Holy 1984! Bruce Harrell, a city councilman who has self designated himself as a representative of people of color, has taken up the Copcam cause. The idea is to mount videocams on the cops .. presumably only when they are on duty .. to assure that the cops can be held responsible for their ac[...]
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The Hard Lesson of White Racism
I am embarrassed. When Mr. Obama became President I celebrated. I was happy because, as a Jewish American, I have never believed someone like me could become President of this white christian country. I stupidly saw Barack Obama as being another ethnic name .. like Schmuel Mosheh Negri .. [...]
April 6th, 2011 - 4:35 pm § in America
Report From Olympia: Tuesday Kick-Starts Week of Action
Tuesday’s march and rally at the Capitol gave a strong kick-start for a week of protests that will continue through Friday. The day was organized and led by the Olympia Coalition for a Fair Budget, a local grassroots group that lives up to its name. The day was tainted by the dramatic Olympia w[...]
January 14th, 2011 - 12:01 pm § in Politics
Seattle: What is happening?
A Valuable Resource Jean Buskin, of Biochemistry at UW, runs a blog and calendar of local events at this blog. Worth a look! Some highlights below:[...]
August 13th, 2010 - 9:42 am § in Uncategorized
Call Me a Negri
Recently “Dr. Laura” got herself into great trouble by using the “N” word. I really dislike Dr. Laura, in part because she shows a side of Judaism that comes frighteningly close to the arrogance I associate with the worst of Christianity and Islam . Would her words have evoke[...]
January 3rd, 1942 - 11:07 am § in Misc.
THE MYTH OF RACE Tags!
CLICK EITHER LADY TO READ MORE ABOUT WHY “RACE” IS A MYTH[...]
September 7th, 2024 - 11:32 pm § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts
Trump promises to prosecute election cheaters
Trump made a campaign promise on Saturday, September 7, 2024, to go after election cheaters. He posted it on Truth Social, his social media platform, and it goes like this: “The 2024 Election, where Votes have just started being cast, will be under the closest professional scrutiny and, WHEN I WI[...]
August 23rd, 2024 - 8:20 pm § in America, Democrats, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Politics, Republicans
Is Kamala Harris leading a movement?
There’s talk in the air of Harris being a “movement” politician (I’ll get into what that is), of being a “hinge of history,” according to a Politico article here. That’s a concept usually associated with the term “transformative leader.” The real[...]
July 17th, 2024 - 6:13 pm § in Misc.
Who pushed who? Don’t believe the GOP congressman
I’d lay bets that Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), the man with the big mouth in the photo at left, pushed Code Pink protester Nour Jaghama, the little woman in the photo below, and not the other way around. The former Navy SEAL is a big guy. She’s a little woman. Moreover, Van Orden has [[...]