iMarks

Jul
1st

Wed

Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, removed from office Sunday in a military-led coup, addressed the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Tuesday and said he would fly back to Honduras on Thursday, accompanied by the head of the Organization of American States.

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Showdown Looms in Honduras: Rival Vows to Arrest Ousted President on His Return

Why the hell is the media calling what happened in Honduras a “military-led coup”? The president was breaking the law. His own Attorney General said so. The Congress said so. So did the Supreme Court. Someone had to force him out, and it would seem that only the military had the actual ability to do so.

I don’t get it.

(via mikehudack)

Been wondering exactly the same thing!

Or would it be a coup for the ‘right’ reason? Don’t know enough about internal Honduran politics to really say if the President or the Congress/Courts were on the side of the people and reform… but either way, they have a constitutional system that all parties agreed to. No one is asking this fundamental question.

mikehudack:

hilker:

sds:

billda:

jaie:

Think Progress » Newsweek’s latest cover, by geographical region:

Typical America unfortunately. Can you blame Newsweek though? They’re only running what they know will sell.

what an indictment: not only is it a celebrity’s life, but it’s in pictures!

Jun
30th

Tue

Always sweet to revisit THE WIRE

Jun
27th

Sat

I have never seen a party leadership lose two national elections back to back and still defend the status quo from health care to energy policy to the economy.

— Rahm Emanuel (via notthatkindagay) (via apsies) (via soupsoup) (via mikehudack)

Jun
26th

Fri

Democracy and human rights in Burma!

Jun
25th

Thu

Hey LeBron, Here I Come

Jun
19th

Fri

Peggy Noonan bashes Republicans’ Iran rhetoric. A pretty surprising column:

America so often gets Iran wrong. We didn’t know when the shah was going to fall, didn’t foresee the massive wave that would topple him, didn’t know the 1979 revolution would move violently against American citizens, didn’t know how to handle the hostage-taking. Last week we didn’t know a mass rebellion was coming, and this week we don’t know who will emerge the full or partial victor. So modesty and humility seem appropriate stances from which to observe and comment. …

John McCain and others went quite crazy insisting President Obama declare whose side America was on, as if the world doesn’t know whose side America is on. “In the cause of freedom, America cannot be neutral,” said Rep. Mike Pence. Who says it’s neutral? This was Aggressive Political Solipsism at work: Always exploit events to show you love freedom more than the other guy, always make someone else’s delicate drama your excuse for a thumping curtain speech.

— Iran Updates (VIDEO): Live-Blogging The Uprising (via rahmin) (via ericmortensen) (via soupsoup)

Jun
18th

Thu

Quarter of men in South Africa admit rape, survey finds | World news | The Guardian

abbyjean:

One in four men in South Africa have admitted to rape and many confess to attacking more than one victim, according to a study that exposes the country’s endemic culture of sexual violence. Three out of four rapists first attacked while still in their teens, the study found. One in 20 men said they had raped a woman or girl in the last year.

Of those surveyed, 28% said they had raped a woman or girl, and 3% said they had raped a man or boy. Almost half who said they had carried out a rape admitted they had done so more than once, with 73% saying they had carried out their first assault before the age of 20.

Any woman raped by a man over the age of 25 has a one in four chance of her attacker being HIV-positive.

One in 10 men said they had been forced to have sex with another man. Many find it difficult to report such attacks to the police in subcultures where the concept of homosexuality is taboo. (h/t barrett for the link)

SHOCKING…

Jun
15th

Mon

abbyjean:

continuing protesting in iran. (huffpo)

Jun
9th

Tue

soupsoup:

20th anniversary rebroadcast of Frontline episode, The Tank Man. Watch now.