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Thursday, July 8, 2010
The White White World of Sarah Palin
Conservative David Frum points out in a "tweet" how it's white as far as the eye can see in the new SarahPac video.
Kind of remarkable to see a Republican ad with not a single nonwhite face in any crowd scene.
A Blow To DOMA
From The Advocate:
A federal judge has ruled unconstitutional a portion of the Defense of Marriage Act that prohibits the federal government from recognizing gay marriages...
...While the federal challenge to Proposition 8 currently before a San Francisco judge makes broader claims regarding the unconstitutional nature of state laws barring marriage rights for same-sex couples, GLAD’s lawsuit was a precise attack on DOMA, targeting just one section of the law — Section 3 — that limits the definition of marriage, for all federal purposes, to one man and one woman.
During oral arguments in May, GLAD attorney Mary Bonauto told U.S. district judge Joseph Tauro that DOMA constitutes a “classic equal protection” violation for gay couples who are legally married in Massachusetts. “It takes one class of married people in the commonwealth,” she said, “and divides it into two.”
On the Free Market, Nothing Can Be Free
This Terry Savage column has been posted lost of places in the past few days. But his wrath at little girls giving away their lemonade instead of selling it, is such a shining example of free-market fundamentalism taken to its most absurd conclusions. An excerpt:
The kids are learning from the society around them. No one has ever taught them there's no free lunch -- and all they see is "free," not the result of hard work, and saving, and scrimping.
If that's what America's children think -- that there's a free lunch waiting -- then our country has larger problems ahead. The Declaration of Independence promised "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." It didn't promise anything free. Something to think about this July 4th holiday weekend.
Imperial Criminal
Crackdown on Chinese artists/activists: From the NY Times: Wu Yuren, an artist who helped lead an unusually bold public protest last winter over a land dispute, has been languishing in a Beijing jail for almost six weeks after having been beaten by police officers, his wife said on Thursday.
Look at and read about Wu Yuren's work.
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