Category Archives: human rights

Johnny Hallyday et Lara Fabian / Requiem Pour Un Fou – YouTube

Johnny Hallyday et Lara Fabian / Requiem Pour Un Fou – YouTube.

The Vineyard of the Saker: I am NOT Charlie

So what is going on here?  I will tell you what – the EU 1%ers are now capitalizing on these murders to crack down on their own population.  Sarkozy already met Hollande and they both agreed that new levels of firmness and vigilance need to be implemented.  Does that not reek of a French 9/11?

So no, I am most definitely NOT Charlie this morning and I am disgusted beyond words with the obscene display of doubleplusgoodthinking “solidarity” for a group of “caviar-lefties” who made their money spitting in the souls of billions of people and then dared them to do something about it.  And I am under no illusion whatsoever about the fact that cui bono clearly indicates that the French regime either organized it all, or let it happen or, at the very least, makes maximal political use of it all.

But most of all, I am disgusted with all those who play along and studiously avoid asking the right questions about all this.  I guess they really are “Charlies” all of them.

via The Vineyard of the Saker: I am NOT Charlie.

Meet the three American families bank-rolling Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu – Americas – World – The Independent

the Falic family of Florida which owns the Duty Free Americas airport shops, the Schottenstein family, owners of the American Eagle Outfitters fashion chain, and the Book family of New Jersey, owners of Jet Support Systems.

via Meet the three American families bank-rolling Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu – Americas – World – The Independent.

Islamophobia in France more prevalent, political scientist argues | News | DW.DE | 07.01.2015

Easier for a smart woman to understand what is going on than for dullard guys, For one thing, Islam critics in France have increasingly free reign. The Front National is able to express its sentiments in public these days, in comparison to the past when it was sharply criticized by journalists. Now, many French citizens are keen to pledge support for the Front National, and the populist ideas of the party are disseminated in simple and banal ways in French society. Other parties, as well, have picked up the ideas of the Front National.

In addition, France is currently dealing with high unemployment, and, as a result, French society has sought a scapegoat on which it can blame its miseries. That scapegoat is the religion of Islam and the Muslim community.

via Islamophobia in France more prevalent, political scientist argues | News | DW.DE | 07.01.2015.

Something Disturbing Happens When People Say “Black” Instead of “African-American” – Mic

How is it that researchers/journaists totally miss how the world has changed – There are still many negative effects of old racism but the world has really changed and these are the people who led the change.

African-American says little since Africa is not  single culture, nation, or ethic grouping. A Black-American represents a diverse group of people who created a new culture in America and ultimately the world. With Jass/Jazz in music, language, style, all sort of arts, new art forms were invented and a new culture. That culture, which is uniquely American has become the unifying global youth culture. Hip Hop and Rap – the modern forms of jazz and blues can be heard and see in youth culture from Japan, China, India, Iraq, Egypt, Serbia, Bulgaria, Italy, England, Ireland, Spain, Argentina, Chile and beyond. One need only view and listen to Chile’s Ana Tijoux’s – Vengo explosion on the world this hear to understand my point.

What follows is a view based on the 19th century, not the 20th or 21st.

What accounts for the difference? Today, in popular culture and journalistic discourse, the terms black and African-American are often used interchangeably, and neither has established a leg up over the other as the more progressive linguistic choice. But perhaps civil rights and religious leader Jesse Jackson, who championed “African-American” in the 1980s, was right to assume that the term served as an opportunity to recast black America in a more positive light. As Joe Pinsker notes at the Atlantic, the logic was that it “echoed the labels of groups, such as ‘Italian-Americans’ and ‘Irish-Americans,’ that had already been freed of widespread discrimination

via Something Disturbing Happens When People Say “Black” Instead of “African-American” – Mic.

MELANIE SAFKA Dust in the Wind – YouTube

Live peace, love and understanding – no time to put it off for later!

I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment’s gone

All my dreams, pass before my eyes, a curiosity

Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind

Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea

All we do, crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see

Dust in the wind,

All we are is dust in the wind

Don’t hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky

It slips away, and all your money won’t another minute buy

Dust in the wind,

All we are is dust in the wind

Dust in the wind,

Everything is dust in the wind

via MELANIE SAFKA Dust in the Wind – YouTube.

Israeli settlers uproot 5000 olive tree saplings near Turmusayya | Maan News Agency

Jewish settlers have uprooted more than 5,000 olive tree saplings in agricultural lands east of the town of Turmusayya in the central West Bank north of Ramallah, locals said Thursday.

One of the owners of the lands targeted, Awad Abu Samra, told Ma’an that in the last week settlers have repeatedly raided the area to attack the olive tree saplings.

via Israeli settlers uproot 5000 olive tree saplings near Turmusayya | Maan News Agency.

This just sucks – such terroristic children backed by childish Israeli government!

POPVOX | Top 50 Most Active Bills in Congress on POPVOX

The 113th Congress adjourned for the final time in mid-December 2014. Here’s a look at the bills that got the most action on POPVOX. The numbers represent input from verified constituents that was sent (with personal comments from constituents) to Congress through the POPVOX system.

via POPVOX | Top 50 Most Active Bills in Congress on POPVOX.

Flash – Turkey student arrested for ‘insulting’ the president – France 24

A 16-year-old high school student has been arrested in central Turkey for “insulting” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by accusing him and his ruling party of corruption, local media reported on Thursday.

The young boy, identified by his initials MEA, was believed to be a member of a leftist organisation, the Hurriyet newspaper reported.

He was delivering a speech on Wednesday in the central Anatolian city of Konya, a bastion of Erdogan’s Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP), in memory of a young secular teacher killed by Islamists in 1930, according to the newspaper.

The boy is now facing up to four years in prison if convicted on the charge.

via Flash – Turkey student arrested for ‘insulting’ the president – France 24.

Fox station edited video of Eric Garner protesters to make it sound like they were chanting ‘kill a cop’ – Americas – World – The Independent

She said: “What really gets to me is where you edited it and stopped. Like, how could that be a mistake?”

The blunder made by Fox45 follows the death of two NYPD police officers, Rafael Ramos and Liu Wenjin, who were shot dead by gunman Ismaaiyl Brinsley while sitting in a police patrol car on Saturday afternoon. {no blunder – intentional political and racist propaganda from FOX!}

“My community needs the cops. Nobody deserves to be brutally murdered, so that hurt me,” Ms Jones continued in explaining that the real version of the chant actually meant that she believes everyone should be held accountable for their actions.

Ms Jones said that she complained to Fox after her ex-partner, a police officer himself, had alerted her to the gross misrepresentation that was being shown across the US and also worldwide.

via Fox station edited video of Eric Garner protesters to make it sound like they were chanting ‘kill a cop’ – Americas – World – The Independent.