Man braves radiation exposure to care for Fukushima’s abandoned animals | Grist

   This is an example of how humans are supposed to behave. No, we can't all give our lives to over to certain death every time the opportunity presents itself,  but this man saw the need and the opportunity to do the right thing and decided it was worth his life.
There isn't much else you can say about that.



Man braves radiation exposure to care for Fukushima’s abandoned animals | Grist: "Meet the modern-day, post-apocalyptic Dr. Doolittle. Naoto Matsumura lives right inside the Fukushima evacuation zone in the town of Tomioka, just 10 miles from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The reason he’s stayed in the poisoned region post-nuclear meltdown is so that he can take care of all the abandoned cows, pigs, dogs, and cats."

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Whatcha Reading, Henry Rollins? - YouTube

Rollins brutally hitting some ugly nails on the head while promoting literacy...read more, doubt more, DO YOUR FUCKING HOMEWORK! This ain't high school. It counts. Take in alot of everything-even read the cereal boxes and make up your own mind.

Whatcha Reading, Henry Rollins? - YouTube:

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UPDATE! Sluts VOTE!-The Vexatious Monkey Cafe Press Store

UPDATE:  On April 15, 2012, shortly after Rush made his infamous "slut" comment  I bought www.slutsvote.net and linked it to one of my blogs and my Cafepress.com store. I pledged then to donate half of my profits to Planned Parenthood. I was hoping to raise a little more than this meager 50 bucks but I think I may have indirectly helped more than I thought.

Several buyers bought buttons in bulk. I hope they sold them at a huge mark-ups and made piles of dough. I also hope they passed a little on. I have also (whether rightly or not) claimed that my button design was copied (and improved upon) by someone who garnered national attention by selling her own version of the "Sluts Vote" button at the DNC. The woman selling the pins pledged to donate a portion of the proceeds to "SouthWestern Illinois Democratic Women to defeat Republicans."
I have yet to contact the seller to find out if, in fact, I had anything to do with it. If I did, I want to publicly state now: I don't care  if my idea was stolen. It makes me proud. If it was just as obvious to her as it was to me? Then great minds think alike.
I would only ask for bragging rights if my idea was 'stolen'.I still own the domain name, the items are still available and my pledge still holds. Buy them and I will  donate.

Thanks for everything!

UPDATE!: Thanks for the love today ladies! So far today you have nearly doubled the amount going to Planned Parenthood.....so far that totals only about $45.00 but it is something I am proud of. For those of you (like Sonjia in Virginia,) who spent a couple hundred bucks and bought buttons in bulk THANK YOU! MY markup is small so the overall contribution may not seem like alot-but I encourage you to resell these for whatever the market will bear. If you want to donate a portion of the proceeds to a cause that would make me happy and proud!
CafePress.com does not allow me contact you directly so I will do it here:
Lydia in Virginia
Rose, Shelly, and Tracy in California
Lydia in Michigan
Edith in Minnesota
Rose in Illinois

THANK YOU!




Tell Rush and all the GOP bigots just how you feel and give them a dose of reality at the same time.
Click on the image below to be directed to the store.
No matter if I sell one shirt or a million of them I will donate half of the profits to Planned Parenthood.

I also have the ability to add more products such as hats, buttons, bags etc. at relatively short notice and some items are available for bulk buys if you want to purchase them to hand out or to sell to raise funds.
You can refer people to www.slutsvote.net

You can email me by clicking the link on the upper right hand side of the blog page if you have any questions. If you are concerned about donations I will make any and all financial reports available.


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Hip Hop Alive and Kicking in Burma

World Blog - Rocking out to hip-hop in the new Myanmar

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   A very cool video about one of the most important political and cultural transformation currently occurring on this planet. The good news is that these artists are not being thrown in prison for expressing themselves. The bad news is the uncertainty-will Burma keep moving in the right direction or is this all just smoke and mirrors to hide further power-grabs, corruption and pursuit of nuclear weapons with the aid of North Korea.
Another excellent resource for news for Burma and Asia is www.irrawaddy.org

The violence of Andrew Breitbart / Waging Nonviolence - People-Powered News and Analysis

The violence of Andrew Breitbart / Waging Nonviolence - People-Powered News and Analysis: "This is why Gandhi said that “a victory won through violence is tantamount to defeat—for it is momentary.”"

   This piece was written by a Facebook friend who is not only very smart she is dedicated to serving the greater good through word and deed. She has traveled internationally teaching and learning non-violent strategies and has personally been the victim of Breitbart's attacks.
   While I obviously don't follow her lead in regards to civility I feel that her words here should give us all food for thought. I am nowhere near as awful as Breitbart, he used 'Patriotism' as a way to rationalize bile-spewing hatenikism for personal pleasure.
I am an asshole:
1.) to shock people into stopping what they are doing for a moment.
2.) so I don't have a fucking aneurysm and drop dead. (seriously, I tried the whole 'control your temper thing and my BP went through the fucking roof.)
That being said, I am taking her words to heart and will re-evaluate, at the very least my choice of words if not their tone. There is a difference between hurting and injuring. I don't mean to injure anyone-that gets you on an addictive power-trip.
This also in light of comments made recently by a drug addicted convicted felon with an alleged tweak for underage Central American prostitutes.....
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