Friday Flashback

Gore Wins Nobel Prize

Gore always looks like he needs to take a shit.

Hat tip: My brother, KP

“Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Friday for their efforts to spread awareness of man-made climate change and lay the foundations for counteracting it.

“Environmentalists hope the [...]

A Bad Week For (Two) Black Athletes

This post, initially dedicated to Dina, has been re-dedicated, in loving memory of Mama Jasai, who is still watching from the balcony. (((waving upward)))
A Court ordered Vick to return his $2oM signing bonus.

“The Atlanta Falcons are entitled to recover nearly $20 million in bonus money paid to disgraced quarterback Michael Vick, an arbitrator ruled Tuesday. [...]

Happy "Islamo Fascism Awareness Week:" Neocons Use Anti-Islamic Sentiment To Further Feminism and Homosexuality

David Horowitz, pictured.

Hat tip: Abu and Dina

With much fanfare, a collection of far-right ideologues backed by right-wing “think tank” money are proclaiming an “Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week” on college campuses beginning Oct. 22. It is a calculated effort to vilify Islam in general, place Muslim Student Associations on the defensive, and generate support for further [...]