Pass This On {The Knife}

What would I do without the Swedish?

Olbermann’s point about Mehlman and the Southern Strategy is important. The man accepted and talked about the racism the Republican party stoked for decades (still ongoing FYI, just substitute brown immigrants as the primary target) in the south to get votes while he was doing the same thing with homophobia. The Republican party is still chasing the homophobic vote. Mehlman indeed has a long way to go in his path to emotional maturity, his insistence that gays turn their gay survival need into Republican support via xenophobia is almost psychotic. Savage’s suggestion that he do ‘more than one fundraiser’ is pretty pathetic; the guy just needs to stay way the hell away from us, he is not an ally.

What’s not to love?? Oh yeah! ::slap::

via runltw:

“A man walks through the crowd at the Ground Zero protest and is mistaken as a Muslim. The crowd turns on him and confronts him. The man in the blue hard hat calls him a coward and tries to fight him. The tall man who I think was one of the organizers tried to get between the two men. Later I caught up with the man who’s name is Kenny. He is a Union carpenter who works at Ground Zero. We discussed what a scary moment that was for him. I told him that I hoped it did not ruin his day.”

Remember, the plans for the community center went unopposed when they were first revealed, even Fox News supported it. Thank an increasingly shit filled conservative movement in need of attention and money led by Palin, Limbaugh, Beck, Gingrich, etc for the increase in blind hate. What really gets me is the woman at the end holding that sign up right next to him, it just doesn’t matter to her what he or anyone has to say. He’s brown, so he’s Muslim, so he’s a terrorist. I’m so sick of this but since Dems aren’t saying SHIT about it, everyone else should.

A visualization of the world’s nuclear detonations from 1945 to 1998. via Pink Tentacle

“Shazai (謝罪)” — from “The Japanese Tradition” series of videos by Japan Culture Lab — is a useful and entertaining guide to the art of apologetic bowing.

via Pink Tentacle

Cold War {Janelle Monae}

Breitbart can create custom-made screensavers for you as well

Jen sent me this sadness..Mark Clements, a Jon Burge-era torture victim, speaks after the verdict.