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  • FBI in mosques upsets Muslims

    03/02/2009 1:09:01 PM PST · by chuck_the_tv_out · 29 replies · 730+ views
    AP ^ | Monday, March 2, 2009 | AP hack
    The revelation that the FBI planted a spy in a Southern California mosque was explosive news in a Muslim community that has long suspected the government of even broader surveillance. Muslim-American organizations have demanded an inquiry. Some say the news has rattled their faith in American democracy. Despite the reaction, former FBI agents and federal prosecutors say spying on mosques is still one of the government's best weapons to thwart terrorists and that the benefit to national security is likely to far outweigh any embarrassment to the agency. "What matters to the FBI is preventing a massive attack that might...
  • "Drunken Negro Face" Cookie Baker Visited By Secret Service, Black Panthers

    03/01/2009 7:59:42 AM PST · by chuck_the_tv_out · 50 replies · 2,757+ views
    Gothamist ^ | 26 Feb 09 | John Del Signore
    It's been over a month since Greenwich Village baker Ted Kefalinos sparked outrage over his so-called "Drunken Negro Face" cookies, and the controversy will still not go away, despite his fumbling attempts to apologize. The New Black Panthers have been protesting on Saturdays outside his bakery, and the Secret Service paid him a visit because of his alleged remarks that "Obama will get he deserves, just like Lincoln." In a Villager article that can only be described as pure gold, Kefalinos says, "I get both sides. I get people who praise me and call me genius. I even got one...