Posted in Human Rights, Opinion, Politics, Progressive, Race, Race Relations, Racism, Uncategorized, tagged Hate Crime, Luis Ramirez, Mexican Migrant Beaten to Death, Racist Murder, Shenandoah Pennsylvania on July 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Almost a full week after Mexican migrant Luis Ramirez was beaten to death in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, charges have finally been brought against three suspects. The Republican Herald reports that two teenagers have been charged with criminal homicide and aggravated assault:
Two teens were charged with homicide in connection with the July 12 beating and subsequent death of [...]
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Posted in Human Rights, Opinion, Politics, Progressive, Race, Race Relations, Racism, Uncategorized, tagged Hate Crime, Luis Ramirez, Shenandoah Pennsylvania, Racist Murder, Mexican Migrant Beaten to Death on July 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Over the weekend, 25-year-old Luis Ramirez was beaten to death by a group of White teenagers in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. Ramirez, originally from Mexico, fell into a coma and died on Monday.
Ramirez’s fiancee Crystal Dillman told the Associated Press that Ramirez had often been insulted, including being called a “dirty Mexican.” A retired police officer who witnessed the [...]
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Posted in Gender Relations, Gender Violence, Iraq, Opinion, Politics, Sex, Sex and the law, Violence Against Women, War, tagged Army Rape Murder Coverup, LaVena Johnson on July 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In high school, LaVena Johnson was an honor student, a violinist, and a volunteer in her community. After graduating, she decided to put off college and enlist in the army, where she was assigned to be the weapons supply manager of the 129th Corps Support Battalion and deployed to Iraq. On July 19, 2005, just eight weeks after [...]
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What’s wrong with me today? I almost forgot that it’s Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday today!!!
Congratulations to you, Nelson Mandela, who have accomplished more in your life than most of us can ever dream of!!! You are truly an inspiration!!! If only more leaders can be like you . . ..
On a related note, congratulations on [...]
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Reuters reports that an aircraft carrying 700 kilos of cocaine was abandoned on the runway of Freetown’s Lungi Airport in the early hours of Sunday morning. The pilots reportedly fled after abandoning the airplane. Sierra Leonean authorities also found several assault rifles and ammunition on board the abandoned aircraft.
This is not the first time Sierra Leone [...]
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Posted in Iraq, Middle East, Military, Opinion, Politics, Uncategorized, tagged Winter Soldier, Iraq War, Afghanistan, Veteran, War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity on July 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I just came across this video from the Winter Soldier 2008 conference, during which veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan gave testimony about crimes committed against civilians. Here’s an example:
There are many others on Youtube.
The videos pretty much speak for themselves. I fail to see how anybody can seriously believe that the US [...]
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Posted in Africa, Opinion, Politics, Race, Racism, Uncategorized, tagged Neo-Colonialism, NGO Racism, NGO Staff are Neocolonial Racists, Paternalism, Sierra Leone on June 25, 2008 | 42 Comments »
It’s been a pretty exciting week here on T’ing ‘n Times. The fun began a week ago when I first wrote this post. It started out thus:
“Normally, I don’t blog about personal matters but this Canadian NGO staffer’s blog post got me so fired up I had to share! I clicked a link from Google alerts expecting to [...]
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It’s not often someone says something that stays in my head for longer than five minutes, let alone five years. But one conversation has beaten the odds and stayed with me for the better part of a decade.
A friend of mine had come back to DC from Chicago and shared with me a funny experience she’d had at O’Hare [...]
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Man, DC’s a treasure trove for graffiti!
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Posted in Art, Culture, Politics, Thoughts, Uncategorized, tagged Art, Culture, Political Messages, Politics, Tagging, Tags, Washington DC Graffiti on February 24, 2008 | No Comments »
DC ballot box. What more can I say?
Someone doesn’t think very highly of the police. I agree somewhat. Cops can be kinda thuggish sometimes.
I was kinda baffled by this one. Wasn’t sure if they were making a statement about the plight of families today. Or maybe whoever put it up is just a jerk.
Immigration, always [...]
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