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Oct. 23rd, 2010 12:56 pm> This feels...ballsy. Wow. "Vatican body asks UN to end Israeli occupation": "The Palestinian people will thus have an independent and sovereign homeland where they can live with dignity and security. The State of Israel will be able to enjoy peace and security within their internationally recognized borders." Also, of all the news sites I looked at today - which is a not-insignificant list - I think Al Arabiya was the only one to pick it up?
> Cholera outbreak in Haiti. My friend H. is in Haiti on a photojournalism internship. I told her not to die before she left. I mean it this time.
> After the Ugandan newspaper Rolling Stone publishes the names and details of gay or supposedly gay locals...attacks and harrassment mount.
Back when all of this started to surface - a year or more ago - I seem to remember the Slacktivist taking the instigating missionaries to task after said missionaries released statements about how they were shocked and appalled by the rising homophobic violence. Clark's point was: you went into a community, told them about scary, dangerous deviants living among them who would kill their families and rape their children, and then you were surprised when they took you seriously? - Which in turn implies that said missionaries weren't taking it seriously, which means they didn't actually believe it, which means what the hell were they doing there in the first place? (My Google-Fu is failing me and I'm unable to find the original post. Apologies)
> Using the latest WikiLeaks dump, Spiegel reconstructs Nov. 23, 2006, to illustrate the day-to-day conditions in Iraq.
> Relatedly: CSM lists their top five bombshells from the WikiLeaks documents. (I am, uh, not entirely sure that 'bombshells' is the correct term to use in this instance, but it was their term, not mine)
> Spiegel on the rioting in France: "But the conflict is no longer about the pension system, population pyramids or hardship cases, and hasn't been for a long time. The controversy over the pension reforms has become the flashpoint for a political showdown between the French government and people in the street, between Sarkozy and the French population. The dispute is a culmination of popular frustration with the work of the French president, who has even managed to alienate his own conservative voters with his aggressive manner and his verbal faux pas."
> Additionally, Spiegel kindly requests that the Tea Party keep its hands off Hitler, thank you. With a remarkable level of restraint, the writer comments: "The Holocaust was the result of murderous ideological fanaticism of the kind not to be found in leaders forced to face re-election every four years."
> I very much enjoyed this editorial: "Enough! Germany's Integration Debate is Making Us Dumber."
> Amanda Marcotte over at Pandagon takes apart the 'controversy' surrounding the Yale frat boys' assholery here.
> Via GFY: Apparently Zach Galifianakis had a pretty big role in pushing Mel Gibson out of The Hangover 2. You know, I've been meaning to see It's Kind of a Funny Story...
> The Wayward Classicist discusses Thirsty Thursday. Apparently it's been one of those semesters on other campuses, too.
It only took me two hours to get through the blogroll this morning! God, I love low-work weekends. Next up: a Sherlock rec list!
> Cholera outbreak in Haiti. My friend H. is in Haiti on a photojournalism internship. I told her not to die before she left. I mean it this time.
> After the Ugandan newspaper Rolling Stone publishes the names and details of gay or supposedly gay locals...attacks and harrassment mount.
Back when all of this started to surface - a year or more ago - I seem to remember the Slacktivist taking the instigating missionaries to task after said missionaries released statements about how they were shocked and appalled by the rising homophobic violence. Clark's point was: you went into a community, told them about scary, dangerous deviants living among them who would kill their families and rape their children, and then you were surprised when they took you seriously? - Which in turn implies that said missionaries weren't taking it seriously, which means they didn't actually believe it, which means what the hell were they doing there in the first place? (My Google-Fu is failing me and I'm unable to find the original post. Apologies)
> Using the latest WikiLeaks dump, Spiegel reconstructs Nov. 23, 2006, to illustrate the day-to-day conditions in Iraq.
> Relatedly: CSM lists their top five bombshells from the WikiLeaks documents. (I am, uh, not entirely sure that 'bombshells' is the correct term to use in this instance, but it was their term, not mine)
> Spiegel on the rioting in France: "But the conflict is no longer about the pension system, population pyramids or hardship cases, and hasn't been for a long time. The controversy over the pension reforms has become the flashpoint for a political showdown between the French government and people in the street, between Sarkozy and the French population. The dispute is a culmination of popular frustration with the work of the French president, who has even managed to alienate his own conservative voters with his aggressive manner and his verbal faux pas."
> Additionally, Spiegel kindly requests that the Tea Party keep its hands off Hitler, thank you. With a remarkable level of restraint, the writer comments: "The Holocaust was the result of murderous ideological fanaticism of the kind not to be found in leaders forced to face re-election every four years."
> I very much enjoyed this editorial: "Enough! Germany's Integration Debate is Making Us Dumber."
> Amanda Marcotte over at Pandagon takes apart the 'controversy' surrounding the Yale frat boys' assholery here.
> Via GFY: Apparently Zach Galifianakis had a pretty big role in pushing Mel Gibson out of The Hangover 2. You know, I've been meaning to see It's Kind of a Funny Story...
> The Wayward Classicist discusses Thirsty Thursday. Apparently it's been one of those semesters on other campuses, too.
It only took me two hours to get through the blogroll this morning! God, I love low-work weekends. Next up: a Sherlock rec list!
