Posted in Africa, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, Police, Police Misconduct, Progressive, Race, Race Relations, Racism, Uncategorized, tagged Current Events, Diaspora, Hate Crimes, Terror, Terrorism, Terrorist on May 31, 2007 | No Comments »
Jerry Mitchell makes a compelling case that the Ku Klux Klan was able to literally get away with murder in Mississippi—home of some of the most high-profile murders in the Civil Rights era—thanks to assistance from local law enforcement officials.
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Posted in Abortion Rights, Africa, Christianity, Health Care, Men vs. Women, Mozambique, Opinion, Politics, Pro-Choice, Pro-Life, Progressive, Religion, Sex, Sex and the law, Uncategorized, tagged Thoughts, Abortion, Jesus, Christ, Current Events, Conservative, Fetus, Fetal Rights, Fetal Right, Fetus Right, Female, Diaspora, Health, Healthcare System on May 31, 2007 | No Comments »
In an effort to reduce the astronomical number of annual maternal deaths in Mozambique, the government of that African state is considering making abortion legal.
According to the Ministry of Health, illegal abortions are the third leading killer of pregnant women, a horrific statistic in light of the fact that Mozambique has one of the highest maternal death [...]
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Posted in Fetish, International News, Male, Opinion, Politics, Sex, Sex and the law, Transgender, tagged AIDS, Conservative, Current Events, Gay, HIV, Sexual Assault on May 31, 2007 | No Comments »
Yikes!!!!!
Four gay men have been arrested in the Netherlands for intentionally infecting other men with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
The four accused—all of whom are HIV positive—organized sex parties during which they drugged the guests with GHB (a date-rape drug), had unprotected sex with them, and then injected them with HIV-infected blood, which the assailants [...]
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Posted in Fetish, Male, Men vs. Women, Opinion, Police, Police Misconduct, Politics, Progressive, Sex, Sex and the law, Uncategorized, tagged Conservative, Current Events, Sexual Assault, Voyeur on May 31, 2007 | No Comments »
A 39-year-old Detroit police officer, Roosevelt Tidwell, has been charged with sexual assault and sexual misconduct.
According to the 41-year-old female victim, she and a male friend were drinking in their car in a public park. Tidwell approached them and assured them that he would not take police action against them if the victim returned to [...]
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Posted in KKK, Ku Klux Klan, Media, Opinion, Politics, Progressive, Race, Race Relations, Racism, Uncategorized, tagged Conservative, Current Events, Hate Crimes, Terror, Terrorism, Terrorist on May 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The FBI recently reopened several unsolved murder cases from the Civil Rights era, thereby resurrecting long-buried memories of racist violence in the U.S.
Here are some of the better-known cases:
August 1955: Emmett Till, 14, from Chicago, is murdered and mutilated while on holiday in Money, Mississippi after whistling at a white woman. Two white men are acquitted of murder [...]
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Posted in Lesbian, Male, Men vs. Women, Politics, Progressive, Sex, Sex and the law, Transgender, Women, tagged Conservative, Current Events, Female, Gay, Sex Change on May 31, 2007 | No Comments »
Steve Stanton (above) recently lost his job as city manager in Largo, Florida after he announced his plans to undergo a sex change operation and become a woman.
He later applied for the position of city manager of Sarasota, Florida. Stanton—who had recently started living as a woman—showed up at the interview wearing a skirt, pumps, and makeup. [...]
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Posted in KKK, Ku Klux Klan, Opinion, Politics, Progressive, Race, Race Relations, Racism, Uncategorized, tagged Conservative, Current Events, Hate Crimes, Terror, Terrorism, Terrorist on May 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Take a good look.
This is what a racist, a member of the Ku Klux Klan, and a murderer looks like. An ordinary person. No horns, no tail, just a heart full of hatred.
James Seale (seen above in the mugshot from his initial 1964 arrest) has been charged with the 1964 kidnapping and murder of hitch-hikers Charles Eddie Moore [...]
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Posted in Abortion Rights, Christianity, Media, Politics, Pro-Choice, Pro-Life, Progressive, Radio, Religion, Sex, Sex and the law, Transgender, tagged Abortion, Christ, Conservative, Current Events, Fetal Right, Fetal Rights, Fetus, Fetus Right, Gay on May 30, 2007 | No Comments »
According to a new report released by Media Matters, the mainstream media quotes conservative religious figures two to three times as often as they quote progressive or centrist relitious figures!!
In other words, when audiences come upon something said or written by a “religious leader,” odds are two to three times greater that they’ll be receiving [...]
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Posted in Africa, Krio, Movies, Opinion, Politics, Progressive, Race, Race Relations, Racism, South Africa, War, West Africa, tagged Creole, Diamonds, Sierra Leone, Thoughts on May 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Apparently, some people are upset that Blood Diamond gave a negative portrayal of Sierra Leone.
I think it’s ridiculous for people to argue over whether or not the movie is positive or negative. The themes of the movie—war, violence, amputation, exploitation—are negative so it’s ineviatable the movie will be negative. But banning it!!?? That’s just dumb. That [...]
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Posted in Health Care, Opinion, Politics, Progressive, Universal Health Care, tagged Conservative, Current Events, Health, Healthcare System, Thoughts on May 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
A recent study by the Commonwealth Fund finds that, compared to five other industrialized countries (Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, the United Kingdom), the U.S. has the most expensive, least efficient, and least accessible healthcare system.
That’s what we get for accepting the idea that somebody should make a profit every time we get sick.
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