July 30, 2015

Prevention of Violence Against the Homeless Appreciation Thread

http://nationalhomeless.org/category/civil-rights/violence-against-the-homeless/


Top 5 Moments for NCH in 2014
•Actress Susan Sarandon spoke out against violence towards people experiencing homelessness. Ms. Sarandon voiced her support of our work protecting homeless individuals from hate crimes at a Congressional briefing in June, which followed the release of our annual Hate Crimes report.

July 30, 2015

President Christie will crack down hard

on weed. seriously. Rick Perry doesn't have ideas that bad.

http://www.ringoffireradio.com/2015/07/christie-says-he-will-use-federal-funds-to-make-sure-people-stop-smoking-marijuana/


“If you’re getting high in Colorado today, enjoy it,” said Christie during a town hall event in New Hampshire. “As of January 2017, I will enforce the federal laws.”

July 22, 2015

Memo to Sanders supporters

You think politics tough? Try governing.

July 19, 2015

Enjoy

July 19, 2015

Sandra Bland’s Jailhouse Death Is Being Investigated By A Racist Sheriff AND A Racist Prosecutor

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/07/17/sandra-blands-jailhouse-death-is-being-investigated-by-a-racist-sheriff-and-a-racist-prosecutor/
First of all, Sheriff Smith, was elected in 2008, just one year after being suspended from his last job after accusations of racism came to light. Smith lost that job in Hempstead, Texas, after he and four other officers forced young black men to submit to a strip search after the officers’ drug raid found nothing. Apparently the officers, upset that they weren’t going get to arrest these men, decided to get their rocks off by humiliating them instead. A year later he was elected sheriff of Waller County and sure seems like the perfect guy to “protect and serve” a county where nearly 30 percent of the population is black.

Then there is the prosecutor of Waller, Elton Mathis, who threatened an African-American pastor last year and used racial metaphors while doing so.

July 17, 2015

progressive bad ass

Tuesday's Iran deal confirms something that has been clear for a while now: Barack Obama is one of the most consequential presidents in American history — and he will be a particularly towering figure in the history of American progressivism.

Obama has reestablished productive diplomacy as the central task of a progressive foreign policy, and as a viable alternative approach to dealing with countries the GOP foreign policy establishment would rather bomb. He established a viable alternative to the liberal hawks that dominated Democratic thinking during the Bush years, and held positions of influence on Hillary Clinton's 2008 campaign. And he developed a cadre of aides who can carry on that legacy to future Democratic administrations, and keep a tradition of dovishness alive.

http://www.vox.com/2015/6/26/8849925/obama-obamacare-history-presidents

July 16, 2015

Hillary crushes all with Hispanics

Hillary Clinton has a sizable advantage over all other Democratic and Republican candidates among registered Hispanic voters, according to a new bipartisan Univision poll out Thursday.
Among registered Democratic Hispanic voters, 73 percent said they would vote for Clinton. No other challenger breaks double digits.
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In a head-to-head general election matchup with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Clinton picked up 64 percent, compared with just 27 percent for Bush, according to the survey, conducted by Democratic consultants Bendixen & Amandi and Republican consultants The Tarrance Group.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/poll-hillary-clinton-hispanic-voters-2016-120223.html#ixzz3g5pKOPZV

July 12, 2015

AFT for HRC!

http://www.aft.org/press-release/american-federation-teachers-endorses-hillary-clinton-president

My union is awesome and so is Hillary.

July 11, 2015

So is Joe Arpaio and Donald Trumps anti-Mexican rally in AZ likely to produce some crazy talk ?

Buckle up.

Trump Rally With Sheriff Joe Arpaio Will Be Single Most Anti-Immigrant Event of the Year

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/07/10/donald_trump_arizona_anti_immigrant_sheriff_joe_arpaio_appearing_with_2016.html

July 11, 2015

I am Frying Pan!!!!

http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/01/take-a-bite-out-of-mac-sabbath-a-mcdonalds-themed-black-sabbath-cover-band/

Describing its sound as “Drive Thru Metal”, the culinary quintet serve up only the finest Sabbath parody jams . “Iron Man” has become “Frying Pan”, complete with the line “All our future is pink slime,” while “Paranoid” has been re-heated as “Pair-a-buns”. (There’s also tunes called “Sweet Beef” and “Chicken for the Slaves”.) Even if the songs are dripping with onions and extra cheese, Mac Sabbath put on one righteous stage show, complete with smoke machines, gritty power chords, and endless head-banging.