More Good Stuff
Amazing new song by our national treasure, Pete Seeger, via Rolling Stone. Just posted it on my other blog but figured I better put it up here too.
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What Happened in My Birth Year?
Type in your birth year. A bittersweet story of pop-culture and your place in the world. “What path have you taken?”
(via zadi:@hotrodrodda)
Killing Them Safely - Trailer (by Nick Berardini)
In the summer of 2008, Stanley Harlan was pulled over by police in the small Missouri town of Moberly. Minutes later, he was fighting for his life. It was a fight he would ultimately lose. As he lay dying in front of his mother, who begged for an ambulance, police officers mocked him. On August 28, 2008, just after midnight, Stanley Harlan was tasered by Moberly Police for 31 seconds. Minutes later, he was dead.
The next day, the police portrayed Stanley Harlan as a violent criminal. They claimed that he attacked the officers on the scene. They said he was dangerous. They said, “Policy and procedure were followed to the letter.”
But over the course of several months, the facts of what really happened to Stanley Harlan took shape. He was not threatening, dangerous, or violent. The fact was, he wasn’t even committing a crime when officers killed him.
Killing Them Safely is the gripping investigation into how Stanley Harlan was murdered by the police, and how he is not alone. Several hundred North Americans have died following a taser application, while the private company that makes the weapon insists that it is physically impossible to kill someone with a taser. Killing Them Safely promises to leave you on the edge of your seat, guessing for answers to unthinkable questions.
This is my Photojojo Daily Pic Pick entry from HONK! 09 in Davis Square, Somerville, MA.
Shot on Velvia 100 slide film with a Nikon N70.
Today’s topic is ROYGBIV.
Chocolate Covered Potato Chips, please.
Why not french fries and chocolate fondue? Come to think of it, sweet potato fries and chocolate fondue might actually be kind of awesome.
Arizona Helped Deport 26,000 without New Law
Without the benefit of their state’s strict new immigration law, officers from a single Arizona county helped deport more than 26,000 immigrants from the U.S. through a federal-local partnership program that has been roundly criticized as fraught with problems. Statistics obtained by The Associated Press show that the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office was responsible for deportations or forced departure of 26,146 immigrants since 2007. That’s about a quarter of the national total of 115,841 sent out of the U.S. by officers in 64 law enforcement agencies deputized to help enforce immigration laws, some since 2006, under the so-called 287(g) program.
Getting there (GPOYTh)
The flash on the new iPhone is pretty good.
Reblogged from Beatniks, bad habits, and a dash of schizophrenia.
Facebook security fears after 'private details of 100m users leaked to web'
(via modernandmaterialthings)
Coroner Calls Death of Mississippi Man Homicide, Attributed Solely to Taser | Hungry Blues
On my other blog.
Jermaine Williams, a 30-year-old African-American man from Bolivar County, MS, died in police custody on July 23, 2010. Little has been released about the circumstances of his death—except that the local deputy coroner is calling it a homicide by taser.
Route du Rock - Jour 2 (by Nathanaël Le Scouarnec)
Quirky, casual, backyard concert by one of my favorite bands of late, Forest Fire.
