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Looks like a fun night. I toast you with my Australian beer. As Lucky says we will have to have a global Sift Up at some point. I propose Diego Garcia.

Wanting more secure borders than what we have currently doesn't mean Gilchrist, or anybody else for that matter, is a racist. I actually think we need to stop throwing around the racist word so liberally, especially when it's not warranted.

In addition, you'll notice that Gilchrist did NOT run due to allegations his organization had ties with the National Alliance. He made his intention to end the interview very clear BEFORE Ms. Garcia even brought it up in the first place, due to advice he received from counsel. So do us all a favor and please leave off the spin.

Need to point out that both the incident in question and this interview took place in October 2006. Karina Garcia was censured for her actions by the University, along with 6 other students.

That said, Jim Gilchrist still refuses to deny whether he raped and murdered a Chicano girl in the '90s.

I find John Pilger fascinating, I'd recommend his books about Cambodia, the Indonesian purges, the Chagos islands, and about everything else really. The common thread being calling powerful governments on their bullshit about human rights while they shaft powerless people to death and arm madmen.

If nothing else read about Diego Garcia and how Britain and the USA just completely fucked over the natives so badly they might as well have just given them plague blankets. The more things change...

This is a really serious issue. ..and as sad as the human story is, the problem is bigger than that. 60-70% of the primary forest in the Peruvian Amazon is under threat. Alan Garcia, the president of Peru, has suspended constitutional protection of this area to open it up to foreign timber, mining, oil, and agricultural use. He is responding to obligations in the free trade agreement with the US; so this is not just a Peruvian issue.

http://news.mongabay.com/2009/0606-oil_or_death_in_the_amazon.html
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/ben-powless/2009/06/peru-battle-lines-drawn-over-amazon
Petition:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/peru_stop_violence/?cl=250341655&v=3461

*controversy.

From the Time article linked above (the other side of the story is that the president's enemies did it to make him look bad... a bit of a stretch, but you wonder - a conspiracy to stop a leftist? Hmm....).

"Colom has said the Rosenberg video is part of a right-wing conspiracy designed to destabilize the government and ultimately bring him down. In a broadcast interview, he suggested that Rosenberg was coerced into making the video. Colom pointed to a radio journalist, Mario David Garcia, as the key link to the conspiracy. Garcia, a presidential candidate for an ultra-right-wing party in the 1980s, told TIME he helped Rosenberg record the video in his office the week before the murder. "It's outrageous. There was never any coercion," Garcia says. "I even left the office while he was recording the video." Garcia says Rosenberg came to him for help and to appear on Garcia's radio show but changed his mind and decided to record the video. (Read a story about the turmoil in Guatemala in the 1980s.)

Nevertheless, Colom supporters have seized the conspiracy theory to defend the President. "We're here in support of our President and against these lies trying to bring him down," said Anita Lopez, 32, as she rallied in front of the presidential palace on Wednesday. Students of the left-leaning public university and indigenous Mayans joined her. Many said the government bused them to the city from the suburbs.

Steps away, thousands of protesters, including students from right-leaning private universities, marched in front of the presidential palace, carrying signs calling Colom an "assassin" and demanding his resignation. The competing protests are the most visible sign of a politically charged environment that has the potential to cause Colom to resign, Isaacs says. "This country has for so long been paralyzed by the pervasive violence and the potent mix of gangs and narcotraffickers," she says. "Now that paralysis has turned into rage. And if these demonstrations pick up momentum, they could have a snowball effect.""

In reply to this comment by dotdude:
> Now that I have joined your playlist "primary posts" is there some kind of mission statement so I know what vids to add to the list?

yes, i'm glad you asked. here's a copy of it.

and if you wanna' just toss in any first sift that isn't already in choggie's list,
maybe get me today's paper and a cup of hot fat.
oh, and bring me the head of alfredo garcia while you're out there.

AAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!

In reply to this comment by therealblankman:
Poop.

In reply to this comment by Ryjkyj:
1. Lying is without a doubt my greatest skill.

2. I stopped doing homework after seventh grade, though somehow managed to stay in the school system until my senior year.

3. I'm a pack-a-day smoker.

4. My favorite food is Burgerville double cheeseburgers.

5. I have been to Australia.

6. I once rolled an ounce of weed into a single joint.

7. I have no wisdom teeth. They'll never grow in.

8. I used to be allergic to dairy products but grew out of it. (thank fucking god)

9. I've never been in a fight, though I started taking martial arts at 5 years old.

10. I read Anne Rice's "Sleeping Beauty" trilogy in one night.

11. I've broken almost every bone in both of my arms, up to and including both collar bones.

12. Whiskey is the only thing that makes me black-out.

13. I've always had a major fear of zombie's.

14. I won the Clark County Sheriff's poster contest when I was 6. Don't play with matches.

15. I've lived in Washington, Oregon, Texas and New York City.

16. I voted for Nader in 2000.

17. I carpeted Jean-Claude Van Damme's sister in law's living room.

18 The only celebrities I've seen in New York are Uma Thurman and Peter Dinklage.

19. George Carlin is my one and only hero.

20. I had a ticket to the last Greatful Dead show that Jerry Garcia played but I didn't go and never saw them live.

21. I own the entire "Elfquest" collection.

22. I love the rain.

23. I once peed shoulder-to-shoulder with Mahatma Gandhi's grandson, Arun Gandhi.

24. I DESPISE the word poop. It makes me sick just to type it. Why can't we just call it shit?

25. I could've put some really embarassing shit on this list.

1. Lying is without a doubt my greatest skill.

2. I stopped doing homework after seventh grade, though somehow managed to stay in the school system until my senior year.

3. I'm a pack-a-day smoker.

4. My favorite food is Burgerville double cheeseburgers.

5. I have been to Australia.

6. I once rolled an ounce of weed into a single joint.

7. I have no wisdom teeth. They'll never grow in.

8. I used to be allergic to dairy products but grew out of it. (thank fucking god)

9. I've never been in a fight, though I started taking martial arts at 5 years old.

10. I read Anne Rice's "Sleeping Beauty" trilogy in one night.

11. I've broken almost every bone in both of my arms, up to and including both collar bones.

12. Whiskey is the only thing that makes me black-out.

13. I've always had a major fear of zombie's.

14. I won the Clark County Sheriff's poster contest when I was 6. Don't play with matches.

15. I've lived in Washington, Oregon, Texas and New York City.

16. I voted for Nader in 2000.

17. I carpeted Jean-Claude Van Damme's sister in law's living room.

18 The only celebrities I've seen in New York are Uma Thurman and Peter Dinklage.

19. George Carlin is my one and only hero.

20. I had a ticket to the last Greatful Dead show that Jerry Garcia played but I didn't go and never saw them live.

21. I own the entire "Elfquest" collection.

22. I love the rain.

23. I once peed shoulder-to-shoulder with Mahatma Gandhi's grandson, Arun Gandhi.

24. I DESPISE the word poop. It makes me sick just to type it. Why can't we just call it shit?

25. I could've put some really embarassing shit on this list.

for a fiction list slaughterhouse 5 and catch 22 are also in my top-10 as are Goethe's Die Leiden des jungen Werthers and Faust. The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek also comes to mind. Saul Bellow's Seize the Day, some books by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (can't choose) and ofcourse Bambi, A Life in the Woods by Felix Salten.

Hey thanks for that! Care to vote for it maybe?

In reply to this comment by winkler1:
*promote

Update from the follow-up file:

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/Closing-out-the-ump-on-Garcia-gaffe-no-discipli?urn=ncaaf,116288

Apparently the referee is not going to get in trouble.

The frederico garcia lorca reference is the best

What do you expect when the judge is Jerry Garcia?

Seriously though, the cop is totally overreacting. It's still a crime, but a little pot (or a lot) isn't going to kill you. It's not like they laced his burger with PCP or amphetamines. Drugs are bad, mmmkay?

I personally would like to welcome our new golden-semen-spewing sound-altering Jerry-Garcia-wannabe overlords.