June 2010
“Update, 8:24am: An observation: We’ve heard a lot from the Israeli army, the...”
– Aftermath of Israel’s attack on Gaza flotilla | Al Jazeera Blogs (via guerrillamamamedicine) (via jadedhippy)
thingsimreading:
curate:
Israel has been able to create over the past 12 hours a news blackout, just as it did with its attack on Gaza 18 months ago, into which our main media organisations have willingly allowed Israeli spokespeople to step in unchallenged.
How many civilians were killed in Israel’s dawn attack on the Gaza-bound flotilla of aid? We still don’t know. How many wounded? Your...
“Attention! #Malawi #trans woman Tiwonge Chimbalanga has been reported missing....”
– Twitter / Jemima Aslana (via jadedhippy)
FUCK.
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Additional Steps You Can Take Right Now
thingsimreading:
afghanipoppy:
Send a letter demanding that the Israeli government allow free passage to the Gaza Freedom Flotilla - Every time someone sends a letter from here, it will email AND fax 150 Israeli Embassies and Consulates worldwide: [ http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/6207/t/6210/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=3142 ] Sign the petition:...
May 2010
it ain’t over. « guerrilla mama medicine →
the mv rachel corrie, the last boat remaining of the freedom flotilla, is on its way to gaza. the boat is two days away from the gazan coast. it is an irish/malaysian boat.
“The Israeli propaganda machine has reached new highs its hopeless frenzy. It has...”
– Gideon Levy, Journalist. Haaretz.com from his Editorial “Gaza flotilla drives Israel into a sea of stupidity”. (via dominickbrady) (via pcquotes)
“IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi said Monday that the violence...”
– Barak: Flotilla organizers to blame for 15 dead activists
—ah. the lies keep on coming. well, some of us were awake and watching the live stream coming from the mavi marmara. we know who fired the shots. god, there was an al jazeera english broadcaster on the fucking boat. srsly. this is a pr...
Watchilykadamen:
Israeli forces shot from sea before boarding. Video source here, via Twitter.
“Named the Freedom Flotilla, and led by the Free Gaza Movement and a Turkish...”
– At Least 10 Are Killed as Israel Halts Flotilla With Gaza Aid - NYTimes.com (via pcquotes)
Israel Attacks Freedom Flotilla →
guerrillamamamedicine:
ilykadamen:
abagond:
curate:
the-semblance:
http://pulsemedia.org/2010/05/31/israel-attacks-freedom-flotilla/
http://mondoweiss.net/2010/05/israeli-ships-bear-down-on-freedom-flotilla-in-the-dark.html
http://witnessgaza.com
http://www.freegaza.org
http://twitter.com/freegazaorg
http://www.livestream.com/insaniyardim
http://www.flickr.com/photos/freegaz
watch...
needs to be said
I am an American Jew. Part of why I ignored that part of me for a very long time is because I hated the occupation of Palestine and I didn’t want to be associated with it at all.
It took me years to realize that running from it was not possible and that I had a responsibility to stand up and say “you don’t do this for me.”
I cannot remember a single military action taken...
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OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE
ihatethismess:
clingtomymouth:
israel is going to prosecute the activists for “attacking” their murderous pirate forces.
im still so very confused on why america supports israel.
Because they are in a good position to fight proxy wars for us in the area. And because on going unrest provides our government with a reason for continued involvement in the region. That and Christian Zionists in...
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Not gonna lie...
I really like Rory+Amy. Really really. Amy’s Choice just made me all mushy and emotional. I teared up at the kiss.
“By watching, I know that the stars are not going to last. I have seen some of...”
– Mark Twain (via robot-heart)
beautiful.
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(via pcquotes)
“Israel on Thursday unveiled a massive makeshift detention center in the...”
– Israeli commandos to block Gaza activists - Yahoo! News (via guerrillamamamedicine)
“The worst racism is perpetuated not through intent, but through thoughtless,...”
– Don’t Put My Book in the African American Section.
Yes.
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(via ilykadamen)
“The party operated on love for Black people, not hatred of White people.”
– Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party (via pcquotes, soulfulseductress)
Its amazing how the privileged are able to see exclusion as hatred. We get so used to being the center of everything that when we aren’t, it can only be because someone hates us.
“The Doctor: “And, I’ll tell you something else; we just met Queen Victoria!”...”
– Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler, Doctor Who. (via thecabbagestalk) (via fyeahrosetyler) (via tardisadventures)
“Even though a no-knock search warrant allowed police to search both apartments,...”
– Aiyana Jones (Update): Police Raid that Killed Child Was “Flawed,” Says Lawyer; Filming for TV Got Officers “Excited” - Crimesider - CBS News
I’m sorry - accidentally killing someone because you’re excited to be on television makes you a monster.
(via giftedboi)
It takes every inch of my body to...
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Yoko pays tribute to Linda McCartney
thecurvature:
fuckyeahyokoono:
thelovelylindamccartney:
The latest edition of Rolling Stone Magazine featured a full-page letter written by Yoko about Linda McCartney, who died recently of cancer. Here is the text of that tribute.
The first time I met Linda was at one of the Beatles’ recording sessions. Paul introduced her to us. She was attractive, obviously—she had a sunshine smile—but I...
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“The Florida Keys, third longest barrier reef in the world, is a dead zone....”
– Phillippe Cousteau, Jr. (via unburyingthelead) (via ryking) (via ihatethismess)
"What's a horse doing on a spaceship!?" "Mickey!...
thetardis:
loverwife:
bookthief:madmanwithabox:lookingforalaskaa:(via gallifreyan-whore)
Latest study to be ignored in the name of the drug... →
ihatethismess:
jonathan-cunningham:
We use methadone to lessen the physical withdrawal in extreme cases of heroin addiction. Of course, using heroin itself in controlled, monitored environments to ween addicts off of the the substance is much more effective:
In a British study of 127 people who previously failed to beat their addiction, scientists gave them either injectable heroin or...
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“While the power of the Europeans has continued, I see the other part of the...”
– Chief Billy Redwing Tayac, Piscataway Nation, First Nations United (via zuky)
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NY TIMES: "Over the last decade, ultrasound has... →
ihatethismess:
inothernews:
How incredibly fucked up, the devious, malicious creativity of the anti-abortion front.
Interestingly enough, two studies out of Canada have found that in every case they examined of a woman seeing an ultrasound before an abortion, not a single one changed her mind.
My issue with the compulsory ultrasound is the condescension. Like women don’t already know...
“Um… maybe you shouldn’t have opened your legs then. Or you should have used...”
– kiss with a fist.
CLASSIC! This is like the Stairway to Heaven of anti-choice/slut had it coming “arguments”: I know it by heart and it never gets any less annoying to hear.
In short order: Consenting to sex is not consenting to pregnancy. Birth control sometimes fails. Adoption is an alternative...
Bank Tries To Foreclose On Owned Home →
ihatethismess:
suburbananarchist:
Just another story of the financial elite trying to throw someone from their home.
Nancy Willmes paid cash for her Tuolumne home in 2001. So she was quite surprised when Bank of America send her a notice of default on the property in February.
“I honestly felt like Bank of America was trying to steal my property,” Willmes said.
This frightens me.
dorianisms:
ekswitaj:
curate:
The interests of the oppressors lie in “changing the consciousness of the oppressed, not the situation which oppresses them.”-Paulo Freire, quoting Simone de Beauvoir, in Pedagogy of the Oppressed
We should be teaching these kids that this is the land of opportunity, and, if they work hard, they can achieve their dreams, and not teach them that they’re ...
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Family Research Council: End Of DADT Means More...
dorianisms:
katoleary:
fatmanatee:
twinksforjesus:
Heres how the Family Research Council envisions things going if Dont Ask, Dont Tell is repealed: first, more straight soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines will be fellated in their sleep against their will. Then, commanders afraid of being labeled homophobes will refuse to do anything about it. Eventually, the straight service members...
