cool or cold
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006 by Stephanie McMillan
Archive for October, 2006
free the land
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006 by Stephanie McMillanMiami activist Max Rameau sent a public invitation and some photos of the Liberty City shantytown:
You are cordially invited to the Take Back the Land Grand Welcoming celebration.
The event will be held on Thursday, November 2, 2006 beginning at 6:00pm at the Take Back the Land Shantytown, on the corner of 62nd St. and NW 17th Ave. in Liberty City.
Come experience the Power of the People as we celebrate the liberation of public land for the public good.
In response to the severe housing crisis, and the active role played by government officials in exacerbating the crisis, several organizations, led by the Center for Pan-African Development, took control of publicly owned land on NW 62nd St. and NW 17th Ave. in the Liberty City section of Miami.
Since then, we have provided food for the hungry and housing for the homeless on a daily basis.
Come meet our hard working residents, our wonderful neighbors and our dedicated volunteers as we celebrate a new way to address social issues- by solving the problem ourselves.
We look forward to seeing you there. Donations are welcome.
forward,
Max Rameau
Center for Pan-African Development
I win at internet
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006 by August J. PollakAfter I posted Taco Mail the other week, my sister told me there wasn’t anything I could possibly find on the internet that would be more awesome for her than that.
She completely forgot that… anything can happen on Halloween.
New Toon: Santorum of the Rings
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006 by Matt Bors
Santorum actually said eveything in the first panel, so this cartoon pretty much wrote itself.
This Week’s Strip: Slandersoft Smearware 6.0
Monday, October 30th, 2006 by Jen Sorensen
The second panel of this cartoon is an oblique reference to the sleazy ads run against Vietnam vet and triple-amputee Sen. Max Cleland of Georgia in 2002, in which Osama’s face appears just before his. Coincidentally, I saw Max Cleland speak today at a rally for senatorial candidate Jim Webb, who is running against George “macaca” Allen. A hush fell over the cheering U.Va crowd as Webb wheeled Cleland onto the stage. Cleland delivered a spirited introduction for Webb, noting that both he and Webb (as well as vets Kerry and McCain) have suffered outlandish smears at the hands of the GOP. Webb wrapped up his speech with a nice line about how these character assassins need to find a third-world dictator to work for.
I was going to take pictures, but my digital camera conveniently developed a glitch just beforehand. Sorry.
The third panel of this week’s strip refers to the disgusting race-baiting campaign being run by Bob Corker against Harold Ford in Tennessee in which, among other things, a blonde bimbo claims she met Ford (who is black) at a Playboy party. Talking Points Memo has been covering the ads extensively.
Kindly spare me any arguments that “both sides do it.” One side does it on a much grander and nastier scale than the other. It is not partisan to point that out. It is far more objective to say the Republicans engage in dirty smear politics more than the Democrats do than it is to say “both sides do it.” If the Democrats ever tried to engage in Republican-style character assassination, they would be ridiculed by the mainstream media so much you’d never hear the end of it. It’s all part of the double standard commonly known as IOKIYAR — It’s OK If You’re a Republican. These ads are destroying our democracy more than any terrorist, and they need to be tightly regulated or banned altogether. I’m serious. You can’t wear political advertising into a polling place, yet these ads are legal? Give me a break!
On a lighter note, after learning of my reference to Rob Halford, Mr. Slowpoke dug out his copy of Judas Priest — Unleashed in the East for inspiration while I drew the cartoon. Mr. Slowpoke, whose musical taste is admirably far-reaching, tried to convince me it was a great album. I will admit to liking the Judas Priest song “Livin’ After Midnight.”
too many lunatics to choose from
Monday, October 30th, 2006 by Stephanie McMillan
The Next War: Public in the Dark About Government’s Plans for War in Iran by Daniel Ellsberg
The Way the World Ends: With all the hype about North Korea, we’re forgetting that the world is still staring down the barrels of thousands of U.S. and Russian ICBMs by Helen Caldicott
U.S. Response to North Korea’s Claim of Nuclear Test: Hypocrisy and Threats, Revolutionary Worker
Fighting Words: 10/30/06 Cartoon
Monday, October 30th, 2006 by Abell Smith
“Alien Society, #5“… see the previous episodes here, here, here, and here.
UPDATE: Spelling error fixed (oops!)…
Fighting Words: 10/30/06 Cartoon
Monday, October 30th, 2006 by Abell Smith
“Alien Society, #5“… see the previous episodes here, here, here, and here.
New Toon: Back to the Dark Ages
Monday, October 30th, 2006 by Matt Bors
I wanted to post this today before this issue gets old. Plus I may have a second cartoon for Thursday.
The only thing preventing us from embryonic stem cell research is fanatical Christians. The only basis for actually opposing this promising science seems to be the concern that a clump of cells is sacred life form with a soul. These people will no doubtwant to share the benefits of the cure once we finally overcome their lunacy.
I’ll post the Seattle Stranger strip tomorrow.
“A brief status report”
Monday, October 30th, 2006 by August J. Pollak
Hot on the heels of last week’s reminder of how ineffective the left is at its non-existent voter fraud, we are reminded how ineffective the right is at its non-existent overwhelming control over all aspects of culture.
In some bizarre way, I kind of enjoy the idea that the right is constantly screaming its head off about TV shows and music artists, since if anything it means that’s what they’re spending they’re time worrying about. Which is always good. I mean, they could actually be trying to affect the world or something. Yeesh.
Now buy some crap.
