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Your Body, My Choice': Harassment Toward Women Surges Online After Election Day
www.bnnbloomberg.ca
... Online abuse, harassment and hate toward women has soared in the days since the US election, with phrases like "your body, my choice" and "get back to the kitchen" exploding on platforms like X and and TikTok, according to the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. ...
"Get back to the kitchen"
Oh yeah, I have heard that before, and I have posted as much here on this most august web site.
OK, from 2022 ...
Caamp - Believe (2022)
www.youtube.com
Lyrics in the video.
From what I understand, the members of the group met at a summer camp, hence the name.
A couple of fun (interesting?) tunes by an alt-rock group ...
Beat Farmers - Happy Boy (1985)
www.youtube.com
--- and ---
Country Dick Montana - Little Balls of Yarn (1987)
www.youtube.com
Not a surprise, lyrics do not seem to be available in English.
@#9 ... Europe has started to wake up. ...
Europe started to wake up a couple years ago.
European defence spending: the new consensus (2018)
www.iiss.org
... Changing threat perceptions and an improved economic climate have prompted European states to increase defence spending.
In 2017, Europe was the fastest-growing region in real-terms defence spending, with a 3.6% increase over the 2016 figure (see Figure 1). While this trend is set to last, does it mean that European states will be better prepared to face today's increasingly unstable world? ...
One of my favorite lyrics excerpts is in this tune ...
Five for Fighting - Easy Tonight
www.youtube.com
Lyrics excerpt...
genius.com
...
You were wrong
You were right
And you are gone
Tonight
You were free
So alive
You were wrong
You were right
And you were down
You could see
And you wore hearts
For me
And you were sharp
Sharp as knives
You were wrong
You were right
...
Later on in the lyrics is the phrase ... "Don't know where I'm going yet, no. But I sure am getting there"
Wow.
I don't know what my aim is, but I am hitting it.
That just has hung with me.
OK, it seems to be an open-music thread. :)
Acoustic Alchemy - One For The Road (1987)
www.youtube.com
An instrumental, no lyrics.
Back to the topic...
10 stabbed in Seattle over two days in random attacks that may be connected
www.nbcnews.com
... A suspect was arrested shortly after an attack Friday in which five people were stabbed. Police are investigating whether he is connected to five other stabbings since Thursday. ...
Another view...
Amsterdam bans protests after 'antisemitic squads' attack Israeli soccer fans
www.reuters.com
... Amsterdam banned demonstrations for three days from Friday after overnight attacks on Israeli soccer supporters by what the mayor called "antisemitic hit-and-run squads", and Israel sent planes to the Netherlands to fly fans home.
Mayor Femke Halsema said Maccabi Tel Aviv fans had been "attacked, abused and pelted with fireworks" around the city, and that riot police intervened to protect them and escort them to hotels. At least five people were treated in hospital.
Videos on social media showed riot police in action, with some attackers shouting anti-Israeli slurs. Footage also showed Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters chanting anti-Arab slogans before Thursday evening's match.
"We saw a lot of demonstrations, a lot of people running. It was really, really terrifying," said Joni Pogrebetsy, an Israeli soccer fan in Amsterdam for the match.
Antisemitic incidents have surged in the Netherlands since Israel launched its assault on the Palestinian enclave of Gaza after the attacks on Israel by Hamas militants in October last year, with many Jewish organisations and schools reporting threats and hate mail.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government sent planes to the Netherlands to bring fans home, while foreign minister Gideon Saar flew to Amsterdam for impromptu meetings with the Dutch government and far-right leader Geert Wilders.
Amsterdam banned demonstrations through the weekend and gave police emergency stop-and-search powers in response to the unrest, which exposed deep anger over the Gaza-Israel conflict. ...
@#3 ... outside of Florida. ...
interesting...
Florida Boom Metros See Biggest Drop in Home Prices Since 2011
www.bnnbloomberg.ca
... An area along Florida's west coast including affluent Sarasota is seeing the worst home price declines since the aftermath of the Great Recession, as the region recovers from hurricanes and faces rising inventory.
While home prices continue to rise across most of the country, metro areas in once-hot Florida and the Southeast dominate the short list of places where they are actually falling from a year ago in data from 226 metro areas compiled by the National Association of Realtors.
No region is seeing greater declines than Southwest Florida, a fast-growing area historically popular with Midwestern retirees. The Punta Gorda metro area had the biggest quarterly decline since 2011, with the median price falling 6.5% over the year to $350,000 in the third quarter, NAR data show. Fifty miles north, prices in the North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton area fell 5.8% over the year to $485,000, also the biggest decline since 2011.
And in the nearby Cape Coral-Fort Myers area, prices fell 3.7%, although it saw a bigger drop earlier this year.
Prices in the Southeast are under pressure from "more inventory, higher insurance costs, and more homebuilding in recent years," NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said in an email Thursday.
Tony Barrett, president of the Realtor Association of Sarasota and Manatee, chalked up the recent weakness in part to the effects of recent hurricanes, which delayed some sales and hurt buyers' confidence. Meantime, the supply of homes has been rising, and fewer investors appear to be buying, he said in a September market report. Finally, the region has been coping with a surge in home insurance costs that has scared off some buyers. ...
Speaking of Garbage ...
Garbage - Queer (1996)
www.youtube.com
Lyrics excerpt ...
genius.com
...
Hey boy, take a look at me
Let me dirty up your mind
I'll strip away your hard veneer
And see what I can find
[Chorus]
The queerest of the queer
The strangest of the strange
The coldest of the cool
The lamest of the lame
The numbest of the dumb
I hate to see you here
You choke behind a smile
A fake behind the fear
The queerest of the queer
[Verse 2]
This is what he pays me for
I'll show you how it's done
You'll learn to love the pain you feel
Like father, like son
[Chorus]
The queerest of the queer
Hide inside your head
The blindest of the blind
The deadest of the dead
You're hungry 'cause you starve
While holding back the tears
Choking on your smile
A fake behind the fear
The queerest of the queer
...
Though I first heard it on the area college station (wxci.org) I've actually heard that tune on a commercial radio station recently.
I might be more concerned about Mr Kirschner's ties to Saudi Arabia ...
Saudi Arabia leads Arab world in congratulating Trump
www.arabnews.com
... Saudi Arabia's King Salman sent a cable of congratulations to Trump, wishing him success and the "American people further progress and prosperity."
The king praised the strong historical ties between the two nations, "emphasizing the shared desire to further strengthen these bonds in all areas."
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman also sent a cable to congratulate Trump. In a phone call later on Wednesday, the crown prince expressed the Kingdom's aspiration to strengthen Saudi-US relations. He wished the American people progress and prosperity under Trump's leadership.
The Republican made Saudi Arabia his first foreign visit after he took office for his first term as president in 2017. The visit underlined the importance of the historic US-Saudi partnership and cemented relations with Gulf allies. ...
Will the 2025 Pres trump be a similar transactional President?
Your body, my choice': Harassment toward women surges online after Trump's win
www.deccanherald.com