6,000 raped by Syrian soldiers

6,000 raped by Syrian soldiers

According to Congressional testimony Thursday, 6,000 Syrian women have rpeorted being raped and brutalized by Syrian soldiers operating under Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad.

This number (six thousand) is likely a small portion of the true scope of the violence the president is bringing to his own people. Accurate rape numbers basically will never exist, due to the rampant chaos Assad has allowed to flourish under his reign, but likely there have been 100,000 or more such crimes against the people of Syria.

More alarming statements during this Congressional hearing:

• 200,000 civilians dead.
• 6,000,000 refugees fleeing to neighbors Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey.
• one half of Syrian pre-war population has been displaced (12,000,000)
• US aid is feeding over one third of the Syrian population.
• US aid is also likely to be frequently making its way into ISIS hands.
• Syrian government crackdowns on citizen protests stemming from Arab Spring have continued since March, 2011, and seem unlikely to stop until he kills or drives out all dissenters. 

"Humanitarian Aid to Syria"

Congressional testimony

Rep. Brendan Doyle

D - Pennsylvania, et al

2/12/2015

viewed on CSPAN3 2/17/2015

6,000 raped by Syrian soldiers

This American Life Poultry Slam 2011

This American Life podcast this week had the best Turkey story ever, if you like stories that spiral totally out of control.

Thanks to J&H for the heads up.

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/

Poultry Slam 2011

This American Life Poultry Slam 2011

I reserve the right to change

(notes)

I reserve and revere the right to change. Without it I would be long dead. 

There have been lots of times, though, when a little less change and a little more spine would have helped. At least fiscally, physically, and physician-wise.



I reserve the right to change.  

Bird on the Wire, Leonard Cohen

Bird on the Wire, Leonard Cohen

I heard tonight on KPFK 90.7 FM, Los Angeles, a show called Folk Scene. I long ago, began enjoying folk music as a way of jabbing the shit out of some friends of mine who insisted on playing hip hop, whenever they drove to the golf course. So, I found the most hillbilly shit I could find and played that when I was pilot.

The show I played was KPFK's Alive 'n Picking with Mary Katherine Aldin. She played a lot of twangy inbred shit, but there was also a thread of something magic. I became infected with a love of bluegrass.

Anyway, tonight I heard on Folk Scene a recorded show from 1977 that reminded me of what I had been missing since I loaded my Ipod up with all Katy Perry. One song that was played was a live version of Leonard Cohen's Bird on the Wire. I include one LC version here. GREAT apology lines, init.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmPUu-rMpWA

DD

http://www.aliveandpicking.com


http://folkscene.com/

Bird on the Wire, Leonard Cohen

Christian marketing

My brother July posted this Christianity-promoting vid on FB recently:

Julio A Ibarra shared Don Miller's video.

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  My comment is this, with respect and love to you,sir:
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July, I have way more than two choices.

One is that I choose to thank you and be glad that you are my brother.

I enjoyed this video, but maybe not the way of its intention.

Oh, and to the video authors : vulgar is repress way more in my world than Christian religious ideology.

Namaste, sir.

Please keep writing, thinking, and posting!

Douglas
11/5/14

nfl coaches 2014

Bruce Arians1--Arizona Cardinals

Mike Smith6--Atlanta Falcons

John Harbaugh6--Baltimore Raven

sDoug Marrone1--Buffalo Bills

Ron Rivera3--Carolina Panthers

Marc Trestman1--Chicago Bears

Marvin Lewis11--Cincinnati Bengals

Mike Pettine0--Cleveland Browns

Jason Garrett4--Dallas Cowboys

John Fox12--Denver Broncos

Jim Caldwell0--Detroit Lions

Mike McCarthy8--Green Bay Packers

Bill O'Brien0--Houston Texans

Chuck Pagano2--Indianapolis Colts

Gus Bradley1--Jacksonville Jaguars

Andy Reid15--Kansas City Chiefs

Joe Philbin2--Miami Dolphins

Mike Zimmer0--Minnesota Vikings

Bill Belichick19--New England Patriots

Sean Payton8--New Orleans Saints

Tom Coughlin18--New York Giants

Rex Ryan5--New York Jets

Tony Sparano4--Oakland Raiders

Chip Kelly1--Philadelphia Eagles

Mike Tomlin7--Pittsburgh Steelers

Mike McCoy1--San Diego Chargers

Jim Harbaugh3--San Francisco 49ers

Pete Carroll8--Seattle Seahawks

Jeff Fisher19--St. Louis Rams

Lovie Smith0--Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Ken Whisenhunt6--Tennessee Titans

Jay Gruden0--Washington Redskins

#WeHoHalloween

Lenny Hernandez ‏@LennyHernandez  15h

15 hours ago

Was asked if I was going to #WeHoHalloween this year... As fun as it has been in the past, I think my 3 years in a row is plenty enough

Okay, Lenny: a couple of responses from your old math teacher:

1) Don't be such a cunt! You either suffer from memory loss or character impersonation disorder.

If you DID have a good time the last three years, then, what? Too much fun? Lemme tell you, from someone just returning from the cemetery: No Such Thing As Too Much Fun, and you are going to get old and or die someday, so use one of these trite phrases and shift gears. 'Make hay while the sun shines,' or 'he that goes aborrowin' goes asorrowin'...'

And if you didn't like it and were just going along in order to get along, get a candle and sit with it a while. You may be much less fun than you present. No big problem. You just can't claim to be a big fan of events like #WeHoHalloween and catch no shit. Your choice? Your curse?

2) I fergit.

Get to the goddamn party, Lenny, IN COSTUME, and with the knowledge that all we have is today.

Namaste, person

DD