Peter Rothberg quoted from www.thenation.com
"There's an under-reported health care crisis brewing in this country: A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study reports at least one in four teenage girls -- ages 14 to 19 -- has a sexually transmitted infection; The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy reports that the US has the highest rates of teen pregnancy among comparable countries, and an estimated 750,00 teenagers will become pregnant this year, and Advocates for Youth reports that about two young people are infected with HIV every hour of every day.
In recognition of this crisis, Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) recently introduced the Responsible Education About Life Act (REAL), a bill that designates federal funds for age-appropriate and medically accurate information to help young people make informed decisions about their relationships and sexual behavior.
voice your support for the (REAL) act here
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
your (dis)honer
ok... so I haven't felt like posting, reading, or listening to the news that much cuz... I haven't. But this shit is just too fucked up to not spread around.
Two judges in PA. have plead guilty to accepting over two million dollars in kickbacks and contracts from a private juvenile detention center starting in 2003 which calls into question the convictions of aproximatly 5,000 kids, some of whom are still incarcerated.
It pretty much looks like they got payed to pack the prisons.... with kids.
Two judges in PA. have plead guilty to accepting over two million dollars in kickbacks and contracts from a private juvenile detention center starting in 2003 which calls into question the convictions of aproximatly 5,000 kids, some of whom are still incarcerated.
It pretty much looks like they got payed to pack the prisons.... with kids.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
two things
I should have said this a while ago but Gus Van Zant and Sean Penn made one hell of a fucking movie.
Joseph Lowery's speech was awesome too. Do yourself a favor and don't read the comments.
Joseph Lowery's speech was awesome too. Do yourself a favor and don't read the comments.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
The United Nations Relief and Workers Agency (UNRWA) has suspended aid to Gaza after one of it's contractors was shot dead and two other's wounded by Israeli tank fire on their way to pick up goods from a border crossing. The contractors had coordinated their movements with the Israeli military and were driving UN flagged vehicles, as reported in this NYT article.
Israel bombed a UN monitoring post on the Israeli/Lebanese border during the war of 2006 killing four peacekeepers despite a reported 10 calls to cease fire around the position before it was finally hit.
The Guardian has reported that unnamed sources close to the Obama transition team believe he will pursue low-level or clandestine diplomatic relations with Hamas and that a consensus is slowly growing in Washington that the Bush administrations policy of isolating Hamas has clearly failed.
Israel bombed a UN monitoring post on the Israeli/Lebanese border during the war of 2006 killing four peacekeepers despite a reported 10 calls to cease fire around the position before it was finally hit.
The Guardian has reported that unnamed sources close to the Obama transition team believe he will pursue low-level or clandestine diplomatic relations with Hamas and that a consensus is slowly growing in Washington that the Bush administrations policy of isolating Hamas has clearly failed.
Monday, January 5, 2009
Friday, December 12, 2008
I guess I still blog
The tide may be gradually turning in Al Franken's favor in the recount of his race against incumbent Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman.
Obama's expected choice of Energy Secretary looks like a fucking home run.
In other Obama news, RAHM EMANUEL IS GIVING ME NIGHTMARES. Or maybe it's just ABC...
Robert Mugabe's trying to say he was joking when he claimed Zimbabwe's Cholera epidemic was over. I'm sure it makes the people feel good when the permanent president brings out the supposed sarcasm as the streets of the capital are running with sewage and people push wheelbarrows full of cash up the street to buy a loaf of bread.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/12/zimbabwe-cholera-crisis-mugabe
OH! Bush just bought a house in a formerly all white (It's at the bottom, read your way there.) community. Formerly like they took it out of the charter in 2000. It was one of the more tolerant of racist, charters though, as it allowed for servants of color to live there. PROGRESS!!
Obama's expected choice of Energy Secretary looks like a fucking home run.
In other Obama news, RAHM EMANUEL IS GIVING ME NIGHTMARES. Or maybe it's just ABC...
Robert Mugabe's trying to say he was joking when he claimed Zimbabwe's Cholera epidemic was over. I'm sure it makes the people feel good when the permanent president brings out the supposed sarcasm as the streets of the capital are running with sewage and people push wheelbarrows full of cash up the street to buy a loaf of bread.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/12/zimbabwe-cholera-crisis-mugabe
OH! Bush just bought a house in a formerly all white (It's at the bottom, read your way there.) community. Formerly like they took it out of the charter in 2000. It was one of the more tolerant of racist, charters though, as it allowed for servants of color to live there. PROGRESS!!
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Shutting the window on Gaza
11 days ago Israel closed it's border crossings into Gaza in response to Palestinian rocket attacks and is denying entry to foreign journalists. Peter Lerner, the Spokesperson for the coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories has said that the decision is not tantamount to a ban on journalists, but that they do not fall into the category of humanitarian aid workers, who are the only groups allowed in at this time.
the following taken from VOAnews.com
U.N. spokesman Chris Gunness said the rocket attacks are intolerable.
"Of course Israel has legitimate security concerns and we respect that and we respect the right and indeed the obligation of Israel to take action," said Gunness.
But Gunness said that is not a justification for cutting off food supplies, and he demanded that the borders reopen immediately.
"Let's see this for what it is. Fifty-six percent of the Gaza Strip are children. Let us not cause suffering of innocent children," said Gunness.
Steven Gutkin, Foreign Press Association chairman had this to say,
"We consider it a serious problem for freedom of the press. We think that journalists have to be placed in a special category. A blanket ban on people going into Gaza should not apply to journalists,"
"We serve as the window for the world into Gaza,"
the following taken from VOAnews.com
U.N. spokesman Chris Gunness said the rocket attacks are intolerable.
"Of course Israel has legitimate security concerns and we respect that and we respect the right and indeed the obligation of Israel to take action," said Gunness.
But Gunness said that is not a justification for cutting off food supplies, and he demanded that the borders reopen immediately.
"Let's see this for what it is. Fifty-six percent of the Gaza Strip are children. Let us not cause suffering of innocent children," said Gunness.
Steven Gutkin, Foreign Press Association chairman had this to say,
"We consider it a serious problem for freedom of the press. We think that journalists have to be placed in a special category. A blanket ban on people going into Gaza should not apply to journalists,"
"We serve as the window for the world into Gaza,"
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