Powerful video here. I just don’t understand why he didn’t want to talk to them nor drink the water…/snarky to the extreme
What price for food that is edible or water that does not contain heavy metals? What price for healthy bodies from unpolluted air, water, and soil?
What price for life?
The First Nations of Canada sent a letter to Stephen Harper and Christy Clark asking for investigation into the Mount Polley disaster and for mining reform.
I’m sure Stephen Harper will jump right on that…/snarky for sure
My blog on Mount Polley here.
I think this is entirely appropriate for you:
I have to admit I was kind of shocked that the New York Observer was printing this story, after the very slanted stories they were printing on Gaza.
The ads are false and offensive. I clicked on the Pamela Geller link…she has a banner across the website of “atlas shrugged”…evidently, she’s a follower of sociopath Ayn Rand. Meh.
Racist and self-absorbed.
Wow. what a great piece.
When I first saw the title, I thought it was going to be a piece on the unsung workforce of women who take care of the home and children…with nary an acknowledgement by law or wages…but I was pleasantly surprised that even though it was about a mother who works outside the home, it held such a great depth and context.
I disagree with the author’s assertion, however, that the education “reformers” don’t seem to grasp the hard-won battles women have had to fight for the same rights that men enjoyed without resistance….
…the “reformers” know EXACTLY what they are doing. They know that the teacher’s unions have protected working women with equal pay for the same work performed as men teachers, with protection of being dismissed for asserting the same equal rights enjoyed by men such as being able to be married, have children, have reasonable work hours and good pay. You have to remember who the “reformers” are and their indifference towards women, or worse, loathing of women.
(By a weird circumstance, I belonged briefly to the American Federation of Teachers and was amazed at their strength, unity, and benefits. It was like nothing I had seen before. )
…are having a back-and-forth about Gaza and the meaning of genocide….
The Observer is somewhat slanted, so it doesn’t surprise me that they will not retract the headline’s sentiments.
This piece is so slanted I nearly fell off my chair reading it….
Rabbi Shmuley chooses to ignore President Carter’s monumental act of getting Egypt and Israel to broker a peace deal…a peace that has lasted decades. And the hostages deal is a cheap shot. They were deliberately held so that Reagan could claim victory…a piece of history that strangely is never reported by the brain-dead media.
Rabbi Shmuley chooses to ignore the interference of food, water, jobs, paychecks, and the ability to earn a living that Israel has imposed on the Palestinians…leaving them little choice. He also ignores Israelis’ own bloody history of killing innocents to gain control of what was once Palestinian land. And he ignores Palestinian wishes for a two-state solution.
Carter states in the video that he does not agree with bad things Hamas has done.
A voice that was silenced by those proclaiming to be progressive and open-minded weren’t quite so much when put to the test. It’s not hard to see why when you read this article blasting Hillary Clinton. There’s a powerful push to get her into office, despite the coy “I haven’t decided” b.s. that she is spewing. I’ve said it before, but I’m sick of Clintons and Bushes in the White House. Time for a real change for a politician that actually speaks up for the “little people” who don’t have big lobbyists, big PACs, nor big money to influence Washington.
DN! has another good piece on life in Gaza….if you can call it that. Existence is more apt a word…
Israel targeted yet another hospital…and yet another playground with children.
I just can’t wrap my brain around anyone justifying this–only a mentally ill person would rationalize killing children and innocent people whom have nothing to do with Hamas.
And the cruel mind games Israel is playing—calling people and telling them to leave because they are about to be bombed…when there is clearly nowhere else to go. As the piece illustrates–a man who left to go to “safety” was bombed there, too. Where are they to go?
Another segment the other day said that Israel is also playing mind games by calling people up and telling them they are in their crosshairs. And there are drones overhead all the time….even when there was supposedly a cease-fire that Israel claimed to uphold. Who would trust someone like that?
DN also had this up yesterday of a Palestinian’s account of his own personal tragedy. It’s hard to watch–he clearly is heartbroken over losing so many members of his family.
Again, Israel has a lot of fire power because of the United States giving them billions every single year. I do not support my tax dollars going towards killing innocent people…innocent children playing on a playground…people in hospitals that have already been greatly harmed…
~~~More of this segment also explores the overreach of the NSA, CIA, et al, and how the Fourth Amendment is ignored. Brian Ross has stated that he now begins telephone conversations with “I’m an American citizen, are you?” because he says they are not supposed to be listening in on American citizens’ conversations. This is a protective measure. It is incredible how paranoia has become so extreme that journalists now feel like criminals and have to act like they’re mafia or something in order to develop contacts and be able to investigate the very people who are trying to usurp the press’ ability to investigate them.
Meanwhile, the petition for Freedom of the Press and Whistleblowers has now reached over 100,000 like-minded folks who believe in the First Amendment and Fourth Amendment which a healthy democracy needs to survive.
First Amendment:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. – See more at: http://constitution.findlaw.com/amendment1/amendment.html#sthash.8k4V7g5s.dpuf~~~~~~~~~~~
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. – See more at: http://constitution.findlaw.com/amendment4/amendment.html#sthash.Ihw0OGGC.dpuf~~~~~~~~
I found this really interesting interview with Michael Hastings–note how the Gen. Kimmitt, who is now a private defense contractor, is blowing smoke about how “great” Iraq was, post-war—lying through his mossy green teeth about the situation.
I thought this was particularly relevant given the present situation in Iraq and the Middle East:
It shows how Michael was telling the truth as a journalist and how his slamming the lame “journalists” who just accepted whatever was fed to them about the wars. Piers Morgan’s actions here show that.
I agree with Michael’s statement that there were many reasons besides sex that should have forced the general to resign. I really don’t give a crap if he had an affair–that’s between him and his wife–I care more about him lying to the White House, and the mischaracterization of Iraq before the war (their society was much more diverse than was portrayed).
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