If you can’t speak out against this kind of thing, a crime that’s so unjust
Your eyes are filled with dead men’s dirt, your mind is filled with dust
Your arms and legs they must be in shackles and chains, and your blood
it must refuse to flow
For you let this human race fall down so God-awful low!

This song is just a reminder to remind your fellow man
That this kind of thing still lives today in that ghost-robed Ku Klux Klan
But if all of us folks that thinks alike, if we gave all we could give
We could make this great land of ours a greater place to live

The Death Of Emmett Till by Bob Dylan
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53 comments (Latest Comment: 12/01/2014 21:19:22 by Raine)

Good Morning.

OK, now it's my turn to slack. I spent most of yesterday online, and I am saddened to report that inspiration failed to strike. Since fluffy friday was pre-empted in favour of Blogger Joe (who was promptly exterminated), here's a ludicrously cute quokka:
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1 comments (Latest Comment: 11/29/2014 19:04:52 by Will in Chicago)

It’s that time of year again, the time when Blogger Joe travels over the internet to spread the joy and cheer of the holiday season.

If you would like to participate just...
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9 comments (Latest Comment: 12/04/2014 19:34:20 by wickedpam)

Good Morning.

Today is our 4,797th day in Afghanistan, and our 159th day in Iraq.

We'll start this morning as we always do; with the latest casualty figures from our ongoing wars, courtesy of Antiwar.com:

US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 2,350
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,127
There have been 2 casualties in Iraq.

We find this morning's Cost of War passing through:

$ 1, 583, 196, 700, 000 .00
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17 comments (Latest Comment: 11/25/2014 19:27:07 by Mondobubba)

Lets get edjucated, shall we? Texas style! We all remember George W Bush and how he bragged about being a TEXAN even tho he werent borned there? Lets review:
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2 comments (Latest Comment: 11/23/2014 18:02:54 by velveeta jones)