Category Archives: Culture
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Save the Day
Make Donald Drumpf Again!
Bless you, John Oliver.
Continue reading →Too many losses
And here’s another one. RIP Maurice White. Earth, Wind, and Fire was part of the core music of my life. You will find peace of mind If you look way down in your heart and soul Don’t hesitate because the world seems cold Stay young at heart, because you’re never, never old
Continue reading →Rest in peace, Starman
For David Bowie
Continue reading →The past, embedded in the present
This article, by Jeb Lund in Rolling Stone, really should be read in full. It is a clear description of the ways in which Confederate ideology and the violence of white supremacy, have sculpted our political landscape, and continue to infect the conservative movement to this day. The Charleston Shooter: Racist, Violent, and Yes – Political How could it not be political, when the Republican Party has weaponized its supporters and made violence a virtue? …And nothing — nothing — emphasizes that overreach and theft like black people. Mendacious twit and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley issued a statement saying, … Continue reading →
Take down the flag
I also have lived in the South, have much family that lives there still, and have traced my father’s family back to Civil War veterans. And yet I am a Yankee, I admit. So it will come as no surprise that I don’t care what some random backwoods dude in Mississippi thinks about his heritage. The Confederate battle flag is the very symbol of slavery and treason and not for one day should it ever have been allowed onto any government place or entity. The South lost and it’s good that it did. That reality should be reflected by governments … Continue reading →
Free speech
This is important. h/t XKCD.
Continue reading →Victory for the activists
The FCC just approved the strongest net neutrality rules yet 1. The Federal Communications Commission has approved its strongest network neutrality rules yet. 2. Three Democrats, including chairman Tom Wheeler, voted for the rules. The two Republicans dissented. 3. The new rules reclassify internet access so it will be regulated like a public utility.
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