Filed at 6:11 pm, Wednesday September 26th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
Via an emailer, here are several exclusive photos from the pre-debate sign wars in Hanover, New Hampshire. Just for reference, Paul Hodes is the Congressman from New Hampshire’s second district, and he’s endorsed Obama, which explains why there are Obama supporters holding up his signs. Also, John Sununu is one of NH’s Republican senators who […]
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Filed at 4:36 pm, Wednesday September 26th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
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Above is part one of the recent hip hop hearing on the Hill. It includes the opening statements of witnesses David Banner (rapper), Master P (former rapper) and Michael Dyson (professor). It’s really, really worth a listen if you’re inclined to buy into the demonization and scapegoating of rap put forth by such […]
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Filed at 3:25 pm, Wednesday September 26th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
Today’s quote of the day is a two-parter. The first comes from George W. Bush in 2000:
“Rarely is the question asked, is our children learning?”
Part two comes from George W. Bush, today:
“Childrens do learn.”
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Filed at 11:39 am, Wednesday September 26th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
My man Ryan J Davis (the activist behind Gays for Giuliani) made the above YouTube video about Ahmadinejad’s crazy assertion that gay people don’t exist in Iran. CNN featured this in a segment about the online fallout from the incident (watch that segment here). Meanwhile, the Iranian President seems to be backing away from his […]
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Filed at 9:39 am, Wednesday September 26th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
Stop. Go. Watch. Roland S. Martin on Bill O’Reilly’s recent disparaging comments and generalizations about African Americans.
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Filed at 9:44 pm, Tuesday September 25th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
Non-straight teenagers and young people are at considerably higher risk for suicide is not a new revelation in the least, it’s actually quite established, but a new study by the University of Washington uncovers a new related trend:
The study is the first to explore the link between victimization and suicidal behavior among college students. In […]
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Filed at 7:01 pm, Tuesday September 25th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
Today’s quote of the day goes to White House Press Secretary Dana Perino, who declined to answer a question about whether or not the President had trouble pronouncing the names of some countries which were phonetically-spelled out on an advance copy of his speech before the UN today:
REPORTER: Does the president have a hard time […]
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Filed at 4:20 pm, Tuesday September 25th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
On ABC’s Nightline Monday, Kanye West revisited his famous comments about George Bush not caring about Black people in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Nightline host Terry Moran asked West if he regretted his comments and West said he did not, and that he didn’t actually believe Bush really cared about anyone (Black people included). […]
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Filed at 3:22 pm, Tuesday September 25th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
If Congress can take time to debate the debate about the war, and condemn a newspaper advertisement, and hold hearings on music lyrics, they sure as hell ought to be able to find time to hold hearings on one of the biggest cases of racial injustice in the past decade:
Rev. Al Sharpton joined the parents […]
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Filed at 2:52 pm, Tuesday September 25th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
The NBC affiliate back home in New Hampshire did a short piece on local reaction to Ahmadinejad’s visit to Columbia University and interviewed my dad, a professor of sociology at Dartmouth College:
They also interviewed a few students and the consensus was apparently pretty much that the visit was no big deal and that even grossly […]
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Filed at 9:05 am, Tuesday September 25th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
Oh this is just below the fucking pale:
A supporter of Rudy Giuliani’s is throwing a party that aims to raise $9.11 per person for the Republican’s presidential campaign.
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Giuliani’s campaign had no immediate comment.
According to the invitation, “$9.11 for Rudy” is an “independent, non-denominational grass-roots campaign to raise $10,000 in small increments to show how many […]
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Filed at 12:09 am, Tuesday September 25th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
Bush apparently takes a slightly different approach to the Ahmadinejad visit than the Republicans running to replace him:
In an interview with Fox News, US President George Bush said the Iranian president’s visit “speaks volumes to the freedoms†of America.
Mr Bush said: “This (Columbia University) is a place of high learning and if the president thinks […]
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Filed at 11:29 pm, Monday September 24th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
Real or fake? Pre-Foley and Craig, I think everybody would have laughed it off, but now there’s this nagging thought in the back of my mind: “What if it is real? Would a sitting member of Congress really be dumb enough to post a request for gay sex with a fellow married white male (MWM) […]
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Filed at 8:55 pm, Monday September 24th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
The SCHIP game plan:
Democrats think they may be on the brink of the political equivalent of a double play. First, they plan to pass the legislation with strong bipartisan support — including a veto-proof margin in the Senate — unifying the party around a significant policy issue.
Secondly, Democratic political operatives plan to use Bush’s veto […]
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Filed at 6:09 pm, Monday September 24th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
Does Joe Biden ever remind you of John Kerry? Biden is just as behind on the war as Kerry was in ‘04, and they’ve both been in the Senate forever (and talk like it). They’d both been gunning for the White House for years. The big difference is, Biden doesn’t have any of the veteran […]
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