In 1988, the Ayatollah Khomeini put a price on author Salmon Rushdie’s head. Rushdie wasn’t wanted “dead or alive.” Khomeini wanted Rushdie dead. I don’t know what the original price tag was for one dead author, but as of 2013, the price on Rushdie’s head was over 3 million pounds. The Ayatollah is […]
Christopher Michael- Martinez, 20: Christopher was looking forward to studying abroad in London. George Chen, 19: Everyone who ever met George remembered his smile. He planned to work at Lockheed Martin. Cheng Yuan Hong, 20: Cheng studied computer science and during science competitions stopped to help other teams keep up. Katie Cooper, 22: Katie’s […]
There was a kid — In grammar school. His name was Joey. He wore shit clothes. Horrible cast off clothes. Like corduroy coats. He was a foster kid. He was tiny. Smaller than other boys. He wore bad glasses. Big rimmed glasses that probably came off the cheapest ugliest conveyor line of glasses ever. […]
I was at a beach — In Florida. I was already tired when Jamie said, Hey, let’s swim out. I said I was tired. I had been in the water a long time already. I had just come in. But I was the only swimmer in the group and Jamie needed a partner. Jamie […]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mu_rqmFpL8] :::stop wolf slaughter::: :::sign petition:::
I am not posting today. I want you to read something else instead : Death at the Holocaust Museum and the Degradation of the American Dialogue ~ by Michael Rowe Ann Coulter, the self-described “conservative Christian” right-wing talking head, is much on my mind as I contemplate the horrifying images that came out […]