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The community comes together on the second anniversary of the devastating fire. Gathering in the shadow of the tower.
Hatice Cengiz, who was engaged to be married to Jamal Khashoggi when he was brutally murdered in October 2018, addresses the press: "Justice delayed is justice denied.... There is no reason to keep the DNI report secret. There is no reason to hide the truth."
On Tuesday, March 3, Sen. Wyden (D-OR), Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), and fiancée of the late Jamal Khashoggi, Hatice Cengiz, hosted a press conference to discuss the administration’s refusal to publicly release details on the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and to announce next steps for securing transparency and accountability for his murder.
Co-sponsors:
– Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain
– Committee to Protect Journalists
– Human Rights First
– James W. Foley Legacy Foundation
– PEN America
– Project on Middle East Democracy
– Reporters Without Borders
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 215
50 Constitution Ave NE, Washington, DC 20510
Photo credit: April Brady/Project on Middle East Democracy
19th-century mausoleum complex built by Muhammad Ali Pasha in the Al-Qarafa district.
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Your actions now may echo for generations (as will your inaction).
See:
www.hrw.org/report/2024/12/19/extermination-and-acts-geno...
www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MDE15866820...
www.btselem.org/publications/202507_our_genocide
www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/sr-palestine
www.fidh.org/fr/regions/maghreb-moyen-orient/israel-pales...
opiniojuris.org/2025/08/04/is-genocide-happening-in-gaza/
Speak out for Gaza and for the victims of atrocities worldwide.
No voice is too small, no act too late.
Israel and Zionism have been synonymous with genocide for more than three quarters of a century.
- [ ] Haifa Massacre 1937
- [ ] Jerusalem Massacre 1937
- [ ] Haifa Massacre 1938
- [ ] Balad al-Sheikh Massacre 1939
- [ ] Haifa Massacre 1939
- [ ] Haifa Massacre 1947
- [ ] Abbasiya Massacre 1947
- [ ] Al-Khisas Massacre 1947
- [ ] Bab al-Amud Massacre 1947
- [ ] Jerusalem Massacre 1947
- [ ] Sheikh Bureik Massacre 1947
- [ ] Jaffa Massacre 1948
- [ ] Khan Yunis Massacre 1956
- [ ] Jerusalem Massacre 1967
- [ ] Sabra and Shatila Massacre 1982
- [ ] Al-Aqsa Massacre 1990
- [ ] Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre 1994
- [ ] Jenin Refugee Camp April 2002
- [ ] Gaza Massacre 2008-09
- [ ] Gaza Massacre 2012
- [ ] Gaza Massacre 2014
- [ ] Gaza Massacre 2018-19
- [ ] Gaza Massacre 2021
- [ ] Gaza Genocide 2023-?
On a day when the Greta Thunberg FRSGS inspired SS4C movement organised their latest strike to draw attention to Government and big business inaction on anthhropogenic climate change the Federal Environment Minister declared that the Government was on track to meet its targets and the Education Minister attributed declining test scores with the SS4C movement. One wonders whether they are deluded or simply kowtowing to a Prime Minister who puts his faith in export revenue from the sales of coal to China and India and a spectacularly invisible imaginary friend. Ironically the said PM was conspicuous in his absence, kowtowing himself to America while studiously avoiding a climate summit in New York which he should be attending, itself a trigger for the latest SS4C action. In his stead, the acting PM, leader of the National Party by a corrupt convention as a reward for getting the minority Liberals into power, questioned why the SS4C rallies could not be held on the weekend. Enough said. They just don't get it. That's precisely why we have to rattle their complacency.
I'm old enough to remember Sputnik. The insouciant disregard shown by Churchill and Menzies for the populace of Australia with the terrifying atmospheric atomic bomb tests in Western Australia and South Australia that scared and scarred me deeply. The cruel mistreatment of the Aboriginal peoples about Maralinga cannot be overstated and nor should we forget that the populace east of the blasts, including me, were guinea pigs for the impacts of fallout on a civilian community; no better than the horrors of Joseph Mengele. The lessons of Kennedy, King, Woodstock, Vietnam and the Kent State Massacre are formative of my character. I was there in the fight for reparations for Vietnamese orphans we helped to create, against damming of Tasmania's wild rivers and the cruel mistreatment of boat-borne immigrants. I travelled overland through Sumatra before the forced relocation of Javanese and heard wild orangutan in the jungle before all the burning and planting of palm oil trees. Issues demanding our action are simply not going away. The reality that I may not live much longer does not justify self-indulgent complacency that would make me no better than the Parliamentarians by whom we are betrayed.
If as I suspect our leaders are afraid of the lessons of a little Swedish teenager then they ought to cower ahead of the militancy of Extinction Rebellion. Their stated aim of using civil disobedience and nonviolent resistance to compel government action on climate breakdown, biodiversity loss, and the risk of social and ecological collapse makes the SS4C movement look like a teddy bears' picnic. Yet within the Cabinet we see the views of Ministers who don't understand and cannot cope with the low level protests born of the despair of children for their future. Wait until they meet the grown-ups!
What do we make of Greta's post-nominal FRSGS? It's an honorary award given by the Scottish Geographical Society. She has been honoured; earned her accolades and as a vegan who sailed to New York to avoid using unnecessary fossil fuels, lives by her high ideals. She is a leader. What of her critics? Well, the Environment Minister added an extra "s" to her name because of her faith in numerology. The Education Minister can make claim to a BA and a couple of irrelevant to his portfolio masters degrees. Perhaps on matters of science, like evidence for anthropogenic climate change, he's a bit out of his depth. Our Deputy PM boasts no post-nominals at all beyond the MP to which he is entitled on his election. Ironically, in his maiden speech to Parliament he declared I promise not to be silent when I ought to speak. Has he misled Parliament? Lastly we have a PM with a BSc in economic geography and a failed ambition to study theology. Anyone with a genuine BSc knows that geography is not science: first year for them is line drawing, it isn't until the second year of studies that they are allowed to use coloured pencils and ink is forbidden before their third year! Nowhere has their insufficiency as leaders been better demonstrated than, well, lack of leadership on the moral imperatives of representing all stakeholders in the present climate emergency. Undoubtedly they will not understand Extinction Rebellion, fail to react appropriately and forestall, obfiscate and adopt affected outrage over anti-social behaviour, professional demonstrators, unemployed anarchists blah, blah, blah, meanwhile continuing as acolytes for coal, land clearing and business as usual. That is, until they become politically extinct....Why not follow the leader and help them on their way?
The Korean War Veterans Memorial was authorized by Public Law 99-572 on Oct. 28, 1986 "…to honor members of the United States Armed Forces who served in the Korean War, particularly those who were killed in action, are still missing inaction, or were held as prisoners of war." The law established an advisory board of 12 veterans appointed by the president to coordinate all aspects of the memorial’s construction. The site is located adjacent to the Lincoln Memorial directly across the reflecting pool from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
The American Battle Monuments Commission managed the project and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provided assistance. The architect of record is Cooper Lecky Architects. President Bill Clinton and South Korean President Kim Young Sam dedicated the memorial on July 27, 1995. Since the dedication several modifications have been incorporated: a kiosk to provide shelter for National Park Service personnel and a computer system with data housing the "Honor Role," which was accessible to the public. Correcting accessibility issues and replacement of the lighting in the statuary and along the mural wall with a state-of-the-art fiber optic system were required. Reconstruction of the pool and tree grove by the National Park Service and Corps of Engineers to improve tree maintenance and operate the reflecting pool was completed in July 1999. The overall cost for the design and construction of the memorial and kiosk was $16.5 million.
Statues:
There are 19 statues sculpted by Frank Gaylord of Barre, Vt., and cast by Tallix Foundries of Beacon, N.Y. They are approximately 7’3" tall, heroic scale and consist of 14 Army, 3 Marines, 1 Navy, 1 Air Force. They represent an ethnic cross section of America with 12 Caucasian, 3 African American, 2 Hispanic, 1 Oriental, 1 Indian (Native American).
The juniper bushes are meant to be symbolic of the rough terrain encountered in Korea, and the granite stripes of the obstacles overcome in war. The Marines in column have the helmet chin straps fastened and helmet covers. Three of the Army statues are wearing paratrooper boots and all equipment is authentic from the Korean War era (when the war started most of the equipment was WWII issue).
Three of the statues are in the woods, so if you are at the flagpole looking through the troops, you can't tell how many there are, and could be legions emerging from the woods. The statues are made of stainless steel, a reflective material that when seen in bright sunlight causes the figures to come to life. The blowing ponchos give motion to the column, so you can feel them walking up the hill with the cold winter wind at their backs, talking to one another. At nighttime the fronts of the statues are illuminated with a special white light; the finer details of the sculpture are clearly seen and the ghosts appear.
Vancouver, BC / Canada – October 25, 2019: Speakers from Canadian First Nations tribal leadership join in solidarity with Greta Thunberg to protest Canada’s inaction on global climate change.
There's been much that's happened of late that I haven't been able to
blog-log. I've been paralyzed into inaction by the hovering
guilt-cloud of an ugly manuscript that's been rearing its head.
Fortunately, the bastard (and I only call it that because it happens
to be on a crap topic) is on its last moments of the BBFK-respirator
and will soon be breathing on its own (for better or worse, I might
say). In early celebration, I figured I might start writing what I
*want* to write about, starting with the closing moments of my Free
Fallin' weekend (which I might add, no one guessed the concert that I
attended, yet...feel free to dig in...)
So cue up your Erasure and read on....
.......Gay Pride............
P and I, in our best attempt at pretending to *like* mornings, peeled
our bodies off of our respective hard surfaces: the floor and fold-out
chair. We shook off our alcohol-clouded heads, assembled our randomly
scattered belongings, and hit the local Hot Bagels. East coast bagels
hit the spot like no other breakfast food can, save maybe a good
English scone, and we were convinced and energized enough to plod on.
So off we went to our next destinations: the semi-local basketball
courts and outdoor running path. And run I did. Five miles worth of
it, fortunately through a nicely wooded section and with occasional
breaks for water. The cool-down mile walk was even accessorized with
some lovely company from another continent.
Fast-forward ahead past the non-movie worthy portions of the day, and
there we were driving North, on the road to NYC. My karma (damn, I
was a bastard in a previous life) kicked up then, and poor P found
himself with a ticket in hand, poor man. Yay, for a lack of towing
that weekend, but REALLY, going 12 miles over the speed limit is not a
big deal when you're on the highway and the speed limit is a lame
55mph anyways.
Once we did a little off-roading style crossing of a median, got lost,
and found, we managed to get into the least car-dense bridge or tunnel
leaving New Jersey. NYC was another matter though. Gay pride was all
hot and heavy, strutting through 5th Ave intermittently, between
stop-and-go traffic. I jumped out and into the fray. And oh, was it
worth it! There were gay versions of everything...gay rugby, gay
volleyball, gay volleyball, gay Jewish, gay Episcopalians...it went on
and on by genre. There were hotties and thongs and sweat (including
on me, at >92 degrees F), and loud thumping *good* dance music, and
unwanted freebies, and squirting water, and cops. It was all I could
hope for on a sunny Sunday on my own.
(My apologies to the heterosexual males. The parade offered next to no
eye candy for anyone other than gay men and heterosexual woman.)
This is an inaction, art figure that I put together. The head is a cast made from my original hand sculpted version. There is no articulation and the backer card is laminated. The art on the card was also done by me. I have wanted to make this for a while. A mash up of the innocent, child, friendly 80's figures with the darker, films. I hand painted the figure and as stated the card is laminated and is hard plastic that will NOT rip.
The United States Capitol is the meeting place of the United States Congress, the legislature of the federal government of the United States. Located in Washington, D.C., it sits atop Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall. Though it has never been the geographic center of the federal district, the Capitol is the origin by which both the quadrants of the District are divided and the city was planned. Officially, both the east and west sides of the Capitol are referred to as "fronts." Historically, however, only the east front of the building was intended for the arrival of visitors and dignitaries. Like the federal buildings for the executive and judicial branches, it is built in the distinctive neoclassical style and has a white exterior.
Dokhi Fassihian, executive director of Reporters Without Borders USA, highlights the lack of accountability for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, saying, "Murderers do not deserve the protection of the government."
On Tuesday, March 3, Sen. Wyden (D-OR), Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), and fiancée of the late Jamal Khashoggi, Hatice Cengiz, hosted a press conference to discuss the administration’s refusal to publicly release details on the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and to announce next steps for securing transparency and accountability for his murder.
Co-sponsors:
– Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain
– Committee to Protect Journalists
– Human Rights First
– James W. Foley Legacy Foundation
– PEN America
– Project on Middle East Democracy
– Reporters Without Borders
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 215
50 Constitution Ave NE, Washington, DC 20510
Photo credit: April Brady/Project on Middle East Democracy
Unlike the wildlife documentaries the real life action that occurs on a river crossing is brief, sudden and unexpected -happening unpredictably in between long periods of relative inaction.
This yearling Wildebeest was grabbed and despatched by two large crocs working together. I missed the strike and was holding the wrong camera/lens combo when the action unfolded. The young Wildebeest died quickly and the large croc on the right carried the body to the far bank where the remains of a large tree which had been washed down the river was snared. I cannot be certain but it appeared that the wildebeest carcase was deposited in a cache below water among the tangle of branches. Later we saw another croc appear to transport a carcase to the same location.
Our guide Ben expressed the belief that these crocs were smart, working together and that during times of plenty they racked and stacked the carcases.
We also observed large crocs appearing to hold carcases allowing smaller crocs to spin & tear off chunks of flesh.
I had always assumed that crocs were rather primitive uncomplicated creatures devoid of social interaction and driven purely by basic genetically programmed instincts .........now I'm not so sure!!!
Re-worked and framed by a friend.