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Feb. 9th, 2013 05:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gwydion* Today women protested in Tahrir Square against the sexual assaults that have been happening their recently.
* Maldives: "MDP holds ‘Black March’ against police brutality:" http://minivannews.com/politics/mdp-holds-%E2%80%98black-march%E2%80%99-against-police-brutality-52564
* "Valentina Verbal Running For Office In Chile:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/02/valentina-verbal-running-for-office-in.html
* "Up With Chris Hayes" just did an hour on the State of US Feminism and the economics of discrimination, followed by a beautiful hour of world feminism. (His is the only male voice in the panels and he picked a good selection of credible women to talk about the issue. I know people were making some jokes about it, but he really did a beautiful job even if he didn't include any LBT women). It is impossible for me to pick out one or two clips so I'm linking the start so if you are interested you could watch all of it or just the parts that interest you. http://www.nbcnews.com/id/49263362#50753187
* "Newspaper carrier, 71, in ICU after being shot by police:" http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2013/02/manhunt-newspaper-carrier-icu-shot-by-police.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lanowblog+%28L.A.+Now%29
"The problem with the situation is it looked like the police had the goal of administering street justice and in so doing, didn't take the time to notice that these two older, small Latina women don't look like a large black man," Jonas said.
Dorner is black, 6 feet tall and weighs 270 pounds.
* Clear the Scottsboro Boys:
* Republicans are fixing the next Presidential Election in Pennsylvania:
* New Republican Voter Suppression in Wisconsin:
* General Voter suppression Discussion:
* "How Geologists Unraveled the Mystery of Japanese Vengeance Balloon Bombs in World War II:" http://web.mst.edu/~rogersda/forensic_geology/japenese%20vengenance%20bombs%20new.htm
* One week left to help my friends make art: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sheilaruth/rekindling-the-fire-rathas-creature-graphic-novel
* Calvin and Hobbes in the Real World: http://imgur.com/gallery/wGZUA
* Maldives: "MDP holds ‘Black March’ against police brutality:" http://minivannews.com/politics/mdp-holds-%E2%80%98black-march%E2%80%99-against-police-brutality-52564
* "Valentina Verbal Running For Office In Chile:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/02/valentina-verbal-running-for-office-in.html
* "Up With Chris Hayes" just did an hour on the State of US Feminism and the economics of discrimination, followed by a beautiful hour of world feminism. (His is the only male voice in the panels and he picked a good selection of credible women to talk about the issue. I know people were making some jokes about it, but he really did a beautiful job even if he didn't include any LBT women). It is impossible for me to pick out one or two clips so I'm linking the start so if you are interested you could watch all of it or just the parts that interest you. http://www.nbcnews.com/id/49263362#50753187
* "Newspaper carrier, 71, in ICU after being shot by police:" http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2013/02/manhunt-newspaper-carrier-icu-shot-by-police.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lanowblog+%28L.A.+Now%29
"The problem with the situation is it looked like the police had the goal of administering street justice and in so doing, didn't take the time to notice that these two older, small Latina women don't look like a large black man," Jonas said.
Dorner is black, 6 feet tall and weighs 270 pounds.
* Clear the Scottsboro Boys:
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
* Republicans are fixing the next Presidential Election in Pennsylvania:
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
* New Republican Voter Suppression in Wisconsin:
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
* General Voter suppression Discussion:
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
* "How Geologists Unraveled the Mystery of Japanese Vengeance Balloon Bombs in World War II:" http://web.mst.edu/~rogersda/forensic_geology/japenese%20vengenance%20bombs%20new.htm
* One week left to help my friends make art: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sheilaruth/rekindling-the-fire-rathas-creature-graphic-novel
* Calvin and Hobbes in the Real World: http://imgur.com/gallery/wGZUA