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NFL - Race an issue
I really do not understand this. Why do people have to be racially motivated to stir up trouble. In an article on ESPN by Michael Smith, he says…
“And so the NFL’s diversity record remains six African-American coaches out of 32. A disappointing loss and an opportunity lost, for sure. But …
Gulags Ready For Thought Crimes…
EU Police State Plans Gulags for Thought Crimes December 2, 2008 by BNP News In yet another direct violation of traditional civil liberties, the EU super state has announced that it will be introducing a range of thought crimes which include ‘racism, incitement to hatred, apology, denial or trivialisation of genocide’-punishable by up to three years in prison. The announcement, made in Brussels last Friday and ignored by the entire world’s media, was made by the European Commission which sai
Naming the Source of Human Dignity: Another Response
This post, by Alabama law student Abe Delnore, responds to this post, which is also discussed here and here: "I wonder if Rick Garnett's former student--the Bob Jones alumnus--suggests an answer to your student's question. That is, divine creation not so long ago was considered by some the basis for denying the dignity of some humans. So while Kant and Rousseau may seem to leave gaping loopholes, it is a historical fact that the divine account has been perverted--and it may be again. The a
A Different Road
November's book - which I actually managed to read in November - for my 2008 reading challenge was Jack Kerouac's On the Road. I can't remember why I picked this book - I think it was one on a list of possible titles, and I managed to find a (free) copy on bookmooch.com. It's certainly not a book I'd ever really planned to read. And, having finished it, I doubt I'll be reading it again.I'd always thought On the Road was a 1960s novel*, about someone living rough during that decade, living the hi
Mumbai
Over at Get Religion, a discussion of the reasons behind the Mumbai attacks-- specifically, why the terrorists targeted Jews.I'm sorry, but stuff like this can't be dismissed as the product of a lying press. I won't go as far as Malcolm in contending that the violence is indicative of an inherent problem in Islam, but the correlation between global terrorism and Islam is undeniable. A history of poverty and brutal oppression fails to explain all the violence and death perpetrated by certain Mu
H-Net Review: Forgotten Allies: The Oneida Indians and the American Revolution.
H-Net Review Publication: ‘The Oneida Patriots’ Joseph T. Glatthaar, James Kirby Martin. Forgotten Allies: The Oneida Indians and the American Revolution. New York Hill & Wang, 2006. 434 pp. $30.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8090-4601-0; $19.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8090-4600-3. Reviewed by Karim Tiro Published on H-AmIndian (October, 2008) Commissioned by Patrick G. Bottiger The Oneida Patriots Elegantly written and well researched, _Forgotten Allies_ makes the Oneida Indian Nation’s contribution t
You say that like it was a bad thing!
Roland has been reading Counterpunch:There is not a single, solid anti-war voice in the upper echelons of the Obama foreign policy apparatus.Very reassuring._On another point, I’ve heard people here in London talk about Obama’s election in terms of a victory over American racism, because of course we all know how racist the United Former Colonies in America are, seeing as how they kept slavery going eighteen years longer than the Empire. Well, The Times reports today on the brutal treatment of O
Trans victims honoured with solidarity
(I’m a week late posting this one, but it’s important, so here it is…) -Danielle Pope, UVIC Martlett Rain and wind pelted Centennial Square on Nov. 20, but a crowd of about 75 people held candles and stood fast to honour trans gendered people lost to violence and hatred around the world. The Trans Day of Remembrance (TDOR), put on in Victoria by TransAction, a community-based activist group, recognizes all victims of transphobic hatred. The event, now international, began in San Francisco in 199
Some N.C. inaugural ball hopefuls have already lost that glass slipper
The clock has already struck midnight for anyone hoping to attend the North Carolina State Society’s presidential inaugural ball but hasn’t requested tickets yet. There have already been more requests than the 1,800-person ballroom can accommodate, organizers say. In fact, so many people want to party they’ve even cut off the waiting list. The final notices to folks who will receive tickets or are being wait-listed are being sent this week. Though not an official ball, the society’s Jan. 1
Jeff Luers interviews prisoner Grant Barnes
-Bay Area Indymedia Jeff asked that his interview with political prisoner Grant Barnes be sent out in lieu of dispatch this month. Grant Barnes is currently serving a 12-year sentence in Colorado for setting fire to several SUVs. The interview will also be appearing in the upcoming January/February issue of the Earth First! Journal, so be sure to check that out as well. http://earthfirstjournal.org/ And, as another reminder, Jeff’s 30th birthday is this Friday December 5th. Cards can be sent to
Mill, animals, and liberalism
Gaius asks whether a liberal who traces her intellectual lineage to J.S. Mill–i.e. who sees the purpose of politics as permitting the widest possible scope for human liberty consistent with the liberty of others–can consistently be in favor of laws for preventing cruelty to animals or protecting the environment: how [did] liberals, historically, either politically allied themselves with or actually became, some of them, animal welfare advocates, animal rights advocates, conservationists, protect
BARACK OBAMA: HOUSE NEGRO OR FIELD NEGRO; WHO IS HIS MASTER?
"You’ve got field Negroes in America today. I’m a field Negro. The masses are the field Negroes.”By: Fahim A. Knight-ELPresident-Elect Barack Obama has been left with a decaying corpse and a petrified carcass better known as the United States Government, which has declined and reached an unbearable political, economic and social stench and is in dire need of fumigation because postmortem has left our government with some intolerable fumes. President-Elect Obama will be assuming one of the worst
Ueno Park Philosopher: On Crossbreeding
December 3, 2008 Philosopher’s website Source: Racism in Tokyo? The Philosopher of Ueno Park (Japan Probe) Posted in Japan | Tagged Culture, Japan, Life, Racism, Ueno Park |
Gilad Atzmon - The Lady Between the Queen and the Tribe
In spite of the fact that I monitor Israeli press and Jewish activism on a daily basis, I must admit that almost once a day I come across something new and refreshing about my ex-brethren. As it happened, yesterday I learned about an organisation named the “International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists” (IAJLJ). An association with such a name didn’t take me by complete surprise. By now I am used to the concept of ‘primarily-Jewish’ organisations and associations. At the end of
Mormons, Gay Marriage, Prop 8 and Protesting
Last week, after posting on the Breitbart remarks regarding Prop 8, my email was full of angry opponents to Prop 8, who called me every name in the book. Only one had the nerve to post a public comment. Like Jonah Goldberg in the following quote, I don’t get it. This whole protest in my mind is nothing but an excuse to exercise religious bigotry and intolerance and is anathema to me as much as bigotry toward any group, including gays. It is ignorance personified. Jonah says it best and says eve
Americans are so meannnnnnnnn!
Look they even orchestrated the Mumbai terrorist attacks in India!! It’s got to be true ‘cuz she said it. And so did they. Do you think this must be because all Americans are INHERENTLY violent? According to the Euro-sophisticates on this site, America is one of the most violent nations on earth, and inherently so! Think they’re hand-pickin’ their “sources”? Well, according to this site, it looks like they’re leaving out parts of their own continent. But INHERENTLY violent? This must explain wh
Human Rights and International Law (4): The International Criminal Court, An Historical Perspective
December 3, 2008 in human rights and international law, justice, law | Tags: impunity, International Criminal Court, justice, law, politics, reconciliation, sovereignty, war crimes | by Filip Spagnoli This post is by guest-writer Line Løvåsen. (source) We’ve mentioned before on this blog that national systems of criminal justice are often insufficient and ineffective, and that an international criminal justice system is an important tool for the protection of human rights. It can help to c
REVOKING ISRAEL'S UN MEMBERSHIP
By Snorre Lindquist and Lasse Wilhelmson – StockholmThe Gaza Strip is now the largest concentration camp in the world. The situation grows steadily more insufferable for the 1.5 million Palestinians who live there. Deliveries of food, medicine and fuel are made difficult or stopped altogether. Child malnutrition is increasing. Water supplies and drainage have ceased to function. Children die for lack of healthcare. Tunnels to Egypt, dug by hand, are the only breathing space. Journalists and dipl
New Radical Lesbian Feminist Front-NRLFF-Join Us if you Dare
MISSION STATEMENT The New Radical Lesbian Feminist Front (NRLFF) is an organization for and about lesbian feminists. We’re unrepentant gynophiles – women-loving-women - lesbians. Lesbians are descendents of a proud and unique culture that traces its roots back to antiquity. We reject male supremacy in any form; we stand in opposition to it. We always have. Our longstanding endurance is a refutation of its inevitability. We plan to address the following issues: * We are opting out of the LGBTQI
Incoming Harris County DA will have prosecutor assigned to old cases
Harris County District Attorney-elect Pat Lykos told The Houston Chronicle she may adopt some polices began by Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins. Mr. Watkins created a conviction integrity unit and has made overturning wrongful convictions a priority in his office. Ms. Lykos doesn't plan to go as far as Mr. Watkins has in looking at old cases, though. According to a column in the Chronicle: Happily, Harris County DA-elect Pat Lykos is not above doing some things Watkins has pione
Black Iraqis In Basra Face Racism
Corey Flintoff, NPR - The election of Barack Obama to the U.S. presidency was celebrated with special fervor by Iraqis of African descent in the southern port city of Basra. Although they have lived in Iraq for more than 1,000 years, the black Basrawis say they are still discriminated against because of the color of their skin, and they see Obama as a role model. Long relegated to menial jobs or work as musicians and dancers, some of them have recently formed a group to advance their civil ri
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