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The DOJ’s Blacklisting Buzz Words and Lefty Organizations List

ANIMAL — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:00:04 +0000

An internal investigation concluded that otherwise qualified candidates seeking jobs within the Department of Justice were routinely deselected “because of their liberal leanings or objections to Bush administration politics.” Directives were given to look out for specific lefty buzz words like: “environmental justice,” “social justice,” “making policy,” or “anything else that involves legislating rather than enforcing.” Additionally, some of these legal eagles were also denied employment based on their affiliations with alleged do-gooder groups like: New York University Brennan Center for Justice, the World Wildlife Fund, NAACP Legal Defense, and the American Constitution Society, among many others. Jump for the full list of supposed detrimental lefties that automatically disqualified DOJ job seeking lawyers:

American Civil Liberties Union
American Constitution Society
Amnesty International
Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian Advocates
Bisexual Law Student Association
Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition
Center for Constitutional Rights
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Coast Alliance
Committee of Refugees from El Salvador
Conservation International
Conservation Law Foundation
Earthjustice
Electronic Privacy Information Center
Environmental Defense Fund
Environmental Resources Trust
Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project, Inc.
Georgetown University Institute for Public Representation
Georgia Project Center for Democratic Renewal
Grassroots Environmental Effectiveness Network
Human Rights Campaign
Human Rights Watch
Innocence Project
International Human Rights Law Group
Law Students Against the Death Penalty
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Alliance
Mexican American Legal Defense
Midwest Environmental Advocates
NAACP Legal Defense
National Wildlife Federation
Natural Resources Defense Council
Nature Conservancy
New York University Brennan Center for Justice
Northwest Environmental Defense Center
NOW Legal Defense
Partnership for Civil Justice
Physicians for Human Rights
Planned Parenthood

McCain Enlists Schizophrenics To Attract Clinton Voters

ANIMAL — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:31:23 +0000

Senator John McCain is hoping to woo white suburban ‘security moms’—who’ve pledged their undying loyalty to Hillary Clinton—away from Barack Obama with a new page on his website. Citizens for McCain features this psychologically disturbed woman holding up a Clinton campaign sign that’s been vandalized with the Republican presidential nominee’s stickers and repurposed. With these older caucasian ladies considered a key voting block and many of them supposedly fearful of a black man, McCain’s camp is trying desperately to court them. But with Clinton and Obama’s positions on many issues being almost identical, it’s hard to imagine how females with cerebral activity would even consider jumping so far across the aisle and vote for the cunt-calling Senator from Arizona. To help solidify this manic movement from right to left, they brought in the ultimate symbol of convenient aisle crossing trickery: fake Democrat Joe Lieberman offering both his face and endorsement.

Republican Racists Button It

ANIMAL — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:00:45 +0000

Barack Obama predicted that Republicans will undoubtedly pull the race card and try other underhanded tactics to try and slime him in a speech he gave in Florida today:

“They’re going to try to make you afraid of me. He’s young and inexperienced and he’s got a funny name. And did I mention he’s black?”

Pundits quickly pounced on the Democratic nominee, claiming it was he who was using race. And then after seeing this “If Obama is President will we still call it the White House?” button, that was being hawked at the Republican state convention, it demonstrated how on point he is on race. Others included sayings like: “Press 1 for English. Press 2 for Deportation” and “I will hold my nose when I vote for McCain.” |DMN via WarrenEllis|

Catherine Nolan Is the New Peter Vallone Jr.

ANIMAL — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:13:15 +0000

Snarly Assemblything Catherine Nolan is pushing for new legislation that increases the penalty for chronic graffiti offenses to a felony. Fellow public paint hater Peter Vallone Jr.—who unsuccessfully introduced two anti-graffiti bills that were later struck down as unconstitutional—was delighted, adding his own predictable copy and paste comments to he matter:

“Right now, graffiti punks often get caught, get a slap on the wrist, and are out tagging again the next day. This bill will let us catch someone once and deter them from ever doing graffiti again.”

Basically, the offense of “Making Graffiti” would be augmented with “Making Graffiti in the first degree” and “Making Graffiti in the second degree”: “Making Graffiti in the second degree would be an A misdemeanor, the same as the current law. But someone convicted of the second degree crime on two or more occasions can be charged with the first-degree violation, an E felony.” The bill would also upgrade the possession of graffiti instruments from a B to an Amisdemeanor.

This could mean that vandals could face mandatory time in state prison which Vallone argues is a good thing—we understand it as a criminal justice aberration! The media whoring Queens President hopeful also offered this politically postured, cliche comment that shows he means business,

“We must send the message that graffiti is a serious crime that we are taking very seriously. If you keep tagging our streets, you will get tagged with a felony.”

While we’d love to instruct activist readers to further aggravate the name recognition councilman, it might be more helpful to start lobbing attacks at the politician who really wears the pants in Queens: Catherine Nolan. Email the unqualified art critic or feel free to go ahead and bomb her with PTSG, we’re accepting submissions. |Queens Gazette|

Green Backdrop Is Just One of Many McCain Problems

ANIMAL — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:00:11 +0000

Besides delivering a non-impactful, uninspiring, and angry old man sounding speech last night, the Huffington Post points out the horrible green backdrop and the media response. Even Andrew Sullivan hated it: “From the re-branded green background to the silly attempt to capitalize on Democratic divisions to the Clintonian cooptation of an Obama meme – “a leader we can believe in” – McCain’s opening gambit in the general election was, in my judgment, underwhelming.” |HuffPost|

NYC’s Internet Week Jump Off: Gracie Mansion

ANIMAL — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:15:09 +0000

Mayor Bloomberg kicked off Internet Week last night at Gracie Mansion. What the hell is Internet Week say you? Per the website: “The week-long festival of events saluting New York’s thriving Internet industry and the many talented companies, organizations and innovators creating the future of online media! Internet Week New York is produced by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences in cooperation with the City of New York and the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting.” Although we didn’t get an invite, ANIMAL fashion photographer Mikael Vojinovic got access and let us raid his images. Did you know Bloomberg uses a Blackberry Pearl? Jump for the a slew of images with neither captions nor context.

Clinton Tries To Woo Obama Supporters With ‘Project T-Shirt’

ANIMAL — Wed, 28 May 2008 22:14:51 +0000

Back in April we compared Hillary’s campaign swag to Barack’s and concluded she’s definitely tailoring it to her base, but now it looks like the junior senator from New York—who refuses to bow out gracefully—is trying to hip things up with this “Project T-Shirt” contest. How this is going to drum up last minute support from what her campaign must think are graphic tee-loving superdelegates is a mystery, but even Chelsea is throwing in a hand, emailing supporters, asking for their fashion help in deciding the best of the five final piss poor designs. Chosen among “thousands of great entries,” the winning design will be sold in her online campaign store, although she’ll likely be finished by then. Included is the above Warhol Hillary, which just isn’t as striking an image as our modified Drudge one. See the other four after the jump, each one worse than the next.

Meghan McCain Reads Perez Hilton, Shops At Target

ANIMAL — Mon, 19 May 2008 23:05:44 +0000

We’ve been following the ramblings of hottie exhibitionist blogger Meghan McCain for a while now. The buxom blond and her crew of McCain Blogette’s have been documenting the presumptive Republican nominee’s campaign since it began on their blog (unfortunately, like Tokion, they too don’t have permalinks). In addition to posting photos of herself, family, friends, and Henry Kissinger’s feet, she also answers questions from you, the public at large. Learn what kind of perfume she wears, the blogs she reads, her favorite NYC eateries, and how much she loves her “cool duds.” Snippets of the Q&A below that just plummeted her hotness significantly.

Tom from Sayville, New York asked:
What are some of your favorite eateries in NYC
There are so many great places to eat in NYC that it’s hard to narrow it down to just a few. My favorite restaurant is “The Spice Market” in the Meatpacking District. I used to eat/get drinks there all the time when I lived in NYC and love the food, ambiance, and the crowd. My other favorite eatery is “Mill Korean” located close to Columbia’s campus. I ate there several times a week while I attended college.
Laura from Anchorage, Alaska asked:
What kind of perfume do you like to wear?
I wear “Chloe” during the day and Victor and Rolf’s “Flower Bomb” if I go out at night.
Sonia from Seattle, Washington asked:
Does your Dad ever get any down time to breathe and relax? (Whew, I wish I had as much energy as him!!)
During his infrequent breaks, my dad likes to relax, eat Mexican food and watch sports. He also enjoys going to the movies and attending Diamondback games.
Lucinda from Columbia, Missouri asked:
What blogs do you read on a regular basis?
Some of my favorite political websites and blogs include Politico, Drudge Report, Swampland, Perez Hilton, and GreenMountainPolitics.
Clara from Cornish, New Hampshire asked:
Where do you get your cool duds from?
Thank you for saying I have cool duds! I buy my clothes at stores ranging from Saks and Barneys to Target and Old Navy. I love clothes, no matter where they come from, as long as they fit well.

White Trash In West Virginia Keep Clinton Alive

ANIMAL — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:44:58 +0000

The media is a funny thing. Reporters, pundits, and just about every talking head from radio to TV predicted that Hillary Clinton was going to win big in West Virginia—Obama camp included. So it didn’t seem like it was going to be a big story when the numbers came in and she did in fact win. But that’s not the case. In what is by far one of the most bizarre political races ever, the media machine has now flip-flopped, now pushing a rash of speculative dialogue and bouncing the ‘what does this mean for Barack Obama?’ type rhetoric all over the cable news channels. With West Virginia being one of the whitest, poorest, and dumbest states in the Union, it’s really no surprise they’d prefer Clinton. But seriously who cares? It’s West Virgina!

No Mags For US Forces If Politician Gets His Way

ANIMAL — Sat, 10 May 2008 00:18:55 +0000

Representative Paul Broun (R-Ga., Baptist) is a congressman who enjoys making definitions. He sponsored bill H.R. 4157, aka the Sanctity of Human Life Act, in an effort to have the start of human life officially begin at conception. No prize to figure out where he’s going with that one. With H. J. Res. 82, Rep. Broun wants nothing less
than an amendment to the Constitution that allows for castration in rapes cases where the victim is under the age of 16; H. J. Res. 83 would allow the death penalty for the same crime. Oh, and he wants English to be the official language of the U.S., and was instrumental in establishing…umm…National Glanzmann’s Thrombasthenia Awareness
Day.
His latest effort, H.R. 5821, is also known as the Military Honor and Decency Act. Apparently, men serving their country are no longer allowed to masturbate. At least not using any materials sold on military bases, including Playboy and Penthouse. This isn’t a new battle. In 1997, Bob Guccione successfully argued against a ban on Penthouse. But the time has come to revisit this dire matter of national security. According to Rep. Broun’s spokesperson, John Kennedy:

“Few people will contest the notion that Playboy and Penthouse and others are sexually explicit… However, (Dept. of Defense) officials with a wink and a nod do not find that these rise to the definition.” (Childish emphasis
added.)

What’s most awesome about the bill is Broun’s surprisingly explicit definition of “nudity”:

human genitals, pubic area, anus, anal cleft, or any part of the female breast below a horizontal line across the top of the areola with less than an opaque covering but does not include the exposure of the cleavage of the female breast exhibited by a dress, blouse, bathing suit, or other apparel.

So, to sum up the proposed bill: Cleavage fans = ok. Anal cleft fans =out of luck
target="_blank">Rep. Paul Broun, Jr. |GovTrack|
target="_blank">Military Honor and Decency Act |GovTrack|