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Posted: 2013/07/02 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in Uncategorized
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6 States Already Restricting Voting After Supreme Court Decision

We live in a post-racial society right?! I suppose one could argue that the massive conservative/Republican voter fraud efforts since 2000 have not been racially motivated at all. If only blacks and latinos voted overwhelmingly Republican this would not be necessary!?! it’s Jim Crow version 3.0 >:/

As they say in French: plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose (=the more it changes, the more it stays the same)

“OK, you remaining Obama fans: tell me why we should trust the biggest baiter and switcher in the history of the Presidency, particularly when he insists on unprecedented levels of secrecy? Because he has nice teeth and cute kids?”

More from Yves Smith (Naked capitalism

More Obama Administration Secrecy: Rep. Grayson Can’t Discuss Classified Trans-Pacific Partnership Draft

Thanks to Phil Kozel 

The revolutionary origins of Memorial Day and its political hijacking: A day celebrating Black liberation utilized for white supremacy

MAY 24, 2013

The way the Civil War became officially remembered — through Memorial Day celebrations— was based on the erasure of the Black veteran and the liberated slave.

This article was previously published on this website on May 26, 2012.

What we now know as Memorial Day began as “Decoration Day” in the immediate aftermath of the U.S. Civil War. It was a tradition initiated by former slaves to celebrate emancipation and commemorate those who died for that cause.

Sometimes douche-bags can be enlightened with a little understanding!

this is very relevant for our ongoing discussion on gender roles on http://secretofthefairies.org/