Category: Race
The Good War
April 7th, 2009, No Comments
The liberation of Paris was a job for the white man, the BBC reveals: In the end, nearly everyone was happy. De Gaulle got his wish to have a French division lead the liberation of Paris, even though the shortage of white troops meant that many of his men were actually Spanish. The British and [...]
Celtic Fringe: Cornwall, Scotland, New Zealand (?!)
February 26th, 2009, No Comments
On a par with the (not quite serious) idea that the Illiad and Oddyseus were actually set in the Dutch province of Zeeland is the belief that New Zealand wasn’t actually settled by the Maori, but had been discovered thousands of years before their arrival by a race of Celts. You might think that something [...]
You Say ASBO, I Say Eugenics
November 7th, 2008, No Comments
The Dutch Labour party have placed a bill before parliament that would force women judged ‘unfit mothers’ to take court-ordered contraception: Women in the Netherlands deemed “unfit mothers” may soon be forced to take contraception, if a draft bill currently before the Dutch parliament is passed. The bill “targets women who have been the subject [...]
John McCain’s Scarlet Letter
October 11th, 2008, No Comments
John McCain thinks ‘Arab’ is an insult… I really do fail to see how McCain can still insist he’s not a racist demagogue when he keeps doing and saying racist demagoguey things. From Politico: Crowd boos after McCain says Obama not ‘an Arab’By JONATHAN MARTIN & AMIE PARNES | 10/10/08 9:19 PM EDT Fearing the [...]
The Election Is Well And Truly Godwinated
October 7th, 2008, No Comments
Why are Palin and McCain attempting to exclude independent reporters from their rallies? You’d think they’d want attention, but no: Press kept under a watchful eye CLEARWATER — Constantly under the watchful eyes of security, the media wasn’t permitted to wander around inside Coachman Park to talk to Sarah Palin supporters. When reporters tried to [...]
Comment of The Weekend
September 29th, 2008, No Comments
Has to be the story about the assholery of John McCain by Mary-Kay Gamel that’s doing the internet rounds. [Though I don't have to remind regular blog readers this, because it is doing the rounds, take it with a big pinch of salt.]: On the question of McCain’s often abusive personality and inability to control [...]
This Is How They Do It
September 11th, 2008, No Comments
Lost everything in the recession? Foreclosed? Homeless? Well, now you’ve lost your vote too – Republican ratfuckery in Michigan, from the Michigan Messenger via the estimable Attaturk: The chairman of the Republican Party in Macomb County, Mich., a key swing county in a key swing state, is planning to use a list of foreclosed homes [...]
Colour Me Shocked – Yet Hardly Surprised
September 8th, 2008, No Comments
If what’s being reported is true, Sarah Palin is apparently a vicious racist as well as the class cow. But then, did I really ever think she’d be anything else? From the LA Progressive [Via The Poor Man] comes this heartwarming story of everyday gubernatorial bigotry: “So Sambo beat the bitch!” This is how Republican [...]
Oh, Sure
September 3rd, 2008, No Comments
Oh yeah, that must really be the explanation: MUNICH (Reuters) – Young men who die suddenly after being arrested by the police may be victims of a new syndrome similar to one that kills some wild animals when they are captured, Spanish researchers said on Tuesday. Manuel Martinez Selles of Madrid’s Hospital Gregorio Maranon reached [...]
First Junkie
August 28th, 2008, No Comments
