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Enough is enough: it’s time for America to adopt hate speech laws
The facts are clear: freedom has nothing to do with America’s narrow conception of “free speech.” According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics: U.S. residents experienced an average of 250,000 hate crime victimizations each year from 2004 to 2015. There was no statistically significant change in the annual rate of violent hate crime victimization from 2004 to 2015 (about 0.7
Read moreDolphins owner to players: on your feet, niggers [UPDATED]
UPDATE – 12:53 pm MST: Dolphins owner Stephen Ross now says he won’t make players stand for the anthem. Ross’ comments Tuesday in a statement released by the Dolphins came after the New York Daily News reported that he said all of the team’s players will stand for the anthem in 2018. Ross was in New York on Monday to be
Read moreDo not pass go: The Week in Snark, 3/2/18
Stiff, transparent fucknozzles for everyone! Jared Kushner has ‘got to go’ if reports about his role in Qatar blockade true: Leading Democrat. Yes. Specifically he has got to go to jail. Stephen Hawking Claims To Know What Happened Before The Big Bang. This is what I’ve been saying for years. Washington set to become next state to ban anti-gay conversion
Read moreDrift – Saturday Video Roundup
It’s a swirly, dreamy morning. Space Team Electra – swaddled in cotton candy, drifting through space. Lush – please come back. It’s dreamtime. Happy Saturday.
Read morePresident Rico would have saved them kids: The Week in Snark (midweek edition), 2/28/18
Profiles in Courage, pt. deux Florida school shooting: Trump says ‘I would have run in unarmed.’ Also, he could throw a football over them mountains.
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There are two versions of this one. Which do you prefer? (Or do you hate them both?) 🙂
Read moreProfiles in Courage: The Week in Snark, 2/24/18
Going to try something, inspired by S&R co-founder Mike Sheehan’s late great Nota Bene feature. Trump: Florida school officer “didn’t have the courage.” And if there’s anything Cadet Bonespurs knows about, it’s courage. Mike Pence won’t be alone in a room with a woman. Because if he was he’d grab ’em by the pussy. Or … something else… Scientists have created human-sheep hybrids.
Read moreWhy won’t the GOP act on gun violence? Here’s a BIG reason nobody talks about.
It isn’t just NRA money. Congressional Republicans don’t act because their families aren’t at risk. Did you see this? ‘WTF’: Twitter furious as Florida lawmakers declare porn a ‘health risk’ but block assault rifle ban The vote comes less than a week after the devastating shooting at a Parkland, Florida high school left 17 people dead Less than a week
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Bleib ruhig und mach weiter…
Read moreAlbuquerque Journal offers disingenuous apology for racist cartoon
The Delonas cartoon isn’t journalism. It’s the opposite of journalism. People who green-light overtly racist stereotyping may not be suited for important editorial positions. So, the Albuquerque Journal has apologized. Kinda. I’ve been known for wicked sarcasm and mockery, for double-reverse satire and out and out provocation. I’m used to being misunderstood and have long known better than to calibrate my
Read moreIn defense of Coyote
Perhaps the iconic trickster Coyote is a symbol for the frustrations of the smart person in a stupid world.
Read moreAmerican Mobility: All the Places I’ve Lived
Sometimes those who know you the best know you the least.
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Happy Imbolc from S&R…
Read moreI accidentally scared the hell out of my new landlord last night
No cause for alarm… So, your new tenants have just moved into one of your rental properties in another state. Around 8pm on Thursday you get a brief email from one of the tenants – the man, whom by now you have pegged as the less responsible one – asking: Hi. Can you tell us where the water shutoff valve
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