July 2011
Religious groups set prayer vigil for debt deal →
jvbrewer:
Across the street from the Capitol in the small north lawn of the United Methodist Building, Christians, Muslims and Jews will pray on Tuesday for the country’s budget, and hope to teach Republicans and Democrats a lesson in compromise.
So far, nothing else has worked, not even President Barack Obama’s cajoling or warnings from Wall Street titans that a failure to promptly raise U.S....
Somalis In America Strive To Help Those Back Home... →
In a grocery store parking lot in south Minneapolis, Somali college students hold a fundraiser, offering car washes for $5. Ifrah Esse, 26, is one of the organizers. She graduated from the University of Minnesota and now works as an international sourcing specialist for Target. “Twenty years ago, I was in a predicament where I was in a refugee camp,” she says. “And no one could imagine that here...
“Even in their deepest sorrow the norwegians don’t get hysterical. They resist...”
– German newspaper on the tragic event in Norway on July 22nd, 2011. (via designbyine)
“Standing here on holy ground, it is important to affirm that we respect one...”
– Norway Attack Victim’s Funeral Is Held - NYTimes.com (via sondageikobenhavn)
Hahahaha, omg. So, apparently FOX News is getting...
strawberreli:
So, you may want to take your foot out of your mouths, FOX News, and pretty much recall any and all “Muslim terrorist” stories, “Rasical Islamites” headlines, or whatever the fuck your terms are.
Remember
dollyribbon:
“Just wanted to share the feeling of being in the middle of a crowd with 200.000 others, honoring those who lost their lives and those that were left behind after the terrorist attacks in norway. everything was silent, everyone held their roses high. I will remember that moment for the rest of my life.”
by ~saintsazzle
“Each one of us continues to carry the heart of each self we’ve ever been, at...”
– Banana Yoshimoto (Goodbye Tsugumi)
Stay together - holding hands →
evilinyourself:
In revulsion against violence and in sympathy with all affected.
Bialogue: Bi/Pan+Queer Politics: Lesbian Couple... →
bialogue-group:
A lesbian couple dodged bullets to save as many as 40 people who became the target of the shooter in Norway, who is being detained for killing at least than 76 people on Friday.
Hege Dalen and her partner Toril Hansen were having dinner at a campsite opposite of the shore of Utöyan island,…
Palestinian civil society stands in solidarity... →
wavesfadingwords:
The full statement follows:
Palestinian civil society, as broadly represented within the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), wishes to express its sincere condolences to and deep solidarity with the people of Norway and to Arbeidernes Ungdomsfylking (AUF), the Norwegian labour youth party, in particular after the massacre of last...
“A Blogosphere of Bigots:
IT is tempting to view Anders Behring Breivik, the...”
– JOSTEIN GAARDER and THOMAS HYLLAND ERIKSEN Jostein Gaarder is the author of “Sophie’s World” and many other books. Thomas Hylland Eriksen is a professor of social anthropology at the University of Oslo.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/29/opinion/Gaarder-Eriksen.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print
(via...
Philosophies of a Critic: Fuck you, Fox. →
philosophiesofacritic:
It is absolutely ridiculous for people, especially Americans, to freak out about the fact that the Norwegian bomber was a Christian and to get angry when people see his act as the act of an ‘extremist Christian’.
After 9/11, America flipped shit over anyone who even LOOKED slightly Middle…
$1 = 4 FULL MEALS in Somalia →
theweekmagazine:
The nation is experiencing its worst drought in two decades, and 11.3 million people need humanitarian aid as food prices continue to rise and supplies dwindle. The good news is that you can donate. If you need any convincing, this should do the trick. (via BuzzFeed)
“Norway’s Prime Minister is a liberal atheist, they have one of the best...”
– Matthew Trevithick, responding to this story, “Former Bush Official Places Blame For Oslo Attack On Norwegians For Not Being ‘Serious’ About Terrorism,” with a comment that wins the universe. (via cwnl)
SO MUCH WIN
(via stfuconservatives)
“I experienced many dangers in Afghanistan. But this is the worst experience I...”
– Hussein Kazemi, a 19 year old from Afghanistan who sought asylum in Norway two years ago, survived the attack in Oslo with bullet wounds in his legs and arms. (via thepoliticalnotebook)
The Shit that happens Daily Show: For the... →
theshitthathappensdailyshow:
For the foreseeable future, The Shit That Happens Daily Show will not be casting a wry eye at the tragedy in Norway. It would not be smart, witty or clever to poke fun at a situation in which so many people have died.
As a personal request, I will ask that you label the man who did this as a…
How much love we have for eachother
ohlookasheep:
“If one man can show this much hatred, imagine how much love we can show together”.
- Quote from a survivor of the Norway shootings.
Non, je ne regrette rien: I am so proud →
favourfire:
So proud of Norway, this small but proud nation. So proud of all the people. So poud of our prime minister, who has handled this all so well. So proud that we say more openness, more democracy, more love when faced with this horrible act of hate and violence.
Today more than 100,000 people…
When the Word “Terrorist” Is Not Used
operationfahrenheit:
Nope, this isn’t a creepy picture at all.
I am struck — if not particularly surprised — by the skewed use of language surrounding the attacks yesterday in Norway. The Western press is largely avoiding the term “terrorist” when speaking of the blond, blue-eyed, Christian attacker, Anders Behring Breivik, who is now in custody after being picked up by the police. The term...
countingdaysonthebackofmyhand:
Call me ignorant and/or stupid, but I don’t understand what Islam has to do with the Norway bombings/killings. The man behind it was a right-wing CHRISTIAN fundamentalist, and yet I’m reading articles arguing about Islamic terrorists and pointing the finger at them. Ahh yes, because Muslims are to blame for everything and the world is the way it is because of...
I still have hope. Please come home.
