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House Majority Whip Steve Scalise Confirms He Spoke at White Supremacist Conference in 2002
By Elaine Magliaro News broke this week that House majority whip, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), spoke at a conference hosted by the white supremacist group European-American Unity and Rights Organization (EURO) twelve years ago. Huffington Post reported today that Louisiana political blogger Lamar … Continue reading
Posted in Conservatives, Politics
Tagged Congress, Ku Klux Klan, Racism, Republican Party
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Ursula Le Guin’s Speech at The National Book Awards: “We will need writers who can remember freedom. Poets, visionaries—the realists of a larger reality.”
By Elaine Magliaro Ursula Le Guin is an award-winning American author of novels, children’s books, and short stories. Her preferred genres are fantasy and science fiction. Le Guin has also written poetry and essays. Harry Kunzru (The Guardian) wrote last month that many … Continue reading
A Mark Fiore Political Cartoon Video for the Holiday Season: “Driving While Brown…and Furry”
Posted by Elaine Magliaro I just came upon the following Mark Fiore video this morning. Although it’s a few days past Christmas, I thought some of you might appreciate viewing this holiday “seasonal” political cartoon brought to us by Truthdig. … Continue reading
Jeb Bush: The Hard-Core Right-Wing “Moderate” Conservative Republican
By Elaine Magliaro Last week, Mike Spindell wrote a posted titled Jeb Bush Is Not Who You Might Think He Is. Mike said that one of the political traits of the Bush family is presenting its members as “folksy” and as moderate … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Conservatives, Economic Policy, Education, Education Policy, George W. Bush, Government, Immigrants, Neoconservatives, Politics, Propaganda, RNC, Society, States, Tea Party, United States
Tagged Florida, Jeb Bush, Privatization of Government Services, Privatization of Public Education
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Jeb Bush for President???: Looking Back at the Terri Schiavo Case
By Elaine Magliaro Jeb Bush announced recently that he planned to “actively”explore a 2016 presidential run. The Boston Globe reported that Bush posted a holiday message on his Facebook page and Twitter account, in which he said that he had discussed the ‘‘future … Continue reading
Posted in Conservatives, Courts, Government, United States
Tagged Florida, Jeb Bush, Terri Schiavo
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A Merry Musical Muppet Christmas!
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A Christmas Song from Our Animal Friends
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Posted in Music, Short Video
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Singer at Ex-Cop’s Charity Event Celebrates the Death of Michael Brown with Parody of Jim Croce’s Song “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown”
By Elaine Magliaro TMZ reported this morning that the Elks Lodge in Glendale, California, “is investigating a shocking incident that went down in the club a week ago Monday, when a member of the lodge performed “a song celebrating the death of … Continue reading
Posted in Law Enforcement, Racism
Tagged Ferguson (MO), Michael Brown, Officer Involved Shootings, police
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FOX News Affiliate in Baltimore Caught Editing Demonstration Footage to Sound As If Protesters Are Chanting “Kill a Cop”
By Elaine Magliaro On Sunday night, WBFF–a FOX affiliate in Baltimore–aired a video of “Justice for All” demonstrators in Washington, D. C., chanting “kill a cop.” Gawker reported that the news station claimed that the video was evidence “of murderously violent rhetoric on … Continue reading
Celebrating the Solstice with Winter Poems
By Elaine Magliaro The winter solstice begins this evening. I thought I’d post some poems for the winter season today. Toward the Winter Solstice By Timothy Steele, 1948 Although the roof is just a story high, It dizzies me a … Continue reading
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