zoux posted:

I love sketch comedy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhJ7NmU6lJI

Jerry Manderbilt posted:

http://www.romneytaxplan.com/ I forgot how beautiful this was

Raskolnikov38 posted:

"In a damning piece of evidence, investigators said they had found an encrypted communication programme hidden on his computer. The hidden programme was disguised as a weather app, and activated by searching for a weather forecast for New York."


Goddamn that's clever.

zoux posted:

Lol when the new Iowa GOP leadership came in to clean house of all the libertarian Ron Paul shitheads that came in in 2012, they old guard changed all the pass words for the official state GOP twitter and facebook feeds and won't tell them what the new ones are.
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2014/07/03/iowa-gop-passwords-missing/11933685/?wpisrc=%5B%27nl_rdin%27%5D

mdemone posted:

Why the gently caress are we spying on Germany anyway?

Who What Now posted:

You'd think they'd want to set that to a city that no one would randomly search for. Like Boise, Idaho.

Who What Now posted:

You'd think they'd want to set that to a city that no one would randomly search for. Like Boise, Idaho.

mdemone posted:

Given the CIA's track record, I half expect that they were emailing this guy's dossier around internally and accidentally CCed Angela Merkel.

Why the gently caress are we spying on Germany anyway?

zoux posted:

With the exception of Huntsman, literally everyone in the primary battle was the front runner until some horrible misstep or scandal removed them from contention. Bachmann, Santorum and Herman Cain were all favored to win the Republican nomination at one point.

zoux posted:

With the exception of Huntsman, literally everyone in the primary battle was the front runner until some horrible misstep or scandal removed them from contention. Bachmann, Santorum and Herman Cain were all favored to win the Republican nomination at one point.

XyloJW posted:

In non-politics news, the new season of Awful Survivor is looking for people to sign up here: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3648851

It's a fun forums game.

Joementum posted:

I just spent the weekend in the desert and I do not understand why people live there willingly.

It was 95-105 all day and my throat has closed up because I'm not used to sucking in that much freon from central AC.

Joementum posted:

I just spent the weekend in the desert and I do not understand why people live there willingly.

It was 95-105 all day and my throat has closed up because I'm not used to sucking in that much freon from central AC.

Joementum posted:

I just spent the weekend in the desert and I do not understand why people live there willingly.

It was 95-105 all day and my throat has closed up because I'm not used to sucking in that much freon from central AC.

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Oxfam International is a confederation of 13 like-minded organizations working together and with partners and allies around the world to bring about lasting change.

We work directly with communities and we seek to influence the powerful to ensure that poor people can improve their lives and livelihoods and have a say in decisions that affect them.

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The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is the world's largest humanitarian organization, providing assistance without discrimination as to nationality, race, religious beliefs, class or political opinions.

Founded in 1919, the International Federation comprises 186 member Red Cross and Red Crescent societies, a Secretariat in Geneva and more than 60 delegations strategically located to support activities around the world. There are more societies in formation. The Red Crescent is used in place of the Red Cross in many Islamic countries.

The Federation's vision: We strive, through voluntary action, for a world of empowered communities, better able to address human suffering and crises with hope, respect for dignity and a concern for equity.

Our mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. Vulnerable people are those who are at greatest risk from situations that threaten their survival, or their capacity to live with an acceptable level of social and economic security and human dignity. Often, these are victims of natural disasters, poverty brought about by socio-economic crises, refugees, and victims of health emergencies.

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Amnesty International is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights for all.

Our supporters are outraged by human rights abuses but inspired by hope for a better world - so we work to improve human rights through campaigning and international solidarity.

We have more than 2.2 million members and subscribers in more than 150 countries and regions and we coordinate this support to act for justice on a wide range of issues.

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Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is a British charity that operates in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Lebanon. We deliver health and medical care to vulnerable Palestinians and strive to establish a permanent medical infrastructure in Palestinian communities by training health care practitioners, teaching medical vocational skills and addressing the requirements of particularly vulnerable groups such as people with disabilities.

MAP offers practical medical support to Palestinians, and other victims of conflict and displacement, by working with local non-governmental organisations and the Palestinian Health Service on the following priority areas:

-Providing health care in isolated rural communities of the West Bank;

-Improving child nutrition in Gaza;

-Contributing to psycho-social support efforts for women and children affected by the conflict;

-Assist people with congenital disabilities and disabilities due to injury.


**If you donate to MAP, be sure to tick the giftaid it box which allows them to add 28p to every £1 you donate with no extra cost to yourself. (Great Britain citizens only)**

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Following the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict, UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, was established by United Nations General Assembly resolution 302 (IV) of 8 December 1949 to carry out direct relief and works programmes for Palestine refugees. The Agency began operations on 1 May 1950. In the absence of a solution to the Palestine refugee problem, the General Assembly has repeatedly renewed UNRWA's mandate, most recently extending it until 30 June 2011.

Since its establishment, the Agency has delivered its services in times of relative calm in the Middle East, and in times of hostilities. It has fed, housed and clothed tens of thousands of fleeing refugees and at the same time educated and given health care to hundreds of thousands of young refugees.

UNRWA is unique in terms of its long-standing commitment to one group of refugees and its contributions to the welfare and human development of four generations of Palestine refugees. Originally envisaged as a temporary organization, the Agency has gradually adjusted its programmes to meet the changing needs of the refugees. Today, UNRWA is the main provider of basic services - education, health, relief and social services - to over 4.6 million registered Palestine refugees in the Middle East.

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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) is a private international association. The association is made up mainly of doctors and health sector workers and is also open to all other professions which might help in achieving its aims. All of its members agree to honor the following principles:

Médecins Sans Frontières provides assistance to populations in distress, to victims of natural or man-made disasters and to victims of armed conflict. They do so irrespective of race, religion, creed or political convictions.

Médecins Sans Frontières observes neutrality and impartiality in the name of universal medical ethics and the right to humanitarian assistance and claims full and unhindered freedom in the exercise of its functions.

Members undertake to respect their professional code of ethics and to maintain complete independence from all political, economic, or religious powers.

As volunteers, members understand the risks and dangers of the missions they carry out and make no claim for themselves or their assigns for any form of compensation other than that which the association might be able to afford them.

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ANERA is a leading provider of development, health, education and employment programs to Palestinian communities and impoverished families throughout the Middle East.

Incorporated in 1968 to help ease the suffering of Palestinian refugees after the Arab-Israeli War of 1967, ANERA is non-political and non-religious and is one of the largest American non-profits working solely in the Middle East for 40 years.

In fiscal year 2008, ANERA delivered more than $50 million worth of donated medicine and medical supplies into Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon.

With offices in the West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon and Jordan, ANERA employs more than 60 full-time staff who are locally hired and work with local partners.

ANERA helps local institutions become more self-sufficient and effective in serving their communities. Every project is planned in consultation with the communities that ultimately benefit — an approach that ensures relevancy and commitment, and secures the long-term viability of the projects.

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The Norwegian Aid Committee (NORWAC) is a humanitarian organization founded in 1983. NORWAC works mainly with health care issues. The program of work comprises of emergency medicine, and long term health planning, both in hospitals and primary health care.

NORWAC is funded by private donations and donations from the Norwegian government

NORWAC was originally organized as a membership organization. In 1990 it was changed into a Foundation.

NORWAC had it's first project in Lebanon in 1983 in the wake of the Israeli invasion in 1982, but soon extended the work to Palestine, Egypt and Sudan.

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MSF is a medical relief organization dedicated to bringing help to people in the worst circumstances in the world. MSF goes where other relief organizations (NGO's) will not. Where circumstances are the most desperate, the most dangerous and the most hopeless... you will find Médecins Sans Frontières. MSF is transparent and neutral without any political or religious affiliations, and does not accept donations from Pharmaceutical companies or companies that make Tobacco or Alcohol. Part of their job is to witness and report violations of human rights and dignity. MSF helps all persons who need them, regardless of their race, religion, politics or gender. MSF won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999.

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This project aims to ship recycled computers from Bristol to small towns in Palestine. There they will be used for education, youth work, and for general use by all sections of the community. Digital cameras, and laptop computers and other IT equipment are also needed. But most of all money to pay for shipping costs, transport in Palestine, for repairs, software and consumables.

This project has got under way in mid-2006 with the first shipment of equipment planned to the town of Marda. If the shipment and installation are successful it is hoped to extend the project to other towns.

We have various resources available to publicise this campaign and for fund-raising. These include a book and a film available for purchase. We also welcome the chance to organise meetings, large or small, in a reasonable travelling distance of Bristol.

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Established in 1978, United Palestinian Appeal, Inc. (UPA) is dedicated to providing aid to Palestinians in need, especially children, in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon.

UPA provides both emergency humanitarian relief and long-term development programs to Palestinian communities striving for economic and social development in the wake of ongoing conflict.

We strive to deliver efficient charitable services at low overhead costs in the areas of education, health care, child sponsorship, and agricultural and community development.

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American Friends of Magen David Adom-ARMDI is celebrating its 67th year of supporting Magen David Adom, Israel's equivalent to the Red Cross.

* Magen David Adom (MDA) and its team of trained volunteer and professional medical responders provides the entire nation's pre-hospital emergency medical needs, including disaster, ambulance and blood services.
* AFMDA raised over $32 million to build the MDA National Blood Services Center in Ramat Gan. This institution ensures that Israel's healthcare providers have enough blood to save lives: MDA provides 100% of the blood requirements of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) and 95% of the blood needs of Israeli hospitals and the general population.
* In the past five years, AFMDA raised over $90 million to purchase medical supplies and ambulance for MDA in Israel.
* AFMDA provided 110 ambulances to MDA Israel in 2004, of which 49 were specially equipped MICU's (Mobile Intensive Care Units).
* In 2003, AFMDA sent 99 ambulances to MDA Israel, including 22 MICU's and 7 Blood Mobiles.
* Thanks to AFMDA supporters, 700 MDA ambulances travel over 5.25 million miles a year taking care of more than 325,000 patients anually.
* MDA answers calls for all types of accidents, medical emergencies and terror attacks.
* MDA has over 100 Emergency Medical Stations and 11 dispatch stations in communities throughout Iarael. Many of these have been built or upgraded by American Friends of Magen David Adom.

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Zaytoun free-trade Palestinian Olive Oil and Soap products

Playgrounds for Palestine

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The Electronic Intifada (EI) is a not-for-profit, independent publication committed to comprehensive public education on the question of Palestine, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the economic, political, legal, and human dimensions of Israel's 40-year occupation of Palestinian territories. EI provides a needed supplement to mainstream commercial media representations of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Launched 23 February 2001 at electronicIntifada.net as a pioneering online resource for media analysis, criticism, and activism, EI has progressively expanded its scope into new arenas: reference materials, live reporting, editorials, arts coverage, and satire, with the aim of presenting an accessible, credible, and responsible Palestinian narrative of developments on the ground to the American public and international community.

Although EI addresses the prevailing pro-Israeli slant in US media coverage by offering information from a Palestinian perspective, our views on the conflict are based firmly on universal principles of international law and human rights conventions, and our reporting is built on a solid foundation of documented evidence and careful fact-checking.

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The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories was established in 1989 by a group of prominent academics, attorneys, journalists, and Knesset members. It endeavors to document and educate the Israeli public and policymakers about human rights violations in the Occupied Territories, combat the phenomenon of denial prevalent among the Israeli public, and help create a human rights culture in Israel.

B'Tselem in Hebrew literally means "in the image of," and is also used as a synonym for human dignity. The word is taken from Genesis 1:27 "And God created humans in his image. In the image of God did He create him." It is in this spirit that the first article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that "All human beings are born equal in dignity and rights."

As an Israeli human rights organization, B'Tselem acts primarily to change Israeli policy in the Occupied Territories and ensure that its government, which rules the Occupied Territories, protects the human rights of residents there and complies with its obligations under international law.

B'Tselem is independent and is funded by contributions from foundations in Europe and North America that support human rights activity worldwide, and by private individuals in Israel and abroad.

B'Tselem has attained a prominent place among human rights organizations. In December, 1989 it received the Carter-Menil Award for Human Rights. Its reports have gained B'Tselem a reputation for accuracy, and the Israeli authorities relate to them seriously. B'Tselem ensures the reliability of information it publishes by conducting its own fieldwork and research, the results of which are thoroughly cross-checked with relevant documents, official government sources, and information from other sources, among them Israeli, Palestinian, and other human rights organizations.

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Ma'an News Agency (MNA) (Arabic: وكالة معا الإخبارية‎) is a large wire service created in 2005 in the Palestinian territories. It is part of the Ma'an Network, a non-governmental organization media network created in 2002[1] in the Palestinian territories among independent journalists throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip. It has partnerships with eight local television stations and twelve local radio stations. Ma'an News Agency publishes news 24 hours a day in Arabic, Hebrew and English, and claims to be one of the largest wire services in the Palestinian territories, with over three million visits per month. Ma'an News Agency also publishes feature stories, analysis and opinion articles. The agency's headquarters is in Bethlehem and it has an office in Gaza.

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We are a human rights group that, since August 2008, has sailed ten times to Gaza to break Israel's illegal stranglehold on1.6 million Palestinian civilians. We entered Gaza successfully five times in 2008; however, we have been violently intercepted on four voyages, including Israel's MAY 31, 2010 lethal attack on our Freedom Flotilla when nine of our colleagues were killed and many more injured by Israeli commandos. On the tenth voyage in July 2011, Greece prevented us from leaving, as Israel and the U.S. outsourced Israel's occupation of Gaza to Greece. (See also https://www.witnessgaza.com)

We sail as an expression of citizen nonviolent, direct action, confronting Israel's ongoing abuses of Palestinian human and political rights and will continue to challenge Israel's illegal siege on Gaza by participating and supporting other initiatives to break the blockade of Gaza by sea.

zoux posted:

Iced out wrists.

moller posted:

I would take a dry arid 105 over the stinking satantic rear end in a top hat that is summers in the midwest. Chicago/Columbus/DC/etc with a heat index of 105 and 80%+ humidity is like being crushed by a ton of invisible lead soup. At least in the desert sweating helps and evaporative coolers work.

XyloJW posted:

In non-politics news, the new season of Awful Survivor is looking for people to sign up here: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3648851

It's a fun forums game.

razorrozar posted:

South Carolina is just as bad. Regularly exceeds 100 degrees and never drops below about 60% humidity. Being outside feels like wading through boiling syrup sometimes.

On the plus side going for walks at night during summertime is nice.

Huge Liability posted:

This is the first time I've seen a photo of this man and I'm laughing because one of my coworkers went on a rant yesterday about how the ISIS leader looks exactly like Osama bin Laden. Come on, he's not even close! That's either racism or PYF-grade face blindness.

Another person here has a locker full of goofy stuff including a pic of Bart Simpson writing GOOGLE AGENDA 21 on the chalkboard. These are still by far the nicest people I've worked with as a temp, though. I can't complain.

Jerry Manderbilt posted:

I haven't had a summer night that was below 70F here in SoCal recently, I dunno if I really want to know how it is in South Carolina.

Badger of Basra posted:

Karl Rove is saying Brazil still have a chance at the final

paragon1 posted:

The sun is below the horizon right now and it's 90 degrees.

Joementum posted:

razorrozar posted:

Was his hair that gray when he was elected?