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The "mosque" debate is not a "distraction"
Published on 2010-08-23 23:46:00
Amplify’d from www.salon.comThe New York Times article on this rally describes similar incidents, including how a student who carried a sign that simply read "Religious tolerance is what makes America great" was threatened and told that "that if the police were not present, [he] would be in danger." Does anyone believe that their real agenda is simply to have Park51 move a few blocks away to less Sacred ground, or that they're amenable to some sort of Howard-Dean-envisioned comp
120 sickened by ammonia leak at Ala. plant
Published on 2010-08-23 23:40:00
Amplify’d from www.google.comTHEODORE, Ala. (AP) — At least 100 people were sickened Monday and scores more were forced to hide inside their homes and a school after as much as 800 gallons of ammonia leaked from an Alabama plant that freezes chickens and ships them worldwide.At least nine people had to be hospitalized, authorities said, but none of the injuries was believed to be life-threatening. Others were treated and released, mostly for breathing difficulties.The leak was report
What Fox has wrought: Anti-Park51 protests full of right-wing hate
Published on 2010-08-23 23:39:00
Amplify’d from mediamatters.orgFox and the right-wing media have led the opposition to Park51, often using inflammatory, anti-Muslim rhetoric, and comparing Muslims to Nazis, among other things. Recent anti-Park51 protestors have echoed the right-wing media's rhetoric and imagery, invoking Nazis and anti-Muslim smears. Sekulow compares Islamic center to "monument to kamikaze pilots" at Pearl Harbor. On the August 4 edition of Fox News' Happening Now, co-host Jon Scott
Religious freedom? Right-wing's anti-Muslim assault echoed in nationwide mosque protests
Published on 2010-08-23 23:36:00
Amplify’d from mediamatters.orgDespite the right-wing media's claim that their opposition to Park51 -- the planned Islamic community center in Lower Manhattan -- is not about restricting religious freedom, protests have sprung up nationwide in opposition to local mosques and Islamic community centers in the wake of the manufactured controversy. These protests follow the right-wing's relentless assault on not just Park51, but Islam in general. Numerous conservative media figures
Sinfest | 2010-08-24: Rock Bottom
Published on 2010-08-23 23:33:00
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Sinfest | 2010-08-23: Less Than Worthless
Published on 2010-08-23 23:30:00
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"All y'all dumb motherf***ers don't even know my opinion on shit."
Published on 2010-08-23 23:29:00
Amplify’d from www.boingboing.netAt an all-white anti-mosque rally this week, a New York City resident passing by who happened to be black, and not a Muslim, wore the wrong hat— and was harassed and quite nearly assaulted by an assortment of "dumb motherf***ers." This is America, folks. Read more at www.boingboing.net See this Amp at http://bit.ly/azAM0y
Anti-'Ground Zero Mosque' Rally Freaks Out at Black Guy
Published on 2010-08-23 00:09:00
Gee, anti-Moslems freaking out at the black guy. No way anyone could have seen that coming.Amplify’d from gawker.com Both supporters and opponents of the "Ground Zero" "Mosque"—a proposed community center—held rallies in lower Manhattan today. Can you guess which side started chanting "no mosque here" at a black guy wandering through the crowd?While you spent your Sunday trying to teach your cat to go to the bathroom on a human toilet, a group of brave, freedom-loving American
NY mosque protests hit fever pitch
Published on 2010-08-22 23:56:00
Amplify’d from www.theglobeandmail.comThe proposed mosque near New York’s Ground Zero drew hundreds of fever-pitch demonstrators Sunday, with opponents carrying signs associating Islam with blood, supporters shouting, “Say no to racist fear!” and American flags waving on both sides.The two leaders of the construction project, meanwhile, defended their plans, though one suggested that organizers might eventually be willing to discuss an alternative site. The other, Imam Fe
My favorite movie
Published on 2010-08-22 23:25:00
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I laugh every time I see this.
Published on 2010-08-22 23:22:00
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Bodies hung from bridge in Cuernavaca, Mexico
Published on 2010-08-22 21:35:00
Amplify’d from www.bbc.co.ukPolice in Mexico say they have found four bodies hung from a bridge in an affluent town south of Mexico City. The four men had been decapitated and mutilated before being hung by their ankles from the bridge outside Cuernavaca, in the state of Morelos. A message had been left with their heads warning that anyone supporting Edgar Valdez would risk a similar fate. Edgar Valdez is reportedly fighting Hector Beltran Leyva for control of the influential Beltran Ley
Dear Rev. Graham: Obama was not born a Muslim and neither is anyone else
Published on 2010-08-22 21:21:00
Amplify’d from www.juancole.com Evangelist (and hateful bigot) Franklin Graham said this weekend that President Obama was ‘born a Muslim’ because, he said, Islam is transmitted through the father just as Judaism is transmitted through the mother.Presumably it is this sort of thinking that has led an increasing number of Americans to believe, incorrectly, that Obama is a Muslim. Graham as usual is not only hateful but also plain wrong. The Talmudic rule that one is a Jew by vi
Super-massive black hole is a galactic super-volcano
Published on 2010-08-22 21:15:00
Amplify’d from io9.comThe gigantic black hole at the center of the huge M87 galaxy is doing its best impression of an Icelandic volcano, ejecting waves of particles that are disrupting star-creating gas just like bursts of volcanic gas can affect atmospheric ash.The M87 Galaxy is one of the closer galaxies to the Milky Way, only 50 million light-years away. Measuring 200,000 light-years across, it's about twice the diameter of Earth and one of the brightest objects in the night sky. The ga
Urine could be the next big alternative energy source
Published on 2010-08-22 21:12:00
Amplify’d from io9.comA revolutionary new fuel cell could take in urine and produce electricity and clean water. It might sound silly, but a prototype already exists, and it could provide the unlikeliest possible solution to third world energy and clean water problems.Fuel cells convert chemical energy into electricity through a series of reactions between a fuel and an oxidant. Fuels can include hydrogen or methanol gas, while the oxidants are usually, unsurprisingly enough, oxygen, altho
Trapped Chilean Miners Send Message From Below
Published on 2010-08-22 20:40:00
Amplify’d from www.nytimes.comSANTIAGO (Reuters) - Thirty-three Chilean miners trapped deep underground sent a message to the surface tied to a drill on Sunday, saying they were all alive in their first contact since a cave-in 17 days ago, but experts said it would take months to dig them out. President Sebastian Pinera said the paper message was tied to a perforation drill that rescuers used to bore through to the area near an underground shelter, where the miners took shelter after the
Bein’ British
Published on 2010-08-22 20:19:00
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Free That Tenor Sax
Published on 2010-08-22 18:44:00
Amplify’d from www.nytimes.comFor jazz fans, nothing could be more tantalizing than the excerpts made available by the National Jazz Museum in Harlem of newly discovered recordings from the 1930s and ’40s. Nearly 1,000 discs containing performances by masters like Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Billie Holiday and the long-neglected Herschel Evans suddenly re-emerged when the son of the audio engineer, William Savory, sold them to the museum. The museum is doing its best to clean up
One more cup of tea, and then I'm off to bed.
Published on 2010-08-22 00:47:00
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"Sure, let's ban a mosque in New York ..."
Published on 2010-08-21 23:22:00
Amplify’d from ryking.tumblr.com“Sure, let’s ban a mosque in New York… just as soon as we shut down farm stores selling fertilizer in Oklahoma City.”Read more at ryking.tumblr.com See this Amp at http://bit.ly/9vCydU
Chuck & Beans
Published on 2010-08-21 22:49:00
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A Guide to Encountering Douchebags in the Wild [COMIC]
Published on 2010-08-21 22:46:00
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Pearls Before Swine - August 21, 2010
Published on 2010-08-21 22:44:00
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U.S. Soldiers Punished for Not Attending Christian Concert
Published on 2010-08-21 22:33:00
Amplify’d from www.huffingtonpost.comThe week prior to the event the [unit name and NCO's name withheld] informed us of a Christian rock event that was about to take place on Thursday the 13th."On Thursday 13th at 1730 we were informed that instead of being dismissed for the day, the entire company (about 250 soldiers) would march as a whole to the event. Not only that, but to make sure that everyone is present we were prohibited from going back to the barracks (to eliminate the off chance
OMG, is fulla starz.
Published on 2010-08-19 23:56:00
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