money-pipeline.jpg Over the next few days, Republican lawmakers, Party officials, delegates, and supporters will gather in Tampa, Florida for the Republican National Convention. During their weeklong convention, we can expect to hear a lot of debunked talking points, particularly about the need to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline. For more
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bastard.logic: Today In The Annals of Stupid Backlash Tricks
Flash: Aggrieved Daily Caller Ex-College Republican thumbsucker (is there any other kind?) has a megasad cuz his bike was stolen (if stats hold true, by a blackity-blackblack black kid!), causing him to boldly and ham-fistedly declare: “I am Derbyshire! (Burp.)” Roy Edroso: Judge must be over 30 by now, but
Continue readingbastard.logic: Meet the NEW New Civil Rights Movement (Fox News Stylez)
Hey, remember when Faux News used to merely employ dog whistles in its race-baiting wingnut agit-prop? Good times. Now they rock Les Paul Customs plugged into Marshall stacks that go to eleven (TO ELEVEN): A Fox Orlando affiliate decribed Neo-Nazis as “a civil rights group” on a television broadcast and
Continue readingbastard.logic: David Banner on the Shooting of Trayvon Martin: “We Have to Get Some Type of Legislation Now.”
Gulf Coast hip hop impresario David Banner drops some straight knowledge re: Trayvon, race, and class in the US of A in this BlackEnterprise.com interview: “The fact [is] we have to get some type of legislation now. “What do we want to see implemented to make sure this doesn’t happen
Continue readingLeDaro: George Zimmerman’s lawyers propose a bizarre defence
Now Zimmerman’s lawyers are claiming that Trayvon Martin shook Zimmerman’s head so hard that he got shaken -baby syndrome and as a result of that he didn’t know what he was doing when he shot the teenager. A 28 years old man, 180lb, given shaken baby syndrome by 150lb teenager
Continue reading"Fucking coons" a "term of endearment"? The smearing of Trayvon Martin.
Right media’s new job: no brown Skittles allowed! Trayvon Martin, a victim in death as he was in life on the night he was killed by an overzealous and perhaps racist self-professed cop of the streets, is being vilified and murdered all over again by the right, the media and the assassin’s lawyer. You
Continue readingGeraldo Rivera: "I think the hoodie is as much responsible for Trayvon Martin’s death as George Zimmerman was."
At least Gerarldo Rivera preceded this outlandish claim with “I think”. Otherwise, he would have been taken away the men in the white coats. Just more Fox News craziness. Sad. Hint to Rivera. Don’t ever come to Vancouver. You might shoot someone. We all wear hoodies here. It has something
Continue reading"Stand Your Ground": the insanity of a country with a lust for guns
The Trayvon Martin murder is not an isolated case. It’s the reality of a country obsessed with firearms and violence. It’s a place where people hide in their bedrooms away from people outside crying for help. It’s a world where if you are black and walking with Skittles and Iced Tea,
Continue readingFlorida judge orders man charged with domestic battery to give wife flowers, take her to Red Lobster, then out bowling
Aw the south, Florida in particular. Mmm, smell the get away with murder, or at least beating one’s wife, aroma about the place. Judge John Hurley [who also ordered that Joseph Bray, 47 and his wife Sonja, 39, get marriage counseling] handed down this ruling instead of setting bond or
Continue readingopenalex: Republicans and Democrats Together on Climate Change…in Florida
It’s easy to forget that climate change hasn’t always been such a partisan issue. This is Mitt Romney, current Republican front-runner, in 2003: “I think the global warming debate is now pretty much over and people recognize the need associated with providing sources [of energy] which do not generate the
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Boundless Irony on Route 91
A Miami police officer is accused of driving 120 mph on a turnpike because he was late for his off-duty job working security at a school. According to the website for Florida State Route 91 (who knew that highways had … Continue reading →
gay persons of color: Video: Audience boos gay soldier questioning Rick Santorum
It’s always comedic to watch US republicans speak their politics, but this clip (below) of Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) at the GOP presidential candidates debate in Orlando, Florida, on Thursday, makes me think of the governing mob mentality of the young …
Continue readingArt Threat: Underworlds Takes Views of the Chemical Coast – New photography by Isabelle Hayeur
Montreal photographer Isabelle Hayeur first trained her camera on waterfronts in 2008 to create “Underworlds”, now open at Division Gallery in Montreal. Long observing the transformations of her own local rivers, including the changes to ecosystems and the disappearance of some animal species, she was inspired to create a body of work that bore witness […]
Continue readinggay persons of color: Watch: Tampa Bay Rays declare It Gets Better
In this It Gets Better instalment from the Tampa Bay Rays, manager Joe Maddon and players Johnny Damon, Sam Fuld, B.J. Upton, and Sean Rodriguez speak with conviction in a sincere message of support for LGBT teens who might be the victims of bullying. …
Continue readinggay persons of color: Tampa Bay Rays become 9th MLB team to join It Gets Better Project
Tampa Bay Rays’ manager Joe Maddon and players Johnny Damon, Sam Fuld, B.J. Upton, and Sean Rodriguez will be featured in an upcoming “It Gets Better” video to support teens dealing with anti-gay bullying, reports the St. Petersburg Times. The new vide…
Continue readingWorld Headlines Review: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Cameras and Cops from Rochester to South Beach
This week the international media has reported on the development of a rather interesting confluence of incidents concerning police behaviour in the US. Each of these involve initial misconduct by law enforcement officers followed by intimidation and ultimately arrest of witnesses who recorded the police actions legally. Police Film London’s
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Florida – Global Warming’s Punching Bag
What’s a “perfect storm” Florida-style? That’s easy, a property market collapse, a Tea Bagger governor and the onset of the ravages of climate change. That’s a real Trifecta.
Florida, like other states in that corner of America, is reeling from …
Continue readingLeftist Jab: American-Flavored Crazy: Rick Scott
Republican governor Rick Scott of the great state of Florida (the destination of choice for Canadian retirees) is finishing up his 5-day trade mission to Canada. He’ll be meeting with members of the business community as well as Quebec Premie…
Continue readingBirth Pangs: Gender War – Expect Casualties
Florida has decided to tell women that `your money is no good here`. Whether they purchase healthcare insurance with their own money or not Senate Bill 1414 will prevent insurers from paying for abortions. Sen. Gwen Margolis, D-Miami, sponsored an amendment that provides an exception to the ban for cases of rape, incest or if […]
Continue readingCould be Worse . . . .
Guess there could be worse things than being in Vancouver, BC in the summer. Even though we have a crappy Premier and an even crappier Prime Minister it’s still better than being in our former homeland – especially at this time of the year.Check out t…
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