September 2011
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My advice here is simple: It is time for both... →
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Nobel Peace Prize for Arab Revolution Netizens?
globalvoices:
Twitter is abuzz with excitement as the names of Arab netizens are being circulated as possible candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize for the roles they have played in the Arab revolutions.
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Extremely graphic images and story about the... →
This is exactly why Syria needs to see an immediate end to Assad’s rule.
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Originally posted by http://androphilia.tumblr.com/
I couldn’t reblog it because it is utterly enraging and I’m writing this post through my tears.
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The Guardian: Press freedom in Northern Ireland →
Across Northern Ireland reporters and journalists face greater threats to press freedom, source confidentiality and physical safety than any of their counterparts in Britain. Much has been made of moves by police in England to seize television footage of the August riots.
To those of us in…
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Protest spokesman Patrick Bruner criticized the... →
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“MOOP!”
– Means: “Matter Out of Place.” It is what hippies use to shout at people who leave things on the ground at Burning Man. The organizers believe that you should pack out everything you bring into the desert and “leave no trace.” There are no trash cans in the desert only art that no one likes.
It...
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Yes to Palestinian statehood →
theeconomist:
“We abhor the creeping delegitimisation and demonisation of Israel. But we also believe that the Palestinians deserve a state of their own. These two beliefs are entirely compatible. By his intransigence Mr Netanyahu has played into the hands of those who would destroy Israel. In blocking any Palestinian aspirations at the UN, America is helping extremists on both sides.”
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“What sets good travel writing apart is detail, detail, detail. Which cafe, on...”
– Sally Shalam, Guardian hotel critic in our tips for travel writers
(via guardian)
Travel writing is often so boring. I don’t understand how some authors ever get published in the first place. Don’t just tell me, show me your adventures, using words.
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Amnesty International | A Bahraini activists blogs... →
I am a Bahraini activist, involved in the Bahrain Revolution that started on 14 February.
When the army demolished the Pearl Roundabout and began arresting people, I was terrified. I knew that I hadn’t done anything wrong – but they were crazy. One night my house was raided by scores of officers. I was pulled out of the house by my neck with guns pointing at my head, without even a chance...
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“No country has been allowed to apply for membership or association with the...”
– Christopher Hitchens, “Staking a Life.” From our Crimes & Punishments issue. (via laphamsquarterly)
My heart and thoughts out to Troy Davis’ family. An eye for an eye is not a way to live, or die.
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“I have yet to see a death case among the dozens coming to the Supreme Court on...”
– Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader-Ginsburg (via absurdlakefront)
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FBI Teaches Agents: ‘Mainstream’ Muslims Are... →
kateoplis:
From Wired:
At the Bureau’s training ground in Quantico, Virginia, agents are shown a chart contending that the more “devout” a Muslim, the more likely he is to be “violent.” Those destructive tendencies cannot be reversed, an FBI instructional presentation adds: “Any war against non-believers is justified” under Muslim law; a “moderating process cannot happen if the Koran continues...
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Infographic: Who's Using What Media and When?
People my age apparently don’t read. Ever.
copyeditor:
Created by: MBA Online
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The Christian Science Monitor: Good Reads: Qaddafi... →
csmonitor:
Today’s Good Reads look into whether Islamists are taking over Libya, as Qaddafi warned, if Bush’s war on terror instigated the Arab Spring, and how the FBI is training agents to see mainstream Muslims as radicals.
Wouldn’t it be ironic, after all this fighting, if Col. Muammar Qaddafi…
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'When Barack Obama won the Democratic nomination... →
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“It’s sad, because it feels like there are people all over the world who can...”
– Craig Soignet, the father of the girl who roiled a small town in Texas when she refused to cheer for the boy she told police had raped her. The girl was kicked off the cheer squad.
Three years later, cheerleader rape case still stirs flames in Silsbee, Texas.
(via newsweek)
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“It was moving to watch a man who had played with so much heart also speak with...”
– Today’s New York Times editorial praises Rafael Nadal for his sportsmanship after losing the U.S. Open to Novak Djokovic. (via cheatsheet)
This is why since I was 14 I’ve loved Rafa. For a kid who played a lot of sports growing up, Rafa Nadal was actually an athlete I could look up to.
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Own a Dish Network satellite dish? There's a... →
My dad’s been sitting on the couch making fun of Tumblr while also trying to figure out why our TV won’t work. He’s tried everything. He couldn’t get hold of Dish online or over the phone. He just kept making fun of me as I sat behind my computer next to him. Then, lo and behold, after already googling for any news about the outage, Tumblr has it first.
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Slovak refusenik: 'EU bailout fund is greatest... →
This sounds familiar.
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