Category Archives: Viva!

Ski president sorry for praising dictators and attacking ‘so-called’ climate change

Time’s up Gian! Resign – sorry does not make up for damage you have done!

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  • Gian Franco Kasper said dictators make good event hosts
  • 75-year-old once said women shouldn’t ski jump

The president of the International Ski Federation has apologised after an interview in which he questioned climate change and said he preferred countries run by dictators to host competitions.

In an interview published in the Swiss newspaper Tages Anzeiger earlier this week, Gian Franco Kasper said “dictators can organize [big] events … without asking the people’s permission”. He added that “from the business side, I say: I just want to go to dictatorships, I do not want to argue with environmentalists.”

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Instagram bans ‘graphic’ self-harm images after Molly Russell’s death

Why was it allowed in the past? Money before morals at Facebook/Instagram!

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Social media site announces action following criticism from British teenager’s father

Instagram has announced it will ban all graphic self-harm images from its platform after the father of British teenager Molly Russell said it was partly to blame for her death.

Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, said “no graphic self-harm image” would in future be allowed on the platform.

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Liam Neeson’s revelation unmasks the dark heart of toxic white masculinity

“Neeson had laid bare the logic of lynching: “In many instances, when white men enact racist violence on black men, they imagine – or pretend – that they are committing this violence on white women’s behalf.” Neeson has centred himself in a woman’s trauma and sought to reinforce his masculinity through the use of indiscriminate violence.”

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The response to Liam Neeson’s recent revelations of his plans to randomly kill a Black man as an act of revenge has now switched to the impact on the actor’s career. But as Kristel Tracey writes, it reflects the fact there is still much work to do around toxic white masculinity and structural racism


You have to wonder what was going through Liam Neeson’s mind when he volunteered the story of the time he walked the streets with a “cosh” looking for a “black b******” to kill.

From the man who once referred to the #MeToo movement as a “bit of a witchhunt”, Neeson was recalling the time he responded to news of the rape of a close friend by a black man.

 “I went up and down areas with a cosh, hoping I’d be approached by somebody – I’m ashamed to say that – and I did it…

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Longest Walk 2019 — Route Schedule

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Longest Walk Northern Route 2008 Ute Country photo by Brenda Norrell

The Longest Walk: We Shall Continue Route Schedule (Draft)
2019

Feb 11: Ceremony on Alcatraz-Walk Pier 33 to San Rafael                19 miles

Feb. 12: Larkspur to Vallejo                                                               25 miles

Feb. 13: Vallejo to Vacaville Junction

A New Breed of Hunters Focuses on the Food

Humans, it seems have an infinite ability for unconditional love that is only met and occasionally exceeded by our infinite ability for self-delusion to appear to be cooler or neater than everyone else. As the ranks of American hunters dwindle, millennials like the chef Wade Truong are taking up the tradition, seeking a direct connection to what they eat.