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A distracted, incomplete, and biased response to the Democratic Debate
I’ll admit it: I’m not much for watching televised debates. Even though there’s an exciting race going on and the debate included a candidate who I’m kinda jazzed about, I just don’t have the attention span for it. I often have the same problem with sports. Some games will get my undivided attention, especially championships…
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ACTION ALERT: Support the Khalil Gibran International Academy
Monday, August 20, 6pm NYC Department of Education Tweed Courthouse, 52 Chambers Street Between Broadway & Centre St. in Manhattan Subways: 4, 5, 6, N, R, W, M, J, 2, 3, A, C This is fairly short notice for this alert, but I want to really encourage folks to show up Monday afternoon for a…
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Barack Obama: SECRET MUSLIM (gasp!)
Like me, many of you probably expected that CNN’s little Where’s Obama “accident” was only a hint of things to come. Well, far be it from Fox to disappoint on this count. From ThinkProgress: Fox & Friends aired a segment on Senator Barack Obama, focusing on his supposedly hidden Muslim background. Ignoring the fact that…
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ACTION ALERT: Entire Queens Family Arrested as Intimidation
Note from Jack: I heard about this on NPR the other morning, but unsurprisingly didn’t get the whole story, not even from them. I’ve added emphasis on some parts of this press release from DRUM (Desis Rising Up and Moving), which is an important and kick-ass organization that everyone should know about. Also, for more…
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From one war on people of color to another
From a CNN report: “An amendment cutting Bush’s Iraq request by $1.9 billion to pay for new aircraft, patrol boats and other vehicles, as well as border checkpoints and a fence along the Mexico border crossing near San Diego widely used by illegal immigrants was adopted on 59-39 vote.” Really, when is the War on…
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no one is illegal
let’s try that blog revival business one more time… The current weather in New York City: sunny, not a cloud in the sky that I can see, 57 degrees. Sounds like good weather for a protest. Soon as I am able, I’m leaving work and heading down towards City Hall for what will certainly be…
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Fuerza Bruta Imperialista: FBI abuse and intimidation in Puerto Rico
This is slightly old news, but still probably news that far too few have heard. On last Friday, February 10, FBI agents raided six private homes and one business in Puerto Rico in an attack of intimidation and repression against the Ejercito Popular Boricua (Boricua Popular Army). The raids were conducted under the pretense of…
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Holy stupidity, Batman!
There are far more important things to be writing about (and hopefully I’ll get to at least one of those things later on today), but I needed to have a public WTF?!? moment about this, from the San Francisco Chronicle: Frank Miller, who changed the way people looked at comics with his noirish 1980s Batman…