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On her Twitter this morning, M.I.A. attacked New York Times writer Lynn Hirschberg over a profile (set to appear in print this weekend but available online now) that addresses the artist's politics and upbringing in Sri Lanka. ""CALL ME IF YOU WANNA TALK TO ME ABOUT THE N Y T TRUTH ISSUE," she Tweeted, adding Hirschberg's phone number. "ill b taking calls all day b--ches." In the piece, Hirschberg implies that M.I.A. doesn't understand the complex political web of Sri Lanka and that violent videos like "Born Free," in which red-headed children are assassinated by military police, are "exploitative" and...

A small convoy of vehicles, in everything from old pick-up trucks to a stretch limo, with about thiry passengers total, left Victorville for the 130 mile trip to the site of the Mojave Cross, which vandals had torn down and stole a couple weeks ago, after the SCOTUS had ruled that it was not a religious symbol, but a war memorial, and that the box(!) civering it since the suit was filed several years ago. When a replacement was erected, it was immediately taken down by rangers of the Mojave Preserve, contending that since it was not the original cross,...

Hemet could become one of the first California cities to formally support Arizona's immigration law. The City Council on Tuesday unanimously agreed to direct city staff to craft a resolution backing the law. ******************

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Please Join California Voters to Protest President Obama and Barbara Boxer in San Francisco, CA Tues May 25th!!! On the sidewalk across the street from The Fairmont Hotel. 950 Mason Street San Francisco CA 94108 Start:May 25, 2010 - 3:00 PM End: May 25, 2010 - 6:00 PM Email here for more information!

Start:May 29, 2010 - 10:00 AM End: May 29, 2010 - 1:00 PM Wheatfield Park 30627 Menifee Rd. Menifee CA 92584

KNOWING THE TARGET AUDIENCE It is always easier to convince people to act upon something they already believe than to convince them to act on something they do not yet believe… Environmental concerns may not be important to the advocate’s audience, in which case the advocate must determine what is important to this audience and frame the message to tap into it. For example, an advocate may wish to frame the message around such issues as religion (stewardship), public health, people’s livelihoods, children, or cultural and historical preservation. The tip comes from a toolkit distributed by ISAR: Resources for Environmental...

I know I'm not looking in the right places. Does anybody know how I can get a listing of the registered voters in my city?

On May 1st, 2010, “May Day” the American Anti-Communist Alliance of Denver confronted an Anti-American hate group called the Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist Movement. Many may not be familiar with May Day. Ironically, on Tuesday, May 4th, 1886 a group of workers (and anarchists) joined together to agitate for socialist policy of a minimum wage. As police closed in to isolate the rowdy, sometimes violent, protest and while showing great restraint, an Anarchist hurled a bomb at the innocent police whose lives were cut short by political violence and terrorist extremism. Most countries around the world celebrate May Day asMexican Workers...

Lea Klibanoff, 34, was a student at the Ma’aleh Film School when she started filming “The Messiah Will Always Come.” Before deciding to focus on Ofran in her movie, Klibanoff, who is religiously observant, wanted to sketch a portrait of the new breed of activists who are religious or formerly religious and have become prominent in many leftist, human rights organizations. People such as the founders of Breaking the Silence, members of B’nei Avraham, several leaders of the struggle in Sheikh Jarrah, as well as people affiliated with Ta’ayush, Yesh Din, Machsom Watch and Ir Amim.

This is not the time for silence. It's time for our various sports commissioners to speak. Loudly and clearly. That means NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell should make his opinion known. So should MLB Commissioner Bud Selig. The same goes for the heads of the NBA, the NHL and any other sports league that does business in Arizona. Their collective message to Arizona should leave no room for interpretation: If Senate Bill 1070, which requires police to question people about their immigration status and demand to see their documents if they suspect the person is in the U.S. illegally, goes into...

Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, told the Signorile Show that she is still “very optimistic” ENDA will get its vote in committee in the next two weeks, but that “we have to be marching in the streets.” And things are looking a little tough for ENDA these days. The right-wing has stepped up its rhetoric considerably in recent days, sounding an alarm. An editorial in the conservative Washington Times in D.C. on April 23 said: “First-graders should not be forced into the classrooms of teachers undergoing sex changes. Religious broadcasters and faith-based summer camps...

I just returned from Michigan, where I had the honor of speaking at Americans for Prosperity’s “Defending the Dream” state summit. Among the other speakers were Stephen Moore of The Wall Street Journal, Justice Robert Young of the Michigan Supreme Court, and Governor Sarah Palin. I spoke on a panel entitled, “Alinsky: Turning Liberal Tactics into Conservative Victories.” Joining me was James Muffett of Citizens for Traditional Values, a group that I hope we can work with in the future. I was pleasantly surprised that the crowd (well over a thousand at the summit and a packed room of hundreds...

ATTENTION MASSACHUSETTS! Please join fellow Patriots tomorrow to let Senator Brown know we do not want any more nationalism of industry...say no to the Bank Takeover! Stop trying to destroy American Exceptionalism...no more bailouts, no more nationalization...stay strong Senator Brown! When: Sunday April 25th, 3:00 pm Where: The steps of the Capital, facing Boston Common This is MA's LAST CHANCE to tell Senator Brown how they feel before he is back in the Beltway, surrounded by lobbyists and pressure

Thomas Jefferson and James Madison both warned us that if the federal government ever became the sole and exclusive arbiter of the extent of its own powers – that power would endlessly grow…regardless of elections, separation of powers, courts, or other vaunted parts of our system. Question – What do we do about it? The Federal Health Care Nullification Act. This Act is not over 1000 pages. It’s not 500 pages. It’s not a dozen, or even two. It’s one single page to nullify now. Here’s a majority of what it says: The Legislature of the State of _______________ declares...

new website has appeared that should earn the support of tea-party critics such as CNN's Anderson Cooper and his compatriots: CrashTheTeaParty.org. It beckons, "Let's get to work. This Tea Party isn't going to destroy itself … Or is it." But whether the website succeeds remains to be seen, because a random assortment of visitors to the new site so far haven't been enamored. "Just TRY to show up at the rallies! We've got your number. We have LOTS of security. And many veterans, Oathkeepers and other well qualified people who can spot phonies, trouble-makers, SEIU thugs – and MORONS –...

The recent passage of the so-called ‘health care reform’ bill signals the demise of the U.S. Constitution and the end of our healthcare freedom. Yet, we have heard nothing more than a whimper from the American people. Most don’t seem to care or if they do care, they do not care enough to do anything about it. Many have resigned to this fate, perceiving it as inevitable. After the bill’s passage, what sort of healthcare do we have to look forward to? This bill, according to New York Times Economics Columnist Paul Krugman, will create an ‘advisory panel’ that will...

Special Ops Teams I think two of the most inspiring people I have seen in the last year are James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles, who made ACORN videos, and what I'm suggesting in this post is inspired by them. If there's anything the passage of the Health Care Bill has done to me, it is to convince me that it is time to take action against those who would deprive us of our liberty. It is time to take the gloves off and to fight with bare fists. I am NOT saying it is time to take up arms against...

I don't know if Obamacare can be passed, and if it does, survive the legal fights it faces... But, whether it does or not... I think I'm ready for a citizen's revolt. One where I promise that whatever means the fed intends to use to force my compliance with its wishes, I will not comply. For instance, the IRS is part of this scheme to force me to buy insurance. I will refuse to answer thier questions. I will refuse to buy "insurance of their choice", as well. Further, not only would I like to publish this, I'd like to...

Tea Party activists are planning a major rally Tuesday on Capitol Hill, with protesters planning to visit their Congress members' offices to ask them to vote against the health-care bill. Blogger Adam Brickley obtained an e-mail from a staffer in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office, telling Democrats how to deal with the protesters: As many of you have read, tomorrow, Tuesday, March 16, 2010, tens of thousands of conservative and Tea Party activists will be on the Hill as part of what they are dubbing a "Surge Against Obamacare." . . . Many of the conservative activists are not opposing...