Monthly Archives: February 2015

White Supremacist League of the South Plans to Honor John Wilkes Booth in April…Gears Up to Form Paramilitary Group in Hopes of Advancing a Second Southern Secession

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro On February 12th, League of the South president Michael Hill wrote the following information on his organization’s website under a post titled Honoring John Wilkes Booth: The League of the South looks to the present and future. However, … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, Equal Rights, Racism, United States | Tagged | 24 Comments

Oscar Pool: For Fun and Bragging Rights

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Bob Stone

For anyone interested in the Academy Awards perhaps the greatest fun in watching the show is predicting who the winners will be.  As this article in the New York Times states: The Academy Awards ceremony will emphasize the suspense of … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Movies, Uncategorized | 37 Comments

NASCAR, domestic violence, and the Busch brothers

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Chuck Stanley

by Charlton Stanley This afternoon, one of the most popular auto races in the world will be held. At 1:00 PM EST, the green flag will drop for the 2015 Daytona 500. This race started as a shorter race of … Continue reading →

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Fran Lebowitz Talks about Rudy Giuliani and Racism on Real Time with Bill Maher (VIDEO)

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro On Friday, longtime New Yorker and public intellectual Fran Lebowitz was a guest on Bill Maher’s HBO program Real Time. During a panel discussion with Maher, Rob Reiner, Elahe Izadi and Bill Nye, Lebowitz gave her opinion of Rudy … Continue reading →

Posted in Barack Obama, Equal Rights, Law Enforcement, Local Government, Racism, Short Video, United States | 13 Comments

Does Fox News Blowhard Bill O’Reilly Really Have “His Own Brian Williams Problem?”

Posted on February 21, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro On Thursday, David Corn and Daniel Schulman of Mother Jones posted a story about Fox News media star Bill O’Reilly. In their article, the authors pointed out instances when O’Reilly had apparently falsely made claims about his experiences as a news … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, Celebrity, Media, United States, War | Tagged | 45 Comments

Horror Story: Parents Trying to Cure Their Children’s Autism with Bleach Enemas

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Tom Boggioni (Raw Story) posted an article today about parents who are trying to cure their children’s autism by giving them enemas “using a dangerous industrial solution used for bleaching wood pulp.” He said that some parents have turned to … Continue reading →

Posted in Biology, Health Care, Science | 14 Comments

POETRY FRIDAY: “Warning” by Jenny Joseph (Video)

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro I often enjoy reading poems that have touches of humor in them. I found one such poem in an anthology that I bought over twenty years ago. The anthology, When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple, gets … Continue reading →

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Henry A. Giroux on “American Sniper” and Hollywood Heroism in the Age of Empire

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro We have already discussed Clint Eastwood’s hit movie American Sniper  at FFS on the following posts: Hollywood and War: “American Sniper”…a Movie about a Killer Hero  and Propaganda 102 Supplemental: Holly Would “American Sniper.” The pro/con debate about this popular war movie, which is … Continue reading →

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Mark Fiore on Brian Williams and the “Frog of War” (VIDEO)

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Award-winning political cartoonist Mark Fiore said that it boggles his mind “how Brian Williams could embellish and ‘misremember’ an event like his helicopter ride in Iraq years ago.” He added that “the firestorm around his imagined combat experience … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, Humor, Media, Short Video, United States, US Military, War | Tagged | 10 Comments

Department of Justice Could Sue Ferguson, Missouri, Police Department for Racial Discrimination

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Evan Perez and Alexandra Jaffe of CNN announced this evening that the Department of Justice “is preparing to bring a lawsuit against the Ferguson, Missouri, police department over a pattern of racially discriminatory tactics used by officers, if the … Continue reading →

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