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Egyptian Aak 2016 – Week 50 ( Dec 12- 18)

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Top Headlines

  • IS group claims responsibility for Cairo’s ST Mark Cathedral bombing
  • Qatar rejects Cairo cathedral bombing involvement claim
  • Egypt executes prominent Islamist militant Habara amid threats of retaliation
  • Egypt says traces of explosives have been found on bodies from EgyptAir crash in May 
  • Egypt court suspends jail sentence against novelist Ahmed Naji
  • Osama bin Laden’s son denied entry at Egypt airport
  • In a first since Morsi era, Egypt allows import of 40 cars into Gaza

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vintage everyday: Titanic Survivor’s Letter Reveals Harrowing New Perspective on the Tragedy of the ‘Unsinkable Ship’

Towards eleven o’clock: Mrs. Stone and I went to bed.Three quarters of an hour later, as the liner was cruising at full speed, a terrifying shock threw us out of bed.We were intending to find out what was happening, when a passing officer told us “It is nothing, return to your cabin.” I answered “Listen to that loud noise, it sounds like water is flowing into the ship.”Upon our return to the cabin I saw that our [female] neighbor from across the passageway had gone back to bed.Her daughter arrived in a panic, yelling “Mommy, quick quick, get up it’s very serious.”I helped Mrs. Stone to dress, she took her lifebelt and told me “come quickly.”I was trembling, and still in my dressing gown, I took a coat, my lifebelt, and followed her on deck.

Source: vintage everyday: Titanic Survivor’s Letter Reveals Harrowing New Perspective on the Tragedy of the ‘Unsinkable Ship’

From IT specialist to guerilla fighter: Estonia’s citizen army gears up to deter Vladimir Putin’s war machine – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Estonians eye Russia’s annexation of Crimea and United States President-elect Donald Trump’s comments about reining in NATO spending, which provided a bulwark against Russian expansion during and after the Cold War.Now thousands of Estonians, many without previous military experience, have flocked towards the EDL for specialised conflict training.They learn to fire weapons, recognise Russian armoured vehicles, and live in the country’s vast forests.Some of the more experienced recruits are given instructions on how to make roadside bombs. Others learn how to run a field kitchen capable of feeding thousands of people.The EDL chief, Commander Meelis Kiili, puts it simply — “if you want peace prepare for war”.

Source: From IT specialist to guerilla fighter: Estonia’s citizen army gears up to deter Vladimir Putin’s war machine – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Two Sex Shop Employees Ward Off Alleged Robber With Dildos: LAist – Tough Dildo Tossers in San Berdo!

A man, seen in surveillance video as wearing a gray hoodie and holding what appears to be a gun, entered Lotions & Lace in San Bernardino on Wednesday night at about 9:45 p.m., just 15 minutes before the shop closed. He was seen striding through the racks of lingerie to the counter where he immediately encountered two female employees and demanded the cash from their till. But, the alleged robber got more than he bargained for when one employee—identified by ABC 7 only as Amy—decided she didn’t have time for his shenanigans.”I just thought he was trying to be funny, to scare us. But then I saw the gun and it was like, really? I don’t have time for this,” she said.Amy suspected that the gun he was carrying was a fake, and was not scared. She instead described herself as “really irritated.” The video depicts the two employees yelling at the man and flinging a variety of sex toys at him until he leaves the shop.

Source: Two Sex Shop Employees Ward Off Alleged Robber With Dildos: LAist

Recipe: How to make Swedish Christmas rice porridge – The Local

With Christmas just around the corner, here is a recipe for traditional Swedish festive rice pudding.Risgrynsgröt (rice porridge) has been an important Swedish dish for centuries. It can be served at any time of the year, and is almost always served at julbord (Christmas buffet).

Summary

Serves 4 large portions

Cooking: 45 minutes

Ingredients

150g pudding (short-grain) rice

300ml water

½ tsp salt

700ml milk

1 cinnamon stick

1 ½ tbsp caster (superfine) sugar

15g butter

ground cinnamon for dusting

Method

1. Put the rice, water and salt in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes.

2. Add the milk and cinnamon stick. Mix well and heat until the mixture is hot, but don’t let it boil.

3. Cover again and leave the pudding on a very low heat until the rice has absorbed all the milk. This will normally take between 30 and 45 minutes. Don’t stir the rice and keep it covered as much as possible.

4. Once the milk has been absorbed, remove from the heat and leave covered for another 10 minutes. Then stir in the sugar and butter.

5. Serve lukewarm, dusted with ground cinnamon.

At Christmas, hide an almond in the pudding before serving.

Tips- Take care in stage 3 as the pudding will burn very easily.-

This recipe is based on a traditional Swedish recipe which was for 4 people, but I think it could easily serve 8.-

A creamy cold version, called Ris a la Malta, is served with a fruit sauce and is perhaps even more popular.

Recipe courtesy of John Duxbury, founder and editor of Swedish Food.

Source: Recipe: How to make Swedish Christmas rice porridge – The Local

Anti-Black Racism is Still the Fulcrum of White Supremacy | Race Files

 

Scot Nakagawa

Lifelong political activist, community organizer, organization builder, and trouble-maker.

“I continue to view anti-black racism as the nut of American racism. Poor black people continue be miner’s canaries and prophets of destruction, their experiences of oppression and exclusion still the tip of the spear of threats to democracy, the security of our citizenship, the stability and security of our economy.The condition of the black community should be viewed as a lens through which we can better understand the state of capitalism as it quickly morphs into something new, something even more threatening. Black lives matter, both as a moral necessity, and as a matter of mutual self-interest.As our great vulnerabilities are being exposed by a regime that will displace many of us, we should remember this. Our survival may depend on this understanding.I refer you to Zora Neale Hurston –“I feel most colored when I am thrown against a sharp white background.”That sharp white background is coming into focus for all of us. But, lest we forget, for some the blinding whiteness of that background has never been beyond view, never anything but the very paper on which the stories of lives of those most targeted by the fulcrum of white supremacy are written.”

Source: Anti-Black Racism is Still the Fulcrum of White Supremacy | Race Files

White House accuses Putin of personally authorizing US hacks, aiding Trump victory

The Obama administration has said Russian President Vladimir Putin holds personal responsibility for the hacking of Democratic officials’ emails. Officials claim Putin turned the election hacks in Donald Trump’s favor.

Source: White House accuses Putin of personally authorizing US hacks, aiding Trump victory

Women and their honor killing 

A woman does not have the luxury of honor killing , because men don’t have honor according to the customs … And sarcastically it is true .

نادية حرحش

Women and their honor killing
A Palestinian woman , 26 years old , killed her husband some days ago in Gaza . The system quickly responded and she was sentenced to death penalty .

It did not take the judicial system to have a consensus that she was guilty , especially that she committed her crime with a prior plan and will . Of course no one there cared for the reasons . The penalty for killing is simply death.

It is as well , irrelevant to know anything behind the reasons that makes a woman who is already living in a suppressive poor environment where she is barely treated as a human being , kill her husband that he was basically oppressive . To get a woman as such plan a killing to end up her unbearable life under the tyranny of a man did not move any of…

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Violence against women: Mexican senator vows to fight gender violence after vicious attack | In English | EL PAÍS

This is a cowardly act,” said Guevara, unable to hold back tears. “I have always been a simple person, I don’t have a chauffeur or bodyguards. I am always encouraging civic behavior among people. I believe in my country and this is where we have to do our work.”Guevara, known to Mexicans for earning a silver medal at the 2004 Athens Games in the 400-meter dash, said she did not identify herself as a senator while she was being attacked.“It was hard for them to identify me because I was wearing glasses and my helmet… I took every single blow they delivered.”

Source: Violence against women: Mexican senator vows to fight gender violence after vicious attack | In English | EL PAÍS