who’s “behind” the ‘Magic Negro’ controversy? I don’t know why this is, perhaps a character failing of mine: but that which seems so blatantly obvious to me ofttimes seems utterly opaque to those for whom I write. This isn’t any slam on you, Dear Reader. I have always been cursed with this strange brain that sees a line of dominoes and instantly leaps down the Implication Steps, less a Slinky® than a kangaroo. So, perhaps I’d better be less...
Michelle Malkin, the Kewpie Doll from Hell™ has her panties in a bunch that anybody OTHER than Michelle Malkin has their panties in a bunch: Sphere: Related Content
This AljazeeraEnglish video was posted earlier today. It shows the destruction in the Gaza Strip. Since it is reporting on the impact of the attacks and not policy I take it at face value. Taylor Marsh found the above video and a link to the Guardian UK. The Guardian story seems to indicate, to me at least, that the 6 month cease fire with Hamas as, for the Israeli’s, nothing more than a planning period. While there is no...
The New York Yankees just bought a first baseman for $180 million. For the next eight years, Mark Teixeira will earn about $22.5 million a season. The week before, the Yanks bought seven years of pitcher CC Sabathia’s life for $161 million, about $23 million a season—and five years of A.J. Burnett for $82.5 million, about $16.5 million for each season, according to the Associated Press. None of the salaries include any incentive pay or outside endorsements, which add...
For those long term DemDaily readers they know that we don’t generally cover any foreign news other than Iraq. The reason I’ve run three stories in a row on foreign issues is simple. Barack Obama faces, perhaps, the worst foreign policy set of issues since LBJ. He’s in a nearly no win position. We need to understand that while we are in the midst of a domestic diaster we cannot expect him to virtually all his time and effort...
I’ve dealt with this before, of course, the Rush Limbaugh “Magic Negro” song that’s once again roiling the RNC waters. From April 13, 2007 (on “Zug” the previous incarnation of his vorpal sword): Right click and “save as” 1.4 megs, 2:57, FM quality stereo .mp3. Originally titled—with unintended irony—”Tolerance.” As usual, there are no easy answers, and you will have to think for yourself. It was a simple “compare and contrast” of Don Imus’ “nappy headed ho’s” comment on...
Israel’s position on the Palestinian issue is well known. Each side had agreed to a six month cease fire. Both sides accused the other of violations. 3 days after the end of the six month cease fire Israel attacked what they say were Hamas headquarters. I can only trust that they know what the hell they are doing. The attacks continue and I do not claim to be an expert or even well read on the area. I do...
While most of us couldn’t find Guinea on a blank African map, it is one of the former colonies, this one French, that achieved independence 50 years ago. As noted below in a news report, it is one of the poorest countries in Africa. The long time leader, President Lansana Conté, a famously corrupt leader, has died and a military coup followed immediately....
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