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The whole circus of right-wing Republicans, defending fascist tendencies of Israel über alles, whipping up hatred for minorities here in America, is looking more and more like an asylum for stupid and idiots. These people are vulgar and have no morality or humanity in their dna. I nauseate when confronted with their writings and messages on social media. Thank G*d the social media with followers regurgle their own nonsense and usually stays within its own social circles and community. Sometimes these bombs of hate are thrown over the wall with the intent to inflict damage to liberals and progressives. A sick mind cannot discern hero from traitor to America.
This afternoon, the President released a statement on the passing of Dr. Maya Angelou – one of the most prolific writers and activists of our time:
When her friend Nelson Mandela passed away last year, Maya Angelou wrote that “No sun outlasts its sunset, but will rise again, and bring the dawn.”
Today, Michelle and I join millions around the world in remembering one of the brightest lights of our time – a brilliant writer, a fierce friend, and a truly phenomenal woman. Over the course of her remarkable life, Maya was many things – an author, poet, civil rights activist, playwright, actress, director, composer, singer and dancer. But above all, she was a storyteller – and her greatest stories were true. A childhood of suffering and abuse actually drove her to stop speaking – but the voice she found helped generations of Americans find their rainbow amidst the clouds, and inspired the rest of us to be our best selves. In fact, she inspired my own mother to name my sister Maya.
Like so many others, Michelle and I will always cherish the time we were privileged to spend with Maya. With a kind word and a strong embrace, she had the ability to remind us that we are all God’s children; that we all have something to offer. And while Maya’s day may be done, we take comfort in knowing that her song will continue, “flung up to heaven” – and we celebrate the dawn that Maya Angelou helped bring.
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President Obama awards Angelou the 2010 Medal of Freedom
Maya Angelou Gushes Over US-Flag-Burning Palestinian Terrorist Rachel Corrie – BARF! by Debbie Schlussel
Only a narcissist like anti-American, anti-Israel bigot Maya Angelou would think anyone wants to hear her read from an e-mail from anti-American, anti-Israel bigot Rachel Corrie, who was part of the Palestinian terrorist group International Solidarity Movement (which aided Al-Qaeda terrorists and gave HAMAS terrorists a place to sleep the night before they blew up Mike’s Bar in Tel Aviv, Israel. But here it is, below. Looks like Angelou is having an orgasm saying the words, “Gaza” and “Palestine.”
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In case you aren’t familiar with Rachel Corrie, she was an America-hating flag burner who was in love with Islam and her Palestinian Islamic terrorist friends for whom she was working. She died when she was accidentally run over by a bulldozer while she was attempting to stop Israelis from knocking down homes shielding tunnels through which her terrorist friends transported weapons and bombs to kill innocent civilians.When people ask me what I think of Rachel Corrie, I tell them I think she’s flat as a pancake.
And, now, her fan, Maya Angelou is joining her. Buh-bye.
New London Play Fetes U.S. Activist Rachel Corrie Killed in Gaza – 2005
Southern Poverty Law Center ‘Follows the Networks’ of Anti-Muslim Hate
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Southern Poverty Law Center ‘Follows the Networks’ of Anti-Muslim Hate
(Tikun Olam) – I posted some time ago when the Southern Poverty Law Center designated Pam Geller’s Atlas Shrugs as an Islamophobic hate blog along with her Stop the Islamization of America group, which invented the “Ground Zero Mosque” and ensuring Muslim-bashing controversy. Recently, I discovered that SPLC has expanded its listings of Arab-hating blogs and groups to include some of the more notorious pro-Israel blogs out there which combine hasbara with Muslim-bashing. Among them are Sultan of Knish, Radio Jihad, and Bare Naked Islam.
SPLC’s Intelligence Report, which follows wanna be haters and terrorists provides excellent coverage of some Muslim-haters who haven’t yet made it to the pantheon of the group’s Hate Hall of Fame. Among them are Debbie Schlussel, David Horowitz, Dave Gaubatz, David Yerushalmi, Brigitte Gabriel and Robert Spencer.
Debbie Schlussel on Lara Logan, victim of a gang rape during her coverage of the Tahrir Square revolt:
How fitting that Lara Logan was ‘liberated’ by Muslims in Liberation Square while she was gushing over the other part of the ‘liberation.’ Hope you’re enjoying the revolution, Lara! Alhamdillullah (praise allah) [sic].”
Lara Logan, Nir Rosen, Debbie Schlussel and the age of exposure
(Guardian) – I expected you’ve heard the hideous news that Lara Logan of CBS News (photo) was sexually assaulted in Cairo. And I expect you’ve heard that Nir Rosen, the left-leaning journalist who is like Logan a war correspondent, distastefully joked about it on Twitter. You’re probably less likely to have heard about Debbie Schlussel’s comments, more on which later …
We live in an age in which every instant thought can be sent out into the world. Some people try to learn from it. Others take advantage of it for the purpose of spreading their name. What odds should I lay down that Murdoch properties Fox News or the New York Post, where Schlussel appears, will make her submit to any penalty?
On Scarborough Country, Schlussel misrepresented Hillary Clinton, defended Coulter
(MediaMatters) – During a discussion with host Joe Scarborough about Clinton’s condemnation of Coulter’s attacks on 9-11 widows, Schlussel misrepresented Clinton’s record when she proclaimed she was “really amazed” Clinton criticized Coulter for her comments because “there wasn’t a peep” from Clinton “when Suha Arafat told [Clinton] that Jews like me poison Palestinian water and air and cause cancer for them.” Contrary to Schlussel’s claim that Clinton did not make “a peep” about Suha Arafat’s controversial remarks made during a trip Clinton took to the West Bank in 1999, an October 6, 2000, The New York Times article reported that Clinton disavowed Arafat’s remarks after receiving an official translation “hours later.”
Regarding Coulter’s attack on 9-11 widows, Schlussel declared that Coulter is “100 percent correct” and said while Coulter’s “language was incorrect,” and “provocative,” Coulter “made a great point” saying “liberals” give “Cindy Sheehan and these four women liberal infallibility because they lost somebody.” In characterizing Coulter’s personal attacks on the 9-11 widows as “provocative” and agreeing that Coulter’s “point is 100 percent correct,” Schlussel echoed other conservative media figures — as well as reporters such as Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz and ABC News senior national correspondent Jake Tapper — who have suggested that the underlying argument Coulter was making in going after the widows — that Democrats and liberals use victims as advocates for particular causes because they are insulated from criticism — was “correct.”
My recent diary – Hillary Clinton Highlights Her [Lack] of Credentials.