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Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The tide of extending marriage rights to gay couples -- which has swept across New England in recent months -- has stopped at Maine. Voters yesterday repealed a state law Tuesday that would have allowed same-sex couples to wed. The repeal comes just six months after the measure was passed by the Maine legislature and signed by the Democratic Gov. John Baldacci. Maine would have been the sixth state...
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Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
I am pro-choice on abortion, but here are two conservatives who disagree with me. As a social moderate, the overwhelmingly majority of social conservatives disagree with me on this issue. I've got raised eyebrows on La Shawn's comment of the "Great White Defendant". Granted, I haven't seen every episode, but I've seen plenty of blacks, Latinos, and others as villains on "Law & Order"....
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ArtCal (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Last Rites Gallery 511 West 33rd Street , 3rd floor, 212-529-0666 Midtown October 24 - November 22, 2009 Opening: Saturday, October 24, 7 - 11 PM Web Site On October 24th, Last Rites Gallery presents it’s second annual 13th Hour group exhibit, celebrating the Halloween season. The show features artists from around the globe, working in an array of mediums including painting, photography, sculpture,...
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eChurchWebsites Blog (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Previous Related Post:- Contrasting media news coverage of a murdered abortion doctor (George Tiller) and a murdered anti-abortion activist (Jim Pouillon) reveals much about media bias. by La Shawn Barber – Pajamas Media The relentless, blanket coverage of abortionist George Tiller’s murder and relatively weak coverage of pro-life activist Jim Pouillon’s are examples of the media’s...
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Vital Signs Blog (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
This post from La Shawn Barber examines President Obama's recent speech to a leading homosexual rights organization. In it she includes links to a You Tube clip of the speech itself as well as a link to a detailed commentary on its import from theologian and Christian apologist, Dr. James White. Writes Barber, “Christian” Barack Obama believes the Christian worldview is inferior to the...
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Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
La Shawn Barber: "Justice Of The Peace Refuses Marriage License For Interracial Couple" The conservative blogger in California opines : "I can’t believe what I read. A Louisiana justice of the peace, in 2009, refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple. I suspect he’s a smoker of crack. Keith Bardwell said, 'I do ceremonies for black couples right here in...
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Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
The conservative blogger in California writes about anti-Asian discrimination in America's top colleges : "Americans of Asian descent account for about 12 percent of California’s population, yet they account for 40 percent of all undergraduates at the University of California at Los Angeles, 43 percent at Berkeley, 50 percent at San Diego, and 54 percent at Irvine. The American Civil Rights...
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Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
La Shawn Barber discusses sex and physical ability tests in certain professions. The conservative blogger writes : "The lead investigator on a show I watch is a woman. Although thin-boned and shorter than the men she supervises, she’s a tough gal. She chases down bad guys, who manage to trip at just the right moment, and she pounces on them, slapping on handcuffs. When she does encounter...
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L'Ombre de l'Olivier (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
The Roman Polanski case is causing all sorts of people to agree who normally would check if the other said the sun rose in the east. Ginmar has a list of Polanski petition supporters , as does Ed Driscoll (and Fox News). Feministe and Shakesville , list much the same bunch of outrageous pro-Polanski comments as La Shawn Barber , Michelle Malkin and Patterico (who also quotes Steve Lopez highly approvingly...
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Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
I'm not getting why quite a few folks in Hollywood are coming to the defense of a pedophile. Would they that 13-year-old rape victim to be down to their daughter, young cousin, or friend's kids? Anyway, here are bookerista reactions to Polanski's arrest in Switzerland: La Shawn Barber: "Whoopi Goldberg: Polanski's Child Victim Wasn't Raped" The conservative blogger in California writes about...
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NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
Washington Post columnist and blogger Anne Applebaum not only penned a September 27 blog post lamenting the recent arrest by Swiss authorities of child rapist and fugitive from American justice, Roman Polanski, she failed to let readers in on her conflict of interest. Applebaum is married to Poland's foreign minister, who is lobbying for Polanski's release on bail. Our good friend Patterico -- who...
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Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
La Shawn Barber, a conservative blogger, on a potential racial & hair discrimination case : "A white cop was put on desk duty and ordered to stay off the street, because he came to work with braided hair. Although 'dozens' of black cops in Philadelphia wear cornrows on the street while on duty, Officer Thomas Strain apparently looked ridiculous enough to warrant action. It should go without...
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Sierra Faith (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009
La Shawn Barber: Then again, the “pro-choice” think Tiller was a brave and courageous hero, what with helping those women out with getting rid of unwanted infants, and all. Pro-lifers like Pouillon are just right-wing, fundamentalist kooks, what with trying to protect unborn life, and all.