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Bob Marley Reggae music is the King’s music. And it can be religious

"Reggae music is reggae music. Reggae music is the King’s music. And it can be religious."

"Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom?"

 We've got to face the day,
Come what may

Listen to Bob Marley: http://amzn.to/T404rs

 
"Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds."

 
Don't let them change ya!

 
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"Love to see when ya move in the rhythm; I love to see, when you're dancin' from within!"

 
"Don't worry about a thing,
Cause every little thing gonna be all right."

 "I'm gonna be Iron, like a Lion in Zion"

 "Life is one big road with lots of signs,
So when you riding through the ruts, don't you complicate your mind"

 
"Wake up and live."

"We should really love each other in peace and harmony"

"Don't worry about a thing,
Cause every little thing gonna be all right."









"Football is a part of I. When I play the world wakes up around me."

"One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain."


What one line would you use to describe the Bob Marley Movie?


August 7th was officially declared Bob Marley day in Los Angeles.


How would you celebrate Bob Marley Day?


"Come on and smile, in Jamaica ..."

August 6th / Today Jamaica celebrates 50 years of independence.


One week from today, Bob Marley Movie Blu-ray & DVD comes out, rolled with new footage.

Pre-order now: http://tinyurl.com/ordermarleydvd


Big thanks to Ingrid Black for sharing her Bob Marley artwork!
www.ingridblack.com
For details to submit your own artwork, please visit:
http://bobmarley.com/communicate_bob_marley_inspired_artwork.php

Protest Torture & Zero Dark Thirty

 

  "Zero never acknowledges that torture is immoral and criminal. It does portray torture as getting results."

• Click here to download flyer to take to your local movie theater in protest. 

 

 

• Click here for series of posters of Guantanamo prisoners cleared for release yet still unjustly held.

Here are some of the articles and opinion pieces outlining why people of conscience must take a stand against the justification and use of torture:

Michael Moore’s Repellent Defense of “Zero Dark Thirty
by Dave Clennon

Instead of being indicted, these torturers are presented as heroes, as brave and dedicated “detectives.”  No one gives Maya or Dan the kind of scolding, which you envision Obama giving, off-screen.  Chastain’s Maya, is presented as especially admirable, a feminist action hero.  She not only gets her man; she also muscles CIA male chauvinists out of the way, as she pushes ahead on “The Greatest Manhunt in History.”  And we’re supposed to empathize and cheer her on.

On Zero Dark Thirty
by James Spione

That a movie which at its core is essentially a revenge flick—evil guy kills innocents, heroine stops at nothing to kill evil guy—is even being compared to journalism by its makers or anyone else says more about the sorry state of journalism today than it does about the film.

The Zero Dark Thirty Controversy
by Ramzi Kassem

"The controversy surrounding Zero Dark Thirty has been as misguided as the film itself, which opened nationwide on Friday. Much of the debate has centered on whether The Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow's latest opus leaves viewers with the false impression that torture led to the killing of Usama bin Laden. That both the means employed and the ends achieved in that equation are illegal and repugnant seems all but forgotten. Both torture and extrajudicial executions are anathema to civilized society, irrespective of their possible efficacy or expediency. More importantly, both the film and the controversy it has ignited treat torture at secret CIA prisons as though it were a thing of the past, masking the reality of an enduring practice."

Zero Dark Thirty and Truthiness
by Dennis Loo

"Bigelow, Boal, and Sony thus have portrayed the criticism of their film as censorship and wrapped themselves in the flag of free expression. But the opposition their film has sparked is not about censorship at all and their characterizing their critics as censorious is dishonest. People who oppose torture want torture to be shown to the American people. The fine 2007 film Rendition, for example, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep, and Reese Witherspoon, showed torture and was appreciated by those of us who admire well-made films and oppose torture’s immorality and illegality."

Colbert Takes On 'Zero Dark Thirty' Torture Controversy (VIDEO)

And the Academy Award for the Promotion of Torture Goes to…
by David Clennon

"Those who are protesting the easy tolerance of torture in Zero Dark Thirty have been dismissed by some commentators as having a political agenda. The problem of torture is not political. It's moral. And it's criminal.
I'm a member of Hollywood's Motion Picture Academy. At the risk of being expelled for disclosing my intentions, I will not be voting for Zero Dark Thirty - in any Academy Awards category."

Zero Dark Thirty: Turning the Spotlight on US Use of Torture
by Ralph E. Stone

"Extraordinary renditions apparently continue to this day.  These are secret abductions and transfers of prisoners to other countries where torture is used. Torture is torture whether it is done by Americans at Guantánamo Bay, Abu Ghraib, Afghanistan, or by proxy through our rendition program."

Martin Sheen, Ed Asner Join 'Zero Dark Thirty' Protest

Above, protesting at the opening of Zero Dark Thirty in NYC December 19, 2013

Dark, Zero-Feminism
by Zillah Eisenstein

"...the real problem with ZDT is that it lets the audience and the American public think that terrible things are allowable because they are doable.   A courageous telling of the U.S. anti-terror narrative would demand critique and defiance."

A letter to Kathryn Bigelow on Zero Dark Thirty's apology for torture
by Naomi Wolf

"By peddling the lie that CIA detentions led to Bin Laden's killing, you have become a Leni Riefenstahl-like propagandist of torture"

a critical choiceby Curt Wechsler

"The public "controversy" whipped up by release of the new torture movie Zero Dark Thirty is actually a re-hash of an argument that had largely been put to bed, that torture works to extract reliable intelligence from suspected terrorists (and even if it did, would that make the practice morally acceptable?) But torture IS effective in getting subjects to say what you want them to say, to fabricate rationale for government venture, such as the ultimate war crime of aggression on sovereign nations that pose no imminent threat."

Listen to Debra Sweet discuss the film on Flashpoints, KPFA (at 42:00 into the show).

Zero Dark Thirty: the Veneration of Torture and the C.I.A.
by Glenn Greenwald

Zero Conscience in “Zero Dark Thirty”
by Jane Mayer

Zero Dark Thirty: Torturing the Facts
by Marjorie Cohn

Torture is Wrongby Debra Sweet

Torture, Torture Everywhere
by Andy Worthington

Zero Dark Thirty's Wrong and Dangerous Conclusion
by Alex Gibney

Who will join me in protesting CIA's view of the world?by Debra Sweet

Ending U.S.-Sponsored Torture Forever from NRCAT on Vimeo.

Crying over spilled milk

Crying over spilled milk

Egyptians like to cry over the spilled milk; and whenever they face a problem, they focus on asking "If-it-was" questions instead of focusing on solving the problem.

#egypt Danger in the Streets

Danger in the Streets

Egyptian Women Fight Public Sexual Harassment

Lately, women on the streets of Egypt have been under assault -- threatened by looks, by words and by physical attacks. As more Egyptian women claim the freedom and power to enter the public sphere, they are being confronted with a growing wave of public sexual harassment.

AP Photo/Ben Curtis

Protestors demonstrate against sexual attacks on women and the government's failure to investigate them, in downtown Cairo, Egypt on Thursday, November 9, 2006 

The Egyptian Centre for Women's Rights

The Egyptian Centre for Women's Rights' Campaign Poster reads: "Safety for everybody. When you catcall...what do you gain?

This trend gained a sudden worldwide audience in 2006, when amateur videos captured crowds of men surrounding and groping women during a religious festival. These videos were shared on the internet for the world to witness.

Targets are not confined to a specific group. Women of every age and class are targets of obscene behavior, even those who dress modestly in veils.

Experts put forth many explanations -- the explosion of easily available sexual material, lack of education about sex and sexuality and Egypt's economy. Due to the high cost of living, couples are forced to wait to marry until later in life, leading, some say, to rising sexual frustration in a portion of the male population.

Whatever the cause, women are afraid to report the harassment to police, worried that they will be ignored, or worse, blamed for their attacks.

The Egyptian Centre for Women's Rights has declared this "a social cancer." Their campaign against public sexual harassment is fighting to enforce existing laws protecting women, create new legislation, and break the silence around this taboo subject.

I.M.O.W. spoke to Engy Ghozlan, Project Coordinator for the Egyptian Centre for Women's Rights.

How did you become involved in the campaign against sexual harassment?

You hear comments on the street like: "You belong to the house." "You shouldn't be on the street." It took me years to recognize that the depression I was having whenever I walked on the street was because I was not acting, I was just silent.

For me, it was an issue that I'm not going to be a victim of any sexual violence against me anymore. I felt that it's the time to move from being a victim to being one who helps others and helps herself to actually survive everyday on the street. I might not be able to stop it by myself but at least talking about it actually gave me the power to feel that I don't have to feel sad anymore, I know that I am doing something, and this is enough for me until I reach the day I can see legislation that can protect me and other girls on the street.

Does the sexual harassment occur in a variety of settings? It's on the street -- but is it also in homes and schools?

Yes, it happens in houses, it happens in schools and universities, it happens, of course, in the workplace. Girls who have to work in shops or restaurants, the owners use them sexually. They are sure that she can't leave, and she can't go and tell anyone because it is her reputation that she'll be hurting.

Girls sometimes face sexual harassment on the street. If they stopped and told the guy, "Don't do this!" or "You're attacking me!"--sometimes people on the street don't support a girl-- they actually blame her.

In Egypt, if a girl goes to a police station, people start gossiping about her. So girls can't go to the police, girls can't talk about it. Our first idea was to break the silence and let girls start talking.

Is it hard to do this in a culture where there's not a lot of conversation about sexuality in general?

At the time the campaign started, talking about sexual harassment or anything with a sexual nature was a taboo. There was this denial from girls, they said they didn't experience it, but when you talked to them a little bit away from sexual words, they started writing, and what they wrote was horrible.

We were really happy that, finally, people were talking about something that related to their sexuality or to their bodies. We found lots of girls who were blaming themselves for the issue. The girls thought that the reason they were getting harassed was because of their bodies and because their bodies were beautiful, whether they wore a veil or covered their faces or not.

Part of your campaign is to target both sides; you try to raise awareness among young men as well as women. Have you seen changes in the men you've worked with?

When you ask the question "Why do you sexually harass?" you get a very stupid answer from guys. They have this idea that girls like to be sexually harassed, at least verbally, because it gives them the impression that they are nice, they are beautiful, and guys think this is something that girls actually like.

But now, some of them say: "I think of my sister, I think of my mom. What if my mom was walking on the street and someone touched her? I would feel hurt, I would feel scared for her. I would feel I wanted to protect her. And maybe, thinking the other way, if I imagine that any woman on the street could be someone in my family, that would actually make me change."

For people who practice something like this for many years, just raising awareness is not enough to change their behavior. You need to change the circumstances around that behavior. The circumstance that is in our hands is to change legislation.

The economic situation that would allow men to get married sooner and actually start a life, to allow guys to find jobs and find themselves and have potential is not something that I can guarantee in the short term. What I can say is that if we had legislation along with a change in the economic and social situation, maybe one day soon we will see a change in the behavior.

كم يبلغ طول قضيب السيد رئيس الجمهورية؟

كم يبلغ طول قضيب السيد رئيس الجمهورية؟

By AhmedNaje

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ما شاهدته بالأمس ع المحور المؤدى إلى مدينة 6 أكتوبر ليس فوضى، بل هو مشهد من فصل الجحيم في الكوميديا الإلهية لدانتى.
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دانتى كم كنت رحيماً…


أحب أن أشير أولاً إلى أننى أعيش في مدينة 6 أكتوبر منذ حوالى عشر سنوات الآن، وطوال هذه المدة فقد سبق أن شاهدت عشرات العجائب والغرائب والكوارث. مرت أيام كان المحور عبارة عن حارتين تسير فيهما كل السيارات وذلك أثناء إجراء أعمال الصيانة التى بالطبع لم تؤدى إلى علاج الحفر أو الميول والانحرافات القذرة في الطريق، لذا فمستوى الحوادث على المحور لا يزال كما هو ولله الحمد.
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لكن ما حدث أمس على المحور لم يكن سلسلة من الحوادث الغريبة والمتعاقبة، بل فصل من الجحيم بالفعل. كان خط السيارات يمتد من مشارف ميدان لبنان حتى الطريق الصحراوى أى ما يوزاى حوالى 20 كيلو متر. مع حالة ركود وصلت لأكثر من 12 ساعة.
شاهدت بالأمس على المحور عائلات تنزل من الأتوبيسات وتقرر المشى على المحور، شباب، أطفال، شيوخ، سيدات، فتيات، أولاد وبنات، عمال وعاملات. مشهد لا أعرف لما استدعى لذهنى صور الهجرة والهروب من الكويت أثناء الغزو العراقي!!
في الوقت ذاته الذى كانت تحدث فيه هذه المأساة أو للدقة الكارثة الإنسانية كان الراديو يذيع الأنباء وعلى رأسها تهديدات السيد رئيس الجمهورية بأنه يستطيع أن يردع المتطاولين عليه. نحن على المحور في الجحيم، وصديق لى في مستشفي في الغردقة يعانى من انقطاع الكهرباء، ومجموعة من الصيع يرفعون السلاح الآلى على الأولتراس في وسط البلد.. ومرسي ذو الشفاة المعوجة يهددنا بأنه يستطيع أن يردع المتطاولين على سيادته..
طيب ماذا أقول لأذنى إن سألت فمى عنكى؟
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وساخة يا ولاد الأفاعى

وصلت المنزل بعد رحلة العذاب في شوارع القاهرة، وفتحت التلفاز لأجد في وجهى ديك أم السيد رئيس الجمهورية. يقف وسط الجنود والعساكر والجنرالات الذين تتهدل كروشهم ويتدلى الدهن من وجوههم.
وهو يخطب مرتدياً البدلة المدنية، ويحظر ويقول للمتطاولين عليه وهم عددهم قليل على أى حال. شعرت بغضب غريب لم أعرف سببه. لكنى انتبهت وتوقف أمام تفصيلة صغيرة.. بينما يهدد المرسي المتطاولين عليه كان يهدد مستخدماً كفيده..
كف يده اليسري كاملاً بالخمس أصابع كان ممدوداً مبسوطاً يهتز ويهز الهواء
رأينا ورأيتم قبل ذلك عشرات ومئات الحكم والديكتاتورين، شاهدنا بسمتهم، وغضبهم، وتحذيرهم وتهديداهم. يجمع الجميع أنهم أثناء التهديد كان يتم استخدام الأصبع في التهديد. حتى البقرة الضاحكة حسنى مبارك كان يهدد باستخدمأصبع واحد.
لماذا إذا يهدد مرسي بكف اليد مبسوطاً؟
هل يعانى من القذف السريع مثل أخيه في التنظيم الذي ظهر له مؤخراً فيديو جنسي يحقق فيه الرقم القياسي للقذف السريع..
لماذا كف اليد يا مرسي؟
وكم يبلغ طول قضيب السيد رئيس الجمهورية لكى يهددنا؟
وهل يستخدم الفياجرا الصهيونى؟
أم أن جنرال أخضر وضع له قضيب ماسورة دبابة في قضيبه فمنحه طولاً وانتصاب دائم؟
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في ذات الوقت بينما بلغ عدد المصابين من الأولتراس في منطقة وسط البلد 6 مصابين، وبينما تجاوز عدد ضحايا حوادث المحور والطرق الخمسة. كان شيخ الأزهر أحمد الطيب الشيطان الأخرس الذي سكت عن الظلم والتعذيب وتزوير إرادة المصريين طوال سنوات عهد مبارك. يتقدم بطلب إلى لجنة صياغة الدستور من أجل إضافة مادة جديدة بعنوان “صيانة الذات الإلهية”.
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معرص.
معرص.
معرص.
التعريص ملأ الكيس يا ولاد الأفاعى يا فجرة.
يريدون صيانة الذات الإلهية، أما الدماء التى حرمها الله عز وجل فليس لها مكاناً لا في الدستور ولا في البربور. أما محاسبة القتلة والمزورين والشياطين الخرساء أمثال الطيب وغيرها من طقم الإدارة العليا في الأزهر من فجرة، وزملائهم من صيع ومخبرين جهاز أمن الدولة من السلفيين، فليس له مكان.
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وأهل بلدى، أهل الوديان بالطبع لا ينتبهون لكل ذلك، لا ينتبهون لاستثمارات الشاطر وحسن مالك التى تنمو بشكل خرافي دون أن ندرى من أين لك هذا؟
ولا لرئيس الجمهورية الذي لم يعلن حتى اليوم عن ممتلكاته أو ثروته ولا أحد يعلم كيف يمكننا أن نحاسبه، ولا عن مساعدى السيد رئيس الجمهورية وزملائه في الحزب الذين يخرجون ليسبوا المصريين الذين يحاولون إيصال شكواهم إلى رئيس الجمهورية. فأهل الوديان محبوسين محصورين على المحور أو في بورسعيد يفكرون في بناء سور حول المدينة لحمايتها..
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يريدون صيانة الذات الإلهية. يا لله عاقبهم بالسبع لعنات، أرنا فيهم عجائب قدرتك وغرائب مقدرتك، إلى من تكلنا سواك يا رحمن يا رحيم، أرزق المرسي بالدودة الشرطية تأكل مؤخرته، أو أدخل ذبابة في أذن الطيب مثل النمرود لا تدعه يهنيء بنومه هذا النكرة الذي يتصور أن الذات الإلهية تحتاج لصيانته. اللهم أفضحهم يوم القيامة وفي الحياة الدنيا واحداً بعد الواحد وبما هو أسوء من فيديوها السكس والقذف السريع

Saudi Arabia flogged Najla WAFA 50 new lashes

Saudi Arabia flogged Najla WAFA 50 new lashes .. The Egyptians detainees on hunger strike for a second day
Said coordinator of the Association of families of Egyptians detained in Saudi Arabia Egyptian citizenship imprisoned in Saudi Arabia was the day of the skin 50 lashes for the number of strokes it has received so far 400 lashes.
Shirin said Egyptian citizenship Najla WAFA suffer from health and psychological condition is very bad, and they insist on a hunger strike inside the prison because of ill-treatment and negative Egyptian government and ignored her case.
The judgment has been issued against Najla to five years in prison and 500 lashes, carried out including 400 so far, because of the differences between them and the Saudi princess.
For its part, the blamed coordinated Association for the safety of the detainees to President Mohamed Morsi and the Egyptian and Saudi governments and especially the Saudi Interior Ministry and the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, especially after the worsened situation of detainees who entered on strike since yesterday.
Shirin noted detainee transfer Hamada Mohammed Abdul Hamid, who began hunger strike a week ago to the hospital today in a very poor condition and a deep head wound after a suicide attempt where he