ICE IS – a tradition since 2003. Seemed like a good idea at the time. But then who could have predicted the likes of “Kjirstjen Njielsjen” or Donald Trump … You know it’s a problem when, as Alternet reports, ICE agents themselves have written to Secretary Nielsen asking to have ICE reorganized so that they don’t have to be part of it. [Read more…]
Joni Mitchell – The Hissing Of Summer Lawns | Video Worth Watching
The weather has me in full summertime mode lately. Here’s something by Joni Mitchell that’s also in a summertime theme: The Hissing of Summer Lawns. (h/t to AGD) [Read more…]
‘Pa’lante’ – Hurray for the Riff Raff | Video Worth Watching
‘Pa’lante’ Is an Ode to Puerto Rico’s Future
For eight sobering minutes, a new Hurray for the Riff Raff music video follows a working-class Puerto Rican family as they try to rebuild physically and emotionally in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Filmed on the island and starring The Florida Project’s Mela Murder, the video — a vibrant backdrop to the band’s new song “Pa’lante,” sung by Riff Raff’s Nuyorican lead singer Alynda Segarra — captures in brilliant colors the pain and strength of the Puerto Rican people. [Read more…]
These 16-Year-Olds Are Campaigning for the Right to Vote | Video Worth Watching
Exciting signs from the D.C area: sixteen-year olds are conducting a campaign—Vote16DC—to lower the voting age to sixteen in the District. Four other nearby cities have already lowered the voting age to sixteen for local and School Board races. The D.C. initiative would lower it for federal elections as well. Sentiment in support of the proposition is building. If this movement is successful in D.C., can we expect to see a similar push here in San Diego? [Read more…]
‘The Denial Of Facts Runs Counter To Democracy’: Key Moments from Obama’s Mandela Lecture | Video Worth Watching
Remember when heads of state spoke in measured phrases representing considered thoughts and ideas? Here’s a reminder: some highlights of our previous POTUS delivering the 2018 Nelson Mandela lecture in Johannesburg on July 17th. The full transcript is available at NPR here. [Read more…]
A Very Stable Genius – Randy Rainbow | Video Worth Watching
Randy Rainbow is a GEE-NEE-YUS! You don’t need to be a fan of Gilbert & Sullivan to appreciate Randy’s inspired digs at our fearless leader’s latest antics (but it helps!). [NSFW – language; Randy can be a bit, well, randy] (h/t to Doug P.) [Read more…]
LGBTQ+ Activists Dress As Pride Flag at the World Cup in Russia | Video Worth Watching
There were no Gay Pride events in Russia this week, but activists attending the world Cup events managed to send a message of support by displaying the Pride Flag colors while out in public. Now This presents video documentation of the group displaying the “Hidden Flag” at various locations around the city and interviews Mateo Fernández of Columbia who describes his participation in the event. [Read more…]
Turning Kindergartners into Kinderguardians – Meet Puppy Pistol & Uzicorn | Video Worth Watching
Sacha Baron Cohen strikes again! As Colonel Erran Morad, anti-terror expert, he conscripts allies in his quest to arm kindergartners and turn them into kinderguardians! His willing accomplices include Philip Van Cleave (Bushmasters are a blast to shoot with), lobbyist Larry Pratt (anti-gun people have blood on their hands), and legislators Matt Gaetz, Joe Walsh, Trent Lott, Dana Rorabacher, and Joe Wilson. One of my favorite segments is Larry Pratt explaining the proven science behind the program, including the claim that “children under five have elevated levels of the pheromone blink-182 produced by the part of the liver known as the rita-ora”. Laughable, pathetic and infuriating, all at once. [Read more…]
San Diego Celebrates Pride 2018 | Video Worth Watching
For folks that weren’t able to attend this year’s Pride Festival, here are some highlights courtesy of our local newspaper, the San Diego Union-Tribune, now under new ownership. [Read more…]
Persisting With Pride – H.B.I.C. | Video Worth Watching
Sometimes persisting with pride entails asserting one’s legitimate authority when challenged. At any rate, that’s how I’m taking this. [NSFW – language] [Read more…]
A Bastille Day Salute with a Marat/Sade Medley ft. Judy Collins | More Video Worth Watching
In France, July 14th is a national day of celebration that commemorates the storming of the Bastille in 1789. That event was also a thematic element in the 1963 Peter Weiss play, “The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade” (generally shortened to “Marat/Sade”). This medley, performed by Judy Collins on her 1966 album “In My Life”, is based on the music from the play composed by Richard Peaslee, arranged and conducted by Joshua Rifkin: Homage to Marat; Marat We’re Poor; People’s Reaction; Poor Old Marat. [Read more…]
Voices from Stonewall, the Riot that Sparked the Gay Rights Movement | Video Worth Watching
In order to make a movie more palatable to the public, Hollywood often glosses over or contradicts key historical elements. In this short video The Real Queens and Kings of Stonewall, Matt Baume provides a reality check regarding the commercially released Hollywood version of the riots: Stonewall.
And here are some more voices of actual participants in the groundbreaking historic Stonewall riot: Stonewall Veterans Talk About the Night That Changed The World – Stonewall: Profiles of Pride. [Read more…]
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