Sam Bacile, Innocence of Muslims and Steven Klein

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Wednesday September 12, 2012 · 12:22 PM PDT

2012/09/12 · 12:22

So parts of the Islamic world flew into a rage on 911 over the sudden but year long revelation of an obscure film made a year ago. The film, entitled "The Innocence of Muslims" was supposedly made by a Jewish/Israeli real estate mogul/developer in CA by the name of Sam Bacile. "Sam" or a man claiming to be "Sam" gave an interview yesterday with the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) making a number of claims, claims which triggered my bullshit meter. Naturally I had some questions and here they are with a few answers.

Please feel free to ask your own questions, encourage others to as well, and dig deeper for answers.

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Saturday March 03, 2012 · 8:27 AM PST

2012/03/03 · 08:27

For 3 full radio shows, 3 consecutive days, 9 full hours of valuable time on the airwaves, Rush Limbaugh has been bullying a 30 year old Georgetown student for the crime of speaking out in public on a concern to most women.

Rush didn't really seriously debate the merits of her argument, he didn't treat the issue as a matter of valuable civil discourse, no Rush Limbaugh decided to viciously attack the messenger by repeatedly called her a slut and a prostitute.

For 3 days this voice of the right-wing has been publicly trying to ridicule and embarrass this young woman, trying in essence to shut her up with his attacks and the response from the GOP has been nearly total, absolute....silence.

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Thursday March 01, 2012 · 2:33 AM PST

2012/03/01 · 02:33

We have become too used to bullies making huge profits from their hate filled rants on radio. We have become too used to large corporations trying to advertise and thus make profits off of hate speech on the radio.

But today, I think I've reached a breaking point.

Today, on his radio show, Rush Limbaugh said specifically of Sandra Fluke and in general of all women who want health insurance to cover their birth control costs, that they are sluts and prostitutes.

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Wednesday November 05, 2008 · 4:36 AM PST

2008/11/05 · 04:36

On a night that I spent earlier, weeping for joy at the thought of seeing and experiencing something I never imagined possible, a black man as President of the United States of America, I end the night with a mix of dull shock and bitter fury.

The California Constitution has been amended to institutionalize discrimination against fellow citizens of the State of California, those who are gay and lesbian.

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Wednesday September 10, 2008 · 11:23 AM PDT

2008/09/10 · 11:23

Lot of talk about lipstick and pigs in the news. It's cute, but it doesn't ask the question, AM I BETTER OFF NOW THEN I WAS 8 YEAR AGO? If someone in the media actually focused on that question, the answer for me would be no.

So why instead is the media, why instead is the McCain campaign focused on pigs and lipstick? Are things so good for the people running John McCain's campaign that they think that the most pressing matter facing Americans are the makeup choices for SWINE???

John McCain apparently wants to position himself out as a tireless fighter against sexism, so let's go there, shall we?

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Thursday September 04, 2008 · 1:37 PM PDT

2008/09/04 · 13:37

So, I watched Gov. Sarah Palin's speech last night. And then I watched the post- speech commentators and then this morning's post-speech commentators, and almost, to a t, they gave Ms. Palin an A to A+ on her efforts. As a matter of fact, more than one has christened her the new "Norma Rae."

Were we watching the same speech?

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Sunday August 17, 2008 · 10:10 PM PDT

2008/08/17 · 22:10

Dr Rick Warren, Pastor of Saddleback Church in CA will be featured on Larry King on CNN, Monday August 18 at 6 PST and 9EST.

The purpose of this diary is to get people organized to call and write in for this event and push back on Saddleback-gate, Cone of Silence-gate etc.

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Saturday August 16, 2008 · 7:07 PM PDT

2008/08/16 · 19:07

Yes this election is about many specific issues, but the more I watch media coverage,political ads, townhalls and forums, the more I'm convinced this election will be a litmus test on what sort of intellectual capacity we have collectively as a people.

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If Health Care were an Olympic Sport (repost)

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Friday August 08, 2008 · 10:01 AM PDT

2008/08/08 · 10:01

If health care were an Olympic sport, how would the United States perform?

As someone who has been without health coverage for over 4 years, I'm pretty aware that access to our health care system sucks. I'm all for using garlic to try and knock out systemic or localized infections, liberal usage of a neti pot to knock out sinus problems, but sometimes having access to a modern health care system would be a good thing.

Here's an interesting statistic I wasn't familiar with...The World Health Organization ranks the United States health care system as 37th in the world. 37th!!! Another interesting stat is that Morocco came in 8 ahead of us, Morocco ranked 29th. Morocco....you know, that not-so-large country on the northern portion of Africa, Morocco? Yeah, them.

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Saturday August 02, 2008 · 1:45 PM PDT

2008/08/02 · 13:45

As someone who has been without health coverage for over 4 years, I'm pretty aware that access to our health care system sucks. I'm all for using garlic to try and knock out systemic or localized infections, liberal usage of a neti pot to knock out sinus infections, but sometimes having access to a modern health care system would be a good thing.

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Thursday July 31, 2008 · 3:11 PM PDT

2008/07/31 · 15:11

Tom Bradley, Mayor of Los Angeles, ran for Governor of California in 1982 against GOP opponent George Deukmejian. The polls showed Bradley ahead of Deukmejian from 4-8 points. Exit polls showed Bradley winning. And in the end, Deukmejian, won. That the actual results of the election were so different from what all the polls had showed has been deemed the "Bradley effect."

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