Urgent action is needed to halt the execution of 128 prisoners on death row in Iraq. Many of those awaiting execution were convicted for the 'crime' of homosexuality, according to IRAQI-LGBT, a UK based organisation of Iraqis supporting gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in Iraq.
According to Ali Hili of IRAQI-LGBT, the Iraqi authorities plan to start executing them in batches of 20 from this week.
IRAQI-LGBT urgently requests that the UK Government, Human Rights Groups and the United Nations Human Rights Commission intervene with due speed to prevent this tragic miscarriage of justice from going ahead.
...IRAQI LGBT is concerned that the Iraqi authorities have not disclosed the identities of those facing imminent execution, stoking fears that many of them may have been sentenced to death after trials that failed to satisfy international standards for fair trial.
Most are likely to have been sentenced to death by the Central Criminal Court of Iraq (CCCI), whose proceedings consistently fall short of international standards for fair trial. Some are likely to have. Allegations of torture are not being investigated adequately or at all by the CCCI. Torture of detainees held by Iraqi security forces remains rife.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
More Goodies!!!!
This is one of those amazing tarts from the Vietnamese bakery. Mr. Vuong said he wanted to bring in a chocolate cake.... Mrs. Vuong said NO.... We're bringing in a tart.
Yummy! Maybe I'll eat a piece or 2 of the fruit. NO CRUST!
Shit. More Sweets.
Gifts from patients. More sweets to drive me batty. I can do this. Yes, I can be here and NOT eat these cookies. I Can! I CAn! I CAN!
Cop Killer is a Hero? WTF?
The black community is actually turning Mixon (the cop killer) into a hero. Right. Give me a break. The guy is black, but he's a rapist and a murderer. His DNA matched the rape evidence from a 12 year old girl. Other girls have evidence against him. Do they really want to make him a hero?
Sure, not every cop is "good", but Mixon was pulled over for a routine traffic violation. He was in parole violation and would have faced, at most, 6 months in prison. Are 6 months worth your own life and 4 other innocent lives? It makes me SICK to see the black community rallying around and trying to make this murderer a hero. He's no hero. He's an evil animal that belonged in a cage. At least now he's dead and won't be a menace to society. Good ridance.
Sure, not every cop is "good", but Mixon was pulled over for a routine traffic violation. He was in parole violation and would have faced, at most, 6 months in prison. Are 6 months worth your own life and 4 other innocent lives? It makes me SICK to see the black community rallying around and trying to make this murderer a hero. He's no hero. He's an evil animal that belonged in a cage. At least now he's dead and won't be a menace to society. Good ridance.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Night Shift Funny
We have a registry nurse here tonight named Mark. I knew him from other hospitals and he's a pretty funny guy. Well, he's been talking about his upcoming EHarmony date tonight (and he can't work!).
Mark was feeding a baby who had a particularly rough delivery. It was a face presentation and had a large abrasion on his forhead. I commented to Mark that it looked pretty nasty and that the baby had been "hit in the face with a vagina".
Without missing a beat, Mark replied that he "hopes to suffer the same fate tonight".
Mark was feeding a baby who had a particularly rough delivery. It was a face presentation and had a large abrasion on his forhead. I commented to Mark that it looked pretty nasty and that the baby had been "hit in the face with a vagina".
Without missing a beat, Mark replied that he "hopes to suffer the same fate tonight".
Junk Food At Work
This is why it's so gosh darn difficult to stay away from junk at work. People bring in Girl Scout Cookies and leave them sitting on the desk facing me. And these are the really good ones.
People thank us with candy and cookies. See's candy, even. I can't even eat one piece of any of these things. Control. Think.... control. AAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Ignoramus
I gotta tell ya this is not only disappointing but out and out ignorant. It is however unsurprising.Pope Vader in a statement aboard Pope One, the papal plane:
Condoms are not the answer to AIDS on the African continent. You can’t resovle the problem with the distribution of condoms. In fact, it increases the problem.
Words nearly fail me at this point. Apparently Pope Vader has yet to realize that we have entered the 21st century. And that the proper use of condoms does in fact slow and in many cases prevent the transmission of AIDS when used properly.
Rebecca Hodes with the Treatment Action Campaign in South Africa said if the pope is serious about preventing new HIV infections, he will focus on promoting wide access to condoms and spreading information on how best to use them.
“Instead, his opposition to condoms conveys that religious dogma is more important to him than the lives of Africans,” said Hodes, director of policy, communication and research for the action campaign.
While she said the pope is correct that condoms are not the sole solution to Africa’s AIDS epidemic, she said they are one of the very few HIV prevention mechanisms proven to work.
Even some priests and nuns working with those living with HIV/AIDS question the church’s opposition to condoms amid the pandemic ravaging Africa.
The whole article is here
While the priests and nuns wonder about the Popes opposition I do not. It is part and parcel of the ideology of superstition and ignorance that we have been fighting since time began. The wilful disregard for actual life is a symptom of the need for the sociopaths to propmote a belief that is only sustained by abject indifference to suffering which they have reframed as sacrifice.
The Pope has in one statement effectively sentenced thousands and perhaps millions of Africans to their slow painful deaths. Way to go Ratzi. You are the scum of the earth.
Unfortunately he is not alone. In the USA our fundies have the very same attitude and would have you “believe” that abstinence is the answer. Many politicians agree and have voted to continue the Faith-based programs started by Bush. Our tax dollars being spent on failure and ignorance. And they really expect us to respect their beliefs?
If you don’t mind signing the ACLU’s form to “End Faith-Based Funding” please do so
Condoms are not the answer to AIDS on the African continent. You can’t resovle the problem with the distribution of condoms. In fact, it increases the problem.
Words nearly fail me at this point. Apparently Pope Vader has yet to realize that we have entered the 21st century. And that the proper use of condoms does in fact slow and in many cases prevent the transmission of AIDS when used properly.
Rebecca Hodes with the Treatment Action Campaign in South Africa said if the pope is serious about preventing new HIV infections, he will focus on promoting wide access to condoms and spreading information on how best to use them.
“Instead, his opposition to condoms conveys that religious dogma is more important to him than the lives of Africans,” said Hodes, director of policy, communication and research for the action campaign.
While she said the pope is correct that condoms are not the sole solution to Africa’s AIDS epidemic, she said they are one of the very few HIV prevention mechanisms proven to work.
Even some priests and nuns working with those living with HIV/AIDS question the church’s opposition to condoms amid the pandemic ravaging Africa.
The whole article is here
While the priests and nuns wonder about the Popes opposition I do not. It is part and parcel of the ideology of superstition and ignorance that we have been fighting since time began. The wilful disregard for actual life is a symptom of the need for the sociopaths to propmote a belief that is only sustained by abject indifference to suffering which they have reframed as sacrifice.
The Pope has in one statement effectively sentenced thousands and perhaps millions of Africans to their slow painful deaths. Way to go Ratzi. You are the scum of the earth.
Unfortunately he is not alone. In the USA our fundies have the very same attitude and would have you “believe” that abstinence is the answer. Many politicians agree and have voted to continue the Faith-based programs started by Bush. Our tax dollars being spent on failure and ignorance. And they really expect us to respect their beliefs?
If you don’t mind signing the ACLU’s form to “End Faith-Based Funding” please do so
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