minor jive

05/16/2008

» Huckabee jokes about Obama ducking a gunman «-- THIS IS NOT OKAY!!

He should be kicked out of the GOP for shit like this.

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After (via my flickr stream)

Shot this afternoon, right after the haircut. So much better…

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Before (via my flickr stream)

I really needed a haircut. I shot this in the morning, heading out for work.

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This might be the best one yet. (via garfieldminusgarfield)

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» Cafe Talk | Talking Points Memo | I, Lieutenant Worf, Endorse Barack Obama For President in Your Year 2008

(h/t @ruby)

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“ There is no persuasive basis for applying to statutes that classify persons on the basis of the suspect classification of sexual orientation a standard less rigorous than that applied to statutes that classify on the basis of the suspect classifications of gender, race, or religion. Because sexual orientation, like gender, race, or religion, is a characteristic that frequently has been the basis for biased and improperly stereotypical treatment and that generally bears no relation to an individual’s ability to perform or contribute to society, it is appropriate for courts to evaluate with great care and with considerable skepticism any statute that embodies such a classification. The strict scrutiny standard herefore is applicable to statutes that impose differential treatment on the basis of sexual orientation. „

In re Marriage Cases, (S147999), Majority Opinion

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05/15/2008

“ Today’s California Supreme Court decision is certainly momentous, and worthy of celebration, for obvious reasons. It will, I think, come to be seen as part of the grand tradition of that Court, as exemplified in its bold 1948 decision in Perez v. Sharp, which prompted numerous states to abandon their anti-miscegenation laws, eventually leading to Loving v. Virginia. But wholly apart from the particular holding on same-sex marriage — which is plenty important in and of itself — it strikes me that the most significant legal development in the Court’s decision is that it is (to my knowledge) the first time any state or federal court of last resort has held that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is suspect and thus subject to strict scrutiny under a constitutional equal protection clause. „

Marty Lederman at Balkinization

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Sara Nesson’s film Iraq Paper Scissors was featured on Grit TV’s Got Docs series. Sara was, along with me, part of the crew of Boston area supporters who helped launch the KatrinaRitaVille Express National FEMA Trailer Tour last August. (The KRV Express is still going strong.)

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Twitter Down Again?

Wasn’t it down just yesterday? Sheesh.

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» New feature: Tag filtering | (The official) Tumblr Tumblelog

This is fantastic news, though the feature needs to be taken just a little further for it to work the way I’d like.

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Works if you’re a Mac.

(via david via annie)

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river crossing | secondhandculture.com

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05/14/2008

“ This was a real wake-up call for us,” Robert M. Duncan, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, said in an interview. “We can’t let the Democrats take our issues. We can’t let them pretend to be conservatives and co-opt the middle and win these elections. We have to get the attention of our incumbents and candidates and make sure they understand this. „

Republican Election Losses Stir Fall Fears - New York Times

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How Long? Not Long!

It is a tempting overstatement to say that the scene, below, reblogged from ayse, is a fulfillment (or near fulfillment—Obama is not President yet) of MLK’s prophecy in this famous conclusion of his speech in Montgomery, AL, after the Selma to Montgomery March.

And yet.

I said that the photo, below, gives me the chills because there is in that moment a sense that Obama affirms a very real yearning that so many of us share for a more just and equitable America, for an America that will finally begin to try to fulfill its broken promises to its people.

It is the yearning that roars from the crowd at the end of MLK’s speech.

I do not often dare hope. It will take so much more than Barack Obama as President.

And yet…

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