Religion under attack in Texas

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Tuesday February 28, 2012 · 4:50 AM PST

2012/02/28 · 04:50

OK, that may be a bit of hyperbole.

The story is in todays NY Times

http://www.nytimes.com/...

The Robert M. Beren Academy, an Orthodox Jewish day school in Houston, won its regional championship to advance to the boys basketball state semifinals this weekend in Dallas. But the team will not make the trip.
Beren Academy's basketball team had hoped to travel to Dallas early and play its semifinal game before sundown on Friday.
The Beren Academy players observe the Sabbath and do not play from sundown on Fridays to sundown on Saturdays. Their semifinal game is scheduled for 9 p.m. Friday.

The school filed an appeal to change the time of the game with the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools, or Tapps, the group that organizes the tournament. On Monday morning, representatives of the school were notified that the association’s nine-member executive board had rejected the appeal.

I've got to get back to work so this is going to be short.

Please sign the petition here.

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Yes this isn't a F&*&ing diary, and the NYT will sue me and Markos for copying too much... boo hoo.

Bloombergism comes to Occupy Danbury

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Thursday January 12, 2012 · 11:44 AM PST

2012/01/12 · 11:44

Well not quite Bloombergism, but fear and loathing of the Occupy movement has moved north up here in the Nutmeg State.

For the past few weeks a group calling itself Occupy Danbury has met up in the Danbury Mall. (Disclaimer: I have not been to any of these meetings, but I have been following it on Facebook.)

The group is not looking to pitch tents, bang drums, jump over barracades. This is what was in their invite.

Please come out with us, walk around the mall sit in the food court and talk...We had about 15 people wearing Occupy Danbury T-shirts on and the security officers followed us every time we went for a walk, and stalked us in the food court....Lets all make a stand together just to get people aware and you can learn so much more by attending and listening to others speak about it....For more info please contact Occupy Danbury on Facebook...
Thank you I look forward to seeing you all there, it's also a good way to just meet up and hang out....Bring your kids I do...

We want to do this respectfully please no drums and no signs. This can't look like a protest and we are not looking to agitate anyone.

** If you would like to get a shirt please email us:
occupydanbury@yahoo.com

Follow me under the squiggle for what happened at this meeting.

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Tuesday December 20, 2011 · 7:46 AM PST

2011/12/20 · 07:46

OK I just got a really weird call here in the Nutmeg state. It came from "Unknown Caller" on my caller ID. (Likely illegal)

This is the transcript.

Hello this is a message from run Hillary2012.net
America would be better off today if Hillary Clinton was our was president.
The Wall Street robber barons would be jailed
Young people could afford college and find jobs.and 6 million homeowners wouldn't face foreclorsure.
We need to change course.
Please sign our petition to draft Hillary Clinton for President
This is run Hillary 2012.net
In 2012 we can elect Hillary President of the United States.

Lets go beneath the squiggle....

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Monday September 26, 2011 · 4:24 AM PDT

2011/09/26 · 04:24

Via the New York Times dead tree edition in my house this morning on page A21 below some article about smartphones:

(oh yeah on the internets too)
http://www.nytimes.com/...

Starts out OK. The Times is at least reporting what happened.

As the police arrested a protester in the street, an officer wearing a white shirt — indicating a rank of lieutenant or above — walked toward a group of demonstrators nearby and sent a blast of pepper spray that hit four women, the videos show.
Numerous videos and photos captured the aftermath: two women crumpled on the sidewalk in pain, one of them screaming. They were temporarily blinded, one of the women, Chelsea Elliott, said.

Here's the insane part.

The Police Department’s chief spokesman, Paul J. Browne, said the police had used the pepper spray “appropriately.”
“Pepper spray was used once,” he added, “after individuals confronted officers and tried to prevent them from deploying a mesh barrier — something that was edited out or otherwise not captured in the video.”

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Monday September 05, 2011 · 1:24 PM PDT

2011/09/05 · 13:24

Get out the fainting couch. The wingnuts are in outrage over James Hoffa's remarks to day. These are the key words.

But everybody here’s got to vote. If we go back, and keep the eye on the prize, let’s take these sons of bitches out. these sons of bitches he's referring to are the Tea Party.

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Sunday July 03, 2011 · 7:48 AM PDT

2011/07/03 · 07:48

More right wing BS. I found this link from one of my right wing nutjob highschool friends on facebook this morning.

Obama Gives New Grant to ACORN Violating Federal Law

Why is President Obama apparently defying federal law by funding ACORN?
Judicial Watch discovered that the Obama administration is flouting the will of Congress by giving federal taxpayer money to ACORN.

Obama’s Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) gave a $79,819 grant to the largest branch of the ACORN tree, ACORN Housing Corp. (AHC). AHC filed papers last year legally changing its name to Affordable Housing Centers of America (AHCOA). It’s the same old organization with a brand new ACORN-free name.

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Tuesday January 11, 2011 · 10:26 AM PST

2011/01/11 · 10:26

Same crap different day...False Equivalence...

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/...

Russell Simmons interview with Roger Ailes.

“I told all of our guys, shut up, tone it down, make your argument intellectually,” Mr. Ailes said. “You don’t have to do it with bombast. I hope the other side does that.”

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Monday December 20, 2010 · 4:24 AM PST

2010/12/20 · 04:24

Yeah Yeah this isn't a diary... shoot me.

.... but this one needs to be read. From todays NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/...

This Bonus Season on Wall Street, Many See Zeros

Zeros, as they have come to be called, are facing a once-unthinkable prospect: an annual bonus of ... nothing.

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Tuesday April 13, 2010 · 4:43 AM PDT

2010/04/13 · 04:43

My eyes almost popped out of my head while reading this New York Times Article this morning.
By now most of us have heard about the fact that ABCs "This Week" has started the radical practice of actualy Fact Checking the nonsense that goes on in its shows. Of course the fact checking instead of being done by knowledgeable journalists (that rare species) in real time gets done about a week later and only on-line.

Apparently thats too much for our hero David Gregory. Mr. Gregory had this to say.

...accountability is "in the DNA" of his program. He said he had considered Mr. Rosen’s idea but concluded that people can fact check the program on their own online.

Yes why should the press worry about facts??? Their job is to look pretty and make sure that "Very Serious People" can get on TV to say "Very Important things". The truth is .... just "quaint" I guess.

Of course what more could you expect from this guy?
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Updated: Not letting wingers f*&k around anymore w/ video + rant

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Saturday April 11, 2009 · 9:09 AM PDT

2009/04/11 · 09:09

I know I have some wingers among my facebook friends. When they post their crap I just leave it alone. I thought I would post some of my own stuff to see what would happen.

I posted this gem.

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Sunday March 29, 2009 · 6:47 PM PDT

2009/03/29 · 18:47

By now most of us have heard about this story Spanish judge to hear torture case against six Bush officials

"Criminal proceedings have begun in Spain against six senior officials in the Bush administration for the use of torture against detainees in Guantánamo Bay. Baltasar Garzón, the counter-terrorism judge whose prosecution of General Augusto Pinochet led to his arrest in Britain in 1998, has referred the case to the chief prosecutor before deciding whether to proceed".

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Sunday February 15, 2009 · 9:28 AM PST

2009/02/15 · 09:28

Please vote for my "TRUE" progressive dog Chloe for the Bissell Most Valuable Pet Contest.

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