I repost stuff from elsewhere

[sabotabby]

It's not like I don't read the newspaper every day, but if I didn't read LJ/my feeds, I wouldn't know about...

The Georgia Prisoners' Strike.

On Thursday morning, December 9, 2010, thousands of Georgia prisoners refused to work, stopped all other activities and locked down in their cells in a peaceful protest for their human rights.
...
· A LIVING WAGE FOR WORK
· EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
· DECENT HEALTH CARE
· AN END TO CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENTS
· DECENT LIVING CONDITIONS
· NUTRITIONAL MEALS
· VOCATIONAL AND SELF-IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
· ACCESS TO FAMILIES
· JUST PAROLE DECISIONS
...
The Georgia Department of Corrections is at http://www.dcor.state.ga.us and their phone number is 478-992-5246

Or about Jody McIntyre, a student protester who was dragged from his wheelchair by police during the London protests. China Miéville is at his scathing best on the way the media covered it.

Or this story, brought to my attention by springheel_jack:

"One individual had two boxes attached, one box taped to his leg and one box seemingly taped to his forehead," he said.

"There were what seemed to be wires attached to them," he added.

Go on, guess what it was.

ETA: All this is SRS BUSINESS, so here's one that radiumhead found.





You're welcome.

Comments

[akisawana.livejournal.com]

I don't read the newspaper. They never have anything important in them. I just watch ontd_p.

Also, I somehow knew what the last one was. The forehead gives it away, I think.

Also, mmm bacon.

[sabotabby]

For some reason, suicide bombers seem not to strap bombs to their foreheads. It is too obvious or something.

[marnanel.livejournal.com]

If I was a preacher, I would get an entire sermon out of the fact that people are now confusing passages from the Torah with high explosives.

(I am aware that that's a link to the NT, but it was too appropriate not to link.)

[springheel-jack.livejournal.com]

This is why they won't let you take the Logos on an airplane anymore

[marnanel.livejournal.com]

Word.

[springheel-jack.livejournal.com]

+1 mod up