Daily Archives: January 10, 2014

Gun-violence

The Gun Report: January 10, 2014 – NYTimes.com

Adam Bostic, 31, and Betty Thomas, 28, were found bound and shot to death in a home in the Avondale neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, early Thursday. Two girls in the house, aged 3 and 6, weren’t injured. Detectives are seeking Brandon Thomas, 29. Later that morning, Jessica Revelee, 24, was found shot to death in the middle of the street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood. The victim had a criminal record that included charges of solicitation, drugs and theft. Officers are searching for three armed suspects.

via The Gun Report: January 10, 2014 – NYTimes.com.

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DWP blames cancer patient for her illness

Cannot like anything like this – in UK becoming the UK of the flick Brazil of years ago.

Pride's Purge

(not satire – it’s the UK today!)

This letter from the Department for Work and Pensions was posted by Chris Nelson on Facebook (click to enlarge):

ewing's sarcoma

According to this letter, the DWP is clearly placing the ‘blame’ for having cancer on the patient herself.

Has the demonisation of welfare claimants in the UK got to the point where we’re blaming cancer patients for their own illnesses now?

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Related articles by Tom Pride:

Mother’s plea for son who lost benefits after missing signing on because of cancer operationp

The government has finally done something so outrageous even I can’t be bothered to satirise it

Throat cancer victim – “this is not the England they fought and died for!”

Let’s be clear – Tory and Lib Dem MPs have decided terminally ill patients should work or starve

Don’t turn your back. Because you’re going to be disabled too one day.

ATOS assessor found blind woman fit…

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Viva!

London Underground Tube Diary – Going Underground’s Blog

As usual the requirements are simple:

1) Willingness to take trousers off on the Tube

2) Ablility to keep a straight face about it

Full details are on the Facebook page but in a nutshell the plan is to turn up at an allocated spot in Chinatown at 3pm where you will be divided into groups. The aim is to then travel from Leicester Square Tube and go around another seven zone one stops as nonchalantly & casually as possible with no trousers on.

As Rammi one of the organisers says \”You can wear fun underwear if you like, but nothing that screams out, “I wore this because I’m doing a silly stunt.” Wear two pairs of underwear if it makes you feel more comfortable. Don\’t wear anything overly close-fitting (so no thongs, banana hammocks or mankinis) or kilts without anything underneath. We don\’t want people to be disgusted.

 

We want this event to be fun and safe for everyone, so anybody found to be removing more than their trousers will be kicked off the train and reported to the British Transport Police and station authorities. .\”

via London Underground Tube Diary – Going Underground’s Blog.

Fail!, human rights, Palestine, peace, racism, terrorism

Jewish extremists cut down fruit trees in revenge attack | Maan News Agency

“Reminds one of how the KKK used to operate in in the American South.” Suspected Jewish extremists cut down fruit trees belonging to Israeli-Palestinians overnight in an apparent revenge attack for Palestinian villagers detaining Jewish settlers, police said Friday.

The vandals left placards in the orchard reading

“Regards from Esh Kodesh,” the West Bank settlement outpost whose residents were assaulted and briefly detained on Tuesday when they entered the Palestinian village of Qusra, some wearing masks.

The vandals struck near Kfar Qasim, an Israeli Arab town that borders the West Bank some 40 kilometers west of Qusra, police spokeswoman Luba Samri said.

Seven of the dozen settlers involved in the original incident were meanwhile remanded in custody on Thursday night, Samri added.

via Jewish extremists cut down fruit trees in revenge attack | Maan News Agency.