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Lecture: “Reparatory Justice and the Decade for People of African Descent: The CARICOM Case”
Mosquito spraying in Keys deadly for bees
Violence Against Women: When Are We Going to Address It, Seriously?
Oregon Sheriff Shared Sandy Hook Conspiracy Theory on Facebook – The New York Times
(Was the shooting in Oregon part of a conspiracy by the county sheriff to…?)
The sheriff also warned the vice president that “any federal regulation enacted by Congress or by executive order of the president offending the constitutional rights of my citizens shall not be enforced by me or by my deputies, nor will I permit the enforcement of any unconstitutional regulations or orders by federal officers within the borders of Douglas Country Oregon.”Three days before that letter was released, Mr. Hanlin shared a link on his personal Facebook page to a YouTube video, which suggested that the shootings at Sandy Hook — and the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 — might have been staged by the federal government to provide a pretext for “disarming the public” through gun control legislation. In a comment imploring his Facebook friends to watch that video, whose producer claims that the parents of children “allegedly shot” at Sandy Hook were actors, the sheriff wrote, “This makes me wonder who we can trust anymore.”
Source: Oregon Sheriff Shared Sandy Hook Conspiracy Theory on Facebook – The New York Times
Using Unreasonable Force or Speaking No English
What was really on trial in the Sureshbhai Patel case? In early September, a jury in Huntsville, Alabama, began to hear testimony in the case of Eric Parker, a white police officer who faced federal charges for violating the civil rights of Sureshbhai Patel, a 57-year-old Indian immigrant and grandfather. On September 11th, the jury […]
Afghan Women’s Writing Project | Taliban! Leave My Country
Taliban!
My poem is for you!
For your generation of fear and panic
You are fathers of killing, blood, pain and sorrowI remember you
I still remember
That day you stoned Zarmena
And hanged Doctor Najib
I remember you beat me with cables
Because I dressed in men’s clothes
Taliban!
After those twenty bloody years
I tried to forget you and your wrongdoings
I tried to remove those thorns in my body
I tried to heal
You are back now in Kunduz
You attacked the city
But I knew you were there
I knew how you hid in other provinces
You killed people the same way
You were cruel the same way
You were against humanity and good life
The same way
Taliban!
You make women your slaves
You hide us under the worst thing
The burqa
I am free from that burden now
Free of slavery now
And I care for my people and my country
My country is not for you
You don’t deserve Afghanistan
You deserve hell
As you make us live in hell
Taliban!
As long as I and the Afghan people are alive
We will fight against you
We won’t sit silent
We want our freedom
You do not belong in Afghanistan
Go away
Taliban!
You hid me under the blue burqa
You didn’t know, I became a fighter
But I don’t fight like you
Killing people to accept your outdated ideas
Taliban!
I fight against you, not with bombs and rockets
Not with fire, blood, darkness and tears
I fight you with my voice
You don’t dare to listen
You are blind to reading my words
Your mind is empty
You live in the cemetery of history
I fight with my poems, my words
I throw them like a hammer
Into your thoughts
I think differently
I believe in change,
I believe in freedom and love
By Pari
Source: Afghan Women’s Writing Project | Taliban! Leave My Country
NYC To Hurricane Joaquin: Yeah, That’s What We Thought
After two days of totally not panicking and totally not having Superstorm Sandy flashbacks, NYC has officially told Hurricane Joaquin to take a hike, ya’ lousy weather phenomenon. “The forecast confidence in Hurricane Joaquin maintaining an offshore track continues to increase,” said Gary Conte, Warning Coordination Meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s New York Forecast Office, presumably while holding two giant middle fingers up toward the heavens. Or if he’s really skilled, three middle fingers. [ more › ]
Spain gives citizenship to thousands with Sephardic roots
Spain has granted citizenship to more than 4,000 people whose Jewish ancestors were made to leave the country in 1492. The naturalizations came a day after a new citizenship law came into force.
two face windows
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