February 2012
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NYPD Murders (Another) Unarmed 18 Year-Old Black... →
“The Washington Post‘s David Ignatius yesterday reported that Leon Pantta...”
– Iran is the root of all evil - Salon.com
I love how Glenn Greenwald can make me laugh even when he’s writing about the most worrisome issues. My favorite from above: referring to Luke Russert as “the Face of American Meritocracy.”
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January 2012
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Saudi hacker OxOmar topple the websites of the Tel... →
intifadat:
themedicalapprentice:
Me gusta.
I love that guy
U.S. continues to fund Israeli military but not... →
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verbalresistance:
Kareem and Haneen from Palestinian Sesame Street
US to sell Israel 2,500 Hummers, trucks
IDF officials reach preliminary deal on equipment used by US forces in Iraq, Afghanistan
08.01.12 - The IDF is soon to purchase 2,500 Hummer vehicles, trucks and other equipment from the United States military, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Sunday.
Top IDF officials have...
December 2011
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“This is life row, one that I also intend to transcend”
– Mumia Abu Jamal in a letter to me from a new prison, where he’s finally in general population… (via dreamhampton1)
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“Private Manning has endured horrendous treatment in prison waiting for trial. ...”
– Emily Manuel, Why does the media still refer to “Bradley” Manning? The Curious Silence Around A Transgender Hero (Global Comment)
If you really want to show support for a trans woman, you can start by gendering her properly.
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“Former Salt Lake City mayor Rocky Anderson announces presidential bid.”
– He also formally announced the creation of a new third party: the Justice Party, under which he will make his run. Anderson, who is known as an outspoken advocate of campaign finance reform, immigration reform, and LGBT rights, served as Mayor of Salt Lake City for two terms from 2000 to 2008 as a...
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November 2011
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Please Donate to Toys for Tribes →
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livingwithendo:
Every year my family and I do a toy drive for Toys for Tribes, which is for kids and teens back on the Cheyenne River Sioux(Lakota) reservation though Running Strong for American Indian Youth.
Each year, children at the Cheyenne River Youth Project® write letters to Santa about what they want for Christmas. Running Strong and the Cheyenne River Youth...
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Last member of 65,000-year-old tribe dies, taking... →
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The last member of a 65,000-year-old tribe has died, taking one of the world’s earliest languages to the grave. Boa Sr, who died last week aged about 85, was the last native of the Andaman Islands who was fluent in Bo. Named after the tribe, Bo is one of the 10 Great Andamanese languages, which are thought to date back to the pre-Neolithic period when the earliest...
Senate to Empower Military to Lock Up Americans &... →
While nearly all Americans head to family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving, the Senate is gearing up for a vote on Monday or Tuesday that goes to the very heart of who we are as Americans. The Senate will be voting on a bill that will direct American military resources not at an enemy shooting at our military in a war zone, but at American citizens and other civilians far from any...
“They demonstrate complete disregard for international law and human life, and...”
– Pakistan’s foreign minister, Hina Rabbani Khar, has told the United States of her “deep sense of rage” after NATO said it was probably to blame for killing 25 Pakistani soldiers in an air strike. American forces were told to leave the remote Shamsi airbase, secretly given over to the US after 9/11,...