IF YOUR SKIN IS NOT WHITE….. THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE PATRIOT ACT…. updated 1 hour, 46 minutes ago Muslim family removed from plane remains at odds with airline STORY HIGHLIGHTS On flight, passenger overheard comment from Muslim, reported it to attendant Airline won’t clarify comment; man says couple just [...]
WE ALL HAVE OUR FAVOURITES AS BLACK SHEEP IN THE GOOD OL’ US OF A –THE LAST YEAR WITNESSED MANY CHICKENS COMING HOME TO ROOST, AS WELL AS MANY MORE FOUL (SIC)–YES, OK, UNFAIR TO BIRDS…. TOMASKY HEADS UP GUARDIAN AMERICA, AND HE IS PRESCIENT….AND INSIGHTFUL/INCITEFUL (DEPENDING UPON YOUR IDEOLOGICAL PREFERENCE) I LOVE HIM…. FROM [...]
FROM THE LA TIMES, A SMILE OR TWO, EH, ALL YOU EX-SMOKERS OUT THERE? Opinion Obama and smoking Take it from one ex-smoker: Now is not the time to quit. By Amy Goldman Koss December 28, 2008 Rumors persist that President-elect Barack Obama is trying to quit smoking. I hope they aren’t true. The nation [...]
JOEL STEIN IN THE LA TIMES–A THOUGHTFUL BLOG….. Republicans are blinded by love Lefties just don’t have the same feeling about America as the hard right does. Joel Stein December 26, 2008 I don’t love America. That’s what conservatives are always telling liberals like me. Their love, they insist, is truer, deeper and more complete. [...]
From: geoff smith Date: December 25, 2008 10:05:50 PM EST (CA) To: “Newsmax.com” Subject: Re: U.S. Military Preparing for Domestic Disturbances your U.S. military cannot control even Iraq or Afghanistan…what makes you think it could control unruly rednecks? The military would be a pushover. On 25-Dec-08, at 8:34 PM, Newsmax.com wrote: Breaking from Newsmax.com U.S. [...]
FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES, A STUDY IN WHAT HAPPENS TO DISSENTERS: NB, THE U.S. HAS USED THIS TACTIC IN ITS SCHOLARSHIP, PARTICULARLY THE CONSENSUS HISTORIANS OF THE 1940S-1960S….. THINK ABOUT IT….. December 9, 2008 Complainers in China Hospitalized By ANDREW JACOBS BEIJING — Local officials in Shandong Province have apparently found a cost-effective way [...]
FROM THE LOST ANGELES TIMES, A SCARY STORY….. Spying on pacifists, environmentalists and nuns An undercover Maryland State Police trooper infiltrated nonviolent groups and labeled dozens of people as terrorists. By Bob Drogin December 7, 2008 Reporting from Takoma Park, Md. — To friends in the protest movement, Lucy was an eager 20-something who attended [...]