From Jemele Hill, ESPN’s Page 2: I never wrote it, but I felt it—which is just as bad. I said it in private discussions with friends, some of whom tried to get me to see the whole picture, not just the picture I wanted to see. My being a black woman, my knowing too many athletes who treat women like items to be purchased in a vending machine, and my

”…but you can never take…OUR MUSICAL TRANNIES!” Somewhere over the Percocet rainbow, the ghost of Judy Garland is smiling and having herself a nice double martini. (h/t Tom Pechinski)

HERE LIES THE WEST: WELL, IF NOTHING ELSE, IT SURE DID SOME GREAT SHIT WITH KETCHUP, DIDN’T IT?*

Which, isn’t that, you know, racist…? (h/t Dan Collins)

A:  When it’s taking a courageous stand on behalf of sinister conspiracies and the greater truthiness.  From feministing, “You will not shame me”: I have gotten email upon threatening email to rescind what I said last year about the Duke Women’s Lacrosse Team and their uninformed support for the accused rapists in the Duke rape case. The case that was mishandled, manipulated and finally dropped on Wednesday. I usually ignore

A:  When a “New Black Panther” calls a conservative woman of Filipino descent a “political prostitute”. Then, it’s just speaking Truth to Power. MAGALAGAPINGPONG! Watch the entire video, if you have the time.  I would add some pithy commentary on the argument made by Mr Shabazz—strikingly similar to the strained argument made by Oliver Willis the other day, incidentally—that record sales, particularly sales to suburban whites, is what necessitates and