High Court Challenges, Hateful Bigots, Evil Flags, Lethal Theme Parks, Deadly Otherness, Jailed Immigrants, and the Banality of Torture

• Jerry Brown asks State High Court in CA to Overturn Prop. H8. It's about frickin' time.
• Rick Warren is an ignorant homophobic hateful bigot and having him do the invocation is a MASSIVE mistake.
  
• American flag inspires white supremacist sentiments.
• Alternet: Kids Learn That Killing Is Fun at the Army's Lethal New Theme Park. Yeah?
  
• New America Media considers the deadly price of being the Other.
• Muslimah Media Watch has an amazing round-up of links.
  
• Repeat of Milgram experiment finds that people are still willing to torture.
  
• The line between the police and the military continues to blur in the US.
  
• Sean (The Manatee) Hannity is Media Matters Misinformer of the Year.
• Bush is glad the youtube wasn't around to document the idiocy of his presidential campaign. It's best not to think about all the Macaca moments missed.
  
• In Idaho, racist wing-nuts proudly and loudly proclaim their bigotry.
• Newsflash: This is not a color-blind world.
  
• Gitmo should be shut down immediately NOT in 2 years.
• Rep. Keith Ellison shows support for jailed Indian workers.
• Task force urges US to "Americanize" immigrants.
• MPR offers up a Horatio Alger immigrant storyline called "He's Successful but Undocumented."
  
• Immigration Impact: 2,000 Approved Naturalization Applicants Blocked from Voting.
  
• FOX gives racist xenophobic power-mad cop a TV show.
  
• NYT: Right groups accuses US of failing to protect Latinos.
• WaPo: Secret Service Sanctioned in Race Bias Suit.
• Boston Review: How Post-Racial was Obama's Victory?
  
• LAT: LAPD and ACLU reach settlement on Skid Row searches.
• WIRED: Student Sentenced to 15 Years for YouTube Terror Video.
• EFF: RIAA v The People turns from lawsuits to three strikes.
  
• Womanist Musings looks at how black girls are devalued and sexualized.
• Racialicious looks at the internalized self-hatred of Mexicans.
  
• Now your iPod can be your personal breathalyzer.
  
• WIRED: Attack of the Shoe Toss Games Continues.
• io9: Long-suppressed gay Star Trek episode released.
  
• Target introduces Asian Yellow Dinnerware. Seriously?!
• You know what's better than reasoned thoughtful pieces? Crappy instant op-eds.
• A very naive university offers a course on "ethical hacking." This will not end well.
• Why I love Instaputz: An Ongoing Series.