- Because the Bible Tells Me So: Why Bachmann and Tea Party Christians Opposed Raising the Debt Ceiling | Tea Party and the Right | AlterNet
- As last night’s agreement was shaping up, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus described it “shady” — a “sugar-coated Satan sandwich.” He did not rule out, however, the possibility of the CBC supporting it — apparently because the price for keeping the economy from crashing on all Americans just may be the devil’s ransom.
- Baby Chimpanzee Feeds Tiger Cub | The Huffington Post
- Yes, this really does exist.In this video, the furry babysitter rocks some cutt-off jean shorts and feeds a bottle of milk to the thirsty [cub]… Do Do has been feeding his tiger buddies every day for the past year, although soon, the tigers will grow too big for him to handle. …
- ‘Tiger Lady’ Is a Racial Slur: How Wendi Deng Murdoch Fights the Stereotype of the Meek Asian Woman | AlterNet • by Shiuan Butler
- [Article does not actually use the word intersectionality, but it would have been germane. Also, article trots out the canonical example of Chinese railroad workers as the "first" Asians in the U.S. Two problems with that: 1) only a Eurocentric conception of American history would count the railroad laborers as "first", given that the continent was previously settled by travelers from Asia, and 2) recently I learned of the 18th century Filipino sailors who came over via Spanish merchant ships and became part of the Louisiana cajun culture, which begs the question, who else was left out of the history books? -L]> racism murdoch_empire intersectionality
- 10 Black Movie Soundtracks We Love | Madame Noire | Black Women’s Lifestyle Guide | Black Hair | Black Love
- Maybe going through our 10 favorite soundtracks from some pretty awesome black films will make you buy the albums, or watch the movies again.
- VIDEO: O’Reilly: Crazies Might Save Obama
- The irony, according to O’Reilly, is that the people who dislike President Obama the most are actually helping him the most. His call to conservatives: “Stop this hateful rhetoric.”
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