Showing posts with label civi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label civi. Show all posts
Monday, July 19, 2021
Monday, November 30, 2020
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
History - Not for easily impressed people
In April 2018, yes, it takes time for the truth to come out. The "museification" of one of the darkest hours of that huge country, the USA. (14 times France, remember.)
So here is the official site of the Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration.
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The site below has been in the column at the WOW lable between the favourite SCIENTIFIC websites label and the literaure label. Do visit the WOW label list! And do comment if you'd like one site listed here. Thanks in advance. ... so many ...gems on the web... even if truth hurts sometime. https://withoutsanctuary.org/index.html
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Follow-up articles
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/aug/15/400-years-since-slavery-timelin
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/28/lynching-memorial-backlash-montgomery-alabama
Monday, September 04, 2017
Do you watch TV?
Get ready to talk about reality TV, what you think of it, your experience, etc...
Now watch this French documentary. It's 55 mn long. But it's worth the time.
Watch it, prepare an oral description and make a presentation to the class.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amzLnvfaeJM
Dreaming is ok, reality beats fiction sometimes.
Now watch this French documentary. It's 55 mn long. But it's worth the time.
Watch it, prepare an oral description and make a presentation to the class.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amzLnvfaeJM
Dreaming is ok, reality beats fiction sometimes.
Wednesday, March 01, 2017
Sunday, December 01, 2013
Thanksgiving 2013 #transparency
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) ...
And a video to show you what she's talking about. That's #transparency
http://vimeo.com/73234721
And a video to show you what she's talking about. That's #transparency
http://vimeo.com/73234721
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Freedom?
While Julian Assange has been more than a year in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, Edward Snowden in transit zone in Moscow... words such as bugs, spying and surveillance are much in use.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/03/hidden-microphone-ecuador-embassy-assange
And then, a petition in favour of the freedom of the press that was signed by our Minister of Education's brother, the journalist Antoine Peillon.
http://blogs.mediapart.fr/blog/la-redaction-de-mediapart/110713/we-have-right-know-join-appealalready-25000-signatures
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/03/hidden-microphone-ecuador-embassy-assange
And then, a petition in favour of the freedom of the press that was signed by our Minister of Education's brother, the journalist Antoine Peillon.
http://blogs.mediapart.fr/blog/la-redaction-de-mediapart/110713/we-have-right-know-join-appealalready-25000-signatures
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Forbidden words...
This seems like it came from The Onion,a satirical news website,
but it’s no joke.
The New York City Department of Education is asking teachers to ban words from tests for students in schools.
Here is the list. I guess they forgot to include Orwellian in it...
Abuse (physical, sexual, emotional, or psychological), Alcohol (beer and liquor), tobacco, or drugs, Birthday celebrations (and birthdays), Bodily functions, Cancer (and other diseases) Catastrophes/disasters (tsunamis and hurricanes), Celebrities, Children dealing with serious issues, Cigarettes (and other smoking paraphernalia), Computers in the home (acceptable in a school or library setting), Crime, Death and disease, Dinosaur, Divorce, Evolution, Expensive gifts, vacations, and prizes, Gambling involving money, Halloween, Homelessness, Homes with swimming pools, Hunting, Junk food, In-depth discussions of sports that require prior knowledge, Loss of employment, Nuclear weapons, Occult topics (i.e. fortune-telling), Parapsychology, Politics, Pornography, Poverty, Rap Music, Religion, Religious holidays and festivals (including but not limited to Christmas, Yom Kippur, and Ramadan), Rock-and-Roll music, Running away, Sex, Slavery, Terrorism, Television and video games (excessive use), Traumatic material (including material that may be particularly upsetting such as animal shelters), Vermin (rats and roaches), Violence, War and bloodshed, Weapons (guns, knives, etc.),Witchcraft, sorcery.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/03/26/war-on-words-nyc-dept-of-education-wants-50-forbidden-words-removed-from-standardized-tests/
but it’s no joke.
The New York City Department of Education is asking teachers to ban words from tests for students in schools.
Here is the list. I guess they forgot to include Orwellian in it...
Abuse (physical, sexual, emotional, or psychological), Alcohol (beer and liquor), tobacco, or drugs, Birthday celebrations (and birthdays), Bodily functions, Cancer (and other diseases) Catastrophes/disasters (tsunamis and hurricanes), Celebrities, Children dealing with serious issues, Cigarettes (and other smoking paraphernalia), Computers in the home (acceptable in a school or library setting), Crime, Death and disease, Dinosaur, Divorce, Evolution, Expensive gifts, vacations, and prizes, Gambling involving money, Halloween, Homelessness, Homes with swimming pools, Hunting, Junk food, In-depth discussions of sports that require prior knowledge, Loss of employment, Nuclear weapons, Occult topics (i.e. fortune-telling), Parapsychology, Politics, Pornography, Poverty, Rap Music, Religion, Religious holidays and festivals (including but not limited to Christmas, Yom Kippur, and Ramadan), Rock-and-Roll music, Running away, Sex, Slavery, Terrorism, Television and video games (excessive use), Traumatic material (including material that may be particularly upsetting such as animal shelters), Vermin (rats and roaches), Violence, War and bloodshed, Weapons (guns, knives, etc.),Witchcraft, sorcery.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/03/26/war-on-words-nyc-dept-of-education-wants-50-forbidden-words-removed-from-standardized-tests/
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Survey: in the US, 85% of New College Graduates Move Back in with Mom and Dad
http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/05/10/survey-85-of-new-college-grads-moving-back-in-with-mom-and-dad/
http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/05/10/survey-85-of-new-college-grads-moving-back-in-with-mom-and-dad/
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Patriot Act Extended
WASHINGTON — Minutes before a midnight deadline, President Barack Obama signed into law a four-year extension of post-Sept. 11 powers to search records and conduct roving wiretaps in pursuit of terrorists...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-moves-patriot-act-toward-4-year-extension-before-thursday-midnight-deadline/2011/05/25/AGnYjXBH_story.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-moves-patriot-act-toward-4-year-extension-before-thursday-midnight-deadline/2011/05/25/AGnYjXBH_story.html
Sunday, February 06, 2011
Amazonians
An uncontacted tribe in Peru was filmed from afar.Watch this remarkable footage.
Do you think they would like to get into contact with the rest of the world?
You can also read an article about this tribe here:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/the-amazonian-tribe-that-hid-from-the-rest-of-the-world-ndash-until-now-836774.html
or this one:
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2011/0203/Photos-of-isolated-Amazonian-tribe-raise-awareness-of-deforestation-in-Brazil-Peru
Do you think they would like to get into contact with the rest of the world?
You can also read an article about this tribe here:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/the-amazonian-tribe-that-hid-from-the-rest-of-the-world-ndash-until-now-836774.html
or this one:
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2011/0203/Photos-of-isolated-Amazonian-tribe-raise-awareness-of-deforestation-in-Brazil-Peru
Thursday, January 06, 2011
Ex-CIA agent on TV about Julian Assange and his Wikileaks team.
Ray Mc Govern, ex-CIA agent talks on CNN about Wikileaks and Julian Assange as well as Thomas Jefferson and Martin Luther King... two heavy-weight references
See this quote by Thomas Jefferson:The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers & be capable of reading them.
The same Ray mc Govern on RT, (RT is "the first Russian 24/7 English-language news channel which brings the Russian view on global news.")I wonder whether the non-English-speaking Russian people have the same content.
And did you know that?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/10/24-8
See this quote by Thomas Jefferson:The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers & be capable of reading them.
The same Ray mc Govern on RT, (RT is "the first Russian 24/7 English-language news channel which brings the Russian view on global news.")I wonder whether the non-English-speaking Russian people have the same content.
And did you know that?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/10/24-8
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Body scanners: Opt out!
http://www.optoutday.com/
Some people are willing to refuse body scanners and would rather have a body search or "enhanced pat down"
Know that the TSA is Transportation Security Administration "that protects the nation's transportation systems to ensure freedom of movement for people and commerce." Indeed!!!
Some people are willing to refuse body scanners and would rather have a body search or "enhanced pat down"
Know that the TSA is Transportation Security Administration "that protects the nation's transportation systems to ensure freedom of movement for people and commerce." Indeed!!!
Monday, November 08, 2010
Friday, November 05, 2010
5th of November = Guy Fawkes'night
Watch V for Vendetta tonight, on Bonfire Night and learn more about it,Guy Fawkes and the conspirators led by Robert Catesby:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/flash/0,5860,1605605,00.html
or here:http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/civil_war_revolution/gunpowder_robinson_01.shtml
I quote:
"Their first meeting was on 20 May 1604. Catesby was joined by his friends Thomas Wintour, Jack Wright and Thomas Percy at the Duck and Drake, in the Strand. The fifth person was Guy Fawkes. Originally from York, he had been recruited in Flanders, where he had been serving in the Spanish Army. They discussed their plan to blow up Parliament House, and shortly afterwards leased a small house in the heart of Westminster, installing Fawkes as caretaker, under the alias of John Johnson."
Here is a video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ikQQk8cJQ
And the nursery rhyme: thanks Emily!
"Remember, remember the Fifth of November,
The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
I know of no reason
Why the Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.
Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, t'was his intent
To blow up the King and Parli'ment.
Three-score barrels of powder below
To prove old England's overthrow;
By God's providence he was catch'd (or by God's mercy*)
With a dark lantern and burning match.
Holla boys, Holla boys, let the bells ring.
Holloa boys, holloa boys, God save the King!
And what should we do with him? Burn him!"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/flash/0,5860,1605605,00.html
or here:http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/civil_war_revolution/gunpowder_robinson_01.shtml
I quote:
"Their first meeting was on 20 May 1604. Catesby was joined by his friends Thomas Wintour, Jack Wright and Thomas Percy at the Duck and Drake, in the Strand. The fifth person was Guy Fawkes. Originally from York, he had been recruited in Flanders, where he had been serving in the Spanish Army. They discussed their plan to blow up Parliament House, and shortly afterwards leased a small house in the heart of Westminster, installing Fawkes as caretaker, under the alias of John Johnson."
Here is a video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ikQQk8cJQ
And the nursery rhyme: thanks Emily!
"Remember, remember the Fifth of November,
The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
I know of no reason
Why the Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.
Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, t'was his intent
To blow up the King and Parli'ment.
Three-score barrels of powder below
To prove old England's overthrow;
By God's providence he was catch'd (or by God's mercy*)
With a dark lantern and burning match.
Holla boys, Holla boys, let the bells ring.
Holloa boys, holloa boys, God save the King!
And what should we do with him? Burn him!"
Friday, October 29, 2010
Rally to restore sanity
............................................UPDATES......... SOME SIGNS .........................................
Two great U.S. comedians: Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert
http://www.rallytorestoresanity.com/
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-october-27-2010/moment-of-zen---obama-will-not-be-at-the-rally
Watch this video too where the U.S. president's spokesman answers the question:" Is there a chance the president will put an appearance at the rally?"Watch his fingers spin.
tMon - Thurs 11p / 10cMoment of Zen - Obama Will Not Be at the Rallywww.thedailyshow.com
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