More on the Immigration Protests
Crooks and Liars has an email from a teacher at Hollywood High School: “We have been sitting in class for the last hour and a half in full lockdown. I was able to go to the restroom and heard the thousands of marching teens from LA High converging on Hollywood and Highland. The din was [...]
...read moreOoh. Backstabby.
Karl Rove is way more Machiavellian than you. According to several Pentagon sources close to Rove and others familiar with the inquiry, Bush’s senior adviser tipped off Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald to information that led to the recent “discovery” of 250 pages of missing email from the office of Vice President Dick Cheney. Rove has [...]
...read moreMore Plagiarizing… From the AP
Associated Press: “We do not credit blogs.” Even, apparently, when they lift entire stories from them. Thanks to Lauren for the link.
...read moreMore on Self-Appointment
I read this article by Heather King about James Frey’s many sins several months ago. It’s not directly related, but I think her writing on recovery pretty much covers my feelings towards ally status vs. ally work. Now that the accusations of lying have surfaced and I’ve actually read the book, I see the differences [...]
...read moreSelf-Appointed
In comments on Chris Clarke’s post about why he does not refer to himself as feminist, Dr. Virago said this: I guess all I’m trying to say is that if you conclude that only some people (i.e., women) have the right to claim themselves “feminist” then you make feminism itself much less politically viable. You [...]
...read moreI am so embarassed to be an NYU student right now
Dear God, why? Can you please transfer to SUNY-Buffalo or something?
...read moreMy Slump
Funny Mad TV parody via Crooks and Liars. He’s stumped!
...read moreMessages From The “We Hate Brown People” Camp
Oh, crazy racists and sexists. You just give us too much material. Here’s a nice smattering of insanity to get your heart rate up this morning:
...read moreCharming
Scalia flips off reporters. At church. I’m sure the Pope would be proud.
...read moreConservative School Discriminating Against Conservatives?
This article made me roll my eyes so hard that they almost got stuck up inside my head. Baylor denies tenure to a professor because he is “openly conservative”? Baylor is an unabashedly conservative Christian school. Not every professor gets (or is deserving of) tenure. And I understand that it’s easy for conservative academics to [...]
...read moreCue the MRAs!
New York is closer than ever to dragging its divorce laws into the modern era. While most other states have some kind of one-step “no fault” divorce provision, New York still requires most couples to figure out who caused the marriage to fail. Under present law, a marriage cannot merely die. It must be killed [...]
...read moreProblems at Pandagon
Pandagon’s host server has suspended them. But never fear, word from Amanda is that the crack Pandagon geek squad is on it, and the blog should be back up and running soon.
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