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Brought to You by the Letter M: Mosque, Manhattan and Media Manipulation

Posted by Carrie Stanziola on Mon, Aug 30, 2010

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The year is 2015. Stylish New Yorkers have been forced to switch from Valentino and Dolce and Gabbana to shapeless abayas and face veils. Playgrounds have been gender-segregated, and the little girls don’t seem to be having much fun, forced as they are into miniature versions of what their moms and nannies are wearing. Bars [...]

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Glenn Beck and the War on Honor

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Sun, Aug 29, 2010

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I have failed you, dear readers. I promised to journey into the heart of Glennbeckistan for “Restoring Honor,” or “Whitestock,” or “The Greatest Affront to American Ideals in History,” or whatever you wanna call it. Instead, I ended up watching it on C-SPAN and monitoring real-time reactions on Twitter. The following was repurposed from my various [...]

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The Tea Party Can Haz Dream?

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Sat, Aug 21, 2010

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If you live in America and currently draw breath, you know the country is in some serious straits. We’re out of work, facing dim prospects for economic growth and our towns and cities are literally falling apart. Then there’s the escalation of the culture wars, now starring an emboldened coalition of bigoted Christians, bigoted free [...]

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The Cruel Shoes

Posted by Carrie Stanziola on Thu, Jul 22, 2010

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Anna knew she had to have some new shoes today, and Carlo had helped her try on every pair in the store. Carlo spoke wearily, “Well, that’s every pair of shoes in the place.” “Oh, you must have one more pair …” “No, not one more pair…Well, we have the cruel shoes, but no one would want…” Anna [...]

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Guns, Gov’t and Goth-Rock

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Tue, Mar 30, 2010

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What’s that old Chinese proverb/curse? “May you live in interesting times.” Mission accomplished. You may have read about the Chrisitianist militia from Michigan that got hauled in for planning to blow up some law enforcement officials. I have no idea why they’re called Hutaree. Maybe it’s a toothless redneck pronunciation of “Huckabee.” From the official indictment: According [...]

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