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Tennessee Restaurant Refuses to Serve Anti-Gay State Senator Stacey Campfield; Campfield Absurdly Indignant About It

Posted on January 30, 2012 by | 17 Comments

WTF.  No, seriously.  WTF.

Here’s some news that will simultaneously tickle your schadenfreude bone and make you weep for humanity.

Warning: it’s mostly going to be the “weep for humanity” thing:

Martha Boggs, owner of the Bistro at the Bijou, says she ordered state Sen. Stacey Campfield out of her Gay Street restaurant and banned him from brunch Sunday in disgust over his recent remarks about gays and the origin of the AIDS virus. [You really must read this news article in order to wrap your mind around the sheer bigotry and stupidity that Senator Campfield promotes. -ed.]

“When I saw him at the front door, I told him to leave,” Boggs said Monday. “It’s just my way to show support for the gay community and stand up to somebody I think is a bully. He’s really gone from being stupid to dangerous. I think he needs to know what it feels like to be discriminated against.”

Campfield responded with a blog post comparing himself to Jesus Christ and to the civil-rights demonstrators of the 1960s.

Campfield’s blog post illustrates the sheer magnitude of bigoted fuckery we’re dealing with when it comes to these right-wing nutbags. I’m reposting Campfield’s nonsense in full because — because — well — just read it:

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Where is My Mind: The Sunday Night "Wrangle" With Joan Walsh

Posted on May 16, 2011 by | 108 Comments

Cool story, bro!

I’m on day five of some of the most intensely personal and soul-wrenching attacks that I have experienced in my lifetime: Attacks on me for being too sensitive about race. Attacks on me about enjoying being offended about race or seeing everything through the prism of race. Attacks on me for being mentally or emotionally unstable or a drama queen. Attacks on me for being angry and losing my temper, thereby making my grievances easily ignored (that will be explained further below). Attacks on me for failing to focus on other liberal issues (feminism, the growing plutocracy) aside from what some white liberals see as “my” or “black people” issues. (Note that issues affecting the black community tend to be construed as only our issues, and never progressive or liberal issues.)

I would like to set that aside for a moment and explain a little bit about me, so, hopefully, those who witnessed “The Sunday Wrangle” or who saw the wrangle through Joan Walsh and Zaid Jilani’s frame of reference will understand my perspective, and, hopefully, those who perceived my “outburst” last night as being “vile” or “bad” will either amend that thinking or, at least, will attempt to understand.

Tumer Willis or “What Are You Angry About?”

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Feeling mad hostile, ran the apostle; flowing like Christ when I speaks the gospel

Posted on May 13, 2011 by | 16 Comments

My response to the stupid running wild at Balloon Juice.

Smelling salts sold separately1

So, remember when I wrote that I would continue to “haunt your dreams“? I meant it.

The distress that my presence causes some of you is far too delicious for me to stop posting here. Further, considering my posts garner such controversy, it would be downright cruel to deny my West Virginian Overlord the page clicks and ad revenue, now wouldn’t it? The man’s got pets to accidentally maim feed, you know.

As for my little shop in the black part of the Internet? I don’t have ads. So every time one of you perpetually exasperated cock wallets “accidentally” clicks on a link to my blog, know that you have done it for naught. I get nothing but the pleasure of knowing that, for a split second, your angsty little brain threatened to explode in your skull, and the experience was so harrowing, that you will feel compelled to either butthurtedly email Cole, or run over here and tell all your “bros” about it. High fives all around, boys!

That said, what’s going on, balloonbaggers? Have I missed anything?

Just kidding, I know a handful of you have been frantically racking your brain in search of new and improved insults to lob in my direction, and well-done, I say! 500 or so comments all about l’il ol’ me? It’s enough to make a girl blush!

::bats eyelashes::

So, here’s some exciting news: While you precious few (oh come now — you know who you are) were succeeding beyond my wildest imagination in acting like a giant bowl of stupid, I got tickets to Prince’s sold out show tomorrow night at the LA Forum. (It’s in Inglewood; there’s a lot of black people there. I know you didn’t ask, but one does want to be informative.)

So that’s what I’m doing. What are you guys up to?

Oh that’s right… I don’t give a shit.

1 Beware! This is not a hyperlink. I hope you didn’t click on it and realize with crushing annoyance that it wasn’t actually a hyperlink, despite having protested loudly that you really hate when things that aren’t hyperlinks masquerade as hyperlinks. OH, THE INJUSTICE! HOW DARE I?


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The Colbert Report on Fox & Friends’s “Pap Smears at Walgreens” Lie

Posted on April 12, 2011 by | 3 Comments

What is WRONG with these people?

The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
Pap Smears at Walgreens
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Here’s more from Media Matters:

“Neither Walgreens, nor its in-store healthcare clinics, Take Care Clinics, offer pap smears or breast exams,” Take Care Clinic spokeswoman Lauren Nestler told Media Matters after being emailed the segment.

The clinics, which are a subsidiary of Walgreens, offer health services like flu vaccines and blood pressure screening at 350 Walgreens stores.

Fox & Friends’ false claim about pap smears is the latest in a series of attempts by conservatives to dismiss the importance of Planned Parenthood for women’s health services. As Steve Benen noted, “Republicans, like their cable news network, would like the public to believe the preventative health services provided by Planned Parenthood aren’t especially necessary or worthy of funding, since they’re readily available everywhere — as if every block in America has a Starbucks, an ATM, and screenings for cervical cancer. Except, that’s ridiculous, Fox News lying about it, ironically, only helps underscore the value of Planned Parenthood clinics.”

Do these morons know what a vagina is? What a uterus it is?  Maybe they really don’t know what goes on down there, and that’s why they are so afraid to say the word “uterus” or even think about uteri.  Maybe they simply don’t know what it takes to maintain them (and I’m not talking waxing and vagazzling – either.)

I think we need to call for a “National Introduce Your Vagina to a Republican Day.”  Maybe then these idiots will stop viewing vaginas as caves of wonderment and give them the damn respect they deserve.

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Trump/Huckabee 2012? How about “Fire/Molotov Cocktail 2012??

Posted on April 11, 2011 by | 13 Comments

So, just to be clear where we are as a country…

Just another Orange Supremacist

This fuckin’ guy (who, by the way, has the writing skills of a… of a… of a person who doesn’t have great writing skills) –

To the Editor:

Re “Donald Trump Gets Weirder,” by Gail Collins (column, April 2):

Even before Gail Collins was with the New York Times, she has written nasty and derogatory articles about me. Actually, I have great respect for Ms. Collins in that she has survived so long with so little talent. Her storytelling ability and word usage (coming from me, who has written many bestsellers), is not at a very high level. More importantly, her facts are wrong!

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Wisconsin Republicans Ignore Court Order; Insist the Budget Repair Bill Goes into Effect Tomorrow

Posted on March 25, 2011 by | 6 Comments

What the hell, Wisconsin?

Apparently Scott Walker took Sarah Palin’s book title a little too literally;  he has gone rogue.

After splitting the bill and jamming it through both houses without Democrats present, Wisconsin Republicans are now taking the position that the law goes into effect on Saturday even though just last week, a judge issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) enjoining any implementation of the law while the court considers several lawsuits challenging it.  Here’s what happened as far as I understand it:

The Republicans jammed the bill through on March 9. Walker signed the bill on March 11.  Secretary of State La Follette designated today as the date of publication.  After the court issued the TRO, La Follette told the Reference Bureau (a non-partisan legislative bureau which publishes bills) that he was rescinding the publication date.  The Reference Bureau published the law today anyway calling the publication “merely procedural,” and stating that it was required to publish the law within 10 working days of the governor signing the bill, on the date designated by the Secretary of State.  (If La Follette rescinded the publication date, then why did the Reference Bureau publish it anyway?  Inquiring minds want to know.)

In any event, and despite the Reference Bureau calling the publication “procedural” and categorically stating that publication does not equal implementation, the question becomes is that true?1 Is publication implementation or is it just a procedural measure?  It’s a question the courts will have to answer.

Of course Walker and Cronies (specifically Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald) are claiming that the law has been published and therefore goes into effect tomorrow, which makes exactly zero sense since the judge enjoined its implementation.  Fitzgerald is claiming — stupidly — that because the  TRO does not reference the Reference Bureau specifically, that the TRO does not apply to the Reference Bureau.

That, comrades, is the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard.  Essentially, the assholes in Wisconsin are trying to do an end-run around the court’s order.  It’s pure gamesmanship, not likely to pass muster, and more than likely to piss off the court.

In non-legal terms,  it’s BULLSHIT.  The bullshittery becomes apparent when one reads the court’s order:

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Dude, Where's My Healthcare?

Posted on November 15, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Seriously, dude. Where’s my government-subsidized healthcare? I want it. Like, right now.

Newly minted Congressman Andy Harris (R-Md), defeated his Democratic opponent by railing against Obamacare and championing the brilliant idea that is Republikanz 4 Repealin’ Healthkare.

Guess what Congressman Harris wanted to know after he showed up on Capitol Hill today, attended orientation, registered for class, got his Trapper Keeper, and went to his first period class?

“How come it takes so long for me to get my government-subsidized heaaalth insuuuurance! I want it now! NOW NOW NOW.”

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Google's Veteran's Day Logo is All Muslim 'n Shit

Posted on November 11, 2010 by | Leave a comment

ZOMG YOU GUYZ!!  TEH GOOGLE IS AL KAYDA!!!

I don’t know if you heard, but despite whatever those uppity people who have studied the Constitution say, know this: SHARIA LAW HAS SHOVED ITS DIRTY SAND-LADEN FINGERS INTO THE PATRIOTIC SOIL OF THESE UNITED STATES!!

You know Google, right?  It’s like this internet search engine or something.  They are fairly whimsical with their holiday celebrations.  Usually they celebrate the day within the standards that have been set for internet search engines since time immemorial.  But they’ve run into some trouble lately.  Last year, I wrote about Google’s hatred of our veterans. (Google decided to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of Tetris on D-Day instead of celebrating D-Day on D-Day.)

You know D-Day, right?  It has something to do with the World War.

Which one?  I don’t know.  There were only two.  Take your pick.

All you need to know is that it’s a very patriotic affair, and you best be wearing your flag pin on D-Day or you’ll be castigated for being a freedom-hater.  Also, too, if you dare celebrate the anniversary of one of the most kick ass games of our time on this “D-Day,” then you hate America and should move to France.

I wasn’t bothered by Google’s Tetris shenanigans.  I was willing to forgive Google’s America-hating ass because I love Tetris more than I love America.

But this?  This is just too much for my red-blooded American patriotic heart to bear:

What the fuck?!  Does it look like those socialist Muslim-loving American-hating googling bastards celebrated Veteran’s Day by changing their logo to a burning flag with a crescent moon sticking out of it?  Because that’s what it looks like to me!  Google hates us for our freedom!  This is an outrage!

WE HAVE BEEN INFILTRATED, PEOPLE!  THIS IS NOT A DRILL!  I REPEAT THIS IS NOT A DRILL!

Motifs of the American flag have become a regular addition to Google’s artistic repertoire celebrating patriotic holidays but today’s Veterans Day doodle has sparked a measure of controversy.

RL from Product-Reviews.net sums up the outrage perfectly, “An American flag covering a partial showing Islamic crescent moon…good job GOOGLE…way to do your part to further fan the flames of tension between the western world and the Islamic community. Lets see how you play dumb and spin this.”

Exactly. Way to go, Google. Give crazies such as Pamela Geller, Terry Jones and Tea Party patriots the fuel they need to wage an all-out slugfest of vitriol against Islam for ruining an American tradition. The Google doodle is distasteful at best, hateful at worst, for this Veterans Day.

Your Google doodle is supposed to enlighten and educate those who click on it, not cause a rift between two world powers.

In a civilized society we need to show respect. We show respect by opening the door for the elderly. We show respect by thanking a soldier for fighting for us. We show respect by saluting the flag when in uniform. We show respect by not desecrating someone’s sacred symbol.

Google’s Veterans Day doodle needs to show the flag, and any possible representations of it, respectfully. In times of peace, flags of all countries fly at the same level. The same should be true of American and Islamic ideals. There is no reason why they two can peacefully coexist. We don’t live in Salem, Massachusettts in the 1650s. No more witch hunts.

I’m disappointed in Google’s doodle for this Veterans Day. Our president just left the world’s largest Islamic country when he visited Indonesia. He treated Islam with respect. Is this doodle the way we show the world we are civilized and respectful? No wonder Islamic extremists hate us.

Wait, what?!  I’m confused.  What’s the point of the article?

Frankly, I don’t know what the article means.  Is it satire?  It’s not over-the-top enough to be satire.  Is it serious?  The arguments in the article are contradictory.  Is it saying that Islamofascists are going to see Google’s logo and think, “DEATH TO AMERICA!  EVEN THEIR SEARCH ENGINES HATE US FOR OUR HUMMUS!!”

Or is the article saying that the American flag has been desecrated because there’s a Allahdamn crescent moon sticking out of its ass?

I DON’T KNOW.  WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!  HOW DO MAGNETS WORK?

Well, I may not know what that particular article was trying to say, but this tripe from World Fuckery News Daily (it’s where all the idiots get their news!) confirms my suspicion that teh Google really hates America: Continue reading →

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"An Open Letter to the White Right, On the Occasion of Your Recent, Successful Temper Tantrum" – Tim Wise

Posted on November 5, 2010 by | Leave a comment

This times infinity plus eleventy squared

I’m posting Tim Wise’s latest screed in full because it’s just that good.

*NOTE: PLEASE RE-READ THE TITLE OF THIS ESSAY BEFORE GOING FURTHER. NOTICE, IT IS AIMED AT THE WHITE RIGHT. NOT ALL WHITE PEOPLE. ANYONE WHO THINKS THIS ESSAY IS “ANTI-WHITE PEOPLE,” AS OPPOSED TO THAT SEGMENT OF THE WHITE COMMUNITY THAT IS RIGHT WING, CANNOT READ PLAIN ENGLISH. PLEASE TRY AGAIN.*
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For all y’all rich folks, enjoy that champagne, or whatever fancy ass Scotch you drink.

And for y’all a bit lower on the economic scale, enjoy your Pabst Blue Ribbon, or whatever shitty ass beer you favor.

Whatever the case, and whatever your economic station, know this…

You need to drink up.

And quickly.

And heavily.

Because your time is limited.

Real damned limited.

So party while you can, but mind the increasingly loud clock ticking away in the corners of your consciousness.

The clock that reminds you how little time you and yours have left.

Not much more now.

Tick, tock.

Tick, tock.

Tick.

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