LGBT and AIDS Activists Heckle Obama in NYC

By: Wednesday September 22, 2010 11:45 pm

Shouting “Broken Promises KILL!” a group of LGBT and AIDS activists heckled President Obama as he began to speak at a NYC fundraising event that raised $1.4 million for his party and fellow Democrats seeking election this November.

Responding to the Toxic Anti-Islamic Fervor Growing in This Nation

By: Friday August 27, 2010 6:03 pm

With the growing anti-Islam fervor that has been ratcheting up as a result of people trying to stop a “Ground Zero Mosque” from being built, I wanted to address the people who are trying to confront those who are making this country more dangerous and who are endangering this country’s national security by writing a recruiting script for right wing fundamentalists or Islamists.

Beyond the Shopocalypse

By: Friday May 28, 2010 11:24 am

“Beyond the Shopocalypse, Part One” for Reality Sandwich, goes back to our basic faith. Good to do that once in a while, Amen?

What If The NYC Street Vendor Who Alerted Authorities Was Muslim…?

By: Wednesday May 5, 2010 9:37 am

Media outlets focus on fact that potential bomber was Muslim, but fail to report that the hero also was.

Screenings of the film West Side Story down in the Big Apple; A Special 40th-year Anniversary screening, October 2001. Five Years Later, Another Trip:

By: Sunday March 21, 2010 1:40 am

I have just written about how and why West Side Story needs to be viewed on a great big, wide screen, in a real movie theatre, with the lights down low, and my willingness to occasionally make road trips to neighboring states to do so. Here’s hoping you can all put up with yet another posting about this wonderful Classic!

Max Blumenthal Attended Pro-Israel Rally In NYC Celebrating Gaza Attack

By: Monday December 28, 2009 9:01 am

In memory of the one year anniversary of Operation Cast Lead, Max Blumenthal re-released this video on his blog.

Election Lessons from the Hudson

By: Wednesday November 4, 2009 11:21 am

New Orleans It’s a small sample, but the Virginia bellwether and the deeply blue state New Jersey went hard Republican and in Jersey tossed a Democratic governor looking for a second shot. Across the river, New York City voters surprised the chattering political classes by almost moving Mayor Bloomberg to his next career as a philanthropist and out of his current posting as a semi-politician. A couple of thoughts crossed my mind.

Hillary Clinton: “It’s gonna be up to all of us!”

By: Wednesday October 8, 2008 3:41 pm

Hillary Clinton tells a story about November Fifth. What do you want to wake up to?

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