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How America Executes People

September 22, 2011 by DJ Lanphier

From The Huffington Post: Spencer Lawton, the district attorney who secured Davis’ conviction in 1991, said he was embarrassed for the judicial system – not because of the execution, but because it took so long to carry out.

How To White Wash Racism: Revisiting the Tea Party Racists

April 26, 2011 by DJ Lanphier

It’s been difficult for the Tea Party faithful to simply admit that yes, they do have racists among them. Every party does, why should they be any different? It obviously doesn’t mean they are all racist any more than it means that Democrats or Republicans are all racist because they have racists in their ranks. [...]

Glenn Beck to Tea Party: Leave Your Racist Signs at Home!

August 28, 2010 by DJ Lanphier

Glenn Beck is one cynical and desperate dude. The upcoming “Restoring Honor” rally at Lincoln Memorial is meant to re-brand the sullied and racist image of the Tea Party into the rainbow coalition just in time for the fall election. But, Beck’s decision to blatantly ride on the coat tails of Martin Luther King Jr. [...]

talkin’ john birch paranoid blues

September 6, 2009 by DJ Lanphier

YouTube vid of Bob Dylan’s banned satirical song about paranoid right wing racists written in 1963 as a response to the popularity of the John Birch Society. It was dropped from The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan due to political concerns and remained unreleased until the Bootleg disc in the mid 90′s. Could have been written today. [...]

The Birther Movement is Racism

July 23, 2009 by DJ Lanphier

The “birther” movement is an extreme right wing disinformation campaign that proffers the idea that President Obama is not a US citizen, and was born abroad in Kenya. Here’s the rub: there are no actual facts to support this claim, rather the disinfo subsists on a form of cognitive dissonance – denial – and is [...]

hate has a song

June 16, 2009 by DJ Lanphier

What is it about evil people not having an orginal creative bone in their bodies? And, couldn’t they have ripped off a better song? Via the good folks at Sadly, No! comes this oily gem from the racist homophobic evil trolls at Fred Phelps church. Please note the Richard Ramirez effect around the eyes, the [...]

crisis as opportunity

June 5, 2009 by DJ Lanphier

Douglas Rushkoff on how to take back our world by seeing the current economic crisis as a great opportunity. Life Inc. Dispatch 01: Crisis as Opportunity from Douglas Rushkoff on Vimeo.