May 2011
HISTORICITY (was already taken): Historical... →
historicity-was-already-taken:
I was reading one of my favorite books—The Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages 400-1000 by Chris Wickham—the other day, and I came upon a certain passage. Now, before you read the passage, I want you to think back to the history you were taught in elementary school or primary school…
2011-05-30 Memorial Day in America: What the US... →
fyeahsocialism:
“American society does not remember the stories that soldiers like Ethan McCord will live with for the rest of their lives. Society does not share the burden of memory that a soldier deployed in Afghanistan or Iraq experiences. It adorns yellow ribbons to the vehicles it drive around, awards medals to soldiers, offers minimal health care and ways to reincorporate into society...
My Thoughts on the West-Obama Feud →
This article pretty much captures what I think about the whole fiasco.
10 Ways That the Birthers Are an Object Lesson in... →
squee-gee:feministslut:fuckyeahfeminists:
Click to read the whole thing. It’s really good. Here’s just some excerpts with my emphasis added.
1. Just as Pat Buchanan did with Justice Sotomayor, the Birthers have sullied President Obama as being an unqualified, “affirmative action” candidate. His academic and professional accomplishments are irrelevant. The fact that he won an open and honest...
“Why was he [Pres. Obama] elected? Again, it comes back to who he was. He was...”
– Rep. Joe Walsh,
What Did He Just Say? Meet Rep. Joe Walsh, the biggest media hound in the freshman class.- By David Weigel - Slate Magazine
(via brooklynmutt)
Less PR friendly, more realistic translation: “I’m not racist, but Obama was elected because he’s an articulate black guy and this...
“I don’t see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the...”
– Henry Kissinger
Today is Kissinger’s 89th birthday. In the spirit of birthday roasts, let’s cringe at this awkward, awkward quote.
(via droppingtheball)
“Fuck Henry Kissinger.” -Me
(via selucha)
“This is a very scary bill - “The Republican-led House has passed a defense...”
– Democracy Now (via youranonnews)
Rwanda: Bernard Munyagishari arrested for genocide →
evanfleischer:
fyeahafrica:
A Rwandan genocide suspect on the run for 17 years has been arrested in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Bernard Munyagishari is accused of being a militia leader who masterminded the killing of Tutsis and moderate Hutus in Gisenyi in 1994.
He was caught in an operation mounted by the Congolese army in collaboration with a tracking team from the UN court...
WikiLeaks: Saudis often warned U.S. about oil... →
pantslessprogressive:
When oil prices hit a record $147 a barrel in July 2008, the Bush administration leaned on Saudi Arabia to pump more crude in hopes that a flood of new crude would drive the price down. The Saudis complied, but not before warning that oil already was plentiful and that Wall Street speculation, not a shortage of oil, was driving up prices.
Saudi Oil Minister Ali al Naimi...
“My late father was in Auschwitz, my late mother was in Madjanek concentration...”
– Norman Finkelstein (via stillmindstillcosmos)
GOP: "Support the troops! Unless they're women,... →
motherjones:
Semper fi, d-bags.
How Israel-Palestine is Reported →
“Israel’s official view is given as fact, they say, but the Palestinian view, on the rare occasions it is found at all, is not. Israelis “state”, Palestinians “claim”.” This is one of the things I noticed in reading about Palestinian terrorism. Terrorist scholars always accept Israeli viewpoints as fact, while Palestinians are seen as prone to wild...
“We think the [Girl Scouts’] national leadership has been infected with a radical...”
– That’s Terry McKeegan of the Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute (C-FAM for short!), who claims that the Girls Scouts of America is really a front to push a radical progressive anti-family anti-modesty agenda. I learned to plant in Girl Scouts, sold crafts to raise money for our troop, and...
Chris Hedges: Why Liberal Sellouts Attack Prophets... →
zeitgeistmovement:
The liberal class, which attempted last week to discredit the words my friend Cornel West spoke about Barack Obama and the Democratic Party, prefers comfort and privilege to justice, truth and confrontation. Its guiding ideological stance is determined by what is most expedient to the careers of its members. It refuses to challenge, in a meaningful way, the decaying structures...
Rapture-Related Stat of the Day
motherjones:
According to the Pew Research Center for People & the Press, 52 percent of Southerners believe that Jesus will return by 2050.
Fuck Yeah Women's History: HISTORY BLOGS! →
fywomenshistory:
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Argument for Tenure →
Obviously this is pretty racist, but at the end of the article, it says that groups are trying to pressure his employers to reconsider his position. That’s one of the reasons American universities have tenure: it lets people say controversial things without having to worry about their jobs.
