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

[springheel-jack.livejournal.com]

I got news of the Georgia strike that way too.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

I laughed like a maniac when I read about the boxes and wires stories.

Apparently the dude was a good sport due to his job and "heritage".

Not saying, so as not to spoil the surprise :)

[pofflewomp.livejournal.com]

I am amazed that you manage to read the news every day. I have avoided it for weeks now, since Briain has become a scary squishy bleak fog with evil with a smiley Tory face stalking the land and eating babies for breakfast.

I was going to post about Jody McIntyre, but I actually thought, "no point - Sabotabby will post it." Also I haven't bothered to read about it myself as it sounds too bloody miserable.

For penance I am getting up early tomorrow to protest outside Downing Street about the end of social housing as we know it, and hand out leaflets about the Global Women's Strike and Mothers' March on behalf of the women's centre.

[pofflewomp.livejournal.com]

Oh I meant Britain not Briain. Brian, whatever. All gone squishy, this murky damp land.

[upstart-crow.livejournal.com]

Good for those prisoners!WTH on the "box with wires" story and ...too angry to comment on the story about the abuse of a PWD. IT's a sore spot for me today thanks to the asshole suicide prevention group that told me to fuck off last year now wanting money from me :/

[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.

[radiumhead.livejournal.com]

haha, youre welcome

[radiumhead.livejournal.com]

i was gonna commit suicide, then i saw the bacon frame. That cheered me up.

[marnanel.livejournal.com]

Also, Richard Littlejohn is pretty high on the list of unpleasant people.

[radiumhead.livejournal.com]

two other good pics on wils site.

1. him dressed as an elf giving the camera the finger
2. wil with like, 20 smurfs in a bear hug.

wesley grew up to be strange.

[misfratz.livejournal.com]

I guessed what the boxes were due to my primary school religious/cultural education. But to be fair, they're police, so they were probably kicked out of school for being violently psychotic long before then.

[night--watch.livejournal.com]

It's probably just the ubiquitous Xmas music messing with my neurons, but I found myself reading the prisoner's demands to the tune of "12 days of Xmas". Possibly this could be used to further in some way by persons more talented than myself, but I doubt it.

Thanks for the image, also. I like how Blanche is totally peeking at the DM's notes.