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48% Increase in Hate
A bit of news from the Southern Poverty Law Center:
"Racism is a serious problem in America. We've identified 888 organized hate groups — a staggering 48% increase since 2000."
I still meet people that tell me that racism and other forms of hate are not a serious issue in the U.S. any more. ...>
French Women Have More Sex…?
An article by Pamela Druckerman in The Washington Post today, French Women Don't Get Fat and Do Get Lucky, bemoans an intriguing situation: apparently, American women past their 40s are just not getting lucky enough when it comes to sex. Yes, you read it right. American women past their 40s are just ...>
Daily Show @ Sylvia’s
Well, leave it to The Daily Show (TDS) to truly report on the Bill O'Reilly "black restaurant" comments. This particular skit truly highlights how asinine Mr. O'Reilly's statement was, and how deeply embedded such white privilege and .racism lies. Here's the TDS clip in .MOV format:
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And They Wonder Why Media Piracy?
Apple has decided not to offer NBC TV shows in the iTunes store this coming season (starting September). NBC and Apple have been wrangling over price structure for the shows offered through the iTunes store, with NBC apparently wanting Apple to pay more than double the wholesale price for each TV ep ...>
Puerto Rican Resistance to Military Recruitment
I'm glad to hear the news that Puerto Rico is being fairly successful in foiling the U.S. Military's recruitment drive. An article in The Washington Post details how anti-war sentiment has been growing in the island, and pro-independence activists, as well as other groups, have had significant succe ...>
Of Frogs, Eels, Turtles, and Compassion
What's a good Amitabha Buddhist to do in the face of frogs, eels, and turtles destined for the dining table in New York City's Chinatown? Save them of course! But this is a complicated world isn't it? So often we think we have the right answers, only to find that we didn't quite account for this or ...>
American Monarchy
And you thought we did not have a monarchy in this country! Check out the latest news, the White House claims the DOJ: "will never be allowed to pursue contempt charges initiated by Congress against White House officials once the president has invoked executive privilege." In short, the Justice Depa ...>
Harry Potter and the Minions of Doom
Ok, that was too cutesy for the title of a post, but I'm not as excited about the supposedly last book in the Harry Potter series, or even the latest movie, as I am about the rash of commentary likely to come out about how Harry Potter is evil, teaches our kids "satanic" stuff, destroys the morals o ...>
Eco’s UR-Fascism
I thought I would have time to write about Umberto Eco's UR-Fascism statement, but I have too much other writing to do. In any case, here's a .PDF file of it. You will also find it at the very beginning of Chris Hedges book American Fascists. You can download Eco's UR-Fascism essay here in.pdf. Yes, ...>
Happy Father’s Day!
A very happy father's day for all of you (dads, moms, etc.). I want to be as inclusive as possible. Plenty of moms performing both roles out there, and plenty of dads that others (usually religious right types) don't want to acknowledge. So, I hope you have had a wonderful father's day, in the compa ...>
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