AngryBrownButch

Category: politics/government

  • Slightly disturbing; also, the required post-election snippet

    Today, while reading this ABC news article about al Qaeda’s attempted justification of the bombings in Jordan, I glanced down at the bottom of the screen and noticed the “Most Sent Headlines” section: Can Your Cat Make You Crazy? Cat Show Plans Memorial Service for Dog Warm, Fuzzy Winter Bra Unveiled in Japan Apparently, ABC…

  • Voting mishaps to avoid

    First off – I hope y’all either voted already, or are planning to later! As the social justice calendar on my wall says, “Vote, but realize it is a small part of being a citizen and creating a truly democratic system.” Hell yeah. Also, for New Yorkers who have not yet voted: note that the…

  • More Lies from BushCo

    From Reuters AlertNet: A captured al Qaeda operative who told U.S. authorities that Iraq had trained al Qaeda members to use unconventional weapons was identified as a probable liar months before the Bush administration began using his claims to make its case for war … “Saddam’s regime is intensely secular and is wary of Islamic…

  • Legislating love

    From my friend Dex: He looks too ‘aloof’ in photographs, so Immigration rejected his wife. This is a Canadian incident, but similarly racist, xenophobic, and just plain heartbreaking applications of immigration laws occur in the US every day. As Dex put it, “this is what happens when the government tries to legislate love.” Speaking of…

  • The Bush Administration speaks from both sides of its mouth on torture

    From Reuters AlertNet: Bush vows “we do not torture” terror suspects: “We do not torture and therefore we’re working with Congress to make sure that as we go forward, we make it more possible to do our job,” Bush said. And by working with Congress, they Bush Administration apparently means sending in Cheney to fight…

  • Ballot measures, Working Families, and NJ insanity

    Any other New Yorkers a bit lost when it comes to the ballot measures in this upcoming vote? Here’s a little help from two sources: the Gotham Gazette and the Daily Gotham. Also, mole333 from the Daily Gotham reminded me to help spread this from the Working Families party: The Working Families Party: 5 reasons…

  • Shut up already, Mike.

    If I hear one more commercial for Mike Bloomberg tonight on 96.3 FM (the classical station), I’m going to throw my stereo out the window. OK, not really – I like my stereo far too much to do such a thing. But I’m so sick of the Bloomberg ads, mostly because they outnumber Ferrer’s ads,…

  • ACTION ALERT: Help FIERCE fight for queer and trans youth’s right to be in the West Village

    The quick of it, if you don’t have time to read the back story: New Yorkers who care about queer and trans youth of color should show up on Monday at 6:30pm at the Tony Dapolito Recreation Center, 3 Clarkson Street, 3rd Floor (7th Ave) for an important action by FIERCE against a plan to…

  • Ferrer, Bloomberg, and the “Puerto Rican Card”

    From the New York Times this morning: The Mayor Tries to Trump His Opponent’s Puerto Rican Card Reaching into a core constituency of his opponent, Fernando Ferrer, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg attended an East Harlem rally of cheering Latino supporters yesterday and said that he had received the endorsement of Jorge Santini-Padilla, the mayor of…