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Burp the Boa

Wed, 14 May 2008 04:12:18 -0400

Burp the Boa: At last. The wait is over. You can finally pull your pipe with freedom. You won’t go to hell, you won’t go blind, you’re not cheating on your girlfriend, and…it could save you from prostate cancer!

Hand To Gland Combat

Wed, 14 May 2008 04:12:17 -0400

Hand To Gland Combat:

Masturbation habits related to prostate health. Years of diligent research by the MobLogic crew finally pays off.

Domestic Abuse

Tue, 13 May 2008 04:08:36 -0400

Domestic Abuse:

Alright, so we all know there’s no way Hillary Clinton is going to win the popular vote. So why the hell is she still in the race?

Well, it’s because she’s an American…no, it’s because she’s…

Get The Hill Out?

Tue, 13 May 2008 04:08:36 -0400

Get The Hill Out?:

Should Hillary Clinton bow out of the primary or take it all the way to the DNC?

AMAZING. Thanks, first person who shared this. rocketboom: ...

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:48:42 -0400

AMAZING. Thanks, first person who shared this.

rocketboom:

I completely agree with all of the sentiment below.

jakoblodwick:

fat:

This is one of the most amazing things I’ve seen in a long time. (via sean)

This is one of the most amazing things I’ve seen in a long time.

Men Are More Likely Than Women To Crave Alcohol When They Feel Negative Emotions

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:41:46 -0400

Men Are More Likely Than Women To Crave Alcohol When They Feel Negative Emotions:

Study confirms once and for all that I am, in fact, a man.

peterwknox:

mattirick:

sarahchristine:

As I have quite a history with alcohol-dependent, co-dependent, alcoholic men: no shit Sherlock!

Of course we do this more than women. Alcohol doesnt taste like chocolate or ice cream.

Can’t argue with science.

A way to help the people of Myanmar...

Mon, 12 May 2008 01:27:12 -0400

A friend of a friend works with this agency and will be going over to Myanmar on Friday with this organization. It’s a way to give that will directly impact people in need.

As you may know Burma (Myanmar) has had a recent catastrophe.

Cyclone Nargis slammed into the Delta Region the Cyclone has taken over 20,000 lives, as well as leaving over 1,000,000 people homeless, and 41,000 people remain missing. The basic municipal system has failed and there is a shortage of safe and clean drinking water or basic food stuffs.

We are urgently asking you for your donations. We are raising money to provide basic humanitarian relief efforts as soon as possible. Better Burmese Healthcare members will arrive in Yangon in the next two weeks to help distribute aid & help with this daunting task.

While there are many International NGO’s willing to help, they are having an incredibly difficult time obtaining Visas & Governmental co-operation. Better Burmese Healthcare is positioned as a Burmese led, health focused, NGO, allowing us access to the Burmese doctors on the ground & an ability to see directly where aid & funds are most needed.

The already fragile Burmese infrastructure has been ripped away and a grave humanitarian disaster has happened. Now, this very minute, is the most crucial time to save the lives of thousands of Burmese people, by averting the real threat to life that the aftermath of the Cyclone brings. Electricity, water and basic food stuffs are in scarce supply and few have access to clean water.

We are in the process of mobilizing our resources and manpower in and around Yangon to help us identify and focus on areas most in need.

Your donations will go directly to supply safe drinking water through purification tablets, ceramic water filters and tanker delivery. Funds will also support acquisitions and distribution of basic medical supplies through an already established network of Better Burmese Healthcare clinics and other general practitioners. Finally, we are looking at obtaining and distributing large quantities of rice, a daily staple throughout the country.

It is in disastrous times like these that the world comes together as one people; we hope you can help in this extraordinary time of need. Every little bit helps. Please join us in our efforts to alleviate the effects of this tragedy and lend a hand to the people of Burma in a time of grave need.

Information & Donations can be made at

http://betterburmesehealthcare.com/

Thank you very much,

The Better Burmese Health Care Family

“Safe Havens For Crackpots”

Sun, 11 May 2008 04:01:52 -0400

“Safe Havens For Crackpots”:

Guest Blogger: Adam Elend

Lindsay called the civil disobedience that took place at 1 Police Plaza on Wednesday, “organized, safe and symbolic.” I’d say that’s a pretty good description.

I’ve been…

Lindsay Arrested: Yellow Journalism?

Sun, 11 May 2008 04:01:52 -0400

Lindsay Arrested: Yellow Journalism?:

Moblogic host Lindsay Campbell goes to jail to protest the Sean Bell verdict.

Civil Disobedience For Sean Bell

Sat, 10 May 2008 03:58:30 -0400

Civil Disobedience For Sean Bell:

Reverend Al Sharpton, and organizers across New York, lead protests in six locations to fight for justice after the shooting death of Sean Bell.

Protest Pondering

Sat, 10 May 2008 03:58:30 -0400

Protest Pondering:

On Wednesday, May 7th, 2008, over 1,000 people took to the streets of New York City to protest the acquittal of the 3 police officers who were charged in the Sean Bell trial.

The protests were…

Guest Blogger: Chris Fabricant

Fri, 09 May 2008 03:55:35 -0400

Guest Blogger: Chris Fabricant:

Intake in the S. Bronx
(from Busted!, Chris’ website)

Today was intake day for me. Everyone who has any type of problem, imaginable or otherwise, wash upon the shores of our office, desperate…

Chris Fabricant on Sean Bell Verdict

Fri, 09 May 2008 03:55:35 -0400

Chris Fabricant on Sean Bell Verdict:

Lindsay gets a criminal defense attorney’s take on the Sean Bell verdict.

Arsham Parsi: There Are Gays in Iran

Thu, 08 May 2008 03:52:45 -0400

Arsham Parsi: There Are Gays in Iran:

Arsham Parsi, founder of the Iranian Queer Organization, has been called the first gay rights activist in Iranian history.

Guest Blogger: Arsham Parsi

Thu, 08 May 2008 03:52:45 -0400

Guest Blogger: Arsham Parsi: We asked Arsham to write a guest blog post for today, something we’d like to start doing with the people we interview. We told him he could write about anything he wanted. This is his first trip to…

Reaction To The Sean Bell Verdict

Tue, 06 May 2008 03:46:47 -0400

Reaction To The Sean Bell Verdict:

The Sean Bell trial is over and has fallen off the front page, but the people of Jamaica, Queens have plenty to say about the verdict.

50 Shots.50 Witnesses.No Gun.

Tue, 06 May 2008 03:46:47 -0400

50 Shots.50 Witnesses.No Gun.:

On November 25th, 2006, Sean Bell, Trent Benefield, and Joseph Guzman left a strip club in Queens. They had been celebrating Bell’s bachelor party. He was supposed to be married later that day.

…

Paul Farmer, one of the great people on this earth and one of my...

Mon, 05 May 2008 12:29:42 -0400

Paul Farmer, one of the great people on this earth and one of my personal heroes, on 60 minutes.

Thank you, Frank Rich.

Mon, 05 May 2008 10:35:20 -0400

Op-Ed Columnist

The All-White Elephant in the Room

By FRANK RICH

BORED by those endless replays of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright? If so, go directly to YouTube, search for “John Hagee Roman Church Hitler,” and be recharged by a fresh jolt of clerical jive.

What you’ll find is a white televangelist, the Rev. John Hagee, lecturing in front of an enormous diorama. Wielding a pointer, he pokes at the image of a woman with Pamela Anderson-sized breasts, her hand raising a golden chalice. The woman is “the Great Whore,” Mr. Hagee explains, and she is drinking “the blood of the Jewish people.” That’s because the Great Whore represents “the Roman Church,” which, in his view, has thirsted for Jewish blood throughout history, from the Crusades to the Holocaust.

Mr. Hagee is not a fringe kook but the pastor of a Texas megachurch. On Feb. 27, he stood with John McCain and endorsed him over the religious conservatives’ favorite, Mike Huckabee, who was then still in the race.

Are we really to believe that neither Mr. McCain nor his camp knew anything then about Mr. Hagee’s views? This particular YouTube video — far from the only one — was posted on Jan. 1, nearly two months before the Hagee-McCain press conference. Mr. Hagee appears on multiple religious networks, including twice daily on the largest, Trinity Broadcasting, which reaches 75 million homes. Any 12-year-old with a laptop could have vetted this preacher in 30 seconds, tops.

Since then, Mr. McCain has been shocked to learn that his clerical ally has made many other outrageous statements. Mr. Hagee, it’s true, did not blame the American government for concocting AIDS. But he did say that God created Hurricane Katrina to punish New Orleans for its sins, particularly a scheduled “homosexual parade there on the Monday that Katrina came.”

Mr. Hagee didn’t make that claim in obscure circumstances, either. He broadcast it on one of America’s most widely heard radio programs, “Fresh Air” on NPR, back in September 2006. He reaffirmed it in a radio interview less than two weeks ago. Only after a reporter asked Mr. McCain about this Katrina homily on April 24 did the candidate brand it as “nonsense” and the preacher retract it.

Mr. McCain says he does not endorse any of Mr. Hagee’s calumnies, any more than Barack Obama endorses Mr. Wright’s. But those who try to give Mr. McCain a pass for his embrace of a problematic preacher have a thin case. It boils down to this: Mr. McCain was not a parishioner for 20 years at Mr. Hagee’s church.

That defense implies, incorrectly, that Mr. McCain was a passive recipient of this bigot’s endorsement. In fact, by his own account, Mr. McCain sought out Mr. Hagee, who is perhaps best known for trying to drum up a pre-emptive “holy war” with Iran. (This preacher’s rantings may tell us more about Mr. McCain’s policy views than Mr. Wright’s tell us about Mr. Obama’s.) Even after Mr. Hagee’s Catholic bashing bubbled up in the mainstream media, Mr. McCain still did not reject and denounce him, as Mr. Obama did an unsolicited endorser, Louis Farrakhan, at the urging of Tim Russert and Hillary Clinton. Mr. McCain instead told George Stephanopoulos two Sundays ago that while he condemns any “anti-anything” remarks by Mr. Hagee, he is still “glad to have his endorsement.”

I wonder if Mr. McCain would have given the same answer had Mr. Stephanopoulos confronted him with the graphic video of the pastor in full “Great Whore” glory. But Mr. McCain didn’t have to fear so rude a transgression. Mr. Hagee’s videos have never had the same circulation on television as Mr. Wright’s. A sonorous white preacher spouting venom just doesn’t have the telegenic zing of a theatrical black man.

Perhaps that’s why virtually no one has rebroadcast the highly relevant prototype for Mr. Wright’s fiery claim that 9/11 was America’s chickens “coming home to roost.” That would be the Sept. 13, 2001, televised exchange between Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell, who blamed the attacks on America’s abortionists, feminists, gays and A.C.L.U. lawyers. (Mr. Wright blamed the attacks on America’s foreign policy.) Had that video re-emerged in the frenzied cable-news rotation, Mr. McCain might have been asked to explain why he no longer calls these preachers “agents of intolerance” and chose to cozy up to Mr. Falwell by speaking at his Liberty University in 2006.

None of this is to say that two wacky white preachers make a Wright right. It is entirely fair for any voter to weigh Mr. Obama’s long relationship with his pastor in assessing his fitness for office. It is also fair to weigh Mr. Obama’s judgment in handling this personal and political crisis as it has repeatedly boiled over. But whatever that verdict, it is disingenuous to pretend that there isn’t a double standard operating here. If we’re to judge black candidates on their most controversial associates — and how quickly, sternly and completely they disown them — we must judge white politicians by the same yardstick.

When Rudy Giuliani, still a viable candidate, successfully courted Pat Robertson for an endorsement last year, few replayed Mr. Robertson’s greatest past insanities. Among them is his best-selling 1991 tome, “The New World Order,” which peddled some of the same old dark conspiracy theories about “European bankers” (who just happened to be named Warburg, Schiff and Rothschild) that Mr. Farrakhan has trafficked in. Nor was Mr. Giuliani ever seriously pressed to explain why his cronies on the payroll at Giuliani Partners included a priest barred from the ministry by his Long Island diocese in 2002 following allegations of sexual abuse. Much as Mr. Wright officiated at the Obamas’ wedding, so this priest officiated at (one of) Mr. Giuliani’s. Did you even hear about it?

There is not just a double standard for black and white politicians at play in too much of the news media and political establishment, but there is also a glaring double standard for our political parties. The Clintons and Mr. Obama are always held accountable for their racial stands, as they should be, but the elephant in the room of our politics is rarely acknowledged: In the 21st century, the so-called party of Lincoln does not have a single African-American among its collective 247 senators and representatives in Washington. Yes, there are appointees like Clarence Thomas and Condi Rice, but, as we learned during the Mark Foley scandal, even gay men may hold more G.O.P. positions of power than blacks.

A near half-century after the civil rights acts of the 1960s, this is quite an achievement. Yet the holier-than-thou politicians and pundits on the right passing shrill moral judgment over every Democratic racial skirmish are almost never asked to confront or even acknowledge the racial dysfunction in their own house. In our mainstream political culture, this de facto apartheid is simply accepted as an intractable given, unworthy of notice, and just too embarrassing to mention aloud in polite Beltway company. Those who dare are instantly accused of “political correctness” or “reverse racism.”

An all-white Congressional delegation doesn’t happen by accident. It’s the legacy of race cards that have been dealt since the birth of the Southern strategy in the Nixon era. No one knows this better than Mr. McCain, whose own adopted daughter of color was the subject of a vicious smear in his party’s South Carolina primary of 2000.

This year Mr. McCain has called for a respectful (i.e., non-race-baiting) campaign and has gone so far as to criticize (ineffectually) North Carolina’s Republican Party for running a Wright-demonizing ad in that state’s current primary. Mr. McCain has been posing (awkwardly) with black people in his tour of “forgotten” America. Speaking of Katrina in New Orleans, he promised that “never again” would a federal recovery effort be botched on so grand a scale.

This is all surely sincere, and a big improvement over Mitt Romney’s dreams of his father marching with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Up to a point. Here, too, there’s a double standard. Mr. McCain is graded on a curve because the G.O.P. bar is set so low. But at a time when the latest Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll shows that President Bush is an even greater drag on his popularity than Mr. Wright is on Mr. Obama’s, Mr. McCain’s New Orleans visit is more about the self-interested politics of distancing himself from Mr. Bush than the recalibration of policy.

Mr. McCain took his party’s stingier line on Katrina aid and twice opposed an independent commission to investigate the failed government response. Asked on his tour what should happen to the Ninth Ward now, he called for “a conversation” about whether anyone should “rebuild it, tear it down, you know, whatever it is.” Whatever, whenever, never mind.

For all this primary season’s obsession with the single (and declining) demographic of white working-class men in Rust Belt states, America is changing rapidly across all racial, generational and ethnic lines. The Census Bureau announced last week that half the country’s population growth since 2000 is due to Hispanics, another group understandably alienated from the G.O.P.

Anyone who does the math knows that America is on track to become a white-minority nation in three to four decades. Yet if there’s any coherent message to be gleaned from the hypocrisy whipped up by Hurricane Jeremiah, it’s that this nation’s perennially promised candid conversation on race has yet to begin.

the original article

Huh?

Mon, 05 May 2008 03:44:03 -0400

Huh?:

Okay, so it’s not shocking that a registered Republican would vote for McCain over Clinton.

But then you hear the rest of the story, and…it’s just really hard to see where this woman is coming…