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If media covered America the way we cover foreign cultures

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Yet another massacre has occurred in the historically war-torn region of the Southern United States – and so soon after the religious festival of Easter.

Brian McConkey, 27, a Christian fundamentalist militiaman living in the formerly occupied territory of Alabama, gunned down three men from an opposing tribe in the village square near Mobile, the capitol, over a discussion that may have involved the rituals of the local football cult. In this region full of heavily-armed local warlords and radical Christian clerics, gun violence is part of the life of many.

Many of the militiamen here are ethnic Scots-Irish tribesmen, a famously indomitable mountain people who have killed civilized men – and each other – for centuries. It appears that the wars that started on the fields of Bannockburn and Sterling have come to America.

As the sun sets over the former Confederate States of America, one wonders – can peace ever come to this land?

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If tens of thousands of people stand up as President Obama mulls his final decision, and commit to participate in civil disobedience if necessary, we can convince the White House that it will be politically unfeasible to go forward. That is, our goal is not to get arrested. Our goal is to stop the Keystone XL pipeline — by showing enough opposition to Keystone XL that President Obama will reject it. But if he shows clear signs he that he is preparing to approve it, we will be ready.
Hip Hop Caucus, Rainforest Action Network, 350.org and other groups in the ’Keystone XL Pledge of Resistance.’ Public Comment Period for Keystone XL Ends, but Fight Over Pipeline is Just Beginning (via utnereader)
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It is easy to criticise the media, and after this disastrous week , there is much to criticise. But the consequences of the casual racism launched at Chechens - and by association, all other Muslims from the former Soviet Union, who are rarely distinguished from one another by the public - are serious. By emphasising the Tsarnaevs’ ethnicity over their individual choices, and portraying that ethnicity as barbaric and violent , the media creates a false image of a people destined by their names and their ” culture of terror ” to kill. There are no people in Chechnya, only symbols. There are no Chechen-Americans, only threats.

Ethnicity is often used to justify violent behaviour. But no ethnicity is inherently violent. Even if the Tsarnaevs aligned themselves with violent Chechen movements - and as of now, there is no evidence they did - treating Chechen ethnicity as the cause of the Boston violence is irresponsible.

One hundred years ago, the violent act of one Polish-American caused a country to treat all Polish-Americans with suspicion. Now, the Poles have become “white” - which is to say they are largely safe from the accusations of treason and murderous intent that ethnic groups deemed non-white routinely face. When a Polish-American commits a crime, his ethnicity does not go on trial with him.

But this change is not a triumph for America. It is a tragedy that it happened to Poles then, and a greater tragedy that we have not learned our lesson and it happens still - to Hispanics, to Arabs, to Chechens, to any immigrant who comes here seeking refuge and finds prejudice instead.

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theperplexedobserver: “I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?” — Robert Redford

theperplexedobserver:

“I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?”

— Robert Redford

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Spraying main stream Ramallah

The graffiti consists of words such as : “Hungry 4 freedom” in both Arabic and English underlining the word hungry in regard to the prisoners hunger strike, “Think” in both Arabic and English to try and create a certain controversy around the public’s silence on all that’s happening around and “There is still hope” in Arabic, that aims to give the Palestinian society hope for the future.

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inothernews: “I’m gonna stop you right there, Mr. President. ‘Good matzo’? That’s what’s known in the business as a ‘goy tell.’ ‘Cause unless that matzo was slathered in Fluffernutter or jammed inside a Chipwich, it tastes like the box in came in.” — JON STEWART, The Daily Show Zoom

inothernews:

“I’m gonna stop you right there, Mr. President. ‘Good matzo’? That’s what’s known in the business as a ‘goy tell.’ ‘Cause unless that matzo was slathered in Fluffernutter or jammed inside a Chipwich, it tastes like the box in came in.”

— JON STEWART, The Daily Show

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inothernews: letmeleadyoutotheark: I don’t know if the sassball of a blog is going to make it rebloggable or not, but somebody asked for a rebloggable version so here for now. Now rebloggable. And… I just love the word “sassball.”  :-) LOL Zoom

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letmeleadyoutotheark:

I don’t know if the sassball of a blog is going to make it rebloggable or not, but somebody asked for a rebloggable version so here for now.

Now rebloggable.

And… I just love the word “sassball.”  :-)

LOL

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thatneedstogo:

29 Glorious Takedowns of #SafetyTipsForLadies - Buzzfeed

And these are great as well.

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thatneedstogo:

19 Creative Ways People Have Satirized Anti-Gay Arguments - Buzzfeed

Hahahaha these are great.

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