Over at Women of Color Blog, BFP outlines a scheme advanced by the San Diego County Sheriff's Department to require an I.D. check for all evacuees as they return to their homes in the aftermath of the fires.  Not surprisingly, this inspection is linked to the border patrol/ICE policy and is resulting in many victims of the disaster being slated for deportation:

-Sheriff Kolender, who typically says the Sheriff’s Department does not have the resources to do the federal government’s job of immigration enforcement, has refused to drop his policy of nonetheless helping Border Patrol when identifying potentially undocumented persons despite the tremendous demands on the Sheriff’s Department and the highly unusual practice of setting up military-style checkpoints outside people’s neighborhoods.

... A new cottage industry? Where did they all come from? Is there special Spiritual Adviser to Bigots (who get caught) training?

At the rate they are being needed they may as well set up a "1-800 I R RACIST -- But I really didn't mean it!" hotline and just roll whatever advice it is they give these folks off assembly line style.

You'll see why, when I got to this paragraph of the apology, I just had to laugh.

Chapman said he is meeting with his spiritual adviser, Rev. Tim Storey, who is black, and hope to meet with other black leaders, "so they can see who I really am and teach me the right thing to do to make things right, again."

via Shake's Sis.

There is no "read more", but it will say that anyway, I think

The excellent analysis of current events that has been posted this week here at IntraPoltics? Just in case, here's a reminder:

"It's the beginning of an authoritarian system in Somalia.". Upheaval in the Somalian government. Who's running the show behind the scenes?
Class-ic complications - a neat summary of the effect of the class divide -
California, Louisiana, and the Right to Return. Are the policies undertaken by law enforcement and developers in some natural disasters part of a general scheme to displace the poor and minority property owners and renters?
Drs. Cosby and Poussaint on Meet the Press. A 4 part series dissecting the good doctors' appearance on Meet the Press -
Jena Tries to get its story straight. Again. Correcting the myths about the myths.

Those are the highlights, here. What's going on on your site? Don't be shy, promote yourself!

For instance, there is a debate going on now and through the weekend at Maxambit.com, between Michael Fisher of Assault on Black Sanity, and Michael Cobb Bowen of Cobb. It should be interesting, drop in and see!