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Mr. Scorpio

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December 21, 2014

Racist, anti-black and pro-police factions are out to discredit the anti-abuse movement

By putting these two dead Brooklyn cops up as martyrs.

The lies against the movement have already started. Now ALL cops are being depicted as "brave heroes" under siege. The paranoia is flying for sure.

I pretty much expect cops to react with more violence and abuse now, they're looking for cover for any future incident where innocent and unarmed people are abused and killed at the hands of the police.

The anti-abuse movement still has no intention of resorting to reactionary violence itself. The killer of those two cops is not representative of that movement. The movement is about peace and justice, not retaliation.

December 20, 2014

By normalizing relations with Cuba...

The Cuban exile community most likely fears that its special snowflake of favored status with Right Wingers in this country is in dire danger of eventually melting.

That snowflake should have melted a long time ago.

December 20, 2014

I have a sneaking suspicion...

...That our first non-white POTUS has always been under one kind of attack or another because those who are attacking him simply want to poison the waters to prevent this county from electing another non-white person in the foreseeable future.

I've had that suspicion and I haven't been able to shake it… Don't know why.

Anyone wanna talk me down?

December 19, 2014

Check out this fresh Apple device with a single core processor...



I bet the apps are nice and hot from the oven!
December 18, 2014

Penn Badgley Shows Us the Perfect Way to be a White Ally

Here's what to do: Stop talking; just listen.

Here's what to say to accodlades for being involved: "Thanks, but it's not about me."

That's what Penn Badgley, former star of CW's Gossip Girl and current member of the band Mothxr, recommends white people do to effectively support racial justice movements. In an exclusive video for Mic, Badgley explains, "The most important thing to acknowledge right now ... is that you're asking a white male celebrity why it's important to him to participate in a movement that is not about him."

Badgley recorded the short video after his activism at #MillionsMarchNYC, highlighted by MSNBC Shift's Krystal Clear.





http://mic.com/articles/106698/penn-badgley-shows-us-the-perfect-way-to-be-a-white-ally?utm_source=policymicTBLR&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=social

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