Archive for December 28th, 2008



Misogynists of 2008: Happy Holidays Jon Favreau

Sunday 28 December 2008 @ 4:12 pm


Here it is almost 2009, and I find myself wondering if misogynist Jon Favreau is having a good time playing at sexually assaulting women at the season’s holiday parties. Perhaps Jon Favreau has found a Sarah Palin look-alike to demean and sexually objectify and laugh and joke about. Perhaps Jon Favreau has graduated to the real thing.

I haven’t forgotten that President-elect Obama’s chief speechwriter is a misogynist. I haven’t forgotten Barack Obama’s silence, and I won’t forget.

Heart explains why we should not forget:

. . . If women would just let it go when they are mistreated, badgered or abused by men, or when they come across sexist imagery in media or on billboards, if they’d just turn off the music when it’s misogynist, why, things would be absolutely copacetic and fine and dandy, but what do women do, they make this HUGE DEAL. They won’t just forget about it. They’re vindictive and vengeful. They have rage problems. They have no sense of humor.

And by way of this particular reign of terror, really, this standard to which girls and women have been held since time immemorial — just don’t talk about it, just forget it, don’t cause problems in the family, don’t make a big deal of it — it is 2008 and women remain second class citizens and we are abused and battered and raped in numbers greater than anybody ever suspected. It goes on and on and on.

The problem, you know, is not that women are talking about what harms us. In fact, it is only when women make a big deal of things that ANYTHING ever changes for us, and even then, things rarely change much and never quickly.

Those who suggest we should just let the Jon Favreau incident go, forget about it, are not thinking about women’s history, this bigger picture or the implications for women when we are told to be quiet and stop making such a big deal of misogyny. They aren’t thinking about women at all. The problem isn’t that feminists are talking about the photo and posting it; the problem is that the incidents leading to the taking of the photo occurred in the first place, were photographed and posted to the internet. The problem is the misogyny of the President’s “Speechwriter in Chief.”

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Gay Marriage Equality Protest: DOMA National Rally - 1/10/09

Sunday 28 December 2008 @ 11:12 am

Stand up for marriage equality on January 10, 2009, and urge Obama to repeal DOMA!! Protest DOMA National Rally will be held at city halls everywhere in the United States at 1:30pm EST/ 10:30am PST. The LGBT community and allies are protesting the Defense of Marriage Act and urging President-Elect Barack Obama to repeal this act. For more information, go to http://www.jointheimpact.com.





Bus Drivers Suffer from Frequent Attacks

Sunday 28 December 2008 @ 3:12 am

One out of every 10 bus drivers and inspectors in regional transportation has been attacked physically. One out of five has been threatened with death; one out of 14 has been threatened with a weapon; and, 75% have been insulted. These are the results of a poll taken by the NIPO firm among 1,600 members of a trade union. Trade union executive Wyb Kusters says that employers must do more to ensure the safety of their employees and cancel services where necessary.
www.parool.nl/parool/nl/7/Misdaad/article/detail/93926/2008/12/27/Agressie-in-busvervoer-schokkend.dhtml



Special Police Team for New Year’s Eve in The Hague

Sunday 28 December 2008 @ 1:12 am

A special police team has been formed for New Year’s Eve in The Hague. Last year more than a hundred cars were burned in The Hague and the surrounding areas on the holiday. The attorney-general’s office has also created a special team for that night.
www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/2853179/__Autobrandenteam_voor_goed_uiteinde__.html?p=3,1



Police Head Thinks Native Dutch Hoodlums More Problematic than Moroccans

Sunday 28 December 2008 @ 1:12 am

Jan Stikvoort, head of the police in Holland Central, says that in the area of his authority, native Dutch hoodlums who use drugs and alcohol are more of a problem than immigrant hooligans. He says that the incidents involving Moroccan youngsters in the town of Gouda have been exaggerated by politicians. The town got major publicity when bus drivers refused to serve the Oosterwei neighborhood after they were threatened by Moroccan youngsters.
www.parool.nl/parool/nl/7/Misdaad/article/detail/93926/2008/12/27/Agressie-in-busvervoer-schokkend.dhtml



Βίντεο-ντοκουμέντο από το παλιό χωριό Στράτος.

Sunday 28 December 2008 @ 12:12 am


Βρήκαμε στο youtube ένα βίντεο πραγματικά ντοκουμέντο από το “παλιό χωριό” Στράτος, μέσα από πλάνα της ΕΤ2,τότε, (Ντοκυμαντέρ στα τέλη της 10ετίας του 80) και μέσα από πλάνα βίντεο του 1993 (Χριστούγεννα ‘93) από το προσωπικό αρχείο του κ. Χρήστου Μπέκου.Επίσης το βίντεο αυτό μπορείτε να το δείτε και στην επίσημη ιστοσελίδα του δήμου Στράτου (http://www.dimos-stratou.gr/) Δυστυχώς, όπως αναφέρει και στα σχόλια του, ο χρήστης MPstudio60 που το ανέβασε, από τα σπίτια αυτά, μόνο 4-5 έχουν διατηρηθεί και επισκευαστεί.
Θυμίζουμε ότι οι κάτοικοι μετακόμισαν στο σημερινό χωριό στις αρχές της δεκαετίας του 90, διότι το παλαιό ήταν πλούσιο σε αρχαιολογικά ευρήματα, καθώς εκεί κρύβονταν η αρχαία πόλη Στράτος ( ο σημερινός αρχαιολογικός χώρος) και έπρεπε επομένως να γίνουν οι απαραίτητες εργασίες, ώστε να προχωρήσει η αρχαιολογική έρευνα.
Πάντως δεν είναι λίγα και τα αρχαιολογικά ευρήματα που βρίσκονται πέριξ ακόμα και του νέου χωριού. Το μόνο βέβαιο είναι ότι η αρχαιολογική σκαπάνη έχει ακόμα πολύ δρόμο μπροστά της για να αποκάλύψει τα μυστικά της ιστορίας που κρύβει η αιτωλοακαρνανική γή.