February 2012
27 posts
never run back to whatever broke you, looking for...
CNN: Senegal's scenic island exposes horrors of... →
can’t believe i was there. forever grateful
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Al Jazeera English: Senegal police disperse...
Al Jazeera: Senegalese police have fired tear gas at opposition protesters demonstrating in the capital, Dakar, in the run-up to a crucial presidential election. Several hundred people turned out on Wednesday in defiance of a government ban and attempted to reach the presidential palace before being blocked by a column of soldiers. Riot police fired tear gas to disperse the protesters as they...
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“learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all”
RIP Whitney. I’ll never forget sneaking out of bed to watch The Bodyguard on TNT. We lost another great one.
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ESPN: Jeremy Lin pours in career-best 38 points →
NEW YORK — Jeremy Lin keeps getting better. Better even than Kobe Bryanton Friday night.
Lin had the most astounding performance of his remarkable week, scoring a career-high 38 points and outdueling Bryant as the New York Knicks held off the Los Angeles Lakers 92-85.
** oh yes I have caught the LINsanity. I rarely get into athletic hype, but this is one of the most endearing sports...
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Al Jazeera English: Gangster's Granny →
A 70-year-old former nun is using grandmotherly love to transform some of Ecuador’s toughest streets.
Ecuador is caught in the cross hairs of Latin America’s drug war. Gangs of every size and dimension can be found on the streets of this tiny country.
But now, an ageing peace activist is trying to give the young people in these gangs hope and a way forward. She has built a haven...
to all my artsy peaches
I highly recommend you all go to the Georgia Museum of Art, located right on The University of Georgia’s campus. I went for the first time tonight, and got to see my very first Warhol in person! Amazing! The collection is amazing, the layout is beautiful, and the guides are very helpful (even to artistically illiterate folks like myself). Check it out!
http://georgiamuseum.org/
Al Jazeera English: US to block funding and arms... →
popmuslim:
The United States has vowed to block funding and arms supplies to Syria after Russia and China vetoed a UN resolution condemning the government’s crackdown on dissent.
“We will work to seek regional and national sanctions against Syria and strenghten the ones we have. They will be implemented to the fullest to dry up the sources of funding and the arms shipments that are keeping the...
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CBS News: Romney says he's "not concerned about... →
Republican presidential frontrunnner Mitt Romney, fresh off his victory in the Florida primary, drew fire from conservatives on Wednesday after remarking that he’s “not concerned about the very poor” — the kind of remark that Democrats are sure to seize on as Romney inches closer to the Republican presidential nomination.
Read more at CBS News.
**literally no way with...
January 2012
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NPR: Abu-Jamal Moved Into General Prison... →
Former death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal has been moved into the general prison population for the first time since his arrest in a Philadelphia police officer’s murder three decades ago.
Law professor Judith L. Ritter, who represented Abu-Jamal in recent appeals, called it “a very important moment for him, his family and all of his supporters.” Abu-Jamal, a one-time radio...
"Haiku #49," Kalamu ya Salaam
punch-in-the-face-poetry:
thought I left you but my train rumbles in circles each station is you.
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Al Jazeera: Controversy of Abdoulaye Wade's... →
As Senegalese voters prepare to head to polls on February 26, a major controversy is surrounding the incumbent president, 86-year-old Abdoulaye Wade. Wade is now seeking a third term in office, against the country’s constitution.
The constitution was changed soon after Wade took office in 2000 in order to impose a two-term limit. He argues that because the law was not in effect when he was...
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HuffPo: Al Sharpton's Heated Clash With Tim... →
Al Sharpton got into a heated clash with Rep. Tim Huelskamp of Kansas during his MSNBC show Wednesday night.
thank you for the endless entertainment during a relatively lax day in news production. forever grateful.
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Egyptians mass in Tahrir to honour uprising -... →
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Beautiful Oblivion (Haiku) 29/30
thefebruarianandco:
In love, time blossoms
Morbid black entrenched in thorns
Crowning its martyrs
