19 November, 2010
Why Did South Africa Vote in Favor of Executing Gay People?
By Michael A. Jones
We noted yesterday that the United Nations truly failed LGBT people this week, with a sad vote that removed sexual orientation from a resolution condemning extrajudicial killings. So while the UN c… Read more of this post, Why Did …
http://gayrights.change.org/blog/view/why_did_south_africa_vote_in_favor_of_executing_gay_people
19 November, 2010
As one of the busiest travel seasons of the year approaches there is a public outcry over new airport security measures that include full-body scanners and invasive police-style pat-downs. We speak with the Electronic Privacy Information Center and the American Civil Liberties Union, as well as New York City Councilman David Greenfield, who introduced a resolution to ban the use of the full body scanners in airports within the city.
Listen/Watch/Read
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/11/19/national_outcry_over_tsa_body_scanners
19 November, 2010 — Russell Tribunal on Palestine
The second international session of the RToP will take place in London, on 20, 21 and 22 November 2010. It will examine *International corporate complicity in Israel’s Violations of International Human Rights Law, International Humanitarian Law, and War Crimes*.
http://www.russelltribunalonpalestine.com/en/sessions/london-session
You will be able to watch the London session of RToP LIVE on your PC from Saturday morning 10am GMT.
Please share these two links as widely as possible. Thanks.
http://www.russelltribunalonpalestine.com/en/live
witnessgaza.com
The second international session of the RToP will take place in London, on 20, 21 and 22 November 2010. It will examine International corporate complicity in Israels Violations of International Human Rights Law, International Humanitarian Law, and War Crimes.
19 November, 2010 — Jazz on the Tube
It’s hard to resist weighing in to the TSA scandal…especially since I just canceled a flight to Toronto to drive instead so I can avoid the “handlers.”
Here’s a song by Nat King Cole with some advice to the lunatics who run the TSA:
“Straighten up and fly right!”
I hear Orlando is throwing the TSA out of its airport and replacing them with private security, an option open to EVERY airport in the US.
Straighten up and fly right TSA or you’re going to find yourself out of every serious airport in America (and nobody’s going to miss you)…
The New Dark Age 