I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
A story in this week’s Santa Fe Reporter claims that a local group of white supremacists is planning to recruit this summer because the national climate is ripe. “It’s becoming easier to reach out to those who don’t associate with the white pride or white power movements,” Frontline Aryans leader Justin Argabright told writer Dave Maass. “A lot of people are unhappy with the way the country is going these days.”
“White supremacists are, frankly, freaking out, so I’m not surprised to see them glomming on to the ‘birther’ theory,” Heidi Beirich, director of research for the Southern Poverty Law Center, told Maass.
It should be noted that a regional director for the Anti-Defamation League believes that the Frontline Aryans group is so small that it “isn’t going anywhere.”
You can read the whole story here at SFReporter.com.
While you’re at it, have a look at the FactCheck.org page that documents Obama’s birth certificate. As FactCheck says, “FactCheck.org staffers have now seen, touched, examined and photographed the original birth certificate. We conclude that it meets all of the requirements from the State Department for proving U.S. citizenship. Claims that the document lacks a raised seal or a signature are false. We have posted high-resolution photographs of the document as ‘supporting documents’ to this article. Our conclusion: Obama was born in the U.S.A. just as he has always said.”
And now, for your unicorn chaser, here’s Jon Stewart having a little fun with the issue:
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