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June 26, 2018
[link:http://www.newsweek.com/us-top-10-most-dangerous-countries-women-report-995229|
Not a top ten place you want....
U.S. IN TOP 10 MOST DANGEROUS COUNTRIES FOR WOMEN, REPORT FINDS
The U.S. has been ranked in the top ten most dangerous countries for women, making it the only western nation to be named among the worlds worst guarantors of female rights and safety.
The Thomson Reuters Foundation surveyed 500 experts to determine where women were most at risk. Countries were ranked by health care, sexual violence, non-sexual violence, cultural practices, discrimination and human trafficking.
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America was ranked joint third with Syria in terms of danger of sexual violence, including rape, sexual harassment, coercion into sex and the lack of access to justice in rape cases. The next worst, in the opinion of those surveyed, was the Democratic Republic of Congo.
For non-sexual violenceincluding conflict-related violence and forms of domestic physical and mental abusethe U.S. was ranked sixth. Syria, now in its seventh year of a catastrophic civil war, was ranked third overall.
The Thomson Reuters Foundation surveyed 500 experts to determine where women were most at risk. Countries were ranked by health care, sexual violence, non-sexual violence, cultural practices, discrimination and human trafficking.
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America was ranked joint third with Syria in terms of danger of sexual violence, including rape, sexual harassment, coercion into sex and the lack of access to justice in rape cases. The next worst, in the opinion of those surveyed, was the Democratic Republic of Congo.
For non-sexual violenceincluding conflict-related violence and forms of domestic physical and mental abusethe U.S. was ranked sixth. Syria, now in its seventh year of a catastrophic civil war, was ranked third overall.
[link:http://www.newsweek.com/us-top-10-most-dangerous-countries-women-report-995229|
Not a top ten place you want....
June 26, 2018
https://twitter.com/JimCarrey/status/1011390283076927488
Jim Carrey is on a roll at the moment!
Very stark
Here's your due process..
https://twitter.com/JimCarrey/status/1011390283076927488
Jim Carrey is on a roll at the moment!
Very stark
June 26, 2018
[link:https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2018/06/cancelling-brexit-might-spark-hard-right-backlash-delivering-brexit|
Much more at the link.... very interesting analysis - to sum up the whole article....we are all going to hell in a handbasket!
Cancelling Brexit might spark a hard right backlash. But delivering Brexit definitely will
Referendums have a nasty habit of emboldening those whose views are least moderate, as Scotland discovered in 2014 and the whole of the UK found two years later. (The AV referendum radicalised nobody, of course, but only because nobody much cared in the first place.) The 2016 referendum may have killed Ukip but it also shattered long-standing taboos against full-blown public bigotry. If we hold another, there must be at least chance itll make the latter problem worse, while giving hard right parties the grievance they need to become a force once again. And, really, would you bet against a far right backlash at this point in history?
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The bottom line is, its hard to see any plausible scenario that wont disappoint Brexiteers, and lead to cries of betrayal. They were promised an impossible combination, of more money and fewer immigrants, greater influence and greater control. But they cant have all those things: real life requires compromise, and utopia does not exist. When that penny drops, theyre going to be angry and some of them are going to lash out.
So, yes: cancelling Brexit might trigger a hard right backlash. But I can see no way that delivering it wont do the same. The only difference is, well have less stuff when it happens.
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The bottom line is, its hard to see any plausible scenario that wont disappoint Brexiteers, and lead to cries of betrayal. They were promised an impossible combination, of more money and fewer immigrants, greater influence and greater control. But they cant have all those things: real life requires compromise, and utopia does not exist. When that penny drops, theyre going to be angry and some of them are going to lash out.
So, yes: cancelling Brexit might trigger a hard right backlash. But I can see no way that delivering it wont do the same. The only difference is, well have less stuff when it happens.
[link:https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2018/06/cancelling-brexit-might-spark-hard-right-backlash-delivering-brexit|
Much more at the link.... very interesting analysis - to sum up the whole article....we are all going to hell in a handbasket!
June 26, 2018
[link:https://www.rawstory.com/2018/06/youre-villian-watch-protesters-corner-stephen-miller-home/|
Bloomin' marvellous I say!
'You're a villain': Protesters corner Stephen Miller at his home
White House senior advisor and known white supremacist, Stephen Miller, has been blamed as the cruel mind behind President Donald Trumps zero-tolerance immigration policy that separated nearly 2,000 children from their parents at the U.S. border.
Protesters gathered outside of Millers apartment in Washington, D.C., on June 25th. Before the rallying began activist passed out wanted flyers.
Protesters gathered outside of Millers apartment in Washington, D.C., on June 25th. Before the rallying began activist passed out wanted flyers.
[link:https://www.rawstory.com/2018/06/youre-villian-watch-protesters-corner-stephen-miller-home/|
Bloomin' marvellous I say!
June 26, 2018
Be silent and complicit in your own mistreatment otherwise things are going to get a lot worse is essentially what they are saying. How has it come to this.
Rachel Maddow: Unaccompanied children are cautioned not to speak to reporters about their situation
https://twitter.com/MaddowBlog/status/1011420579130421249Be silent and complicit in your own mistreatment otherwise things are going to get a lot worse is essentially what they are saying. How has it come to this.
June 26, 2018
And This
And This
Godwins Law no longer exists
We all need to be like Winston! (without the misogyny and racism of course! He was after all very much of his time!)
Just sayin'
For those who say calling actual nazi's nazi's is not ''useful'' for civil discourse....THIS
And This
And This
Godwins Law no longer exists
We all need to be like Winston! (without the misogyny and racism of course! He was after all very much of his time!)
Just sayin'
June 23, 2018
[link:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5878349/Operation-Protect-Trump-10-000-police-SAS-guard-President.html|
I am a net contributor. I pay more in tax than I will ever get back and as a progressive I am very happy to do so. NHS, Schools, streets, etc etc I am there. TBH I wince slightly when I look at my pay slip, who doesn't? But what I pay is OK with me. At least it was until I saw this headline. WHY THE FUCK should my hard earned tax money pay to protect for your freak of President???
Just sayin'
My taxes @ work?!?!
I pay a lot in taxes. FOR THIS:
Operation Protect Trump: 10,000 police and SAS will guard the President as he visits Blenheim Palace, meets Theresa May at Chequers and the Queen at Windsor while first lady Melania visits a children's hospital
[link:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5878349/Operation-Protect-Trump-10-000-police-SAS-guard-President.html|
I am a net contributor. I pay more in tax than I will ever get back and as a progressive I am very happy to do so. NHS, Schools, streets, etc etc I am there. TBH I wince slightly when I look at my pay slip, who doesn't? But what I pay is OK with me. At least it was until I saw this headline. WHY THE FUCK should my hard earned tax money pay to protect for your freak of President???
Just sayin'
June 23, 2018
[link:https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/6/22/1774679/-Red-Cross-Denied-Entry-into-Trump-Child-Detention-Facilities|
Something to hide????
Red Cross Denied Entry into Trump Child Detention Facilities
Just to reiterate the crux of the Red Cross tweet:
"We have offered assistance to federal gov't authorities, but without permission, we can't access facilities."
"We have offered assistance to federal gov't authorities, but without permission, we can't access facilities."
[link:https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/6/22/1774679/-Red-Cross-Denied-Entry-into-Trump-Child-Detention-Facilities|
Something to hide????
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