Decided to make a post in the family Blogger account, and sharing it here.

Go to trial, crash the justice system.
 AFTER years as a civil rights lawyer, I rarely find myself speechless. But some questions a woman I know posed during a phone conversation one recent evening gave me pause: “What would happen if we organized thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of people charged with crimes to refuse to play the game, to ( Read more... )

Okay, I walked into this with skepticism, but seriously? Lying and misleading on the 'news' is covered by the First Amendment? :\ I am really glad the CRTC decided to keep that rule against misleading news here in Canada.  So, here's a question - do you believe that such should be protected by 'freedom of speech' and the First Amendment?  Do you ( Read more... )

This... this gives me a migraine. >.< I just want to smack some people upside the head about this. "I'm sorry, since you won't vote the way we want you to, we're just going to force our will on you anyway."  I really feel for these women.  :(

Oklahoma Senate Passes Personhood Act, Effectively Banning All AbortionsThe Republican dominated Oklahoma ( Read more... )

Democratic Women Boycott House Contraception Hearing After Republicans Prevent Women From Testifying
This morning, Democrats tore into House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) for preventing women from testifying before a hearing examining the Obama administration’s new regulation requiring employers and insurers to provide ( Read more... )

Honour killings ‘un-Islamic,’ fatwa declares in wake of Shafia trial

Imams from across Canada and the United States have issued a moral ruling condemning honour killings, domestic violence and misogyny as “un-Islamic.”  The Islamic Supreme Council of Canada says the fatwa aims to clarify any possible confusion over the teachings of the Koran.  The ( Read more... )

Apparently, to be able to teach math, you need only basic high school math, and one year of university math.  You don't really need to know the subject, to teach it.  :\  Explains a lot.  You know, my teachers took extra time to make sure I was able to do math - I got sent to a special class specifically to help me learn division, because that's ( Read more... )

Seriously - what the hell?
In a move to "promote greater unity" among its body and the Pike County community it serves, a small Kentucky church voted to ban interracial couples from membership and from participating in certain worship activities, Kentucky.com reportsThough reminiscent of some Jim Crow-era mandate, the Gulnare Freewill Baptist ( Read more... )

A hero from the marines is in a lawsuit with a company he worked for, because they said untrue things about him to another company, after he left them for wanting to sell advanced sniper scopes to a military known for attacking American soldiers.  I hope he wins.

Ten myths about Occupy Wall Street

( Everything The Media Told You About Occupy Wall Street Is Wrong )