Faux Real

What you should read since I’m not writing:

• The Trouble with Terrorism – Means “Muslim dudes with bombs.”
• The Republic of T. – Decoupling Education & Upward Mobility – “For how many American families was this kind of job — a blue collar job with a livable wage and good benefits — a doorway to upward mobility, securing the education of their children, and ensuring they might do better economically than their parents?”
• Discussion Question (Worth 25 Points Toward Your Final Grade.) – “I really don’t care for them as a race.” Zong! WTF?
• Neverland – Neverland ranch is in disrepair, and oddly beautiful. Night shots available on Flickr.
• Diary of an Anxious Black Woman: Intervention Time Once Again!: Second-Wave White Feminists On the Offensive – Brilliant essay on the Robin Morgan fallout, including an excellent critique of the lack of intersectionality coverage in the campaign has alienated true progressives.
• The race-baiting spam lurking in your inbox – This stint in “Get Your Racism On” is just gross. WTF, people?
• Unfogged – A brief review of The French Laundry — for Chef.
• Winter Soldier Testimony – Video testimony from soldiers on racism in Iraq and Afghanistan.
• When the Narrative is “Who Gets To Be First?” – If the Dem candidate loses in November, Hillary Clinton (and women) will get the blame for it.
• Pharyngula: EXPELLED! – Best bit of irony ever: Creationists kick PZ Myers out of a movie primiere, only to… you have to click this link.
• WP-PostRatings – Rating system for WP
• It’s not all about Wurtzel – Hugo’s response to Elizabeth Wurtzel.
• Cookthink – search for recipes based on what you have