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My blog is about history, popular culture, politics and current events from a democratic socialist and Irish republican perspective. The two main topics are Northern Ireland on one hand and fighting anti-Semitism, racism and homophobia on the other. The third topic is supporting the Palestinians, and there are several minor topics. The three main topics overlap quite a bit. I have to admit that it’s not going to help me get a graduate degree, especially because it’s almost always written very casually. But there are some high-quality essays, some posts that come close to being high-quality essays, political reviews of Sci-Fi TV episodes (Star Trek and Babylon 5), and a unique kind of political, progressive poetry you won't find anywhere else. (there are also reviews of episodes of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit and reviews of Roseanne)



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Monday, August 3, 2009

Debunking the Birthers


Occassionally I'll do something like this (it's the second time) where I'll do a brief post offering a piece of information that doesn't seem to be in wide circulation but is crucial to understanding something in the news.

You've heard of the people who believe that President Obama wasn't born in America. I recently heard that a small majority of GOP members believe this nonsense. Besides the obvious, one reason I don't believe it is that World Net Daily did a story on it during the campaign that 99% dismissed this nonsense and 110% discredited the Birthers.

WND is a right-wing source and thus this cannot be dismissed as liberal propaganda.

The article is here.

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