November 2011
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whenever somebody links me to a youtube clip, the same thing happens. I watch it, watch a related vid, and within 10 minutes I’m watching Ciara - 1 2 Step
Talking about "Rape as a Men's Issue" at Occupy...
thepoliticalnotebook:
Michael Albany, a member of Occupy Philly’s Safety Team and who has been regularly contributing photography of the protests to The Political Notebook, has started putting together a training program for men to work on rape prevention and awareness.
Here’s his intro:
Women live with the knowledge that they are at high risk to be raped. Unlike men, they must always take...
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my favourite part of any song:
rozay’s guest verse
life's a bitch, then you die
Guy Fawkes, Anarchy, and the Occupation
kohenari:
Earlier today, I lampooned the use — by the Occupy Wall Street movement — of the Guy Fawkes mask made famous in “V for Vendetta.” Many people were quick to make the argument that the movement was using the Fawkes mask not to celebrate religious terrorism, but as a potent symbol of protest (specifically anti-government protest). Of course, the movement is also trying to make an...
Honestly, What IS Occupy Wall Street?
kohenari:
I’m going to be completely honest for a minute here and hope that the people who glance at this blog (and sometimes pass it along to others) can help me to get to the bottom of something.
Here’s the thing:
What is the point of Occupy Wall Street?
Here’s what an organizer said, in an interview with Mother Jones about today’s massive Day of Action:
“Most of the focus has been to...
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“Then there are the fanatical atheists whose intolerance is the same as that of...”
– Albert Einstein (via rememo)
“About 50 protesters who say they are part of Occupy Denver returned to a...”
– Occupy Denver protesters try again to disrupt conservative blogger conference - The Denver Post
Honestly, these people are starting to be loathsome.
Progressives: before you storm a private, conservative conference and ambush its attendees, consider how you’d feel if conservatives stormed your...
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“Outside, the Occupiers realized that they could surround the building and...”
– Dolores Broderson: How the Kochs will fight Occupy Wall Street with help from a 78-year-old grandma - Slate Magazine
When you’re caught up in the frenzy of a movement and drunk on moral certitude, things like this happen. And by this, I mean false imprisonment. A mob of OWS protestors surrounded...
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Croatian elections set for Dec. 4 →
fyeaheasterneurope:
Croatia will elect a new parliament in December, and the opposition is favored to win because of ongoing corruption scandals involving the governing party.
Croatia’s 151-seat parliament last week voted to dissolve itself, and on Monday Croatian President Ivo Josipovic said the national election will be held on Dec. 4.
The vote will pit the governing conservative...
things that I care about more than uni right now:
everything else ever
October 2011
23 posts
Omarska Witness Speaks of "Heaps of Bodies" →
discoverbosnia:
(IWPR) Please read. Please do not forget.
