POLITICS BUZZ – Authorities break up an alleged Obama Assassination plot.A few really bad dudes were arrested in Denver. We are talking rifles with scopes, white power tattoos, and meth. They may have been planning to kill Obama.

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1. White Supremist Plot on Obama?
2. Police Numbers Ramped Up Because of Threat
3. Gossip Site TMZ on the Story (Check Out The “Insightful” Comments)

SPORTS BUZZ – Once again, a Spanish Olympic team demonstrates their familiarity with Asian stereotypes.Nice one, guys. I like the guy in the pink shirt who won’t participate, but still throws up the devil horns.

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1. Spanish Tennis Team Also Strikes “Chinky-Eyed Chinaman” Pose!
2. Spain’s Racist Basketball Team - Featured Image on BuzzFeed

POLITICS BUZZ – A racist Mexican comic was pulled from the shelves of a Houston Wal-Mart after a customer complained.The Memin Pinguin first sparked controversy in the US when Mexico issued a postage stamp featuring the character which the White House decreed as offensive. It is surprising that a company known for refusing to carry music and movies with questionable ‘values’ would chose to carry such a blatantly controversial comic book.

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1. Memin Pinguin Brings Good Old-Fashioned Racism To Wal-Mart (A Company That Is Not Racist)
2. ABC News: ‘Racist’ Comic Strip Sparks Wal-Mart Hubbub
3. “Mexican comic book ‘Memin Pinguin’ sold at Wal-Mart called racist “
4. Memin Pinguin Slideshow
5. Memín Pinguín
6. Memin Pinguin To Be Taken off Walmart’s Comic Book Shelf
7. Outrage After Wal-Mart Sells Racist Mexican Comic Books
8. White House: Racist Mexican Stamp ‘Offensive’

POLITICS BUZZ – The North Carolina senator and Conservative superhero (dubbed “Senator No,” for his opposition to…well, everything) passed away of natural causes.Maybe we’re hopelessly romantic, but it wouldn’t surprise us if, on every Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (which Helms opposed), if you listen really carefully, you’ll be able to hear echoes of racial slurs and homophobic slights emanate from the senator’s grave!

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1. “If You Hate Long Enough and Hard Enough, You Can Go to the Very Top of the Washington Garbage Heap”
2. “I Think All Men Are Equal, Be They Slants, Beaners, Or Niggers” - Jesse Helms At His Finest
3. Jesse Helms Dies On July 4th [America Wins!]
4. “Sorry Mr. President, But Jesse Helms Was NOT a ‘Kind, Decent, and Humble Man’” [Buck Fush]
5. RIP Bozo The Clown (Oh, And Jesse Helms Too)
6. “He Was a Sour Troll and a Bigot, and It’s a Testament to Every Rotten Thing About This Country That for a Quarter Century, He Was One of the Most Powerful People in American Politics”

POLITICS BUZZ – Ralph Nader is getting into hot water after making some racially charged comments about Barack Obama.He seems to have outed himself as an essentialist, or at least someone who thinks that black politicians need to heed to a certain ideology that would be considered “more natural.” I am a little shocked.

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1. “Obviously, we missed the memo that Barack is running for President of Blackville, USA.”
2. Nader: “It’s just more natural.”
3. Nader: “He’s half African-American.”
4. In His Own Words: the Interview Video
5. Alienating the Net-Roots
6. Unsafe at Any Speed

BUSINESS BUZZ – A business magazine called Diversity Inc. has published several helpful lists of things you should never say in the workplace.The list includes such gems as “Is that your real hair?”, “Do you live in a teepee?” and “I suspected you were gay.” Read up bigots! These could also come in handy if you ever become a writer on The Office.

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1. Things Not to Say
2. 7 Things NEVER to Say to LGBT Coworkers
3. “Things NEVER to Say to American Indian Coworkers”
4. “7 Things NEVER to Say to People With Disabilities”
5. “7 Things NEVER to Say to Asian-American Executives”
6. “10 Things NEVER to Say to a Black Coworker”
7. “9 Things NEVER to Say to White Colleagues”
8. 10 Things NEVER to Say to Latino Executives
9. “But You Look So Good! and 7 Other Things NOT to Say to a Person With a Non-Visible Disability”

CULTURE BUZZ – Don Imus is back on the national radar with an offhand comment about race.During a discussion of Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam Jones’ string of arrests, Imus wondered, “What color is he?”, and said “There you go. Now we know,” on learning Jones is black (audio). Open weirdly jawless-looking mouth, insert racist-comment-making foot.

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1. Imus Can’t Change His Stripes?
2. Excuse: “I meant that he was being picked on because he’s black.”
3. Listen to the Audio

POLITICS BUZZ – Racist Republican Slur: “If Obama is President…will we still call it The White House?”This pin was actually for sale at a Republican state convention! Another button at the convention said: “Press 1 for English. Press 2 for Deportation”. And you wonder why the GOP has trouble attracting voters who aren’t white!

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1. Trail Blazers Blog On the Racist Pins

TV BUZZ – Before the American version, before the British version, there was The Office from Japan.As Ricky Gervais says at the end, it’s funny ‘cause it’s racist. Arigato!

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1. The Japanese Office on Hulu.com (USA Only)
2. YouTube Version Pulled for Copywrite

POLITICS BUZZ – Wanda Gibson “actually fears Obama because he is black.”His only hope in the state may be a reverse Bradley Effect where voters just can’t hate the “other race” in private as much as they seem to in polite company.

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