May 28th, 2015 - 10:17 pm § in Uncategorized
Iranian View of ISIS
Israel also makes an appearance, with a cartoon of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shown riding an ISIS “monster,” holding a bloody sword – this in criticism of Israel’s alleged contribution to the strengthening of the terror organization.[...]
May 28th, 2015 - 9:26 pm § in Uncategorized
NYC Housing Authority acts to protect employees from cops
The New York City Housing is requiring its employees to wear orange vests, ordering them to wear ID tags, and giving them special training to reduce their chances of being shot by police. Read the story here.[...]
May 28th, 2015 - 4:40 pm § in Uncategorized
A clearcut case of self-defense
From Raw Story: “A Minnesota journalist says her parents, who are Muslim Americans, were victims of an armed hate crime in a Minneapolis suburb. … Around 11:00 PM last Friday, Majida and Adly Abumayaleh drove … to pick up their teenage son from a party in a residential neighb[...]
May 28th, 2015 - 1:32 pm § in Misc.
Slur of the Day
Tar baby (UK; U.S.; and N.Z.) a black child.[187][...]
May 28th, 2015 - 8:34 am § in America
Whites Genetically Weaker Than Blacks, Study Finds | Fox News
FACEBOOK: In its usual style ,Fox tries to foment racism. The network of O’Reilly summarized genetic studies as proving that race is real! Not only real BUT … according to Fox ..genetics proves Blacks are better athletes. Fox: “Prehistoric population ‘bottlenecks̵[...]
May 28th, 2015 - 8:26 am § in Uncategorized
Chicago PD didn’t want you to see this photo
It’s a Polaroid snapshot ca. 1999-2003 of two cops posing with rifles over a black guy wearing antlers. It was released this week by a Chicago judge over police officials’ objections, according to CNN (click here for story). Neither of the cops, Tim McDermott and Jerome Finnigan, is stil[...]