Fear of Muslims is over the top
9/11 is a date feared by American Muslims...and it should not be. The 10th Anniverary was one of special concern.
View ArticleFasting With Troy Davis on 9/21
The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles denied Troy Davis's request for clemency. It appears that Georgia will kill him by lethal injection at 7 pm ET on September 21, 2011. And it appears that...
View ArticleI am Troy Davis *FINAL UPDATE* Troy Anthony Davis has been killed by the...
It now looks almost certain that the execution of Troy Davis, despite all of the lingering doubts about his guilt, will go forward.At 7 PM tonight, Troy will be strapped to this gurney, and leather...
View ArticleUpdate9: Troy Davis, Time of Death 11:08pm -- How Can So Many Voices Be Ignored?
This morning 240,000 more petitions were deliveredAlso this morning, Davis' lawyers asked for a polygraph test but were denied by the Department of Corrections. Today his lawyers filed a brief in...
View Articlevigil ...update5, justice denied.
Time of death 11:08..Democracy Now livestream is getting mixed reports, possibly a stay has been granted by SCOTUS? There's much confusion... will update if we hear more clear news. Not good news yet....
View ArticleACTION: White House Death Penalty Petition
To my amazement, there is a new petition at the official White House Web site about abolition of the death penalty: WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO: STOP the Death Penality Now in Memory of...
View ArticleGeorge Stinney And The Shame Of State Killing
This is George J. Stinney, Jr. This is his mug shot. He was born on October 21, 1929, and he was executed by the State of South Carolina on June 16, 1944. He was then fourteen years old. He was...
View ArticleBill Kristol Defames Occupy Wall Street as Racist & "Anti-Semitic"
Y'knew it was coming - and now here it is. Fox News Paid Pundit and Weekly Standard Editor Bill Kristol has put out an add that attacks and defames Occupy Wall Street as Racist and Anti-Semitic.So...
View ArticleDude, Your Face is so Gay
Do any of these faces look gay to you? Do any look especially straight?If so, there's a reason. And its not that you are homophobic. New research from the University of Toronto suggests that some gay...
View ArticleFinally Some Justice for Stephen Lawrence
On April 22 1993, Stephen Lawrence a promising young black man was murdered while waiting at a bus stop with his friend Duwayne Brooks . It was an unprovoked racist attack in which the young men were...
View ArticleConservative Hater(s) kill family pet of Democratic campaign manager
The family pet cat of a campaign manager for a Democratic Congressional candidate was killed, had the word "liberal" painted on its side and was left on the front porch for the campaign manager's four...
View Article"Newt" And Other N-Words
Wow! That South Carolina Republican Presidential Primary battle was the most bracing bit of race baiting, dog-whistle political campaigning I've seen since Lee Atwater draped Willie Horton around...
View ArticleStand Up To Rightwing Terrorism; Support Aden For Congress!
By now most of you know the horrifying story of Gato, the cat who belonged to Jake Burris, campaign manager for the Ken Aden for Congress campaign in Arkansas. Sunday night, Jake and his young...
View ArticleGBCW
I have little patience for melodramatic TTFN's and GBCW's written to garner attention and sympathy. This is real. And its permanent. I'm not sick. I'm not depressed. I don't have a fancy new job that...
View ArticleShe Said Yes!
A break from the usual clichéd marriage proposals at sporting events. The NHL has really been breaking down barriers lately, almost alone among major sports leagues. Witness this You Can Play video...
View ArticleNew Witness in Trayvon Case: The Girl on the Cellphone
In the minutes before the shooting of Trayvon Martin, it appears there was yet another witness. Trayvon was using his cellphone (which remains missing) as he was stalked, hunted and Lynched by George...
View ArticlePure. Undiluted. Evil.
Some moments in our lives can show who and what we truly are. We can rise to the occasion with courage, faith, love, hope, empathy, grace and affection or we can fall to the depths of envy, anger,...
View ArticleAnders Breivik Claims Self Defense For Killing 77 In Norway Massacre. Really.
The trial of Anders Breivik has begun. Here is the self defense argument taken to its absurdist conclusion: self defense against Muslims taking over white nations. He appears to have modified Hitler's...
View ArticleMitt Needs the Nuge, because they Shoot Liberals Don't they?
While some are more then willing to ignore or blow off the comments of "Terrible" Ted Nugent to the NRA as simply being the ramblings of an aging irrelevant rock star, there are very good reasons to...
View ArticleHigher Moral Obligations: An Additional Burdern for Oppressed Minorities
Being a victim of discrimination is not easy. Research shows that targets of discrimination are at higher risk for a range of negative mental and physical health outcomes, including increased symptoms...
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