Blog Posts for Clinton Fein

Pandemics and Polemics

Clinton Fein — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:43:05 -0800

Remember that awful headline back in March of 2008? “S.F. gay community an epicenter for new strain of virulent staph.” It began with a San Francisco Chronicle article by Sabin Russell, which in essence “reported” on a University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) study published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine related to a MRSA study, which resulted in widespread ...

Ralph Lauren: Impossibly Skinny, Impossibly Fashionable

Clinton Fein — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:00:33 -0700

Yep. Believe it or not, the Ralph Lauren model above has not been manipulated. At least not by me. By Ralph's fashion empire. He placed her in a slightly different context however. Note the body types though. Spot any differences?I cannot believe in 2009 we still have to vomit our guts out, or slice off half our abdomens to fit into crappy clothes designed for holocaust victims. It's not just ...

Justice for Just Us

Clinton Fein — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:10:13 -0700

Stern Lawbreaker! yet thou dost wearThe Calumniate 's most malignly mask; Nor know we anything so dark As is the taint upon thy task: Truth burns before thee on her deathbed And distrust in thy bidding dreads; Thou dost accuse fair moon of treason, And the most despised fires of hell, with thee, fester sick devoid of reason. To nobler functions, awful Power! I call thee: I myself resist Unto thy ...

Ridge's Color Alerts Political...and Liberace was Gay

Clinton Fein — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:37:25 -0700

In a soon-to-be-released book by Tom Ridge, Former Secretary of Homeland Security, "The Test of Our Times: America Under Siege . . . and How We Can Be Safe Again," (written with Larry Bloom and published by Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press), Ridge reveals that on more than one occasion he was pressured to raise the terror alert level by the Bush White House, ...

Cry My Diluted Swastika

Clinton Fein — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:52:46 -0700

As the rhetoric heats over healthcare reform, the swastika has taken center stage. The problem is that no one knows whether the once dreaded symbol is being used to identify the target or the perpetrator. And therein lies the danger. We live in toxic times. The increasing displays of vitriolic calls to violence, fueled by frothy-mouthed commentators like Glenn Beck, Lou Dobbs, Michelle Malkin and ...

Alexandra Township: A Photo Essay

Clinton Fein — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:06:16 -0700

I grew up less than a mile from what is now regarded as an "informal settlement" -- Alexandra Township. The striking difference between the lavish homes surrounded by high electrified walls remain in stark contrast to the poverty in Alex. The ANC has got to do something about Alexandra Township. A relic of Apartheid, to some extent it seems stuck in a time warp. Although there is ...

Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Go to Hell

Clinton Fein — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:56:38 -0700

Note: Although this article was written in 2002, the fundamentals remain sadly unchanged. According to the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN), an estimated 265 service members will have been fired under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" since Barack Obama was inaugurated, allowing prejudice to trump national security.They function as entities unto themselves. They have their own ...

Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Cry on 911

Clinton Fein — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:01:17 -0700

The act is so depraved so violent, so sickening, one shudders at the thought of what else percolates in the minds of those perpetrating it. Some of the details get lost in the translations, but evidence coming out of Iraq in the form of photographs and first-hand accounts make the torture at Abu Ghraib seem like child’s play by comparison.According to reports, a program of “sexual ...

About Face: Facebook Terms of Service Reversal Has Irreversible Consequences

Clinton Fein — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:08:52 -0800

Some people attribute it to Twitter. Others point to blogs and email campaigns. Regardless, the speed with which Facebook responded to a ferocious backlash over changes it made to its Terms of Service agreement was remarkable. Not only for the speed of its crisis management in the wake of the outcry and proposed boycotts, but for what likely marks a significant turning point in the way content, ...

The Abu Ghraib Makeover

Clinton Fein — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:51:43 -0800

Remember Abu Ghraib? Well, that's what it used to be called anyway.As of now, the infamous prison is to be known as Baghdad Central Prison.The newly rennovated facility (at least what journalists were allowed to see) includes a sewing room, exercise equipment, computers, a library, outdoor recreational areas, greenhouses and a barber shop."We turned it to something like a ...