Jacob Blake handcuffed to his hospital bed, family say

Why? He cannot walk and is recovering from being shot 7 times.

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The African-American has been left paralysed after being shot in the back by police in Wisconsin.

Hope is a dying ember for black people in the US. Athletes have rekindled it | Sport | The Guardian

In Pence’s speech, he told America: “Dave Patrick Underwood was an officer of the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Protective Service, who was shot and killed during the riots in Oakland, California.” What he neglected to mention was that federal authorities say Underwood was killed by Steven Carrillo, an Air Force staff sergeant who was a member of a right-wing extremist group whose purpose is to start a race war.

It’s Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers who so powerfully expressed the feelings of most African Americans, myself included. Both our fathers were police officers, which we are proud of, though we cringe at how the systemic racism in police departments across the county tarnishes their accomplishments. “It’s amazing why we keep loving this country, and this country does not love us back,” Rivers said. “It’s really so sad … I’m so often reminded of my color … We got to do better. But we got to demand better.”

This week American athletes demanded better. And rekindled our hope in America.

 

Source: Hope is a dying ember for black people in the US. Athletes have rekindled it | Sport | The Guardian

Uma lagoa na floresta, Amazonas, Venezuela – NÃO à destruição de terras indígenas na Venezuela pelo Arco Minero del Orinoco de Maduro !!! — Barbara Crane Navarro

A POND IN THE FOREST, AMAZONAS, VENEZUELA – NO TO THE DESTRUCTION OF INDIGENOUS LANDS IN VENEZUELA BY THE ARCO MINERO DEL ORINOCO DE MADURO !!!

NÃO à destruição de terras indígenas na Venezuela pelo Arco Minero del Orinoco de Maduro !!! NÃO à retirada do Bolsonaro de proteções para territórios indígenas no Brasil !!! NÃO ao SANGUE OURO !!! https://barbara-navarro.com/2020/08/05/exposicao-pas-de-cartier-yanomami-e-arvores-minas-de-ouro-e-itens-de-ouro-de-luxo-covid-19-espalhados-por-garimpeiros/

Uma lagoa na floresta, Amazonas, Venezuela – NÃO à destruição de terras indígenas na Venezuela pelo Arco Minero del Orinoco de Maduro !!! — Barbara Crane Navarro

“I Hope You Can’t Sleep At Night”: My Former High School Teacher Has Some Words for Ron DeSantis – Mother Jones

If you could send a message to Ron DeSantis, to speak directly to him, what would you say?

I would say that politics, the economy, his cozying up to Donald Trump is not worth the sickness and maybe the death that his decisions are going to cause. I get so tired of hearing them say, “Well, the death rate is this low.” And doctors are concerned about kids having long-term health problems [after COVID-19]. We don’t know. So if we don’t know, I think I’d rather be cautious instead of gambling with kids’ lives. I would tell him that I think, if people get sick and die, it’s his responsibility if he’s sending them back to school. I hope you can’t sleep at night because of it.

And I do have two friends, one is a teacher—they were Republicans and they switched political parties because of this, because of the pandemic. Even my good Republican friends at school are very angry at Ron DeSantis. This could cost him an election. I heard his PAC hasn’t been able to raise much money lately.

Source: “I Hope You Can’t Sleep At Night”: My Former High School Teacher Has Some Words for Ron DeSantis – Mother Jones

Israeli researcher: End of coronavirus peak only weeks away – The Jerusalem Post (unfortunately even some good people are not sensitive to the fact that their “acceptable loss” is too great a loss to the dead and their loved ones)

“While another lockdown would certainly reduce infection rates, there is no need at the present time since social and physical distancing is working to lower infection rates,” he added.

Source: Israeli researcher: End of coronavirus peak only weeks away – The Jerusalem Post

Anti-Netanyahu protests to be held in 18 cities worldwide at same time – The Jerusalem Post

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The international protest movement against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will take a step forward on Saturday, when simultaneous demonstrations will be held in 18 cities around the world.

The protest will happen at 9 pm Israel time and will be broadcast live on Facebook and outside the prime minister’s official residence in Jerusalem.

The participating cities are Jerusalem, Amsterdam, Boston, New York, Atlanta, Chicago, San Francisco,Cambridge, Toronto, Basel, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Berlin, Miami, Oslo, Madrid, Paris, Copenhagen and Washington, DC.

Source: Anti-Netanyahu protests to be held in 18 cities worldwide at same time – The Jerusalem Post

Consultations for Feuding Lebanon Factions to Pick PM to Begin Monday

They all need replacing by movement for change, not for slicing and dicing by the old guard factions W140

President Aoun has scheduled a date of Lebanon’s binding parliamentary consultations to designate a new PM Monday, some three weeks after the government resigned over a deadly Beirut blast, the president’s office said Friday.

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