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verbalresistance:

anticapitalist:

According to a diplomatic cable published by WikiLeaks, U.S. troops willfully massacred an Iraqi family in the town of Ishaqi in 2006, handcuffing and then shooting 11 people in the head including a woman in her 70′s and five children ages five and under.

McClatchy is reporting that the soldiers then called in an air strike on the house to cover up evidence of the killings.

This account differs sharply from an official version of the 2006 incident, which indicated that coalition forces captured an al Qaeda in Iraq operative in the house, which was destroyed in a firefight. The WikiLeaks cable, however, corroborates accounts by Ishaqi townspeople and includes questions about the incident by Philip Alston, the U.N.’s special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions.

The cable is dated twelve days after the incident, which took place March 15, 2006. In it, Alston says that autopsies performed in Tikrit on bodies pulled from the wreckage of the farmhouse indicated that all of the dead had been handcuffed and shot in the head.

If true, this action, although not as egregious as the My Lai massacre of March 16, 1968, wherein 347-504 unarmed civilians were shot to death by U.S. forces during the Vietnam conflict, still speaks volumes about war and the atrocities committed for war’s sake.

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I guess war crimes and crimes against humanity, cease to be of importance when you’re the USA (and when Obama’s got your back, ensuring your immunity).

Nearly any other developed country in the world - Bush (and Blair) would be at the International Criminal Court right now.

But hey, I guess ‘democracy’ has it’s perks.

This and many more human rights violations by USA. 

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How the Pharaohs gave us the cat

archaeologicalnews:

It has long been debated how cats went from running in the wild to becoming our domesticated furry friends.

Researchers may have solved the mystery after analysing the genetic makeup of Egyptian cat mummies.

The results of the study of DNA from the remains of ritually slaughtered animals found in tombs suggest that we have the people of Ancient Egypt to thank for our moggies and ginger toms.

Scientists at the University of California Davis published the study which points at the Egyptians as being the first cat breeders, The Sunday Times reports.

In a paper published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, the team claim that in order to keep up with the demand of cats as sacrifices to the gods, the Egyptians had large catteries where felines were bred for slaughter. Read more.

leadingtone:

Vivaldi
Concerto in A minor for piccolo and strings, RV 445
III. Allegro

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"The institution of marriage is not under attack as a result of the President’s words. Marriage was under attack years ago by men who viewed women as property and children as trophies of sexual prowess. Marriage is under attack by low wages, high incarceration, unfair tax policy, unemployment, and lack of education. Marriage is under attack by clergy who proclaim monogamy yet think nothing of stepping outside the bonds of marriage to have multiple affairs with “preaching groupies."

Rev. Otis Moss III, Senior Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ (via touchoftea)

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brosephstalin:

blck-grrl:

bacon-beer-and-boobs:

I want to pet one!

DO NOT TOUCH THESE ANIMALS

one chased and bit me on my butt hard enough to leave a scar when i was 6 :(

Canada Geese are some of the meanest animals ever

THEY HISS AT PEOPLE

One time when I was about seven I want to pet a baby goose and when I approached them they all ran to their mom and their mom hissed at me while chasing me off.  I never tried to get close to baby geese again because it was horrifying.

homoneurotica:

tyleroakley:

It’s really easy to be pro-gay when this is the opposing argument.

She is trying so hard to dance around the subject, but it’s so ungraceful that it borderlines on comedy.

Uuuuuuuuuuggggggggggggggggggggghhhh

"We let Willow cut her hair. When you have a little girl, it’s like how can you teach her that you’re in control of her body? If I teach her that I’m in charge of whether or not she can touch her hair, she’s going to replace me with some other man when she goes out in the world. She can’t cut my hair but that’s her hair. She has got to have command of her body. So when she goes out into the world, she’s going out with a command that it is hers. She is used to making those decisions herself. We try to keep giving them those decisions until they can hold the full weight of their lives."

(On why he let Willow cut all of her hair off)

Read more: Will Smith On Allowing Willow To Cut Her Hair: ‘She Has Got To Have Command Of Her Body’ | Necole Bitchie.com

Holy shit this is something I’ve never thought of. I wish my mother would have realized this.

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BBC Nature - Why Cockroaches Need Friends

deweydell:

LINK

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an-erect-penis:

how much does a hipster weigh?

an instagram

　

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reuters:

Occupy Wall Street filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against New York City, claiming authorities destroyed $47,000 worth of books, computers and other equipment confiscated from the protesters’ encampment in lower Manhattan last fall.

Police conducted a surprise overnight raid at Zuccotti Park in November, clearing scores of protesters who had set up tents at the plaza near Wall Street and dealing a significant blow to the movement’s potency.

As part of the sweep, Occupy claims, police officers seized more than 3,000 books from the “People’s Library.” While some of the books were eventually returned, many were in unusable condition, while the rest were apparently destroyed, according to Occupy’s lawyer, Norman Siegel.

The lawsuit also questions whether the raid itself was constitutional, Siegel said. 

READ MORE: Occupy sues New York City over confiscated books

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