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More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/28/obama-baseball-photo_n_3347279.html?ir=Sports&ref=topbar
A family snapshot from the 1960s shows a very young Obama practicing his baseball swing in a University of Hawaii t-shirt
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Who wants to play the Slap Bill O'Reilly game?
The 33 Most Beautiful Abandoned Places in the World
More: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2Il7Bt/:6uqrZuZa:l0HdkEbt/www.nature-pictures.info/the-33-most-beautiful-abandoned-places-in-the-world/
The Tunnel of Love in Ukraine
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El Hotel Del Salto in Colombia
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Bodiam Castle in East Sussex, England
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Getting back to what Tantaros said about punching Obama voters
I have a question to ask the DU community: isn't it weird how in this country, swear words and sex jokes are censored, yet it is considered "free speech" and totally acceptable for a prominent radio show host to suggest violence against a group of people? As far as I know, this lady still has yet to be fired or reprimanded for her remarks.
Maybe I'm the crazy one here, but something seems very wrong with this picture IMO.
Random things to do
http://www.randomthingstodo.com/#181099NOTE: The page gives you a different answer each time you refresh it.
Bishop E.W. Jackson: "The idea that Barack Obama is a Christian is Laughable"
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="
" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Geography of Hate: The Twitter Hate Map
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Interactive map link: http://users.humboldt.edu/mstephens/hate/hate_map.html
Article link: http://www.geekosystem.com/geography-of-hate-map/
This all stems back to an earlier Floating Sheep project where they connected President Obama with racial slurs, but this time theyve really outdone themselves. How do they know this data is only representative of intentional hate? They had a group of Humboldt State University students sort through them all and discard any that werent considered derogatory. Floating Sheeps detailed all their methodology here, and its a fascinating and recommended read.
The map itself gets pretty granular, letting you highlight only certain specific slurs or kinds of discrimination. It goes from some hate to most hate with light blue being the former and bright red being the latter. The gray everywhere else just means there wasnt any geotagged tweets for whatever specific discrimination is currently being presented.
This obviously isnt representative of all discrimination on Twitter since not every tweet gets geotagged, but its illuminating nonetheless.
GOP's strategy to reach new Black voters
African-Americans turned out at the polls at much higher rates in 2008 and 2012 than in previous elections. As Jamelle Bouie writes, President Obamas vote margin in Ohio can be explained solely by higher black turnout. And while its possible that this could be due to the historic nature of President Obamas candidacy, the Republican National Committee sounds like theyre treating increased participation in the political process by the black community as a permanent trend.
This week, the RNC brought Amani Council on board to be Director of African American Communications. Its a new position, Council tells Townhall. Im not filling anyones shoes. Im basically going out to get African-Americans engaged on a level which they havent been in a really long time.
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