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Snickers : ‘Get Some Nuts’
New ad encourages drive-by shootings of unmanly men See video below. Via Towleroad comes a new spot for Snickers which appears to endorse violence against the effeminate, or at least against speed-walkers. In the spot, a yellow-shorts-sporting butt-shaking speed-walker is … Continue reading
Canada’s Spreading Cannabis Crop
Homegrown marijuana has become big business in British Columbia By Misha Glenny / July 22, 2008 As we walk into John’s basement, the smell is so overwhelming it almost knocks me off my feet. In front of me stand 120 … Continue reading
Dennis Kucinich : Thanks to You, Impeachment Will Be Heard on Friday
Holding the administration accountableBy Dennis Kucinich / July 22, 2008 I want to thank you for the support which you have given to my efforts to hold this administration accountable for taking us into a war based on lies and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Administration, Bush Impeachment, Congress, Impeachment, Kucinich, War Crimes
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Jim Hightower : ‘Gooberhead Award’
VA treating vets as lab ratsBy Jim Hightower / July 22, 2008 Time for another Gooberhead Award, presented periodically to those in the news who’ve got their mouths going 100 miles an hour – but forgot to put their brains … Continue reading
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Tagged GI's, Health Care, Mental Health, Pharmaceuticals, PTSD, Veterans, Veterans Administration
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Mesmo : Meanderings on Obama
A couple of Chicago pols.If he wins, maybe he can finally sit stillBy Gerry Storm / The Rag Blog / July 22, 2008 After reading the long article on Obama in the controversial issue of the New Yorker, I am … Continue reading
Bobby Seale : Still Revolutionary After All These Years
Former Black Panther Party chairman Bobby Seale. Photo By Adam Wallacavage.An interview with the former chairman of the Black Panther PartyBy Kam Williams / July 20th, 2008 Robert George Seale was born on October 22, 1936 in Dallas, Texas where, … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, Black Panthers, Black Power, Chicago 8, Civil Rights, COINTELPRO, FBI, Sixties
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HEALTH CARE : Depressed? Try An Anti-depressant and Get Really Depressed
Gives a whole new meaning to sex and drugsBy Duncan Echelson / The Rag Blog / July 22, 2008 Here’s a story from Jim Edwards’ blog NRx. He gives some facts and figures on how SSRI’s are having a devastating … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-depressants, Health Care, Medicine, Mental Health, Sexuality
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African Anglican Leaders Call For Ouster of Gay Bishop
Rev. Gene Robinson touring stalls at Lambeth. He is not invited to the conference itself. Photo by Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images.‘Should resign for good of the church…’By Riazat Butt / July 22, 2008 Rev. Gene Robinson, the gay bishop … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, Gay, Gay Rights, Homophibia, Homosexuality, Religion
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MUSIC : Gringos Recording Mexican Songs…
Doug Sahm and The Texas Tornados, 1996:(From Left) Flaco Jimenez, Sahm, Freddy Fender, and Augie Meyers. Class personified: Nat King Cole.The bueno, the bad and the muy uglyBy Gustavo Arellano and John Nova Lomax Mexican artists have recorded English-language songs … Continue reading
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Tagged Mexico, Music, Musicians, Popular Culture, Rock 'n Roll, Texas
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McCain : Is Foot-In-Mouth Disease Age-Related?
John McCain crying on Dubya’s shoulder after latest gaffe?McCain gaffes pile up; critics pile onBy Mike Allen and Jim Vandehei / July 22, 2008 Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said “Iraq” on Monday when he apparently meant “Afghanistan”, adding to a … Continue reading
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Tagged McCain, McCain Mistakes, Media, Presidential Campaign, Video
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A Free Speech Graveyard at the Democratic Convention in Denver?
Free speech zones have been employed by both Democrats and Republicans at past political conventions. This year, however, Democrats face the embarrassing possibility that they will be the only party actually caging dissenters. Yet as John W. Whitehead points out … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Liberties, Democratic Convention, Democratic Party, Freedom of Speech, Social Action, Video
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