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Apparently, Bill de Blasio disrespects police because he has bi-racial children and acknowledges racism

Published on December 30, 2014February 10, 2015 by khalperLeave a comment

The other day, something I wrote here– If ‘Black Lives Matter’ killed NYPD officers, Tea Party killed Las Vegas police–caused a not very surprising or remarkable Facebook fight, which evolved into a debate over Bill de Blasio’s role in and response to the murders of two NYPD officers. After people accused Bill de Blasio of being part of the problem and failing to do his job, I commented,

After I review the evidence, I will offer advice to the Mayor on how he can best move forward and redeem himself.

First, what exactly did Bill de Blasio say that has landed him in so much trouble. On December 3, after a StatenIsland grand jury decided not to indict the officer whose chokehold killed Eric Garner, de Blasio said that he was “astonished by the decision” and that it was a “very painful day for so many New Yorkers.” De Blasio also made the following unspeakable comments about how he and his wife Chirlane have worried about the safety of their son, Dante:

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5 creepy Merry Christmas messages from the Right Wing

Published on December 28, 2014February 10, 2015 by khalperLeave a comment

As we all know, the Right Wing has single-handedly defeated the non-existent war against Christmas. And they still have time to send out Merry Christmas greetings that are totally creepy. Come to think of it, they may be the behind an unintentional war against Christmas because these scary and sad social media shout messages are pretty much the worst PR Christmas could get. So (try to) enjoy!

Newt Gingrich’s Merry Christmas card: dead behind the eyes.

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Pistol Healing Emporium: ‘We’re gun-licensed therapists and our customers are insane’

Published on December 26, 2014February 10, 2015 by khalperLeave a comment

Check out Big Bif’s Pistol Healing Emporium!

Have you been turned away from other gun shops for mental issues?

Has a pinch of PTSD kept you away from the AK 47 of your dreams?

Then come on down to Big Bif’s Pistol Healing Emporium. Cuz we’re gun-licensed therapists and our customers are insane.

That’s the opening of this video, which satirizes the gun industry’s reckless insistence on arming just about anyone, regardless of their criminal or mental health history.

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If ‘Black Lives Matter’ killed NYPD officers, Tea Party killed Las Vegas police

Published on December 26, 2014February 10, 2015 by khalperLeave a comment

Jerad-and-Amanda-Miller-800x430 — Jerad and Amanda Miller

On Saturday, a lone mentally ill shooter, not from New York City and not part of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest movement, executed two NYPD police officers, before killing himself. In June of this year, a couple who had spent time on Clive Bundy’s ranch executed two Las Vegas police officers, wrapped their bodies in Don’t Tread on Me flags, and then shot themselves. Republicans, right wing media and police officials are blaming the NYPD murders on BLM. But why didn’t they blame the murders of the Las Vegas officers on the Tea Party movement?

Obviously, the way to honor the two police officers murdered on Saturday is by exploiting their tragic murder for political purposes in a way that actually defies logic. To do this, simply blame the actions of a single lone shooter with a history of mental illness and suicide attempts on a non-violent protest movement which outrageously demands that police not kill people for the crime of being Black. Also claim that Mayor Bill de Blasio, Attorney General Eric Holder and President Barack Obama are to blame but don’t bother pretending that there is any evidence for that claim because you won’t find it. But if you’re Ray Kelly, Rudy Giuliani, Patrick Lynch, George Pataki or Fox News, that’s no big deal anyway.

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Christmas songs, movies and traditions you didn’t realize were Jewish (Jew’re Welcome)

Published on December 25, 2014February 10, 2015 by khalperLeave a comment

Irving Berlin and Tony Martin via wikimedia

Merry Christmas! As a Christmas-Tree Jew, I like Christmas just as much as the next goy. But even Jews who don’t celebrate Christmas deserve credit for helping the world celebrate the holiday. In fact, my Christian friends, you may want to think about sending your Jewish friends thank you notes instead of seasons greetings cards. Here are some of the Christmas songs, films and major players brought to you by the Jews.

CHRISTMAS MAJOR PLAYERS

Jesus Christ! (The original birthday boy!)

Brought to you by his Jewish mother, Mary. Since we Jews always get blamed for Jesus Christ’s death, we should really get some credit for his birth!

CHRISTMAS MOVIES

Holiday Inn Directed by Mark Sandrich

White Christmas Directed by Michael Curtiz.

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14 Terrible revelations from the CIA torture report as told through GIFs of the Olsen Twins

Published on December 11, 2014February 10, 2015 by khalperLeave a comment

Tuesday, the Senate released a 600-page report on the CIA’s use of torture. While the extent to which President Bush knew about, understood or approved of the actions of the CIA isn’t totally clear, he certainly didn’t do anything to stop it. And he continues to defend the agency, saying during an interview on Tuesday,

I’ll tell you this… We’re fortunate to have men and women who work hard at the CIA serving on our behalf. These are patriots. And whatever the report says, if it diminishes their contributions to our country it is way off base. I knew the directors, the deputy directors, I knew a lot of the operators. These are good people. Really good people. And we’re lucky as a nation to have them.

We will never know how Bush really responded to the revelations that are found in the report. Nor will we know if he became aware of them as president or more recently. But we have documentary evidence of someone who really resembles Bush: Michelle Tanner, the character from Full House, played by Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen. So, please enjoy these scary facts from the torture report along with GIFs which are the closest things we have to how Bush reacted.

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Crazy idea: Mark Wahlberg should apologize for hate crime before asking for a pardon

Published on December 10, 2014February 10, 2015 by khalperLeave a comment

Mark Wahlberg is seeking a pardon the various hate crimes he has underneath his belt. You may not know this, but Mark Wahlberg has quite an impressive record when it comes to terrorizing people of color. In 1988, Wahlberg approached a Vietnamese man, whom he called “A Vietnam fucking shit,” and then hit on the head with a wooden stick, breaking it in half and knocking the man unconscious. He fled the police and punched a second man in the face, also Vietnamese, because he’s productive and consistent like that, leaving him blind in one eye. After he was arrested made Wahlberg made several statements about “gooks” and “slant-eyed gooks.”

Wahlberg has been very inclusive in his hate crimes. He also, for instance, chased after African American school children, calling them “niggers,” and hit two female school children with rocks.

Though he was charged with attempted murder, Walhberg pleaded guilty to assault, and was given two years and served 45 days.

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‘I can’t breath,’ ‘please don’t let me die,’ and other last words of police brutality victims

Published on December 5, 2014February 10, 2015 by khalperLeave a comment

“I can’t breath, I can’t breath, I can’t breath, I can’t breath, I can’t breath, I can’t breath, I can’t breath, I can’t breath, I can’t breath, I can’t breath, I can’t breath.” Those were the last words uttered by Eric Garner. He told the police who was holding him in a chokehold eleven times that he couldn’t breath. Yet the policeman, Daniel Pantaleo, kept his arms around his neck and, perhaps even more appallingly, neither the police nor the EMT even attempted to revive Mr. Garner who lay on the ground for seven minutes.

Shirin Barghi, a filmmaker from Iran and based in New York City took the last words of Eric Garner as well as other unarmed Black men killed by law enforcement and turned them into very minimalist images that are truly heartbreaking.

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California’s first ‘revenge porn’ conviction sends man to jail for topless photos of his ex

Published on December 2, 2014February 10, 2015 by khalperLeave a comment

A public (not private) Facebook photo of Noe Iniguez

Monday was a historic and wonderful day for humanity (except for those people who post naked photos of their exes to try to get them fired, though I’m not sure how much they fit into the humanity category anyway, in which case ignore this whole disclaimer.)

California made its first ever conviction under a 2013 law against “revenge porn.” So, what is revenge porn, criminally speaking? As attorneys at Jackson & Wilson explain,

To prove this crime, the criminal prosecutor must show that the defendant (1) took pictures or videos of another person’s intimate body parts, with the mutual understanding that such images will be kept confidential; (2) distributes such images, where the victim is identifiable; (3) has the intent to cause serious emotional distress to the victim; and (4) the victim actually suffers such distress.

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A man kills a German woman for daring to intervene as he harassed girls in a bathroom

Published on December 1, 2014February 10, 2015 by khalperLeave a comment

Earlier today I wrote about two Indian women who attacked three men who were harassing them on a bus. That story has a happy ending: the video has gone viral and the three men were arrested. But this case, also involving a group of men harassing young women, turned out very differently.

On November 15th, Tuğçe Albayrak, a 23-year-old university student studying to be a high school teacher, entered a women’s bathroom of a McDonalds in Offenbach, Germany, after hearing screams. It turned out that a group of young men were harassing a group of young women. Albayrak intervened in some way and this, apparently enraged one of the men. Because he returned and in video captured in very poor quality, by CCTV cameras, struck her on the head with something that caused her to fall to the ground, suffer a traumatic brain injury and fall into a coma.

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