thedailywhat:

Easter Egg of the Day: 1. Go to Google. 2. Search “let it snow.” 3. ?????? 4. Winter Wonderland.

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fotojournalismus:

Photographs From Inside Egypt’s Worst Violence Since Before The Elections (December 16, 2011)

(via National Post)

Demonstrators armed with stones and petrol bombs clashed with troops wielding truncheons and electric prods in Cairo on Friday, December 16, 2011 witnesses said, in the worst violence since the start of Egypt’s first free election in six decades.

By early afternoon, troops were trying to disperse around 10,000 protesters with truncheons and what witnesses said appeared to be cattle prods that they used to give electric shocks to some of the demonstrators.

Military police tried to break up a sit-in by pro-democracy activists overnight and anger at their rough tactics erupted into clashes that quickly turned the streets around parliament into a rock-strewn battle zone.

“Even if the sit-in was not legal, should it be dispersed with such brutality and barbarity?” presidential candidate and former UN nuclear watchdog director Mohamed ElBaradei said on Twitter.

A health ministry official said 99 people had been injured in the clashes and five had gunshot wounds.

The sit-in outside the cabinet office was a remnant of far bigger protests last month in Cairo’s Tahrir Square and nearby streets that left dozens dead and overshadowed the build-up to the first parliamentary vote since Mubarak’s fall in February. [more]

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Photos : 

#1 : An Egyptian protester wearing a gas mask prepares to throw a stone towards soldiers and their supporters during clashes outside the parliament building in Cairo. (Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty)

#2 : Protesters run during clashes with army soldiers at the cabinet near Tahrir Square. (Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)

#3 : A protester waves an Egyptian flag during clashes with army soldiers at the cabinet near Tahrir Square in Cairo. (Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)

#4 : A protester flashes a victory sign with his bloodied hand as other protesters throw stones at army soldiers at the cabinet near Tahrir Square. (Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)

#5 : An Egyptian protester against military rule carries stones during clashes with soldiers and their supporters in Cairo. (Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty)

#6 : Egyptian protesters against military rule take cover during clashes with soldiers and their supporters in Cairo. (Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty)

#7 : A protester runs with a petrol bomb towards the cabinet office, as other protesters set a part of its building on fire. (Asmaa Waguih/Reuters)

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alexisisboss:

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liberalchristian:

THIS, YES.

My stepmom had a pitbull that used to play with kittens, and was so nice and laid-back you could have taken food out of her mouth. Blaming the animals in these cases is ridiculous.

Not *super* related to politics, but this is important. In the ’60s it was Chow Chows. Here’s the thing: a dog is a dog, not a breed. Some dogs are grumpy, just like humans. Joe and I have a medium-sized terrier who *looks* super friendly, but will bite your finger off if you pet him in the wrong place. I’ve met way more nasty small, adorable dogs than big one. Any dog is capable of being mean and poorly behaved. It depends on their health (ours has epilepsy, which makes him edgy) and, most importantly, on the owner.

Breed bans are inhumane, unfair, and often notably focused on low-income areas, where they can go in and take every dog who looks remotely like a pit bull and have it put down.

-Jess

Stone cold killer.

Happy Almostween.

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thedailywhat:

Troop Drawdown of the Day: President Obama announced today that the United States will withdraw nearly all its troops from Iraq by year’s end.

“The rest of our troops in Iraq will come home at the end of the year,” Obama said at an afternoon press briefing. “After nearly nine years, America’s war in Iraq will be over.”

The Obama administration and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s government were unable to reach an agreement concerning a more robust US military presence, solidifying the decision to leave. Some 150 American troops will remain behind to guard the US Embassy compound in Baghdad.

The New York Times has posted a handy infographic showing the number of troops serving in both the Iraqi and Afghani theaters since 2001.

As for Headline of the Day, that honor goes to Fark: “Obama eliminates thousands of American jobs and hands them to foreign nation.”

[ap / nyt / fark.]

This is good news. 

lol sequel.

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