lessthanawake:

Mexico’s Drug War: 50,000 Dead in 6 Years

“Since Mexico’s President Felipe Calderón began an all-out assault on drug cartels in 2006, more than 50,000 people have lost their lives across the country in a nearly-continuous string of shootouts, bombings, and ever-bloodier murders. Just last weekend, 49 decapitated bodies were reportedly discovered on a highway in northern Mexico. The New York Times reports on an increasing numbness and apathy among Mexicans after years of worsening carnage, about which they’ve been able to do virtually nothing. Gathered here is a collection of recent photographs from Mexico’s drug war and the people so horribly affected by it.”

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TELL ICE: DON'T DEPORT ALEX!

iyjl:

Alex was visiting Niagara Falls when U.S. Border Patrol saw her taking a picture and seized her camera. The Border Patrol agents asked for an I.D. and, when Alex couldn’t provide one, they arrested her. Alex wants to join the Peace Corps and is a low-priority case. Help us stop her deportation!

Make a Phone Call:

Call ICE Director John Morton (202) 732-3000

Sample Script: “Hi, I am calling to ask the deportation of Alex Ma (A# 205 020 529) be stopped. Alex graduated from college and wants to obtain a master’s degree in business administration and join the Peace Corps. According to the Morton Memo, Alex is a low-priority case. Don’t deport Alex.”

rookiemag: Certainly we want to protect our children from new and painful experiences that are beyond their emotional comprehension and that intensify anxiety; and to a point we can prevent premature exposure to such experiences. That is obvious. But what is just as obvious — and what is too often overlooked — is the fact that from their earliest years children live on familiar terms with disrupting emotions, fear and anxiety are an intrinsic part of their everyday lives, they continually cope with frustrations as best they can. And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming Wild Things. Thank you for your stories and thoughts, for being one of the first creators-of-things-for-a-child-audience to recognize the inherently human darker emotions that exist for children, and for turning them into something that could be comforting, and sometimes even magical. R.I.P.

rookiemag:

Certainly we want to protect our children from new and painful experiences that are beyond their emotional comprehension and that intensify anxiety; and to a point we can prevent premature exposure to such experiences. That is obvious. But what is just as obvious — and what is too often overlooked — is the fact that from their earliest years children live on familiar terms with disrupting emotions, fear and anxiety are an intrinsic part of their everyday lives, they continually cope with frustrations as best they can. And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming Wild Things.

Thank you for your stories and thoughts, for being one of the first creators-of-things-for-a-child-audience to recognize the inherently human darker emotions that exist for children, and for turning them into something that could be comforting, and sometimes even magical. R.I.P.

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“Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don’t always like.”
― Lemony Snicket

Undocumentary: More evidence: deporting parents hurts kids

undocumentary:

Photo: A child awaits his parents deportation in Charlotte, NC in September 2011. Members of Iglesia Buen Pastor in Raleigh claim they were harassed by Border Patrol agents who arrested them during a traffic stop in Louisiana in 2010. Video of the case here.

First, I’d like to…

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emilythesmelly: The Defibrillator Toaster My mom would be so annoyed… every morning I would run into the kitchen screaming “WE’RE LOSING THEM!!! BEEP BEEP BEEPBEEPBEEP!” “DON’T YOU DIE ON ME, DAMNIT!!!  NURSE, WE NEED 12 CC’S OF CREAM CHEESE, STAT!!!” He’s bread, Jim. Time of deliciousness: 7:15 A.M If we don’t restart his heart , he’s toast!  JESUS CRUST. JAM IT! “Daddy’s in a butter place now, kids.” reblogging for the story

emilythesmelly:

The Defibrillator Toaster

My mom would be so annoyed… every morning I would run into the kitchen screaming “WE’RE LOSING THEM!!! BEEP BEEP BEEPBEEPBEEP!”

“DON’T YOU DIE ON ME, DAMNIT!!!  NURSE, WE NEED 12 CC’S OF CREAM CHEESE, STAT!!!”

He’s bread, Jim.

Time of deliciousness: 7:15 A.M

If we don’t restart his heart , he’s toast! 

JESUS CRUST.

JAM IT!

“Daddy’s in a butter place now, kids.”

reblogging for the story

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A Queer Desi: Undocumented and Unafraid on Tumblr

queerdesi:

We are much more than that obviously, but I’m delighted with the growing community of undocumented immigrants that are using Tumblr! It’s such an awesome micro-blogging (and reblogging) platform.

Reblog and add yourself if I missed you. Apologies in advance for any transgressions.

freecocaine: Andy Warhol: But what kind of person really murders? I mean, why.Alfred Hitchcock: In desperation. They do it in desperation.Andy Warhol: Really?… Alfred Hitchcock: Absolute desperation. They have nowhere to go, there were no motels in those days, and they’d have to go behind the bushes in the park. And in desperation they would murder. Andy Warhol interviews Alfred Hitchcock

freecocaine:

Andy Warhol: But what kind of person really murders? I mean, why.
Alfred Hitchcock: In desperation. They do it in desperation.
Andy Warhol: Really?…
Alfred Hitchcock: Absolute desperation. They have nowhere to go, there were no motels in those days, and they’d have to go behind the bushes in the park. And in desperation they would murder.

Andy Warhol interviews Alfred Hitchcock

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danceinthefairylights: this is so true

danceinthefairylights:

this is so true

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This would be nice for my birthday! I must keep my stock replenished in case of a natural disaster!

This would be nice for my birthday! I must keep my stock replenished in case of a natural disaster!

Where I would like to stop by on my birthday

Well for one, I’d like to be in deep ellum sometime during my birthday festivities!! 

Well for one, I’d like to be in deep ellum sometime during my birthday festivities!! 

“My birthday is right around the corner and I’ve never been the type to make a wish list and go around telling people. I don’t know why but I feel the desire to make a wishlist even though I’ll probably be the only soul to see it as it will be tucked away in this corner of the internet that is mine”
“I did not work two jobs this summer ending in about 13 to 16 hrs a day, on my feet, with countless of aches and pains every night to wake up six hours later and repeat; and i believe its time that i realize this hard truth and begin to make this scholarly ride worth it. I did not work my butt of completely this summer just so i could blow any chance i have at this.”