Los Angeles native, attended UC Berkeley and Loyola Marymount University before punk rock and logophilia overtook her life. Worked as nightclub columnist, pop culture journalist and was a Hollywood housewife before writing for and editing Sacred History Magazine. Then she discovered the thrill of politics. She also appears frequently on the Dave Fanning Show, one of Ireland's most popular radio broadcasts and writes her own blog La Figa, blending politics, entertainment and pop culture at Firedoglake.com

Blog Entries by Lisa Derrick

Google Sued: Sex, Religious Discrimination

Posted November 5, 2009 | 12:07 PM (EST)


Former Google employee James Bara has filed suit against the search giant, citing sexual and religious discrimination in violation of the US Civil Rights Act. Bara alleges that situation began when his supervisor Pam Sohn learned a new employee was transgendered. Sohn joked frequently about the new hire, Ashleigh...

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Gods Bless America! Queens NY GOP Won't Dump Pagan Candidate

22 Comments | Posted September 27, 2009 | 10:01 PM (EST)


In a stunning show of tolerance that defies theocon C-Streetism, the GOP in Queens, New York will not replace pagan high priest Dan Halloran as their candidate for District 19 city council in the Nov. 3 election. Considering George Bush administration officials objected to giving author J.K. Rowling...

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NEA "Scandal": Secretly Taped Conversation Appears to Have Violated State Laws

8 Comments | Posted September 22, 2009 | 10:09 PM (EST)


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Filmmaker and art community consultant Patrick Courrielche has made a quite a splash on conservative talk shows by releasing audio clips and transcripts of a conference call that occurred August 10. The purpose of call, which was attended by artists, NEA staff, White House...

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Vice TV: Revolutionary, Bold Pop Culture Explorations

1 Comments | Posted September 12, 2009 | 03:22 PM (EST)


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Deep in the Colombian jungle, a group of men clusters in a carefully guarded camp, stirring a noxious brew of chemicals. They're not manufacturing cocaine, but rather building a fiberglass "narcosub," a submersible boat which can hold a crew of three, tons of cocaine...

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Maine Anti-Equality Bait and Switch Auditions

Posted September 8, 2009 | 08:44 PM (EST)


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Currently, Maine's anti-equality forces have been casting for "real Mainers" to play concerned citizens. But the sides--the script the actors are reading for the first round of auditions--being sent out to hopefuls have nothing to do with the upcoming ballot initiative to overturn...

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Marriage Equality: Ireland

Posted September 7, 2009 | 12:19 PM (EST)


As campaigns in the US for marriage equality gear up -- notably Maine, Washington State and Washington DC -- Marriage Equality Ireland has launched this sweet ad, Sinead's Hand.

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Newlywed Game Casting for Same-Sex Married Couples

Posted August 8, 2009 | 03:05 PM (EST)


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Are you a newlywed same-sex couple? Want to answer silly questions and possibly win prizes? Season two of the Newlywed Game is looking for
Gay Couples: *Marriages must be legally recognized in 1 state

The show, originally produced by Chuck Barris, is now...

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Hypocrisy or Co-Signing? Elton John Concert is Fundraiser for Anti-Gay Politicians

69 Comments | Posted July 7, 2009 | 12:34 AM (EST)


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Two politicians who have consistently voted against gay rights, Reps. John Shimkus (R-IL) and Jean Schmidt (R-OH), will be holding fundraisers at the Elton John/Billy Joel Face2Face concert in Washington DC's Nationals Park July 11, reports PartyBlog.

Maybe they don't care...

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Republicans Claim Free Speech Re: Hitler/Obama Comparisons at Tea Party

8 Comments | Posted July 6, 2009 | 01:45 AM (EST)


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Oh it can be hard work being a Tea Party promoter. The Republican Party of Duval County, Florida wants you to know that just because they promoted a Tea Party event with e-mails that stated "Paid by Republican Party of Duval County"--...

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Bozeman Reverses Password Demands

5 Comments | Posted June 19, 2009 | 09:20 PM (EST)


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The city of Bozeman, Montana has backed down over its request that job applicants hand over their passwords for social networking and blogging sites in order to get a job with city. Bozeman city officials said they'll suspend the practice of reviewing...

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Bozeman, MT: Want a Job? Give Us Your Passwords

5 Comments | Posted June 19, 2009 | 04:32 AM (EST)


If you want a job working for the city of Bozeman, Montana be prepared to hand over the log in and password info to all your social networking and blogging sites as part of the application process, and expect the city to review all your comments on Huffington Post,...

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Jon Voight: Obama is "This False Prophet"

19 Comments | Posted June 9, 2009 | 12:30 PM (EST)


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Jon Voight's speech at last night NRCC-NRSC dinner was a carefully crafted jingoist clap-a-thon, larded with dominionist, eschatological messages to stir up the theocratic nutbags, while hitting the usual right wing punching bags: the media, Hollywood, Joe Biden, the stimulus package, Congressional Democrats.

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Carrie Prejean on Fox & Friends: The 15 Minutes are Up

36 Comments | Posted May 28, 2009 | 12:36 PM (EST)


Gods help me, Carrie Prejean is a simple as a stick. And she's a catty piece of work, too, full of self congratulatory airs saying how sometimes it's better to come in second place. She spent the longest hour of my life on Fox & Friends this morning, and...

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DC Springsteen Fans Screwed, Fans Had Better Get Used to It with Live Nation Merger Pending

8 Comments | Posted May 13, 2009 | 11:41 PM (EST)


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TicketsNow, a subsidiary of Ticketmaster royally screwed fans who paid up to 3x face value for premium seats to the Boss' sold out DC show at Verizon Center. The ticket reseller --which mysteriously had Springsteen tickets on sale for well over the stated...

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We're Not Worthy! Obama Headlines ASU Graduation with Alice Cooper

7 Comments | Posted May 12, 2009 | 04:49 AM (EST)


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Snake dancing, stage blood-covered shock rocker turned Republican golfer Alice Cooper will open for President Barack Obama at Arizona State University's graduation ceremony May 13.

Cooper who's shared the stage with the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Groucho...

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Ashton Kutcher: Good Dude Gives Inside View of White House Correspondents Dinner

7 Comments | Posted May 10, 2009 | 04:24 AM (EST)


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Twitterati Ashton Kutcher sent out some tweets during the White House correspondents dinner along with this photo of his missus. Kutcher is a really bitchen dude, and actually gives his time, energy and effort as well as money to make difference.

Off...

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Texas For Sale on eBay

Posted April 18, 2009 | 10:14 PM (EST)


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The great state of Texas is for sale. All proceeds will go towards paying off the national debt of the United States of America. Must sell before she secedes! You'll receive...

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Cheney and Lesbians!?: Tag Teaming Amazon in Response to Sales Ranking Censorship

Posted April 13, 2009 | 07:44 AM (EST)


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A vast number LGBT and feminist titles lost their sale rankings over the weekend, something that has been going on sub rosa since February. At least two authors have been informed by customer service that it is because the subject matter is...

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Times are Tough for Actors, But How Big a Whore Are You?

Posted April 9, 2009 | 01:26 AM (EST)


2009-04-09-jerks.jpgThis video, brought to you by the homophobic National Organization for Marriage, shows a what appears to be a group of very (wrongly) concerned everyday people freaking out over same sex marriage. But it's a trick. And where's there's a trick there's usually...

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It's a Small, Sucky World: Disneyland Sacks 1,900 Park Employees

Posted April 5, 2009 | 11:58 PM (EST)


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Bats' Day in the Fun Park (aka Goth Day at Disneyland) is going to be little different this year. No only is it in May rather than in August to take advantage of the (relatively) cooler weather, but there will be fewer staff,...

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