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The Alt-Right’s Favorite Meme Is 100 Years Old
Draws on Fascist thought! ‘Cultural Marxism’ might sound postmodern but it’s got a long, toxic history.
Black Security Guard Responding to Shooting Is Killed by Police
When racism is so steeped in the nation – this will happen again – even though it should not and even if this officer is prosecuted and convicted. It will take a very conscious effort to dig out and end this racism. The guard, Jemel Roberson, 26, wanted to become an officer himself. The police “saw a black man with a gun, and basically killed him,” a witness said.
Doctors Revolt After N.R.A. Tells Them to ‘Stay in Their Lane’ on Gun Policy
The uproar highlighted decades-old tension over an effective ban on federal research of the public health effects of gun violence.
A Measles Outbreak Is Spreading In Ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn Thanks To Anti-Vaxxers
Ideologues will be death to us all!
The Health Department is warning of an ongoing outbreak of measles in Brooklyn’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities, fueled in part by anti-vaccine propaganda promoted by religious leaders and organizations. [ more › ]
Racist ‘Madman’ May Have Used Ice Pick To Stab Black Woman In Brooklyn Subway Station
Police have released a sketch—but not surveillance footage—of the man they say attacked a 57-year-old Trinidadian woman in a subway station while shouting racist statements on Friday. [ more › ]
Olga Neuwirth: ‘Austria is always the trailblazer for hatred’

A 1924 silent movie that predicted the horrors of anti-semitism has a new score by the Austrian Jewish composer. She explains why the bitter satire resonates so powerfully today
“Antisemitism is in the DNA of Austrians,” says Olga Neuwirth. “Maybe it skipped a generation but now it’s back – along with hatred for refugees.” We are speaking in a hotel bar in Vienna ahead of the premiere of the Austrian composer’s score for an extraordinary silent movie from 1924 called The City Without Jews, and she is worried about how it will go down with the locals.
After all, she says, it’s not long ago that anti-Muslim protesters interrupted a performance at Vienna University of a play about refugees, storming the stage to unfurl a banner reading “multi-culturalism kills”.
Sri Lanka’s supreme court suspends president’s decision to dissolve parliament
Will he respect the ruling?

Purportedly sacked PM Ranil Wickremesinghe says president is ‘not above the law’
Sri Lanka’s supreme court has suspended the president’s controversial decision to dissolve parliament and MPs are planning to meet to decide between the two men claiming to be the country’s lawful prime minister.
In a verdict hailed as one of the most important in Sri Lankan history, the court ruled on Tuesday evening to suspend the order by the president, Maithripala Sirisena, calling for fresh elections that followed his attempt to install Buddhist strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa in the prime minister’s office.
SoCal Democrats Are Licking Their Chops To Take Over The House. Here’s What They’re Planning: LAist
Many Southern California Democrats are poised to play critical roles in investigating President Trump and influencing policy that will impact California. With the House Majority, “we can stand up to stupid stuff,” said Rep. Ted Lieu.
Source: SoCal Democrats Are Licking Their Chops To Take Over The House. Here’s What They’re Planning: LAist
Stan Lee (RIP) Gets an Exuberant Fan Letter from 15-Year-Old George R.R. Martin, 1963
The letter above goes to show two things. George Raymond Richard Martin, otherwise known as George R.R. Martin, or simply as GRRM, had fantasy and writing in his blood from a young age. Decades before he wrote his fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire, which HBO adapted into Game of Thrones, a 15-year-old George R. Martin sent a fan letter to the now departed Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the legendary creators of Spider-Man, the Hulk, Thor, the X-Men and the Fantastic Four (called “F.F.” in the letter).
When you read the note, you can immediately tell that young Martin was steeped in sci-fi and fantasy literature. He could also string together some fairly complex sentences during his teenage years — sentences that many adults would struggle to write today. Above, you can watch Martin read his 1963 fan letter note, and Stan Lee’s short reply: “We might want to quit while we’re ahead. Thanks for your kind words, George.” We’re all surely glad that Lee and Kirby kept going.
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