Al-Sadr’s Iraq

By Patrick Cockburn.  In the linked articles, Cockburn discusses the role of Al-Sadr in Iraq.
“Muqtada al-Sadr is the most important and surprising figure to emerge in Iraq since the U.S. invasion. He is the Messianic leader of the religious and political movement of the impoverished Shia underclass whose lives were ruined by a quarter of [...]

Religion = All Deeds + All Reflection

Religion is a mind control system used by church leaders to control people.  There is no God.  God is a delusion.
Religion is the sum of our deeds and our reflection.  - Khalil Gibran

Quote of the Day: Andrew Young

“[A future] black presidential candidate or vice presidential candidate is going to have to do the same thing that a white Southerner had to do. He’s going to have to get out here and raise some money, run in about 30 primaries, fight off all kinds of opposition, and just demonstrate that he is [...]

“The Dozens”

“The Dozens” is an element of the African-American oral tradition in which two competitors, usually males, go head to head in a competition of often good-natured, ribald “trash talk”, more widely known as “Yo Momma Fights”. They take turns insulting–”cracking”, “west coast dissin’,” or “ranking” on–one another, their adversary’s mother or other family member until [...]