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Oscar nominees: ‘Women are missing stamp of approval’ says Jane Fonda

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Only 25% of non-acting nominees at Academy Awards are female, with no women in best directing category – report

Women make up only a quarter of non-acting nominees at this year’s Oscars, it has been calculated.

A study by the Women’s Media Center – an organisation co-founded in 2005 by Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan and Gloria Steinem – established that 25% of behind-the-camera nominees were female – and none were in the categories for directing, cinematography, editing, original score and visual effects.

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NYPD Targets Cyclists In Hell’s Kitchen: ‘I Saw An Officer Shove A Guy Off Of His Bicycle’

WTF!!!

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On Monday morning, cyclist Joseph Chaim was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Hell’s Kitchen. No arrests have been made. On Thursday afternoon, NYPD officers stood one block from where Chaim was killed and ticketed cyclists, according to one witness who took video of the encounter, knocking one cyclist off his bike in order it issue a citation. [ more › ]

Amid Uptick In Cyclist & Pedestrian Deaths, NYPD Is Ticketing Cyclists In Bike Lanes

Why does NYC hate people who walk or bike? Amid Uptick In Cyclist & Pedestrian Deaths, NYPD Is Ticketing Cyclists In Bike Lanes

On Tuesday night, an 80-year-old woman was killed and an 84-year-old man was badly injured by a driver making a left turn onto a residential street in Little Neck, Queens. As of this morning, no arrests were made. On Monday morning, an elderly cyclist was fatally struck by a driver while riding in the Eighth Avenue bike lane near Times Square. The driver fled the scene, and has not been located. Two days earlier, a 62-year-old woman died from injuries suffered when an SUV driver ran her over as she was riding her bike on Kings Highway in Brooklyn a week earlier. The investigation into that incident was concluded without any arrests, police said. [ more › ]

NYC Plan For Safe Injection Sites Faces Resistance From Cuomo, Trump

Guess he does not know of connection with HIV transmission of the words in State of Union were just fluff NYC Plan For Safe Injection Sites Faces Resistance From Cuomo, Trump

Supervised injection sites are poised to face their first legal test in the United States in a case that could set a precedent for New York and other states considering whether to allow places where people can inject heroin and other drugs in the care of medical professionals. [ more › ]

Sri Lanka to begin hangings within months, ending 43-year stay on executions

WTF what is with leadership?

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Crackdown inspired by Philippines’ war on drugs comes as president Maithripala Sirisena faces tough election

Sri Lanka will begin hanging convicted drug dealers within the next three months, its president has announced, ending a 43-year moratorium on executions as part of a crackdown inspired by the Philippines’ brutal war on drugs.

Maithripala Sirisena has been praising Rodrigo Duterte’s violent campaign against the drugs trade as an “example to the world” and flagged the possible return of the death penalty for drug dealers last July.

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