Some people have marveled at what they’ve characterized as my insensitivity in wearing the costume I wore on Purim. My initial reaction in learning of this was one of shock because my intention was never to hurt or make fun of anyone. Those who know me—in politics and in my personal life—already know this. But others who don’t know me have expressed hurt and outrage, so I am writing to address that once and for all. Unintentional as they were, I recognize now that the connotations of my Purim costume were deeply offensive to many.
The question that is on the tip of everyone’s tongue is why did he even do this in the first place? There are like a bazillion different costume choices that could have been made, Mr. Hikind (who is a freaking politician!) had to go with the one that offends the maximum number of people.
Destrore: #8 leftynyc Yes, it seems that we should call conservatives what they are - be they Democrat or Republican - conservatives tend to be bigots. We have a 2 party system so we get all kinds in the parties based on the overall party registration of a district. That's why my problem is not so much with Republicans but with "conservatives".
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The most obvious signal of conservative acceptance: GOProud, a group of gay and straight conservatives, was invited to the conference this year as guests after being turned down in the past. They've been welcomed. "Not a single person we met or spoke with has expressed disappointment we're here," said co-executive director Matt Bechstein. Recent developments as well as polls help explain the change. ...
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) penned an editorial for Breitbart News on Monday, in which he implicitly critiqued Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) for attempting to take on the mantle of former President and Republican idol Ronald Reagan. More: Rand Paul Hits Ted Cruz Over Foreign Policy, Ronald Reagan Comparison
A Louisiana state lawmaker has filed a measure to keep a state database of people who have had medication abortions, as well as restrict access to surgical abortion through Texas-style regulations aimed to shutter clinics and intimidate physicians. Democratic State Rep. Katrina Jackson's bill, in addition to keeping a state database of people who have had medication abortions, would require physicians who perform ...
theaustralian.com.au Wiki Party website froths for RussiaJARED OWENS THE AUSTRALIAN MARCH 11, 2014 12:00AM THE WikiLeaks Party's website has become fiercely pro-Russian, airing claims that a clandestine NATO-backed, neo-Nazi sniper unit deliberately fired at Ukrainian protesters to help bring about "nuclear war" between Washington and the Kremlin. Articles posted to the website's news section also attack the "heavily Jewish" US government as "psychopaths" and ...
With Getty's announcement that they are offering images for embedding for free - it allows us to see the world in a different light. Hong Kong: skyline overlooking Victoria Harbour. A man sits in front of the city's skyline shrouded in a dense blanket of smog the city's skyline is seen from the peak, a popular touristic spot Smog hangs in the air around ...
In the United States, people can land in prison for life over minor offenses. They can be locked up forever for siphoning gasoline from a truck, shoplifting small items from a department store or attempting to cash a stolen check. Sentences across the United States in the last 30 years have doubled. Roy Lee Clay, for example, received in 2013 a sentence of ...
Now I've really got to see this movie! [wingnut]Wow it looks like Disney is so "Evil." This Cartoon looks so "Evil" and gay[/wingnut] Religious Right talk show host Kevin Swanson railed against the Disney film Frozen on Wednesday, accusing Disney of using the movie to turn children gay. [wingnut]This bad bad snowman is going to make our children gay[/wingnut] Read more At Rightwing Watch ...
A former member of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's posse was arrested by MCSO deputies on child-pornography charges. According to the Sheriff's Office, 73-year-old Roger Byg was a posse member in the old-folks community of Sun City and even had served on the posse's board before resigning early last year. MCSO's computer crimes division detectives served a search warrant Thursday at his Sun City home. ...
I don't envy teachers. Kids are the worst. Parents are the worst. On top of that teachers' unions seem to be under perpetual attack. No, being a K-12 teacher looks like a rough gig, and I'm glad there are people out there who are more cut out for it than I am. It's too bad, however, that we constantly treat them like the ...
Federal prosecutors in Texas have moved to drop all but one of the 12 fraud charges against Barrett Brown, a writer charged with crimes that involved data stolen by a member of Anonymous. In a motion to dismiss (.PDF), the government today offered no reason for the move. Brown still faces a single charge of possession of stolen credit card numbers with intent ...
Our Goals According to the 2013 UNICEF Report on Improving Child Nutrition - The Achievable Imperative for Global Progress, one-third of the world's under nourished children are in India and an estimated 61 million, half of the total child population in the country, are stunted due to chronic undernutrition. While progress towards reducing child underweight in India has been made, it has been ...
An amazing historic fortune to be had Ship Model, note the old pre propeller side wheel propulsion design. It carried one of the largest cargoes of gold ever lost at sea, so much so that it was nicknamed the "Ship of Gold." And now Odyssey Marine Exploration has been given court approval to recover what it can from the SS Central America. In 1857, ...
Child sex trafficking is a dark, real world for many. Public service announcements show how much money criminals make off of selling kids for sex. One from a non-profit group called "Disturbed to Deliver" says some girls are required to bring their "pimp" $1,000 a night. At $100 a person, that's 10 guys she has to sleep with a night. 3,650 men a ...
At a Midtown Manhattan steakhouse last June, William A. Ackman, the activist hedge fund manager who had bet a billion dollars on the collapse of the nutritional supplement company Herbalife, offered his latest evidence to a handful of other hedge fund managers about why the company's stock could soon plummet. Mr. Ackman told his dinner companions that Representative Linda T. Sánchez, Democrat of ...
"The World's Only Reliable News," better than Russia Today and the Drudge Report combined! BOLSHAYA YELNIA - An all-female religious sect believe that Vladimir Putin is the reincarnation of St. Paul the Apostle. The religious sect of the Russian Orthodox church consists entirely of women, who meet in a small three story brick building in Bolshaya Yelnia, a small town near the Volga River. ...
Alas, our next generation of conservative leaders are not chanting, "Amer-i-ca! Amer-i-ca!" They are, instead, chanting, "F**k O-bama! F**k O-bama!" And I hang my head. So, now, children at the hotel, parents, staff, tourists - both foreign and domestic - and every other conceivable variety of guest who happens to be staying at the Gaylord National hotel during CPAC 2014 has a skewed, ...
The Con­fer­ence Board of Canada has is­sued a re­port ti­tled Re­form­ing Dairy Sup­ply Man­age­ment: The Case for Growth, which pretty much con­demns Canada's sys­tem of sup­ply man­age­ment of dairy prod­ucts. Au­thors, Michael Grant, Richard Barichello, Mark Liew, and Vi­jay Gill, say their re­port "makes the case for growth and sug­gests an eq­ui­table way to wind down sup­ply man­age­ment of dairy prod­ucts. ..." More: ...
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This is incredibly sad. The poor baby did nothing to deserve this. I hope they actually do find a cure and find it soon. The sooner they're able to cure her, the greater the chance that they'll save her life. A second baby born with the AIDS virus may have had her infection put into remission and possibly cured by very early treatment -- ...
More: The Vicious Babushka: It's Pie Day! Pecan Pie Equipment you will need: Food ProcessorStand mixerRolling pinPie boardPie panMeasuring cupsMeasuring spoons1-qt. saucepan For the crust: 1 1/4 c. all purpose flour1/2 c. (1 stick) butter or shortening, frozen1/2 tsp. salt6 Tbsp. ice water Preheat oven to 375°. Put the flour and salt into the bowl of the food processor and combine. Cut the butter/shortening ...
Via TPM: When Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) made a thinly veiled reference comparing Eric Holder to George Wallace before a group of conservatives, it may not have occurred him that the attorney general's sister-in-law, Vivian Malone Jones, was one of the segregationist's actual victims during the Jim Crow era.
Some Scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.
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re: #8 leftynyc Yes, it seems that we should call conservatives what they are - be they Democrat or Republican - conservatives tend to be bigots. We have a 2 party system so we get all kinds in the parties based on the overall party registration of a district. That's why my problem is not so much with Republicans but with "conservatives".
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