Daily Archives: May 19th, 2006 «

 

Badges for Jews

Posted by: ST on May 19, 2006 at 2:08 pm » 19 Comments

This is frightening: Human rights groups are raising alarms over a new law passed by the Iranian parliament that would require the country’s Jews and Christians to wear coloured badges to identify them and other religious minorities as non-Muslims. “This is reminiscent of the Holocaust,” said Rabbi Marvin Hier, the dean of the Simon Wiesenthal [...]

 

Did you hear the news? White men ‘can’t help it’

Posted by: ST on May 19, 2006 at 1:14 pm » 1 Comment

This ought to get your blood boiling: Winning a big employment lawsuit these days often requires a bit of magic. After all, companies are awash in diversity training, equal opportunity policies, and 800 numbers aimed at rooting out bias. Managers have been well trained to keep their discriminatory thoughts to themselves, edit all hints of [...]

 

LA Times reveals pro-illegal immigration stance

Posted by: ST on May 19, 2006 at 12:56 pm » 4 Comments

The LA Times ran a story this week about a California landscaper (Cyndi Smallwood) claiming that she couldn’t find people to do jobs that paid $34 an hour. From the article: Cyndi Smallwood is looking for a few strong men for her landscaping company. Guys with no fear of a hot sun, who can shovel [...]

 

Friday open thread

Posted by: ST on May 19, 2006 at 11:01 am » 23 Comments

…. discuss what’s on your mind TGIF!

 

It’s Democratic nominating convention day today in Connecticut

Posted by: ST on May 19, 2006 at 9:32 am » 2 Comments

… and the anti-war liberals are hoping for a Ned Lamont victory against Senator Joe Lieberman: He was leaning the other way weeks ago, but Bob Sanchez of New Britain intends to vote for Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman at the Democratic nominating convention Friday, rewarding Lieberman for a diligent piece of one-to-one campaigning. “He actually [...]

 

Senate votes for English as “national” language of the US

Posted by: ST on May 19, 2006 at 8:54 am » 140 Comments

… but not our official language, of course: After an emotional debate fraught with symbolism, the Senate yesterday voted to make English the “national language” of the United States, declaring that no one has a right to federal communications or services in a language other than English except for those already guaranteed by law. The [...]