May 2013
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US retailers stall Bangladesh safety deal
aljazeera:
After deadly factory collapse, European clothing stores agree to safety code with suppliers but US retailers hold out.
Medic says Guantanamo force-feeding 'inhuman'
aljazeera:
As hunger strike reaches 100 days, head of World Medical Association criticises “degrading” practice.
Report: 1 in 5 US kids suffer from mental health...
breakingnews:
CBS News: Millions of U.S. children are living with mental health disorders, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC rounded up rates of various mental health conditions among U.S. children for its first comprehensive report on the state of mental health among U.S. children between 3 and 17. About one in five children of these ages...
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Someone's in trouble. →
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evanfleischer:
(Previously.)
Today in purported (but we should point out, unverified) videos of big-city mayors apparently smoking crack on camera.
New UN numbers show shocking increase in Syrian...
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1.5M refugees have been forced to flee their homes as a result of the civil war in Syria, and the rate that new refugees are registering with the UN is increasing at an alarming rate. It took roughly two years for the first million to register, meaning another 500,000 Syrians have been forced to seek refuge in the last 10 weeks. source
Maryland governor signs tough gun control law →
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Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley on Thursday signed into law one of the United States’ toughest gun control measures, even as opponents vowed to overturn it.
The legislation prompted by the Newtown, Connecticut, school massacre requires handgun buyers to undergo safety training and submit fingerprints to obtain a license.
It also bans the sale of 45 types of assault weapons,...
Jordan to host 'world's largest refugee camp'
aljazeera:
As violence in Syria continues, the al-Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan is on pace to become the largest in the world.
Breaking News: New Orleans mayor: 2nd suspect... →
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New Orleans mayor: 2nd suspect arrested in parade shooting
The Times-Picayune: New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu confirmed that a second suspect had been arrested in the Mother’s Day second line shooting that injured 20 people.
New Orleans police said that four others were arrested for…
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I want to throw up
I want to make out with you
I want to slam my head into the pavement
Gawker: Police Seize Woman's Camera After She... →
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Last Tuesday, Maria Melendez witnessed a half-dozen sheriff’s deputies fatally beating 33-year-old David Sal Silva—hitting him with clubs and kicking him— in Bakersfield, California outside Kern Medical Center. She began to film the scene on her phone, yelling to the cops that she was filming them.
Melendez, who had been visiting her son at the hospital, reported that the deputies...
Obama Calls For Reporter Shield Law Days After AP... →
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The Obama administration asked Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) Wednesday morning to reintroduce legislation that would help reporters protect the identity of their sources from federal officials, a White House official told The Huffington Post.
The scope of the bill and how effective it would be remains unclear, however, given prior administration opposition to a “reporter shield”...
Soldier in sexual assault office accused of abuse... →
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The Army says the coordinator of a sexual assault prevention program at Fort Hood, Texas, is under investigation for “abusive sexual contact” and other alleged misconduct. He has been suspended from all duties.
The announcement Wednesday evening came just days after the arrest of the Air Force’s head of sexual assault prevention on charges of groping a woman in a northern...
Atrocities in Syria: Commander Mutilating Corpse →
humanrightswatch:
Human Rights Watch has reviewed graphic evidence that appears to show a commander of the Syrian opposition “Independent Omar al-Farouq” brigade mutilating the corpse of a pro-government fighter. The figure in the video cuts the heart and liver out of the body and uses sectarian language to insult Alawites. The same brigade was implicated in April 2013 in the cross-border...
Breaking News: Brazilian judicial panel OKs... →
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AFP: A top judicial panel cleared the way for same-sex marriage in Brazil Tuesday, ruling that gay couples could not be denied marriage licenses. The National Council of Justice, which oversees the Brazilian judicial system and is headed by the chief justice of the Supreme Court, said…
The WaPo's Chris Cillizza suggests that the events... →
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Any one of those stories would be enough to knock an Administration back on its heels. All three — and with the IRS and AP stories coming in rapid succession over the past 96 hours — threaten to permanently derail Obama’s plans to fortify his presidential legacy in the first 18 months of his second term.
The problems are both practical and symbolic. They have both short term...
Angelina Jolie reveals double mastectomy in op-ed
breakingnews:
Actress Angelina Jolie has written about her decision to have a preventative mastectomy in a New York Times piece.
In the piece, Jolie writes:
My mother fought cancer for almost a decade and died at 56. She held out long enough to meet the first of her grandchildren and to hold them in her arms. But my other children will never have the chance to know her and experience how...
m-ve:
my skills include hesitating, missing opportunities and being full of regret
“There can be no possible justification for such an overbroad collection of the...”
– Associated Press President and Chief Executive Officer Gary Pruitt • In a letter, sent to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, denouncing the Justice Department’s decision to acquire the phone records of AP journalists as well as a number of the wire service’s offices over a two-month period. The move...
kadabbs:
Recent studies confirm that reading books and drinking tea doesn’t make you better than anyone else
jebiwonkenobi:
When I was little I thought being an adult meant not having a bed time but I’ve come to realize that it just means being in charge of my own bed time and it turns out that I am not equipped to handle that responsibility.
Supreme Court rules for Monsanto ... →
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The Supreme Court agreed with Monsanto on Monday that an Indiana farmer’s unorthodox planting of the company’s genetically modified soybeans violated the agricultural giant’s patent.
The court unanimously rejected farmer Vernon Hugh Bowman’s argument that he was not violating Monsanto’s patent because the company’s pesticide-resistent “Roundup Ready” soybeans replicate...
Longtime TV news icon Barbara Walters to retire in...
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52 the number of years Barbara Walters has worked in TV news — 15 years as an anchor for NBC News’ “Today Show” and another 37 at ABC News, where she has played a pivotal role in a number of shows, including most recently “The View.” Walters, 83, will retire from the airwaves next summer, ABC News announced this evening. Walters will make a formal announcement on “The View”...
ihaveabsolutelynoidea:
Time uses a picture of a young woman taking a selfie to demonstrate how fucked up our generation is
Why not use a picture of a 50 year old white male banker masturbating with mortgage papers into the mouth of a senator
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English Girls Approximately- Ryan Adams
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Pity friendships are the worst.
