we won't survive this as we began it

Thu Sep 2
Islamophobia Turning Ugly in America

thingsimreading:

guerrillamamamedicine:

robot-heart-politics:

bluntlyblue:technipol:

Man beats man in turban: “You’re not even American, you’re Al-Qaeda. Go back to your country.”

‘Are You Muslim?’: Passenger Stabs NYC Muslim Cab Driver

Arson Suspected At Construction Site Of Tennessee Mosque Expansion

Texas mosque and educational center vandalized with offensive graffiti and fire, causing $20,000 in damage.

California Mosque Targeted With Anti-Muslim Sign: ‘No Temple For The God Of Terrorism At Ground Zero’

using this blog now as repository of things I want to save/read, I guess
Tue Aug 31
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An Israeli army officer who fired the entire magazine of his automatic rifle into a 13-year-old Palestinian girl and then said he would have done the same even if she had been three years old was acquitted on all charges by a military court yesterday.

The soldier, who has only been identified as “Captain R”, was charged with relatively minor offences for the killing of Iman al-Hams who was shot 17 times as she ventured near an Israeli army post near Rafah refugee camp in Gaza a year ago.

The manner of Iman’s killing, and the revelation of a tape recording in which the captain is warned that she was just a child who was “scared to death”, made the shooting one of the most controversial since the Palestinian intifada erupted five years ago even though hundreds of other children have also died.

After the verdict, Iman’s father, Samir al-Hams, said the army never intended to hold the soldier accountable.

“They did not charge him with Iman’s murder, only with small offences, and now they say he is innocent of those even though he shot my daughter so many times,” he said. “This was the cold-blooded murder of a girl. The soldier murdered her once and the court has murdered her again. What is the message? They are telling their soldiers to kill Palestinian children.”

Not guilty. The Israeli captain who emptied his rifle into a Palestinain schoolgirl

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Wed Jul 14
I write like Vladimir Nabokov

tomorrows:

oh hehe no i couldn’t i’m flattered but no

hee I got david foster wallace heee
Wed Jul 7

tomorrows:

fossilization:

it’s a sad day.

Sun Jun 20
sit up and take notice: F. Scott Fitzgerald, from 'The Great Gatsby'

istorian:

His heart beat faster and faster as Daisy’s white face came up to his own. He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God.

dear gil,
posting this in answer to your question. if you can…

so but I mean I’ve read Gatsby though already is the thing so I think I’ll read Tender Is and then maybe return to Gatsby with some perspective
gil you didn’t explain that gosh. anyway I am rereading Gatsby now/soon so that’s what I’m tending towards but lemmeknow how TITN goes.
Tue Jun 8
“ The People’s Health Movement* (PHM), strongly condemns the Israeli government’s violent and premeditated attack on the civilian flotilla’s carrying peaceful activists and humanitarian aid to Gaza on 31 May 2010. The Israeli army’s attack using live ammunition, which resulted in death of civilians and took place in international waters, was a direct violation of international maritime law. The activists were protesting the Israeli blockade on Gaza. It appears that at least 9 civilians were killed (according to the Israeli sources), with dozens of others injured. We note that the flotilla, among other forms of humanitarian aid, was carrying vital supplies required to address the rapidly deteriorating situation in Gaza as regards health and health care. It included essential medicines, wheelchairs and building materials – vital supplies needed to rebuild health facilities, address the acute shortage of medicines and help in the rehabilitation of people maimed as a result of military action by Israel. The United States-backed Israeli government has for many years violated the human rights of Palestinian people, through the occupation of Palestinian territories; the economic blockade against Gaza; and ongoing military action against civilian population under occupation. The impact on the physical and mental wellbeing of people, especially women and children is severe (please see People’s Charter for Health). Many eyewitness reports and independent studies have documented the health effects of the brutal Israeli blockade of Gaza. Construction supplies desperately needed to repair or rebuild water or sewage treatment facilities, health clinics, and schools have led to crises of public health in Gaza. The interruption of pharmaceutical provision has harmed people with chronic health issues (such as diabetes and hypertension) as well as those requiring acute care. The refusal to allow more than a minimal amount of food into Gaza has led to unconscionable rates of malnutrition, especially among children (45% of children under 5 are underweight, 63% are anemic). [data from April 09 report of Physicians for Human Rights-Israel and Palestinian Medical Relief Society] These are the conditions that the Gaza flotilla was attempting to redress because our governments refuse to. In their recent Human Rights Report, Amnesty International highlights the impact of the collective punishment of people living in Gaza as having “deepened the ongoing humanitarian crisis. Mass unemployment, extreme poverty, food insecurity and food price rises caused by shortages.” Clearly, the people in Gaza face a health emergency, contributed to by the decimation of health care facilities, as well as by the impact of the blockade and military actions on social determinants of health. Hesperian Foundation (via guerrillamamamedicine) (via thingsimreading)
Mon Jun 7
BP buys Google, Yahoo search words to keep people away from real news on Gulf oil spill disaster

cosima5:

constantflux:

In their most tenacious effort to control the ‘spin’ on the worst oil spill disaster in the history, BP has purchased top internet search engine words so they can re-direct people away from real news on the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe. 

BP spokesman Toby Odone confirmed to ABC News that the oil giant had in fact bought internet search terms. So now when someone searches the words ‘oil spill’,  on the internet, the top link will re-direct them to BP’s official company website.

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this is sick.

Mon May 17
unconventionalitismnessity: afghanibanani: dailyhuff: tanya77: peterandwendy: soupsoup: davidkendall: Randi Zuckerberg would be Mark Zuckerberg’s sister…..who happens to be an executive at the company.  And that’s exactly the kind of attitude we want to entrust all of our private data, our pictures, and our social lives to, isn’t it…. ……you can read another take on this little tweet here. Yeah, this bugs the hell out of me. Don’t follow the second link though. I’ve checked it out in the past & am sure Valleywag, Mashable & Techcrunch might be really interested in the wording of some of its past entries. I think I’m jumping on the deletion wagon. I think I’m going to give it a few hours to write down some numbers and email addies, then bite the bullet. Wow. This is just…precious. welp!

unconventionalitismnessity:

afghanibanani:

dailyhuff:

tanya77:

peterandwendy:

soupsoup:

davidkendall:

Randi Zuckerberg would be Mark Zuckerberg’s sister…..who happens to be an executive at the company.  And that’s exactly the kind of attitude we want to entrust all of our private data, our pictures, and our social lives to, isn’t it….

……you can read another take on this little tweet here.

Yeah, this bugs the hell out of me. Don’t follow the second link though. I’ve checked it out in the past & am sure Valleywag, Mashable & Techcrunch might be really interested in the wording of some of its past entries.

I think I’m jumping on the deletion wagon. I think I’m going to give it a few hours to write down some numbers and email addies, then bite the bullet.

Wow. This is just…precious.

welp!
Tue May 4
(via celebritieswithtwitter) have just discovered this tumblr. THERE WILL BE SO MANY MORE REBLOGS TONIGHT.

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have just discovered this tumblr. THERE WILL BE SO MANY MORE REBLOGS TONIGHT.
Mon Apr 19
  • me: night honeybabe
  • James: ohmygod i just melted a little
  • me: sugarlumpkin
  • me: swizzlestick
  • James: *vomitrainbow*
  • me: YES
  • James: hahahah woah there
  • James: we aren't puttin any swizzlesticks round these parts
  • me: is that a swizzlestick in your pocket...
  • me: or do you just have diabetes?
  • James: NO. I HAVE AN ERECTION.