‘But Not Because He’s Black Or Anything’ Man Attempts To Assassinate Obama, 'But Not Because He's Black Or Anything' Suspect Alex Croft, who has a ton of black friends, planned to kill Obama because of his “socialist agenda” — not because of his skin color, he insisted… Right… Funny spoof by The Onion, a newspaper…
Monthly Archives: April 2010
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Weekly Recap
Heal or No Heal The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
Dr. Bentley Surges in Republican Primary Race for Governor
by Glynn Wilson A Republican polling and consulting company is claiming that Dr. Robert Bentley of Tuscaloosa, who has been running television ads saying he will not draw a paycheck if elected governor, is catching Republican front-runner Bradley Byrne and is tied with former judge Roy Moore in the GOP primary race for governor of…
A Spring Robin for 2010
Glynn Wilson The spring bird migration is on. It never fails. When the bird bath waterfall is turned on, the robins are the first to show up. Caught this one just as he perched after shaking off all the water. The cleanest damn birds in Christendom, I’ll wager…
Armageddon My Ass: Let's Debunk the Tea Party Line
The Big Picture by Glynn Wilson If you want to see the best middle-of-the-road newspaper column in an Alabama paper today — that is what passes for liberalism in this state — you could drive to Anniston and pick up a copy of the Star. But why bother? Since you are online anyway, you could…
Free Entrance Offered During National Park Week, April 17-25
America’s Best Idea – the national parks – gets even better this year with several fee-free days at more than 100 national parks that usually charge entrance fees. To make it easier to experience America’s Great Outdoors, the National Park Service is waiving entrance fees, so visitors can enjoy all 392 national parks for free…
Obama Hails 'Shared Spirit of Humanity' at Easter
Weekly Address: Holiday Greetings In this week of Easter, Passover, and faithful celebration, the President offers a holiday greeting and calls on people of all faiths and nonbelievers to remember our shared spirit of humanity. (Compare to the video on the previous post on the rise and fall of the right-wing hate machine)… According to…
The Right Wing Hate Attack Machine On the Loose
You know who they are. They attack you for your opinion. They side with corrupt politicians over their fellow brother and sisters. They post people’s address online and put them in danger because their 12 year old son spoke of the benefits of SCHIP. They pretend to be patriots while stifling free speech. They pretend…
Wild Turkeys at Oak Mountain State Park
Glynn Wilson Wild turkeys sneak through a grassy field in the rain at Oak Mountain State Park south of Birmingham, Alabama. The spring weather brought out the crowds to camp on Friday, but the rains came in from the east Saturday, just in time to cool things off for Easter Sunday. [Click on the image…
New Poll Shows GOP Leads Alabama Governor's Race
But There’s More Good News For Ron Sparks by Glynn Wilson A new poll out from Rasmussen Reports shows a wide open race for governor of Alabama, though it indicates that without major movement in public opinion between now and November, the Republicans are likely to hold the governor’s office in one of the most…
Panthers in Picayune Kicking Up Their Heels
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service A rare photograph taken earlier this month of a Florida panther and her two kittens is making the e-mail rounds among wildlife biologists and conservation partners who have toiled for decades to restore the big cat’s habitat. The photo, taken from an airplane above Picayune Strand near Naples, captures the…
Living in a Land of Rising Right-Wing Hate
Editor’s Note: This article was originally funded by and published at Truthout.org, but for unknown reasons, it does not appear to be in the searchable archives anymore. When this was discovered on Monday, October 24, 2011, we re-published it here. by Glynn Wilson Northeast Jefferson County east of Birmingham, Alabama, has long been known as…
Newton Endorses Perkins for Attorney General of Alabama
Speaker Pro Tempore Demetrius Newton, who is the first African American to serve as Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives, has officially endorsed Giles Perkins for Attorney General and will assist Perkins in his bid as the Jefferson County Chair for the campaign, according to a press release from the Perkins campaign. Newton, who…
March Madness: Armed Protests Planned for DC
This Ain’t No April Fool’s Day Joke… Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Note to FBI: Take names and put that domestic spying program to good use for a change…
Alabama Legislature Uses Bible to Redefine Pi
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., The Associalized Press — NASA engineers and mathematicians in this high-tech city are stunned and infuriated after the Alabama state legislature narrowly passed a law yesterday redefining pi, a mathematical constant used in the aerospace industry. The bill to change the value of pi to exactly three was introduced without fanfare by Leonard…
