July 2010
25 posts
Eastlake Ave. | News, etc. | Popular Eastlake... →
Big news in Seattle! I can file remotes if anyone needs them. Audio and video capability until Tuesday. We’ll see how this develops.
“Remember that you are custodians of reality. Hang onto that reality, because...”
– Daniel Schorr
The women's gangs of India. - By Amana... →
In 2004, a mob of hundreds of women hacked to death the serial rapist and murderer Akku Yadav, after the courts failed to convict him over a period of 10 years. After the deed was done, the women collectively declared their guilt in the murder, frustrating police efforts to charge anyone with the crime.
“It’s not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on.”
– Marilyn Monroe. All you need to beat the heat.
The Onion | We Will Never Be United As A Nation As... →
Arab guilty of rape after consensual sex with Jew... →
The irony is painful. I feel raped by it.
Mexican drug gang kills policemen - Americas - Al... →
Wouldn’t you be trying to leave an area where 6,000 people had been killed in the last three years?
“At its most repugnant, the belief that women must be subjugated to the wishes of...”
– Losing my religion for equality
Jimmy Carter officially goes apostate over the Baptist Church’s treatment of women.
Barack Obama, THIS is how it’s done. (via sluthaditcoming)
Museum of Science and Industry | Month at the... →
We’re looking for someone to take on a once-in-a-lifetime assignment: spend a Month at the Museum, to live and breathe science 24/7 for 30 days.
APPLICATIONS DUE AUGUST 11.
Vatican makes attempted ordination of women a... →
The Vatican today made the “attempted ordination” of women one of the gravest crimes under church law, putting it in the same category as clerical sex abuse of minors, heresy and schism.
And this is why.
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“I love hanging out!!!”
– Me, all summer long
“Does anyone ever suffer career-impeding injuries of this type — the way...”
– Octavia Nasr’s firing and what the Liberal Media allows - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
Ralph “Soul” Jackson | Don’t...
feldman: Israeli expo in NYC →
“As a single person moving to Israel, my aliyah payment would be about $4,000 (families get about $14,000), and I’d receive the first installment upon arrival at Ben Gurion airport—in cash; free health care for a year; five months of free Hebrew classes; free tuition for a BA and/or masters degree; rent subsidy for five years (about $60/mo for a single, $105/mo for families); job counseling;...
Gaps in Watchdog Journalism Reflected in News From... →
“Readers who came across a public radio blog documenting the five-week trial of a former Chicago police commander on charges of perjury and obstruction about cases involving torture under his command had to wonder where in the world WBEZ Chicago found so much expertise.”
“Do not put such unlimited power in the hands of husbands. Remember all men would...”
– Abigail Adams
Letter to John Adams, 1776
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