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I’d like you to meet me and my younger siblings. This is us. :)
I’m posting this because my family and I are literally on our last leg, and we could use a little help.
Last year, both my mom and I lost our jobs. For about 8 or 9 months, our only source of income…
CISPA Replaces SOPA As Internet’s Enemy No. 1 (Must Read)
The Internet has a new enemy. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 (CISPA), also known as H.R. 3523, is a “cybersecurity” bill in the House of Representatives. While CISPA does not focus primarily on intellectual property (though that’s in there, too), critics say the problems with the bill run just as deep.
As with SOPA and PIPA, the first main concern about CISPA is its “broad language,” which critics fear allows the legislation to be interpreted in ways that could infringe on our civil liberties. The Center for Democracy and Technology sums up the problems with CISPA this way:
• The bill has a very broad, almost unlimited definition of the information that can be shared with government agencies notwithstanding privacy and other laws;
• The bill is likely to lead to expansion of the government’s role in the monitoring of private communications as a result of this sharing;
• It is likely to shift control of government cybersecurity efforts from civilian agencies to the military;
• Once the information is shared with the government, it wouldn’t have to be used for cybesecurity, but could instead be used for any purpose that is not specifically prohibited.The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) adds that CISPA’s definition of “cybersecurity” is so broad that “it leaves the door open to censor any speech that a company believes would ‘degrade the network.’”
Moreover, the inclusion of “intellectual property” means that companies and the government would have “new powers to monitor and censor communications for copyright infringement.”
Furthermore, critics warn that CISPA gives private companies the ability to collect and share information about their customers or users with immunity — meaning we cannot sue them for doing so, and they cannot be charged with any crimes.
According to the EFF, CISPA “effectively creates a ‘cybersecurity’ exemption to all existing laws.”
“There are almost no restrictions on what can be collected and how it can be used, provided a company can claim it was motivated by ‘cybersecurity purposes.’” the EFF continues.
“That means a company like Google, Facebook, Twitter, or AT&T could intercept your emails and text messages, send copies to one another and to the government, and modify those communications or prevent them from reaching their destination if it fits into their plan to stop cybersecurity threats.”
Read the full text of CISPA here, or the full official summary at the bottom of this page.
SIGN THE PETITION TO SAVE THE INTERNET FROM CISPA
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My friend, Melissa ( http://yuriheaven.tumblr.com/ ) has been dealing with abusive parents for a long time, and today, her father hurt her with a group of his friends in a bar, and she’s saying she wants to die -
I want to get her out of there; She…
PETA AND ASPCA TAKE DOWN CABOODLE RANCH
Caboodle Ranch is a 30 acre 501c3 non-profit cat rescue sanctuary founded by a single individual who cared enough to make a difference in the lives of what are now hundreds of abandoned cats.
This 64 year old man, armed only with a bag of cat food, was taken in by excessive force in early March with a gun held to his head and told at the time of arrest that he was being charged with a misdemeanor. His name is Craig Grant, and before even being given a chance to prove his innocence, he was branded an animal abuser and a hoarder, and his mugshot was plastered across newspapers, websites, and countless social media outlets across the country, by vultures seeking to make a sensation to raise support for their political agenda.
You’d think the ASPCA and PETA would want to help, right?
Keep reading if you want to know more. Click here to sign the petition to return the cats and Craig to Caboodle Ranch.
ASPCA
ASPCA and law enforcement raided Caboodle Ranch just after 9 in the morning when Craig was just beginning his chores for the day. Litterboxes were not just scooped, but emptied completely and continually refilled every morning. Craig was holding a bag of Purina when he was arrested. He was in the process of topping off the food bins. Wet food was given every day around 4pm. Water was constantly being refreshed throughout the day. Floors and counters were scrubbed daily. All these chores were just beginning when he was arrested, but that doesn’t matter because it made for perfect video just the way it was. They trapped cats into the night.
Craig tried his hardest, with the help and advice of a veterinarian, to treat every cat that was sick. He has many cases (with vet records to prove it) where he’s helped bring these sick cats back to perfect health, and he did it out of sheer determination and love. He spent countless nights hand-feeding cats that couldn’t eat for themselves, administered medications that were needed, and watched over these cats throughout the night because he didn’t want one to die as he slept.
Ask them who their poster cat is right now. It’s Tommy, Craig’s cat. He’s sick with FIP, had a lot of bloodwork done, had a feeding tube put in that went from his nose to his stomach and was receiving formula. Dr. Lewis, Caboodle’s veterinarian, was monitoring his health. Tommy had been posted about many times. Take a look back within the last 5+ Caboodle Ranch posts and read his story for yourself. $5000 was just spent on his care at a small hospital in Gainsville. He was starting to gain weight and had even started to eat sliced deli meat before he was taken.
His care at Caboodle Ranch is well documented.PETAPETA knows how to be dramatic with their filming. Ask them why it took them 5 months to get the footage they have. If a place is deplorable, it shouldn’t take longer than a day to get the film evidence needed. But they know the conditions had to be just right… they’ve done this stuff before.
Some of the footage of Caboodle Ranch was taken after a massive downpour of rain swept through the county… the perfect conditons to film cats huddled inside buildings with dirty floors. And as a “volunteer”, part of her job was cleaning… But better to film it instead.
Caboodle cats were not confined to these buildings. They had acres of land in which to roam freely. The property was filled with little cat houses, including a cat sized church, a school, a little courthouse… These weren’t for Craig to play in.
This PETA investigator chased a 3-legged cat to film it falling and sliding across the floor. For what purpose? This cat came to him that way, as so many other unwanted cats do. He came in from West Virginia, very scared, and it took 3 months for them to become friends. He’s a cat with a beautiful personality who was happy and at home at the ranch.
This PETA investigator filmed a refridgerator she knew wasn’t in use, and filmed the inside of a decrepid building that was boarded and closed off to cats. This building is still there on the property for anyone to tour and see for themselves.
But it all made for dramatic footage. Ask how many donations they received after posting it. Ask them how much more support they got for stopping the Animal Rescue Act they’re trying to oppose.
Craig is up against two huge organizations, one especially known for its bullying and deceitfullness. Please help him to defend himself by making a donation for his legal fees. The Paypal link can be found on Caboodle Ranch’s website.Fuck you PETA. Fuck you so hard.
this is so sad :c
PETA is just mad because they are not punk rock and I told everyone.
PETA is the worst
WOW FUCK PETA
PETA needs to be shut down, seriously. :1
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[MISSING PERSON:
Stafford, Elgin OLU MB/23
5’10”, 145 lbs., black hair, brown eyes.
Tattoos: a picture of a Bonsai tree on his right shoulder a birthmark near his left thumb.
Last seen wearing a dark jacket, a multi-colored pair of pants, and a black shirt.
FCN: 2321208000111
NCIC: M190617036Detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department are seeking the public’s assistance in locating the above missing person.
The missing person, Elgin, Stafford, was last sene leaving his resident on the 20000 block of Campaign Drive, Carson at 5:30 a.am on Tuesday, March 20th, 2012. The missing person has no known medical or psychiatric issues, but had recently been exhibiting erratic behavior.
His family is very concerned and is also asking for the public’s assistance.
Any information, please contact the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau, Missing Person’s Detail.
Attention: DETECTIVE T. ABRAHAM or DETECTIVE C. CARNS
File Number: 012-030004-1620-400, Phone: (323) 890-5500]There’s a fax number as well, but the numbers are too small for me to make out.
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The above article is an update. Her mother went to appeal to keep her out of the psychiatric ward and lost. She will be institutionalized because of her expression of her gender. She will be held until she conforms to male gender and then released to foster care, not her mother who was supporting her.
Please, if you haven’t signed the petition, sign it, reblog it, ask your friends to sign it. We’ve managed to get 40K signatures for a pageant model, we’ve only gotten 11K for a little girl about to have her life ruined. Lets get on the ball and spread the word.
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Please help my best friend’s friend.
Spread the word please.
Even if not from Chicago reblog, it may catch some attention.
Please reblog if you don’t mind! My little sister posted this for her friend. This girl’s been missing for a week so far.
Have friends/followers in the Chicago area. Keep a look out folks.
This needs to have more than 9 notes. Reblog.
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Please do not forget Trayvon Martin. His killer, George Zimmerman, still has not been arrested.
What you can do: Call, fax, or email the District Attorney’s office, Sanford Police, and political representatives to ask them why Trayvon Martin’s killer has not been arrested.
1. State Attorney’s Office - Sanford
Attn: Florida District Attorney Norman Wolfinger
State Attorney’s Office
Criminal Justice Center
101 Bush Boulevard
PO Box 8006
Sanford, Florida 32772-8006
Telephone: (407) 665-60002. Sanford Police Department
Sanford Police Department, Attn: Police Chief Bill Lee, 815 West 13th Street, Sanford, FL 32771
Telephone: (407) 688-5070
3. Florida Governor
Office of Governor Rick Scott, State of Florida, The Capitol, 400 S. Monroe St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0001
Governor’s office Telephone: (850) 488-7146
4. Florida legislators
http://www.flsenate.gov/senators/find
(a) The Florida state senator for Sanford, Florida is David Simmons.
David Simmons, 251 Maitland Avenue, Suite 304,Altamonte Springs, FL 32701
Telephone: (407) 262-7578(b) The Florida state representative for Sanford, Florida is Jason Brodheur.
Jason Brodheur, District Office, 114 West First Street, Suite 208, Sanford, FL 32771-1273
Telephone: (407) 302-4800
(c) The US representative for Sanford, Florida is Corrine Brown.
Representative Corrine Brown, 2336 Rayburn HOB, Washington, D.C. 20515
Telephone: (202) 225-0123, Fax: (202) 225-2256
(d) The US senators for Florida are Marc Rubio and Bill Nelson.
Senator Marc Rubio, 317 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington DC, 20510
Telephone: (202) 224-3041
Senator Bill Nelson, 716 Senate Hart Office Building, Washington, DC 20510
Telephone: (202) 224-5274
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TW:rape suicide
Netizens Mourn After A Moroccan Girl Who Was Forced To Marry Her Rapist Commits Suicide
#RIPAmina is gaining traction following the suicide of a young girl, Amina from Larache, Morocco. According to online reports, Amina was raped by a man 10 years her senior a year ago. Following an agreement between her family and a civil court Amina was forced to marry her rapist, which protected him from any criminal charges according to Moroccan penal code.
The snapshot below highlights Article 475 from Moroccan law which decrees that anyone who rapes a female minor, under the age of 18, will receive immunity from criminal charges as long as they marry the minor.
Women’s rights groups in Morocco, like Mouvement Alternatif pour les Libertés Individuelles (MALI), have been vocal in their opposition against Article 475.
MALI issued the following press release on March 8, also International Women’s Day, to protest Moroccan law.
WHAT THE FUCKKKKK SIGNAL BOOST LIKE A MMMMMUUUUUFFFUUKAHAAAAHHH reblog this, research it and spread the word. If there is no petition in existence about this bullshit, I’m starting one. LIKE YESTERDAY
#RIPAMINA
#RIPAMINA
#RIPAMINA
same shit here in the countryside …poor girl
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I’m an animation student in my final year, and I’m working on my thesis film right now which will help me graduate and hopefully launch my future art career. But I really need $500 to get the film completed. The money will go towards crucial parts of the film that I can’t do alone: Sound design, music, and art assistants.
The rewards include postcard prints of my “Dude on a Bison” drawing, my “Strongman and Pianist” drawing, and signed sketches from me sent in the mail. ANY AMOUNT HELPS, so please pledge if you can!
My previous films have been fun, gory romps that kinda test the waters of what I’d like to create. To me, animation is a medium where you can make anything happen in excruciating, hilarious detail and be totally believable, so that’s something I want to have fun with. And Our Argument is that as well. But Our Argument is more personal.
No one wins in an argument. When anger starts, you feel like the greatest person in the world, like you need to win, like you need to fight for what’s right. it makes you feel like a superhero, at the very least a miniature Hulk.
But the voice of temperance and rationality catches up to you too late, and you realize you’ve been an ass and you’ve probably hurt the person you care most about.
Realization, regret, and self loathing. Those are the parts of arguing that stick out the most to me. And this film is meant to show what those look like.
You can check out more of my animation work on my Vimeo page, or on pollums.com (for non-animation work as well).
THANK YOU!!!
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I can’t believe I’m doing this, but I’m pretty desperate.
That picture is me. I am not pregnant. That is my tumor.
It’s benign, but only in that it’s not going to kill me. In many other ways it’s very malignant. The least of my problems being that it’s gotten to the point where I have to ask for help tying my shoes and ended up buying slip on shoes so I didn’t have to ask for help. I’m tired all the time to the point where I will literally sleep fifteen hours a day if I can. My immune system is in the toilet and my medical bills are through the roof.
I’ve known, medically, about this tumor since August of 2011 when I finally saw a doctor about my oddly protruding abdomen, but I have been dealing with this this since early 2010. It’s just getting worse and worse.
So, I’m asking for donations. I already have over a thousand dollars in bills I can’t pay and I still don’t know how much the surgery to have it removed is going to cost. I do know I’m going to have to spend 2-3 days in the hospital and that will probably cost twice whatever the surgery is, if not more. I’d really appreciate it if I could get some help.
If you’re willing to help please send donations to my PayPal at lorde.korde@gmail.com
Even two dollars will help. And if you can’t afford even that much then do me a favor and pass this on. Reblog, tweet about, it whatever is applicable. Every little bit helps.
ETA: Now with a facebook community! http://www.facebook.com/ProjectEHLB
Holy shit, man. I am flat-ass broke with debts of my own, but I can at least reblog. Minus the angry rant about what kind of country lets its citizens live like this.
;; Reblogging. I wish I could help more than that.
My mom has one of these! Passing this along!
Please help if you can. This is heartbreaking and just one of MILLIONS of people who are suffering because of our unfair healthcare laws and terrible, terrible wealth inequality. -Jess
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How is this even legal? Suddenly doctors can withhold medical information from patients to prevent an abortion in any case? What about an ectopic pregnancy? And forget prosecution because this bill protects medical personnel from malpractice charges. Even if one is pro-life the idea that any law would prevent a doctor from giving you all of your options is bad. If this passes in this sector it can spread to others. Medical information being withheld is not the way to tackle this issue.
I can’t even… I have to calm down, I’m getting incoherent.
Take this, spread the word. Kansas CANNOT let this through. Brownback must not ever see this bill on his desk.
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Hi, guys. Name’s Marly. My best friend in the world, the whole wide world, is in a bit of a pickle, and unfortunately, he can’t/won’t do anything for himself.
He’s unwell. I don’t know precisely how unwell because, again, his treatment of choice is usually to ignore his…
“It’s a real massacre in every sense of the word. I saw bodies of women and children lying on roads beheaded. It’s horrible and inhuman. It was a long night helping people get to hospitals.” - Abu Jihad, Khalidiya resident
“We are not getting any help, there are no ambulances or anything. We are removing the people with our own hands. […] We have dug out at least 100 bodies so far, they are placed in the two mosques.” - anonymous Syrian activist
“We were sitting inside our house when we started hearing the shelling. We felt shells were falling on our heads.” - Waleed, Khalidiya resident
“It does not seem that they get it. Even if they kill 10 million of us, the people will not stop until we topple him.” - anonymous Syrian resident
As many as 260 people have been killed since Friday across Homs, Syria, according to several opposition groups, marking the deadliest day of violence since anti-government protests began in mid-March.
The UN Security Council will meet Saturday morning to vote on a resolution condemning the Syrian government’s violent response to the ongoing protests.
Multiple Syrian embassies across Europe and the Middle East were attacked by demonstrators Friday and Saturday to protest the recent assault on anti-Assad activists in Syria.
This month marks the 30th anniversary of the massacre in Hama, Syria. In February 1982, President Hafez Assad, Bashar Assad’s father, attempted to crush a rebellion by shelling the city of Hama and bulldozing homes across the neighborhood. An estimated 20,000 people were killed over three weeks.
[Photos: A Syrian rebel stands next to a destroyed government forces tank decorated with Syrian revolution flags in Homs, Syria, on Wednesday. Credit: Local Coordination Committee; A boy holds up a sign during an anti-regime demonstration in the Syrian village of al-Qsair, on Friday. Credit: Alessio Romenzi/AFP/Getty Images; Signs of damage are visible at the Syrian embassy in central London on Saturday, after protestors broke into the embassy. Credit: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images]
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Just watched a man put up posters for his missing wife. I just looked at him and started crying. Please help if you live in or around the Anaheim/Fullerton area. (Taken with Instagram at Fullerton Metrolink Amtrak (FUL))
:’(
SOB NO
NO HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO LIVE THE REST OF HIS LIFE WITH HIS WIFE
NO
NO
GUSY
SIGNAL BOSOST
((
Oh my god.
Fullerton?
I used to live there!
Please please please find her!
Reblog this if you know someone or live in so cal! Please!
The police there are SCUM and WILL NOT help find her please please please!!!! Signal Boost this PLEASE!!!))
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