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There was an election in Afghanistan today, complete with horrifying images. Sorry, but I look at images like that and my reaction is the same as they would be if had been present at the slave auctions in New Orleans during the 19th century. Same exact thing to me. The following image, a still from [...]
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Roger Simon defends Lucia Whalen, the woman maligned as a racist for making the 911 call that sent Sgt. Crowley to Professor Gates’ home:
“In reality, only Whalen, the woman who called 911 on July 16 to report a possible break-in at the Cambridge, Mass., home of Gates, acted responsibly from beginning to end in this [...]
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Frequently Asked Question: “Can I be a Puma if I’m a Republican?”
Answer: Who you vote for or how you like to think of yourself politically is up to you — this really IS a free country. I can’t say that a person who is registered as a Republican can’t be a Puma. Of course they [...]
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Puma Radio is rockin’ tonight with two great shows!
First, it’s Taggles, Angie, Stateofdisbelief, and Regency on The View From Under the Bus!
Listen live at 8:00pm (5:o0 pacific) by clicking HERE!
Next, is Betty Jean Kling on Free Us Now radio. She has a very special interview planned with Soona Samsani, an Iranian women’s rights and pro-democracy [...]
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Some social and cultural battles in this country have been fought along race lines (understatement). Others have been waged along class lines and even — for brief, shining periods — gender lines. With the almost complete victory of the ultra-rich in their class warfare against the poor and working/lower mddle classes of the United States, [...]
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Sheri’s radio show tonight — listen live HERE and call in at 347-539-5420!
And the U.S. Navy rescued Capt. Phillips today! Woo-hoo! In deference to the sensibilities of those who worship today I won’t say anything bad about islam. But you Pumas KNOW what I’m saying under my breath!
And at 9:30pm eastern (6:30pm pacific) dwp and mkfromla are [...]
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Zoinks, another one bites the dust.
And this story, front-paged on the New York Times right now, is a doozy. Seems Maxine Waters used her influence to direct TARP money to a failing bank in which her husband, a former board member, owned shares.
“It angers me,” said one former Treasury official, asking that his name not [...]
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This is not the sort of headline that induces a sense of confidence in the propriety and integrity of our elected and public officials:
Amid N.Y.’s Budget Crisis, a Scramble to Spend Billions
ALBANY — Throughout the Capitol, from the vaulted Assembly chamber to the first-floor cubicles of the Budget Division, officials are frantically slashing budgets, trimming headcounts and freezing [...]
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Feeling grouchy? Seems like there’s a cranky bug going around. Here, THIS might help. Feel better yet?
If not, try THIS. Alright, I suppose Cinie warning us that O’Logo is buttering us up for his second term is not likely to spread joy around here, but forewarned is forearmed, no?
Speaking of forearms, I mean firearms, Kirsten [...]
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RACISTS: Looks like Eric Holder needs to brush up on his job description. Pssst! Eric, Honey, you’re the Attorney General of the UNITED STATES. You can’t go around insulting half of us when you’re supposed to be serving us. All of us — the browns, the yellows, the whites, the in-betweens, the blacks, the bi’s [...]
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