Much like the national media goes into a frenzy when pretty white women go missing, but pays little attention when the victim is black, we have the case of former POW Shoshana Johnson:
“It was kind of hurtful,” the former Army cook said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. “If I’d been a...
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Oh, THIS is helpful
Wishing Barack Obama were not president, or strongly disagreeing with his policies, does not make you a racist.
I get that. MOST people get that.
So it’s entiirely possible to hate Obama and NOT be a racist.
But anyone who thinks that racism isn’t driving SOME of the over the top criticism is being naive.
Here’s the story...
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Racism dead? Someone didn’t get the memo #complexionofpool
From the Associated Press:
Members and officials of a private swimming pool in a predominantly white Philadelphia suburb reacted to a visiting group of minority children by asking them not to return and pulling other kids out of the water, a day camp director said, and the state is investigating.
The Creative Steps camp in northeast...
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If we’re so racist, how did Obama get elected?
Typical media low opinion of Americans, via via ABC News’ Political Punch.
Given widespread unease and prejudice against Muslims among Americans, especially in the wake of 9/11, the Obama campaign was perhaps understandably very sensitive during the primaries and general election to downplay the candidate’s Muslim roots.
Oh, bull. I’m not saying racism isn’t real and...
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Local: Race relations committee seeks members
From Peoria City Hall:
At the Mayor’s State of the City Address this year, he announced the formation of the Peoria Race Relations Commission to focus on race issues in the community, and positive means to deal with them. Dr. Amir Al-Khafaji, Chair of Civil Engineering and Construction at Bradley University, has agreed to...
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Politics: Is Ron Paul a racist?
Libertarians, nominally at least, believe in equality and individual liberty. They believe every individual should be treated an an individual, and not lumped into a class and judged on that basis. But the fact is that there are quite a few people calling themselves Libertarians who are use the sort of verbiage that appeared...
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Local: Journal Star is shocked, I tell you, shocked that there’s drinking going on in downtown Peoria
Today’s Journal Star editorial opposing expansion of the city’s 4 a.m. liquor license zone is wrong in three major areas:The editorial stares that expanding the zone is “encouraging people to pound more alcohol.” Wrong. Those crowds of people standing outside downtown bars with 4 a.m. licenses are there because there is obviously a pre-existing...
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Local: Protests planned over tickets issued to ‘Manual 22′
Don Jackson is staging some sort of protest next weekend over tickets issued to Manual High School students (as well as students at other schools) for jaywalking. It seems that Peoria School District 150 called the City of Peoria for help dealing with groups of students walking down the middle of the road and...
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Local: City Manager accused of racism
WMBD 31 decided to report on all those racist comments that have been appearing on the Peoria Journal Star Website recently. Well, they started to, then they got distracted by something:
A leader of the city’s black community says it shows racism still exists. Percy Baker says, “This guy is bold enough to say it....
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Racism is A-OK with the Peoria Liquor Commission
I was kind of hoping Laura would have mentioned the name of the guy who was spreading this racist crap about a local businessman. Funny how you can own a store on the busiest street in Peoria, but neighbors will say it’s too residential to sell liquor.
Folks, the problem isn’t the liquor sales, it’s...
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Race card comes into play at City Council meeting
Few things annoy me more than preemptive accusations of racism leveled against people who’ve done nothing to deserve it.
City Council member Clyde Gulley and activist Don Jackson did that that last night when they spoke about the city’s new truancy ordinance, which increased fines for repeat offenders and added 17-year-olds to the list of...
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Day by Day: Skin status update 3/20/2010 March 20, 2010Billy Dennis
Today’s strip: Chris Muir is hearing my pleas. Sam is again in the low-cut, skin-tight little black dress. Chris treats up to a front view and a maddeningly curvaceous profile.
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Day By Day: Skin status update 3/19/2010 March 20, 2010Billy Dennis
Today’s strip: Now this is more like it. Sam is in a skin-tight, low-cut little black dress. There’s a front view and a side view. You go, Chris!
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It’s official: The Captain America movie is going to suck March 20, 2010justiceblogofamerica
Via Slashfilm:
Now there’s a slight update: according to IESB, the shortlist is now only three names: Chris Evans (Sunshine, The Fantastic Four); Channing Tatum (G.I. Joe, Stop-Loss) and Sebastian Stan (Gossip Girl). I’ve stumped for Evans before, but am a bit surprised that he’s still on the list, because of that Fantastic Four association. But that’s no big deal in the long run, as the Marvel Studios film universe has nothing to do with the Fox version of Marvel’s characters. (Confusing!) Evans is easily the best choice here.
Feh. We need a traditional square-jawed hero for this role, not some pretty boy. Evans is an X-games sorta guy. Cap is a baseball/football/track letterman kinda guy. And the FF movies sucked and that kinda stink don’t wash off.
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if you guys think this is amazing, wait till the Avengers movie comes out. dakkota92 Says: March 19th, 2010 at 4:03 pm. he wanted more money they said no soo he quit. SilentWorld13 Says: March 19th, 2010 at 4:08 pm …
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Mail It To Team-Up: Captain America Cartoon and My theory about … March 20, 2010Billy Dennis
Of course this would mean that he could be a villain in Iron Man 3 or even the Avengers movie. Now what if each major villain of the Marvel heroes banded together? Mandarin for Iron Man, Red Skull for Captain America, Loki for Thor, …
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Captain America News Round Up « Fangirl's Handbag March 20, 2010Billy Dennis
As for Chris Evans, he was the best part of the Fantastic Four, so why not keep him for a spot in the Avengers movie instead? Sebastian Stan / Wilson Bethel Sebastian Stan and Wilson Bethel are unknowns to me. I don't watch Gossip Girl …
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Star Trek vs X-Men Trailer – MoviesOnline March 20, 2010Billy Dennis
Leave it to film fans to do something cool. Below you can checkout a fan trailer for X-Men vs Star Trek. Back in the day MARVEL did a cross over comic…
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Bryan Singer Embraces More 'X-Men'; Regrets 'Superman Returns … March 20, 2010Billy Dennis
And what about that X-Men 4 news? There were hints in recent months that the 'X-Men' movie franchise would be moving ahead and away from prequels — and with Singer involved, no less — but this is a veritable official announcement. …
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[NEWS] «Could 'X-Men 4′ Be in Bryan Singer's Future?» – X-Men … March 20, 2010Billy Dennis
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- Should principals be empowered leaders or branch managers? March 18, 2010The extent to which mechanistic thinking is corrupting our culture might be illustrated in relation to any number of fields of activity. For instance, our educational system suffers disastrously from the dominion of the administrative mind, which is, by the very nature of modern administration, generally mechanistic in its thinking (and therefore unfitted to […]
- Another D150 administrator put on paid leave March 16, 2010District 150 Director of Technology and Library Media Services Mary Ward has been put on paid administrative leave as the district performs an internal investigation. If past is prelude, taxpayers may be paying her to do nothing for a long time. The last administrator to be put on paid administrative leave, Mary Davis, [...] […]
- “Word on the Web” has Urich news conference video March 16, 2010The Journal Star recently started a new blog based on John Sharp and Karen McDonald’s Monday column “Word on the Street.” The blog is called “Word on the Web,” and so far it has been very good. New content is added regularly, and the information is much more timely than the weekly print [...] […]
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- FireFly Closer to Burning Bright March 15, 2010So wrote Molly Parker, reporter for the JS in May of 2007. The resolution by the County to guarantee, along with the city, a six million dollar loan to FireFly by National City Bank, State Representative Dave Leitch, Vice-President, who personally urged the County Board to approve this loan. Quoting Ms. Parker,"The resolution passed both committees by v […]
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