Where do America’s most racist people live? “The rural Northeast and South,” suggests a new study just published in PLOS ONE.[...]
Archive for June, 2015
June 27th, 2015 - 4:43 pm § in Misc.
Green River killer has a new home
Gary Ridgway a/k/a the Green River killer has been transferred to Florence ADX, the federal “supermax” pen in Colorado that houses spies, terrorists, bombers, cartel bosses, mafia chieftans, and other dangerous prisoners, according to local media reports. The Washington Department of Cor[...]
June 27th, 2015 - 9:18 am § in Misc.
Kurds Drive ISIS out of Kobani
BEIRUT (AP) — Kurdish forces have driven out Islamic State fighters who had infiltrated the Syrian border town of Kobani, but clashes continued outside the town, activists and the official Syrian news agency said Saturday. The civilian death toll — already well over 100 — was expected to rise [...]
June 27th, 2015 - 7:52 am § in America
Howsit SC said it could not lower the damned flag to half mast?
Bree Newsome, a 30-year-old youth organizer from Charlotte, North Carolina and James Ian Dyson also from Charlotte, climbed a flagpole in Columbia early on Saturday morning and removed the Confederate flag flying in front of the capitol building. Sadly, the damned flag was raised again at South Ca[...]
June 27th, 2015 - 1:46 am § in Misc.
12th Year Since Discovery that a Kenyan had been elected to US Senate
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June 26th, 2015 - 6:33 pm § in Misc.
Jindal: “Get rid of Supreme Court!”
“The Supreme Court is completely out of control, making laws on their own, and has become a public opinion poll instead of a judicial body. If we want to save some money, let’s just get rid of the court,” GOP presidential candidate Bobby Jindal tweeted, obviously disappointed by today[...]
June 26th, 2015 - 6:27 pm § in Misc.
When Conservatives Try to Squirm Out of Their Guilt
This is a recent post on Facebook by a conservative named Steve Yeger and his friend Rob Schick. This is, of course, meant as a somewhat silly effort to tie today’s Dem Party to the horrors of racism. “Margaret Sanger..founder of planned > baby murdering<..parenthood….respo[...]
June 26th, 2015 - 12:00 pm § in Misc.
Words for the ages
“They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right.” — Justice Anthony Kennedy But some less articulate and wise partisans are beside themselves. For example, GOP presidential candidate and erstwhile Baptist preacher Mike Huckabee: “Th[...]