Monthly Archives: March 2012

A Compilation: Boyz in the Hoodies and the White Men with Guns Who Fear Them

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Zimmerman’s Self-Defense Alibi Collapses with Release of Police Video

Here are videos of George Zimmerman in police custody shortly after killing Trayvon Martin with his 9mm pistol last February. His ‘friends’ and an alleged Sanford, Fla., police leak have said Zimmerman was viciously attacked by Trayvon who supposedly punched … Continue reading

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Zimmerman’s Fantasy; Trayvon’s Reality

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Today’s Quote: Actor Will Smith on Trayvon Martin

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What If Trayvon Martin Had Been White?

As a ‘thought experiment,’ let’s pretend for a moment that Trayvon Martin was a 150-lbs white kid with Skittles and a can of iced tea shot dead by George Zimmerman, a beefy 250-lbs. full-grown man with a 9mm pistol. In … Continue reading

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Cartoons: Mitt Romney, the Etch-A-Sketch Candidate

H/T to Bartcop.com.

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Today’s Music: John Coltrane, “A Love Supreme” (1965)

I have to admit it took me awhile to be able to listen to and enjoy John Coltrane’s music of the mid-‘60s (and some I still can’t appreciate), but in “A Love Supreme” (released in 1965), Coltrane eases us into … Continue reading

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Today’s Video: Joe Friday on Right-Wing Groups and Fascism

Yep, Dragnet’s Det. Joe Friday (as played by Jack Webb) was as Republican conservative as they came in the 1960s, but even he knew the difference between the nutcases and the true conservatives. That distinction, unfortunately, has been lost by … Continue reading

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Political Tabloid Headlines of the Future

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Today’s Music: Fats Waller & Art Tatum, “Georgia On My Mind” (1941)

You’ve heard Ray Charles’ great vocal version, but here a couple of other geniuses take a crack at Hoagy Carmichael’s 1930 melody instrumentally. Fats (Thomas Wright) Waller is first, followed by Art Tatum, and I’ve plum run out of superlatives … Continue reading

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