Right Wing Extremist Threat to America

In a paper entitled “Right-wing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment,” the Department of Homeland Security deliniates the threat of right wing hate groups to the stability of the nation. But we knew that!
“Paralleling the current national climate, rightwing extremists during the 1990s exploited a variety of social issues [...]

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Wow. Our President is Ambitious!

My head is still reeling and I’m trying to catch my breath. I guess I’d better start applying to colleges. He wants every citizen to go back to school. I wonder if this means I can hang out at coffee houses and smoke Afghani hash. Um, sorry. But that’s what college meant back in the [...]

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Congressional Doublespeak

Some of the stuff that comes out of the mouths of congresspersons makes me fear for the future of America.
Most of you either know or could guess that I’m a left wing radical revolutionary from way back. I don’t have much sympathy for the bourgeois class that have led this country into financial ruin. That [...]

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Eightmaps and Democracy

The nominally Christian right has an uncanny ability to confuse their self-righteousness with righteousness, especially it seems, when it comes to gay folk. This is clear in the current controversy concerning the right wing challenge to California’s Political Reform Act of 1974. For over thirty years this law has required disclosure of financial donations over [...]

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Holocaust Denial Bishop Reinstated (updated)

Defrocked Catholic Bishop Richard Williamson, infamous for denying the Holocaust on Swedish television, has been welcomed back to the fold of the Catholic Church. Church officials and their minions are quick to point out that he was excommunicated for being consecrated as Bishop in a manner that lacked approval of the Church, not for his [...]

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Change for Good

For the first time in history the official website of the White House has included our rights as part of the agenda. It states that he will work to extend hate crimes legislation to include queer and genderqueer people. The President supports a trans inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act, the repeal of the Defense of Marriage [...]

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Torture: a.k.a. The Bush Years

“We tortured Qahtani,” said Susan J. Crawford convening authority for the Guantanamo military commissions. “His treatment met the legal definition of torture. And that’s why I did not refer the case” for prosecution. Wednesday’s  Washington Post article by Bob Woodward at the end of Mr. Bush’s reign of error marks the first time an administration [...]

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ALTERNATIVE SEARCH FILTER

That little widget on the sidebar is the Alternative Press Search engine.  I’d like to share it with you. I do hope you’ll use it and if possible help me to improve it.
You can help in two ways. The first is by sending me links to sites you think should be included. Just send them [...]

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Queer Revolution

A few words of wisdom from the world’s most entertaining lesbian:

I was watching Anne Coulter on C-SPAN today and her advice to young women was not to attend law school, but to become involved in the mainstream media. I’m glad that Lizzie followed that path!

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Papal Bull?

Much of the queer world is outraged by what is perceived as another attack on gay folk and the transgendered by the Pope.
Surely he has attacked gays in the past. In fact he made a career of it prior to his promotion from Cardinal to Pope. As Cardinal and former head of the Congregation for [...]

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