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Deanna Dahlsad
from Cultural History
March 25, 2016 4:57 PM
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At the time, I was writing a book about the politics of drug prohibition. I started to ask Ehrlichman a series of earnest, wonky questions that he impatiently waved away. “You want to know what this was really all about?” he asked with the bluntness of a man who, after public disgrace and a stretch in federal prison, had little left to protect. “The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand what I’m saying? We knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders, raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did.”
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Deanna Dahlsad
from Gender and Crime
March 23, 2016 6:38 PM
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The court’s guilty verdict against a former Congolese commander marks a milestone
Via Rob Duke
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Deanna Dahlsad
March 22, 2016 10:33 PM
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Days before Belgium, there were two terror attacks you may not have heard about
The city of Brussels was rocked by explosions Tuesday morning, leaving at least 26 people dead and 130 others injured. Just days before all this, however, there were actually not one, but two bombings you may not have heard about — both in Turkey.
On March 13, a car bomb in the capital city of Ankara exploded leaving at least 37 people dead and more than 100 injured, according to the Turkish health ministry. On Saturday, an ISIS-connected suicide bomber killed at least four in a busy tourist area in Istanbul. Leaving many asking one question about the reaction.
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Deanna Dahlsad
March 13, 2016 7:01 PM
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The lynching of Jesse Washington.
Washington was beaten with shovels and bricks,was castrated, and his ears were cut off. A tree supported the iron chain that lifted him above the fire. Jesse attempted to climb up the skillet hot chain. For this, the men cut off his fingers.
Jesse was 15.
1916.
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Deanna Dahlsad
March 11, 2016 2:25 AM
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Moderated by Regina Kunzel Edited by Devin McGeehan Muchmore What can histories of sexuality and gender tell us about the carceral state? The United States’ incarceration rate has quadrupled since the 1970s, giving the U.S. the largest prison population in the world. According to Bureau of Justice Statistics, over 2.2 million people were confined in…
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Deanna Dahlsad
March 9, 2016 6:54 AM
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Statistician Patrick Ball runs an NGO called the Human Rights Data Analysis Group, which uses extremely rigorous, well-documented statistical techniques to provide evidence of war crimes and genoci…
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Deanna Dahlsad
March 1, 2016 6:48 PM
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YES !!! (source) This is a really good time to note that this all began because of the Snyder administration’s long term goal to privatize Michigan’s water system, so that private, for-profit businesses like Nestlé could further profitize clean water, a basic necessity for human life. Chris Christie has already signed a bill authorizing the privatization of New Jersey’s municipal water system...
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All the while the railways, as in India, and the canals were busy with the armed and guarded traffic of food and other forms of our wealth in pursuit of that ‘freedom’ bestowed by ‘the market’.
Via Community Village Sites
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Deanna Dahlsad
from Kinsanity
December 8, 2015 4:46 AM
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Lockton is the world’s largest privately owned, independent insurance brokerage firm. Clients across the globe count on Lockton for risk management, insurance and employee benefits.
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Deanna Dahlsad
from SocialAction2014
December 2, 2015 6:43 PM
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Wisconsin Republicans are pretending to "protect" students by pushing a bill that would put transgender students at greater risk.
Via Darcy Delaproser
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Deanna Dahlsad
July 27, 2015 1:41 AM
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One by one, they came forward, finding safety in their staggering number and a world that was finally ready to believe them.
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Deanna Dahlsad
July 6, 2015 6:41 PM
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Bill Cosby said in a 2005 court deposition made public Monday that he procured Quaaludes with the intent of giving them to women he wanted to have sex with, the Associated Press reported.
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Deanna Dahlsad
from Gender and Crime
June 2, 2015 9:32 PM
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The bigotry and lack of understanding that make it difficult to get a job (or hold it) is the same bigotry that puts you last when applying for housing.
Via Rob Duke
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Deanna Dahlsad
from Gender and Crime
May 14, 2015 2:59 PM
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In reality, however, they’re often the opposite: disseminating misinformation and, in the process, robbing women of their autonomy. And the best worst part of the situation is the fact that plenty of crisis pregnancy centers, in spite of their duplicity, are actually licensed community clinics, which gives them an added air of respectability.
So, in the interest of trying to understand what actually goes on in these inexplicably legal establishments, I decided to go undercover as a preggers patsy.
Via Rob Duke
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from Gender and Crime
May 14, 2015 2:51 PM
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ASUNCION, Paraguay — Paraguay's government has failed to protect a 10-year-old rape victim who is being denied an abortion, United Nations human rights exper...
Via Rob Duke
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from JAQUO Magazine
May 12, 2015 12:48 PM
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May 12th, 1936: Dr Buck Ruxton hanged
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from Gender and Crime
April 5, 2015 10:54 PM
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Rape victims often feel like they're the ones being put on trial, but Joanna Walters of the Washington Post published a story late last week about a young victim of repeated gang rapes who actually was. When Danielle Hicks-Best was only 11 years old, she says a group of two...
Via Rob Duke
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Deanna Dahlsad
March 28, 2015 12:30 AM
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Today Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito’s convictions for the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy were annulled, bringing this divisive case to a final close. The verdicts came as shock to both pro-innocence and pro-guilt sides, with lawyers for the defendants openly expressing their fears the conviction would be upheld, and even Knox’s supporters saying they feared a guilty verdict was the only outcome.
The reactions on both sides of the Atlantic will be markedly different; while many Americans may feel the right decision has been reached, in Italy and the UK the reaction so far has mainly been one of stunned disbelief.
Much of the U.S. media has propagated the idea that this has always been a simple case of wrongful conviction: Knox was railroaded by a corrupt prosecutor; she was beaten and bullied into a false confession; and there was no evidence anyway. Or was there?
“In 50 years of practicing law, I have never seen a more one-sided presentation by the media in the United States of the case,” says Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz. “Everybody is saying there’s no evidence against her and she’s totally innocent. It’s just not true.”
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Deanna Dahlsad
March 5, 2015 1:48 AM
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Not to mention, she says, how the alcohol industry would feel about the government telling their richest customers to curb their drinking. They much prefer that PSAs focus on young people. “This industry can well afford the much-touted ‘We Card’ programs,” says Sternheimer, “because teens usually don’t have the money for the expensive stuff that their parents can buy.”
The industry’s marketing to wealthy, white men, then, goes unchecked.
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Deanna Dahlsad
from Games People Play
February 28, 2015 11:05 AM
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Yes, you can bet on presidential elections. And gamblers betting on the election have a pretty good history of predicting the next US president. Better than the bulk of polls and surveys, in fact. ...
Via Shawnee Rivers
RODRIGO Gularte is relaxed about the death penalty. He knows it has been abolished across the world. The people that monitor and control him via satellite through the microchip they have implanted in his head have told him so.
Via Darcy Delaproser, Jocelyn Stoller
The genocide of Ukrainians in Holodomor during the 1930s and the Kurd genocide inside Iraq are among a diverse lineup of topics, speakers and art exhibits to be featured during the 3rd annual Genocide Awareness Week April 13-18 at Scottsdale...
Via Jocelyn Stoller
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Deanna Dahlsad
February 19, 2015 2:22 AM
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socialjusticeprincesses:
“ get fucking vaccinated
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Deanna Dahlsad
from Online Misogyny
February 3, 2015 6:17 PM
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B.C. women's advocates weigh up the progress made since Commissioner Wally Oppal slammed police for botching their investigations into serial killer Robert Pickton.
Via End Misogyny
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Deanna Dahlsad
from Stalking Violates Human Rights
January 29, 2015 6:59 PM
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Pasco deputies overnight arrested a man they say tried to run over his pregnant girlfriend with a car Monday, nearly three years after he struck his brother with a car in Holiday.
Via TheHumanMirror
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Curated by Deanna Dahlsad
An opinionated woman obsessed with objects, entertained by ephemera, intrigued by researching, fascinated by culture & addicted to writing. The wind says my name; doesn't put an @ in front of it, so maybe you don't notice. http://www.kitsch-slapped.com
Other Topics
Antiques & Vintage Collectibles
Crimes Against Humanity
From lone gunmen on hills to mass movements. Depressing as hell, really.
Cultural History
The roots of culture; history and pre-history.
In The Name Of God
Mainly acts done in the name of religion, but also discussions of atheism, faith, & spirituality.
Kinsanity
Let's just say I have reasons to learn more about mental health, special needs children, psychology, and the like.
Nerdy Needs
The stuff of nerdy, geeky, dreams.
Readin', 'Ritin', and (Publishing) 'Rithmetic
The meaning behind the math of the bottom line in publishing and the media. For writers, publishers, and bloggers (which are a combination of the two).
Sex Positive
Sexuality as a human right.
Vintage Living Today For A Future Tomorrow
It's as easy to romanticize the past as it is to demonize it; instead, let's learn from it. More than living simply, more than living 'green', thrifty grandmas knew the importance of the 'economics' in Home Economics. The history of home ec, lessons in thrift, practical tips and ideas from the past focused on sustainability for families and out planet. Companion to http://www.thingsyourgrandmotherknew.com/
Visiting The Past
Travel based on grande ideas, locations, and persons of the past.
Walking On Sunshine
Stuff that makes me smile.
You Call It Obsession & Obscure; I Call It Research & Important
Links to (many of) my columns and articles.
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