Monthly Archives: April 2010
Obama “Chooses” To Be Black For The Census
Professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell in The Nation has an interesting article on the meaning of President Obama’s choice to identify as “black” on the census. On the form, you have the option to identify with more than one race, but the … Continue reading
Man With Gun at Airport with Obama “Wanted to See The President”
Submitted without comment…(WTF?!)
Great Minds Think Alike–About Alien First Contact
Just the other day I was thinking about how back in my youth, I read about Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster and Aliens and ESP and how I now accept that it was all a (fun) bunch of hooey. … Continue reading
NYT’s Charles Blow Visits A Tea Party
NYT’s columnist Charles Blow headed down to the Dallas Tea Party rally on Tax Day to see all of the diversity he’d been hearing about. In his opinion, most of the diversity was on the stage and virtually none in … Continue reading
Gadling Comments on Taste of Chicago banning Suburban Vendors.
The Sun-Times had an article about the Taste of Chicago banning five suburban restaurants for not having a Chicago presence. It’s Taste of Chicago — not Taste of Chicagoland, Taste of Schaumburg or Taste of Riverside. That’s the message City … Continue reading
The Hutaree Militia envisioned an America re-made (and re-named) in their image.
Greetings from, Joshstoneistan! Talking Points Memo reports that members of the Hutaree Militia had created a large map of the United States and divided it up into new countries and cities named after themselves: The ex-fiance of the leader of … Continue reading