Houla Massacre, Syria
The link below is to an EXTREMELY GRAPHIC picture of a child whose throat was slit by Bashar Al Assad’s men in Houla, Syria 2 days ago. I believe this picture is too graphic to post here, hence the warning, but sometimes we need to see the absolute horror being inflicted on innocent people.
Pro-Assad thugs entered homes and massacred people, most of them children. According to the UN at least 32 children were murdered whilst human rights groups say the number was closer to 50. Most of these children were aged 10 or under. Adults were also slaughtered. Please spread awareness of what is happening in Syria!
I have never wished Hell on a person but if I was going to start, Bashar Assad would be at the top of my list.
May Allah (God) rest these innocent souls and grant them entry to the highest heaven. Ameen.
Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat money.
Our planet is currently facing its single biggest threat with potentially catastrophic consequences. The Brazilian government has voted to allow destruction of part of the Amazon rainforest. The area is the size of the UK and France put together. The only person who can veto this Bill is President Dilma. PLEASE sign this petition and send it to everyone you know. Tell these people we won’t sit back and let them kill our planet!
100,000 People Without Essential Health Care in North Darfur
MSF Forced to Suspend Lifesaving Medical Activities After Restrictions Imposed on Its Work
As a result of increasing restrictions imposed by Sudanese authorities, MSF has been forced to suspend most of its medical activities in the Jebel Si region of North Darfur State in Sudan.
Increasing obstacles over the past year led to the suspension of MSF’s activities. No shipments of drugs or medical supplies have been authorized since September 2011, and MSF has encountered growing difficulties obtaining work and travel permits for its staff. Transport options to and from Jebel Si have also been drastically reduced. MSF has been the sole health provider in the region.
“With the reduction of our activities in Jebel Si, more than 100,000 people in the region are left entirely without health care,” said Alberto Cristina, MSF operational manager for Sudan. “If we are not allowed to deliver medicines and supplies to our hospital and health posts soon, disease outbreaks are likely to occur, and maternal and prenatal deaths are likely to increase and may even reach emergency levels.”
Photo: Mothers and children at an MSF facility in Jebel Si, where obstacles threaten MSF’s continued operation
Sudan 2012 © MSF
From Truth Beckons:
GIVING BIRTH WHILE SHACKLED - If this is not cruel and unusual punishment, I don‘t know what is!
Giving Birth in Chains: The Shackling of Incarcerated Women During Labor and Delivery: http://bit.ly/Ihxals
Virginia to continue shackling pregnant inmates while giving birth: http://bit.ly/IkKgSB
Jails Can Shackle Inmates Giving Birth: http://bit.ly/IznlQL
Giving Birth in Shackles in an Arkansas Prison:
http://dai.ly/J0Y7Jd
State bill would ban shackling female prisoners giving birth: http://bit.ly/JixeP9
End Shackling Now - A NOW Activist Leader’s Guide to Eliminating Shackling of Incarcerated Women Pre-, During, and Post-Labor and Delivery: http://bit.ly/IkDfiG
Undocumented Women Forced To Give Birth While Shackled And In Police Custody:http://huff.to/JtIZqf
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Joichi Ito, Director, MIT Media Lab (via networkedculture)
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One hundred years from now, the role of science and technology will be about becoming part of nature rather than trying to control it.
So much of science and technology has been about pursuing efficiency, scale and “exponential growth” at the expense of our environment and our resources. We have rewarded those who invent technologies that control our triumph over nature in some way. This is clearly not sustainable.
We must understand that we live in a complex system where everything is interrelated and interdependent and that everything we design impacts a larger system.
My dream is that 100 years from now, we will be learning from nature, integrating with nature and using science and technology to bring nature into our lives to make human beings and our artifacts not only zero impact but a positive impact to the natural system that we live in.
Islam2011 (via islam2011)
So true, and should apply generally to everyone.
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Taking advantage of people’s situation is one of the most disliked and hated things in Islam. Nobody should ever take advantage of someone’s situation. Someone who is in need should be helped, someone who is in desperate need should be cared for, and someone who is asking for something should be helped by his neighbors. We should never take advantage of someone.
In Chad, Diseases are Spreading as Food Supplies Dwindle
Food and water shortages in Chad are exacerbating malnutrition and contributing to the spread of deadly diseases like measles and meningitis.Photo: MSF staff examine a young malnutrition patient in Chad’s Yao district.(Chad 2012 © Andrea Bussotti/MSF)
Neil deGrasse Tyson
I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.
An Iraqi boy in an orphanage. His mother was killed in the war and he missed her, so he drew a picture and slept in her arms.
Hillary Clinton tell Karimov: Stop Murdering Motherhood
Uzbekistan’s dictator is forcing doctors to cut out women’s uteruses without their knowledge or consent to promote ‘birth control’ across the country. It’s a vile and bloody crime against women being orchestrated by an odious strongman, and now is the time for it to end.
Karimov is one of the world’s worst dictators, he’s even boiled opposition activists alive. Yet he’s propped up by millions of dollars from the US government, which pays him for military transport across the country. The latest round of brutality against his country’s women has turned the global spotlight on this monster.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton can reinstate military sanctions and push the US and other powers to lift any and all support. She has already publicly condemned Karimov for human rights abuses, and this most recent assault on women’s rights — a topic she champions — only ups the stakes.
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