Senator Mike Lee from (you guessed it) Utah recently posted a video of himself defending child labor, or something to that effect. I honestly couldn’t tell you his exact argument, becasue the video is sooo boring. He should really take some YouTube decorating tips from yon Sarah “blood libel” Palin. Fireplace? American flag? I’m interested! Looks like [...]
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“Harshness For The Sake Of Harshness”
January 15th, 2011 · No Comments · AS, Labor, Politics
Tags: blood libel·child labor·constitution·Keanu Reeves·real America·Sarah Palin·Sen. Mike Lee·Thomas Jefferson·Utah
More Sadness From Arizona
January 8th, 2011 · No Comments · AS, Immigration, Politics
I’m shocked to read about the shooting in Arizona today, in which Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head and is now in critical condition, and federal judge John M. Roll was killed, among others. The suspicions that the shooter may have had political motives — including anger over immigration policy — are incredibly [...]
Tags: Arizona·Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords·Facebook·federal judge·Giffords·guns·Immigration·immigration policy·John M. Roll·New York Times·Sarah Palin·shooter·shooting
Et Tu, NYT?
November 15th, 2010 · No Comments · AS, Immigration, Law and Justice
The California Supreme Court ruled today that students at UC schools can continue to benefit from AB-540, which grants in-state tuition status to graduates of California high schools as long as they attended a California high school for at least three years. This is a welcome ruling, even if it is only a small step [...]
Tags: AB-540·California·California State University·citizens·CSU·DREAM Act·education·Hazleton·high school·illegal immigration·Immigration·Kris Kobach·Martinez v. Regents of the University of California·New York Times·Nice Work If You Can Get It·permanent residents·students·This American Life·UC·UCLA·undocumented students·University of California
Can’t Take A Joke?
September 30th, 2010 · No Comments · AS, Feminism, Politics
AR alerted me to this story by Abbie Boudreau, an investigative reporter for CNN. Boudreau has been working on a report about young conservatives, and set up an interview with James O’Keefe. You probably remember O’Keefe because he is just that idiotic — but hopefully you don’t. Suffice it to say that he calls himself an [...]
Tags: Abbie Boudreau·boat·Botticelli·CNN·feminism·feminist·funny·hidden camera·humor·investigative journalism·James O'Keefe·joke·jokes·journalist·painting·punk·seduce·seduction·sex·sexism·Stephen Colbert·young conservatives
Meggy v. Jerry
September 28th, 2010 · 3 Comments · AR, AS, Immigration, Labor, Politics
The first-ever LTMF Liveblog event! Figures we decided to liveblog a political event that probably even most people in California couldn’t even be bothered to watch: the first governor’s debate between Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown. Wow, huh? In case you ever wished you were privy to the snarky political chats that regularly occur between [...]
Tags: 2010 elections·California·California Governor·Debate·Election·governor·Jerry Brown·Liveblog·Meg Whitman
Omg Omg Omg
September 9th, 2010 · No Comments · AS, Immigration, Politics
Big news today — the Third Circuit Hazleton case (see below) has finally been released, almost two years after it was argued in 2008. And the good guys won. Major props to the folks at the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project who argued and briefed the case. The unanimous decision was decided on federal preemption grounds, [...]
Tags: 1981·ACLU·ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project·Arizona·Hazleton·Hazleton v. Lozano·Jan Brewer·preemption·SB 1070·Third Circuit
More Anti-Immigrant Ordinances
June 24th, 2010 · 2 Comments · AS, Immigration, Supreme Court
This week, Fremont, Nebraska residents passed a local anti-immigrant measure that aims to ban hiring or renting to “illegal immigrants.” Unlike the laws passed in Hazleton, Pennsylvania and Farmers Branch, Texas, this law was enacted by voter referendum. Otherwise, though, the law is pretty similar to its predecessors — it requires local employers to use [...]
Tags: ACLU·anti-immigrant measures·anti-Latino measures·Ellis Island·Farmers Branch·Fremont·green card·Hazleton·illegal immigration·immigrants' rights·Immigration·immigration reform·Jim Crow·Latinos·local immigration enforcement·MALDEF·Nebraska·New York City·New York Times·Obama Administration·Pennsylvania·slavery·Texas·undocumented immigrants
Godsend
June 16th, 2010 · No Comments · AS, Arts and Entertainment
Sad news this week. God decided to smite Touchdown Jesus (or as some refer to him, Big Butter Jesus). Touchdown Jesus was hit by lightning and burned completely to the ground, leaving only a steel frame behind. What are the possible implications of this smiting? Burning Man is over. God 1, Jesus 0. Jesus tiring [...]
Tags: Big Butter Jesus·burning·Burning Man·God·Jesus·Judaism·lightning·miracle·Ohio·smite·smiting·Touchdown Jesus