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I was walking with my friends and an old man pulls on my arm, trying to talk to me. I said immediately after, in an angered tone, "Please don't touch me." He then started following me and my friends for two blocks in which we preceded to walk faster. I was shocked to think that this man would have the audacity to assault me with the police less than 20 feet away, I was even more shocked that the cops did nothing about it.
I was on my way home from picking up Chinese food on 134th street. I tried to cut the corner because everyday men young and old stand outside of Popeyes talking to and eyeing every girl who passes by. I passed by a silver Escalade waiting at the traffic light and the man in the passenger side said "psst, can I talk to you." I rushed by, hearing his words, but ignoring them. Everyday I find myself listening to music so I can avoid the catcalls from men old enough to be my father.
About a month ago, I was on my way home returning from my school's volleyball practice. I had just gotten off of the bus, and I was walking the first of two blocks to my house. On my way, I noticed a man had gotten on at the same bus stop at me, and gotten off at the same one, too. I already felt nervous. I was walking a little faster than I normally would have, trying to make it home.
He had sped up a little bit, too. When I got to the corner of the block that my house is on, I heard him give me a catcall. I was immediately freaked out. He kept calling, and started into a jog to catch up to me, as I was half a block ahead of him. I sprinted to the fire-station next to my house. I waited in the office there with the firemen who had been next door my entire life. When he saw me run there, he turned around, and went around the corner. Just to be safe, I sprinted next door, buzzed myself in, and made sure I didn't go anywhere alone for the next week.
2 years ago, when I was 12 years old, I was walking to meet my friend. It was summer, and so I put on a pair of tight jean short-shorts. I felt sexy and beautiful and like I could conquer the world. I felt so good.
I was walking past a florist's shop when an old man outside gave me a catcall. I spun around, staring at him. I couldn't believe what he had just done. It was the first acknowledgement of being "sexy" or "hot" before. And it was from an old man who was wearing a wedding ring.
I didn't know what else to do but continue walking. I felt myself to start to tear up and feel brought down. I couldn't help but feel violated. Ashamed. I knew my shorts were short, but were they really that short? I kept thinking that it was my fault. That I was asking for it, that I was the reason I was being catcalled. And that if I wanted to dress like how I was dressing, I couldn't dress like that.
When I got to the place I was meeting my friend, I changed in the bathroom into something more conservative. I couldn't help it. I didn't want to feel that way again.
Now, I realize that my shorts or my legs or my ass shouldn't mean that someone should look at me, violate me, and make me feel ashamed.
A man came up to me while I was standing on the subway, put his hand on my hip and said to me "your European aren't you ? I can tell because in Europe the women are taught to be so sensual in nature."
As a woman in Pakistan traveling on public transport is like running the gauntlet, except there is no where to run, particularly in Islamabad. For schoolgirls and working females the daily commute is plagued by vulgar drivers with the self-control of a rabble of rabid mutts.
The severity of this issue manifests itself in the inability for the female to remove herself from the situation. She is trapped in silence until she reaches her destination, acutely aware that she neither wants to make a scene nor raise attention to incidents like these.
Islamabad resident Faiza Bibi told Pakistan Today that the vast majority of drivers harass their female passengers verbally and physically by making lewd comments and touching them whilst changing gear as they sat they sat next to them in the front seats. She continued:
"Women have no other option since they have to sit on the front seats, next to the driver, because they are the only seats meant for women."
Khadija Ali of the Alliance Against Sexual Harassment told Pakistan Today that the country's Sexual Harassment legislation applies mostly to situations occurring in the work place and suggested that women dealing with such incidences should complain to the police. However, one commuter, Attiya Nawaz complained to a traffic police officer that some bus drivers were pulling the curtain behind the front seats so that passengers in the back seats could not see them harassing the women.
According to a survey conducted by the Social Research and Development Organization, 92 percent of commuting women and girls would prefer female-only buses, a facility that does not exist. Despite government past plans to provide a women only public transport system, financial constraints have prevented the plans moving forward.
This report comes a day after a ZEENEWS.com story covering Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar's address to a reception hosted by Commissioner Adam Thompson, where Khar told guests that women in Pakistan were "more empowered than those in other developing countries." How can this be if they live in fear of travelling to school and work everyday? 92 percent is a staggering number that feel so frightened that they would rather have female only transport
So, we at Hollaback! want to encourage the Pakistan ladies to do exactly that! Do not accept this! We need a Hollaback! site in Pakistan to raise public awareness of street harassment and educate people about what behavior is acceptable on the streets and on public transport. I have messaged Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar about the situation and will keep you all posted on her comments. In the mean time if you know anyone with contacts in Islamabad that would like to launch a Hollaback! site then encourage them to do so! We all need to work together to Hollaback! at harassers on the streets of Pakistan and on public transport.
Here's a big thank you to Hollaback! Baltimore for sharing with us this awesome questionnaire to help research the correlation between women in leadership positions and their own experiences of domestic violence. The survey has been comprised by Hollaback! affiliate, grad student and Feminist Eye View blogger, Linda Kokenge. Linda worked with Carol Olsen of the Rape Crisis Center in Virginia to try and gather some empirical evidence.
Check out her abstract here and then answer the questions!
"Women who take on leadership roles in the nonprofit or service sector represent a unique group within society. These women tend to work well in a myriad of high stress/low resource situations and have a solid understanding of the social problems that impact the surrounding community. Often times these attitudes and behaviors are not only found in her work life, but in her interpersonal relationships and perception of self. This can become problematic for women in these leadership positions who experience domestic violence in her personal life.
According to the National Collation Against Domestic Violence, domestic violence "is an epidemic affecting individuals in every community, regardless of age, economic status, race, religion, nationality or educational background." As this is widely understood as true, women who work in nonprofit leadership roles are not immune to domestic violence. Though these women represent a unique group that has its own set of obstacles to overcome when coping with domestic violence, there is very little academic or public attention directed to the issue. I became aware of it only after reflecting on the personal relationships that I maintained while serving as an AmeriCorps VISTA member in Baltimore City. Even after recognizing that a relationship was violent, I was reluctant to leave because it felt like I was giving up; I knew of women that experienced levels of abuse that were far more dangerous than my own and believed that I could handle the situation. The pressures placed on women to maintain a successful intimate relationship while excelling professionally combined with such social factors as stigma and fear of alienation contributed directly to the way that I coped with the violence. I believe that this also holds true in similar experiences of domestic violence."
This research project looks at the unique obstacles that women in leadership positions have to overcome when coping with domestic violence. Linda Kokenge worked with a woman named Carol Olson, an executive director of a rape crisis center in Virginia, to create a survey in order to gather some empirical evidence. Take part and fill out the survey here!
Meet Becca Lee, the collector of words fighting street harassment in Des Moines, IA.
Why do you HOLLA? Because I can. It's my right.
What's your signature Hollaback? Stop harassing women!
What's your craft? Ripping books to shreds–not literally, but somewhat. I'm finishing a master's degree in literature.
HOLLAfact about your city: Des Moines is the 3rd largest insurance capital of the world (after London and Hartford, CT).
What was your first experience with street harassment? I was in college. It started with honks and whistles as I walked to class, which bothered me, but not enough to do anything about it. Then a harasser started repeatedly making sexual comments about me right outside of my apartment building. I felt unsafe to even walk to my car, which was right next to my building, and I just couldn't keep quiet anymore. That's when I found Hollaback!
Define your style: Lots of caffeine and loud shoes.
Say you're Queen for the day. What would you do to end street harassment? I would replace the "Pledge of Allegiance" with the words "I will respect other people. I will keep my hands to myself. I will take "no" for an answer. I will be a decent human being."
What do you collect? Words. Books, quotes, lyrics, lines of poetry, movie lines, you name it.
If you could leave the world one piece of advice, what would it be? If you're not pissed off, you're not paying attention.
My superheroine power is… corrupting young adults with my radical queer feminist ideals. Because civil rights are anti-American, ya know…
What inspires you? People who respect others!
In the year 2020, street harassment…will still be offensive. It is not, never has been, and never will be OK.
At Hollaback!, we believe that everyone has a right to feel safe and confident, without fear of harassing language or actions whether they're walking home from work, going to school, or at a protest. Over the last weeks, the Occupy Wall Street movement has created a space where individuals can talk, share ideas, demonstrate and collaborate on ways to end economic injustice. We are excited by the momentum that this movement has created in its push for social and economic change, and we stand in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement and share in their mission to create a just and equal world for all.
Hollaback!s exists in 34 cities in 14 countries around the world, and as representatives of Hollaback! we would like to publicly offer our support, as a resource and as activists, to Occupy Wall Street and its Occupy counterparts worldwide. Our research shows that high rates of street harassment often occur in crowded spaces, and unfortunately, the Occupy sites are not exempt and a number of incidences have been reported. Sexual harassment and assault are unacceptable in any context.
Let's work together to build a world where everyone can live, walk and Occupy free from street harassment. If you want to join the movement, join us by signing onto the Safe Spaces Support Team at OWS.


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Bain's Sankaty Raises Fund to Invest in CLOs as Bank Rules Loom
Sankaty Advisors LLC, the credit unit of private-equity firm Bain Capital LLC, set up its first fund investing in collateralized loan obligations as proposed regulations may force banks to cut their holdings of the debt.
The $325 million Sankaty CLO Partners 1 may invest in CLOs raised both in the U.S. and Europe, according to John Wright, managing director at the Boston-based affiliate and one of the managers of the deal.
Sankaty, which oversees 10 CLOs, established the fund as trading restrictions under the recently enacted Volcker Rule may lead some banks to reduce their investment in such risky debt, giving other institutions an edge. Banks own about $70 billion of CLOs, which buy loans used to back leveraged buyouts and saw issuance surge 49 percent last year to $82 billion.
Investors "that face regulation may be apprehensive to get into the market and that offers opportunities for those that aren't regulated," Wright said in a telephone interview, noting the new fund isn't affected by the proposed rules.
The pending regulations weren't the driving force in Sankaty deciding to raise the fund, Wright said. The firm, which oversees more than $20 billion, started fundraising before the Volcker Rule, under which banks may not be able to invest in CLOs that hold bonds, was released in December.
Additional rules may change the CLO market, including proposed risk-retention, which would require CLO managers to hold 5 percent of the debt they package or sell. Regulators in August introduced the so-called arranger option, which would require banks to hold onto a portion of a term loan they arrange and sell to CLOs without the ability to hedge or offload it.
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CLOs are a type of collateralized debt obligation that pool high-yield loans and slice them into debt securities of varying return and risk, typically from AAA ratings down to B. The lowest portion, known as the equity tranche, offers the highest potential returns and the greatest risk because these investors are the first to see their interest payouts reduced when the loans backing the CLOs default.
Issuance of CLOs grew last year from $55.2 billion in 2012, though still short of the $92.8 billion raised in 2007, according to Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc.
Spreads on existing AAA CLO debt fell to 110 basis points in December from a 2013 high of 130 basis points during the first quarter, according to Morgan Stanley data. They rose to as much as 725 basis points in April 2009. At the peak of the market in 2007, spreads dropped to as low as 23 basis points. Spreads on existing BB debt decreased to 490 basis points in December from 650 on Jan. 3, 2013, according to the data.
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Leveraged loans, those rated below BBB- by Standard & Poor's and less than Baa3 at Moody's Investors Service, returned 5 percent last year, according to the S&P/LSTA U.S. Leveraged Loan 100 Total Returns Index. U.S. high-yield bonds returned 6.6 percent last year, according to the Bloomberg High-Yield Corporate Bond Index.
Sankaty has invested in CLOs since 1999, primarily through credit-opportunity funds. It has raised five of those types of deals since 2002, with the first four buying structured products, middle-market and distressed debt, Wright said.
Interest for dedicated investing opportunities for the different asset classes led Sankaty to raise middle-market deals in 2010 and 2013, and focus its fifth credit-opportunity fund, which closed last year, on stressed and distressed assets, he said.
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"We saw that investors liked to allocate their investments themselves," Wright said. "This is our first fund that breaks out the structured-credit strategy."
Wright oversees the fund, which closed in December, with David McCarthy, a managing director at Sankaty. The firm has already invested about $100 million, primarily in U.S. CLOs, though it has the ability to invest as much as 15 percent in euro CLOs, he said.
It will likely use about 20 percent to 25 percent of the fund to purchase portions of its own CLOs, though it has the ability to use as much as 40 percent for that purpose, Wright said.
Sankaty last raised a U.S. CLO in November, a $514.6 million deal with Credit Suisse Group AG, according to Bloomberg data. It will continue to raise its own CLOs, Wright said. The new deal allows Sankaty to build a portfolio of CLO debt and equity investments that is diversified by vintage and manager, which may offer "attractive returns," he said.
The firm may allocate more capital to the junior debt and equity of deals, which offer better returns, though it has the ability to invest across the capital structure, Wright said.
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Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ 0.50 % announced a sharp drop in quarterly profit and issued a cautious outlook for the current period and fiscal year, moves suggesting the company hopes to hit the reset button after more than a year of turmoil.
For the fourth period ended Oct. 31, H-P's net income fell 91%, as the company took charges related to shutting down its mobile-software business. Revenue fell 3%.
"We didn't live up to our expectations in 2011," said Meg Whitman, H-P's newly appointed chief executive, during a conference call Monday. She added that H-P was committed to getting "back to the basics of executing business fundamentals."
The results capped off a tough quarter for H-P. In mid-August, the company made a series of announcements, including that it would explore a spinoff of its PC business and that it would spend more than $10 billion to acquire a software company. The news sent H-P's stock down 20%, and eventually led to the firing of CEO Leo Apotheker in September.
Ms. Whitman, the former eBay Inc. EBAY -0.03 % chief and an H-P board member, took his place and soon reversed course on the PC move. Ms. Whitman made it a priority to restore stability to H-P.
For the fourth period, H-P's net income fell to $239 million, or 12 cents a share, from $2.5 billion, or $1.10 a share, a year earlier. Revenue declined to $32.1 billion from $33.3 billion. After one-time charges are factored out, H-P put earning per share at $1.17, one cent higher than its forecast in August. Company executives suggested that figure is a sign that H-P could operate though adversity.
For the current quarter, H-P projected earnings per share, excluding one-time charges, between 83 cents and 86 cents, well below the $1.17 analysts expected. For the full year, H-P expects earnings, excluding items, of at least $4 a share; analysts on average had expected $4.90 a share, but much lower unofficial "whisper" estimates had been circulating on Wall Street.
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Another factor is the flooding in Thailand, which is causing shortages for hard drives, key component which are made there. Ms. Lesjak said she expects H-P to feel the impact for the first half of 2012. H-P will shift its inventory to higher-end computers and may have to raise prices, she said.
Still, some analysts were heartened by what they saw as an appeal for a fresh start by the Palo Alto, Calif., company.
"They have to reset expectations," said Brian Marshall, an analyst at ISI Group. "This is exactly what we needed to see."
H-P shares were down 4% at $26.86 in 4 p.m. trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The stock declined to $26.29 in after-hours trading following the announcements.
The company's PC business seemed relatively unaffected by the spinoff talk. Revenue in the segment, H-P's largest, declined 2% to $10.1 billion. Sales to consumers slipped 9% amid greater falloff in PCs, while sales to businesses increased 5%. Ms. Whitman said in an interview that the full impact of the spinoff exploration might occur in the current quarter.
H-P's services business, which has been struggling lately, grew 2% to $9.3 billion from a year earlier. But revenue in the company's server group fell 4% to $5.7 billion, and its big printer business fell 10% to $6.3 billion.
Investors have expressed concern lately with H-P's use of cash. At the end of October, H-P had $8 billion in cash, down from $13 billion at the end of July. The company said it had $22.6 billion in long-term debt, up from $19 billion in July.
Ms. Whitman said that H-P was committed to rebuilding its balance sheet and that the company wouldn't be making any large acquisitions soon. She still expected to use funds to buy back shares.
Overall, she said, H-P should grow in line with or better than the overall economy, but would focus on growing income faster and producing cash.
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JUBA, Sudan (AP) -- Southern Sudan's government says the Sudanese president will give a speech at this weekend's independence day celebrations.
Monday's announcement comes just days after President Omar
al-Bashir said his army would continue an offensive in the northern
state of South Kordofan.
Hostilities there against southern-aligned forces have displaced
more than 70,000 people.
Al-Bashir's statement makes it unlikely the two governments will
reach a cease-fire by independence day on Saturday.
Western advocacy groups have warned that the northern government
is attempting ethnic cleansing and even genocide in the region.
Two decades of civil war with northern Sudan decimated the
oil-rich south and left more than 2 million dead.
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The presumed advantage of YMI's drug, CYT387, is its ability to minimize one of the most troubling problems of myelofibrosis, anemia and RBC transfusion requirement. However, at the current ASH meeting, INCY presented abundant data that erythopoietic stimulating agents such as Prorit, could safely be used to supplement Jakafi treatment for patients with a transfusion requirement. Hence, the potential advantage of the YMI drug has essentially been nullified. I say this as a hematologist with 40+ years experience. I regart the current drop in INCY as a terrific buying opportunity.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
Agreed. Got the Dec 17.50 put coming due. Happy to pick up another 10,000 shares for net $15.50. Just more money down the road.
The big question for the GILD (formerly YMI) candidate is the neuropathy signal in early testing. If that persists, FDA is going to be VERY difficult (ever since Thalidomide was kept out of the US due to a neuropathy signal, it has had particular resonance). Design of a p3 is going to be a challenge anyway, as many centers will require (for ethical reasons) that patients have the option to switch to BAT (guess what?) after six weeks or so.
In any event, the fate of Incyte figures to be decided before this candidate reaches the market.
You are spot on with the detection of the neuropathy signal that CYT387 exhibits. Jakafi has a much cleaner side effect profile and is more effective in spleen shrinkage. The 10mg Jakafi dosing is proving to be almost as effective as 15 or 20mg and practically eliminates any anemia advantage for CYT387
Sentiment: Buy
They found what they thought was a reason to run this down...valuation compared to what? The reality is it will now become more of a take-over target with a drug already on the market and a pipeline that has serious potential. So now the question is for how much and will it be sooner vs. later. I'm betting on the smart "late" money.


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When I receive a text message to my Google voice number, I get a notification from my text application, as well as the Google Voice application. It would seem that the message is being forwarded to my cell number, but I've turned off text forwarding in the Voicemail & Text settings. Is there another setting that I am missing?
From Google Voice settings (on the web, not the phone app), under phones, select your mobile number, and Edit. Uncheck "Receive SMS on this phone"
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In the last sentence of that press release, I think the mayor has confused the phrase "fundamental tenet" with "fundamentalist tenant."
@1: "Fundamentalist tenant"? That's clever, but, uh, I mean, he's talking about respecting everyone's right to peaceably assemble and speak freely. That's, er, that's not a fundamentalist tenant at all.
So I'm confused.
It's nice to see the suburbs growing up, confronting real-city/real-world issues as they do.
Have the Watchmen actually committed any crimes? Or just incited them?
Heres hoping the City of Lynnwood keeps close tabs on what theyve gotten themselves into.
So what, then, do you propose that the local government in Lynnwood do in this situation? On many levels, I think that the WotW folks should be dragged out and shot. They're filth. However, how would constitutional free speech not apply in this situation? And if there is some kind of intervention, wouldn't that just justify any action made by more conservative municipal governments to push against, say, gay rights marches or right-to-choose rallies?
@5: I propose they do what they say they're going to do: Show up and make sure no laws get broken.
Excuses, excuses. If LCC wouldn't rent to the KKK, (per Lynwood PFD chairman Mike Echelbarger) they shouldn't rent to these goons.
BTW does Dan know that one of these kooky groups has a photo of him and his kid on a page that "reveals the dark side of homosexual culture" and equates it with a high rate of pedophilia?
Heyyy! Aren't there 1,000s of gay ex-military -- trained as firearms and munitions experts and shit? (Before they got kicked out for being gay) I've GOT it! P I N K W A T E R !
Somebody call a
PINKWATER convention!
A "tenet" means a central, guiding principle.
A "tenant" is a renter.
I was engaging in an attempt at wordgeekery, based on noticing that the mayor of Lynnwood doesn't seem to know the difference between those two similar-sounding words.
And yeah, for the record I'm a card-carrying ACLU member. I believe even assholes have the right to hold meetings in public as long as they don't incite people to violence or otherwise break the law.
Get your suits pressed, kids. It's protest time.
are the watchmen the most pathetic human beings in the northwest? i think so.
a group of retarded christians, too scared of anything that takes them away from jesus' milk-dripping tit long enough to notice that there is nothing wrong with sex.
flaccid inbred hicks.
it's a scene of idiocracy, but still, it's too serious to let it go uncontested, is there going to be a protest?
While Mayor Gough brings up the 1st Amendment and it's been pointed to here before....here's the deal. Ledyaev is coming from a foreign country to spread his bile. He's not an "American" and therefore isn't protected by the US Constitution. JHC just grab the F'er as he comes through customs and put him on the next flight back. Most of these people that will attend are not US Citizens, they are resident aliens who show absolutely no gratitude for the US taking them in when they were so "persecuted" in their own countries. If ever there was a need for one of those rendition flights it would be for this bunch of goons.
I had the strangest experience riding Metro in DC a couple of weekends ago - as I was heading for Reagan airport, I realized that seated near me were white guys (mostly young, but some old) some of whom were reading racist pro-Aryan papers.
Next to me was a young black woman, and I wondered (we were both standing and could both see what the seated men were reading) what she thought about that - and did she think I was with that group (which I'm not)?
We should all go. Pack some heat, it's gonna be a cold, cold day.
Sounds like a likely target for an ICE raid.
Sweetie @13,
Your amateur legal analysis is, as usual, wrong.
The ACLU (an organization staffed by actual constitutional lawyers!) informs us:
"The fundamental civil liberties protections of the Bill of Rights and Constitution apply to all 'persons,' not just citizens."
@17 The ACLU can say whatever they want, but I'm sure any illegal alient that has been hustled out of the country would say something entirely different. Secondly, you sound like a real asshole.
@12: Yes. Show up at 11 AM Saturday. Wear a tie.
So are we protesting this group or not? From what I am hearing it sounds like we are going to let this group slide, besides just bitching about them on the internet.
If anyone wants to set up a protest shoot me an e-mail at email@example.com
Let's put action behind our bitching!
Our First Amendment rights are part of our precious constitutional legacy. It is ironic that they are so often employed by individuals or groups from countries that would deny us those same rights in their own benighted hell-holes, and would, if they could get into power, curtail those rights here. Since Ken Hutcherson so visibly promotes a group like Watchmen it is time we begin calling him on his blatant anti-Americanism. This man would gladly suspend the constitution to establish his version of Biblical law. We need to call into question his and his followers' loyalty to America at every opportunity.
Let the monkeys watching on the walls speak.
Let the crypto-fascists fling their excrement.
Our First Amendment can take it. So can we.
TENANT!? Oh for fuck's sake.
**PROTEST UPDATE** We have three people that I know of who are going to protest this thing on Saturday. Anyone who is thinking of going should try to meet up around 9 am to get organized and then be at the Convention Center by 10am to meet people as they go into the Hate-Fest.
Let's make this happen!!!
Since you bring it up, immigration law offers vastly better options than constitutional law, in terms of finding grounds to disrupt the meeting. Turning undesirable non-citizens away at the border is way smarter than throwing away the first amendment over a meeting of shabby bigot rabble.
And this is the part where I take David and The Stranger to task for totally pooching the screw on this story:
The city of Lynnwood did not "invite" the Watchmen anywhere. Lynwood officials did not "get themselves into" anything, as they have no choice except to allow the Watchmen to assemble as required by the first amendment. But way to go, David & co., on blazing new ground for non-state-run media by repeatedly slogging in opposition to the first amendment.
Now, in all seriousness, if non-citizens are requesting entry to the states to attend this ugly thing, we should all do as Original Andrew suggested, and contact the folks at Immigration & Customs Enforcement, who actually have broad discretionary authority to admit, or not admit, these jokers into our country.
@10: Holy mother of God, I am covered with shame, since I actually, er, know the difference between tenet and tenant, and completely missed that distinction on reading the article and your comment.
There's pretty much no way to recover from this. Geez louise.
@26: From HeraldNet:
The venue is owned by the Lynnwood Public Facilities District, a public taxing district that operates the convention center but is separate from the city.
"Our understanding is that [the Watchmen are] law-abiding. They have a right of free speech just like any other group," said Mike Echelbarger, the board's chairman. "If we were talking about the (Ku Klux Klan) we'd have a totally different take on it. Of course we wouldn't rent to the KKK," he said.
Apparently, Lynwood officials DO have a choice in allowing groups to assemble. What does this mean for the first-amendment issue?
@28 Now there's an unattractive wrinkle to the story...
@28: That's more a measure of the board's weaselly hand-washing than it is an accurate reflection of the constitutionality of denying the Watchmen a forum.
The mayor of Lynnwood is clearly a useless, cowardly bureaucrat. He should be challenged. How are the Watchmen any different from the KKK?
As for the protest: GET SOME FLYERS UP. Post them at the university, in the queer village, at coffeeshops and clubs, wherever people hang out who might show. GET LOTS OF THEM UP, QUICK.
Has anyone called a local radio station?
Let them know about the protest.
AFTER the convention, stage a cleansing ritual. Alert local media, show up with buckets and brushes, and WASH THE STEPS OF THE CONVENTION CENTER. Have big signs up explaining that you are cleansing this place of the hatred left behind by this odious group. Hand out flyers explaining who the Watchmen are and how they are opposed to community values. Bring parents, kids, dogs...
Are there any local church groups who might want to participate in this sort of thing? Let them know, too.
Where's the public intern? Can't he organize a protest for us?
@Greg, did you read the above comments? Only three people have expressed interest in a protest.
I've been emailing Lynnwood officials and the LCC. The only person to respond thus far is Ruth Ross, city councilmember, who expressed concern that this group would be in Lynnwood. She wrote that she only learned of this on Friday, and that she hoped to discuss it at one of their meetings this week.
What has me most irate is Mike Echelbarger's statement "of course we wouldn't rent to the KKK". If this is a public facility, accessible to all, why not the KKK? The logic doesn't wash. Of course Watchmen can say whatever they want; that is their First Amendment right. But you can't give access to one group of bigots and not another. For gays, the Watchmen ARE the KKK, so why the double standard?
The KKK is on record as supporting the violent overthrow of the US government. That specific thing is why no member of the US military has the First Amendment right to be in the KKK. The Klan was determined to be a terrorist organization 140 years ago. There is no shortage of violent crimes that can be specifically blamed on them.
And so on.
Which is why there isn't a lot of free speech love for the KKK.
Now if you could show that these 'Watchmen' had ever advocated the violent overthrow of the government, or incited a specific crime -- especially a hate crime -- then they would in fact be terrorists. And then would have to be kept out. Hint. Hint.
Actually the KKK as such is not one national organization. Many groups use the KKK designation, and many have some sort of legal registration (LLC, etc.) Many have repudiated terrorism, nor do they advocate the violent overthrow of the U.S. government. In fact, if you read the manifestos of the Watchmen, et al, they match almost exactly those of many Klan groups (minus racial separatism/white superiority).
Therefore, again, you can't deny the Klan, but let in the Watchmen. Unless, of course, you have some disdain for the gays, in which case you don't give a shit, and will come up with a lame excuse to cover your ass...
On that note, I find it VERY interesting that, according to campaignmoney.com, Michael Echelbarger of Lynnwood (Chairman of the Lynnwood Public Facilities District), made at least $3750 in contributions in 2006 to the Campaign for Working Families http://www.cwfpac.com/, which on its site, describes itself as "Unapologetically Pro-Family, Pro-Life, and Pro-Growth". CWF actively supports and promotes anti-gay candidates, and helped get DOMA laws on the books in a number of states.
Um, no.
Terrorists don't get to decide when we stop treating them as terrorists. I can assure you that nobody in the armed forces could get away with crap like "Oh, but my local KKK chapter is different! See, look at this manifesto they wrote!"
elenchos, we're not talking about the armed forces. Openly gay men and women are not allowed in the armed forces, but we still have first amendment rights, as does the KKK. Don't think they do? Call the ACLU.
I don't know why I wanted to argue about this. You were having trouble understanding why you couldn't get this group kicked out that easily.
It doesn't matter. What does matter is whether or not you can directly tie violence or threats to these Watchmen guys. If not, then you only get to go out and hold up a sign.
No, I understand that they can't be kicked out. My issue is with Echelbarger saying that they "of course" wouldn't rent to the KKK, which has every first amendment right that any other group has (again, call the aclu), but will rent to Watchmen on the Walls. Read the report that Southern Poverty Law Center wrote about Watchmen, the murder perpetrated by followers of Kusakin's church, or the numerous new reports about their friends in Latvia that beat up gays and throw shit at them on the street. Violence? Yes. Proven? Yes. They still have first amendment rights, as does the kkk (which I would prefer to see sent to the moon).
But Echelbarger, who it appears contributes money to right-wing organizations that seek to deny gays civil rights, also says that he can't stop the Watchmen from meeting in this facility... even though "of course" they wouldn't allow the kkk. seems a bit kinky to me. THAT is my issue.
David @28,
1. Just 'cause Mike Echelbarger says he'd turn the KKK away doesn't mean he could, or that the same would go for the Watchmen. Instead of asking Echelbarger, why don't you give the ACLU a call?
2. Even if the LPFD had some discretion in the matter, that doesn't change the fact that you're a member of the press trying to undermine free assembly. Stop fighting the bad fight & leave that shit to Coulter and Malkin.
Eric @ 41: Thanks for weighing in, but be careful of jumping to conclusions about my "fighting the bad fight." Questioning the LCC's confused stance on the Watchmen is not the same as fighting to deny someone their constitutional rights. My complaints about the Watchmen are also constitutionally protected, no? You seem to be equating my phrases about LCC ("getting themselves into" something by "inviting" the Watchmen) as a call to override the constitution--a tempting reading, but too easy.
My fear: The Watchmen tread close enough to Taliban-esque terror talk that perhaps they've forfeited some of their own constitutional rights of assembly. Discussing this possibility doesn't magically transform me into Michelle Malkin.
@33: What, do we need a quorum before we ask the public intern to do something now? As I recall, his last five or six assignments have been for single individuals. Where is the problem?
Has anyone seen a schedule other than the days the Watchmen are meeting? I can only find the dates. I'm not waiting for the pubic intern. My boyfriend and I are going to protest. Even if its just the two of us. Anyone else going? Saturday at 9 maybe?
If all you were doing was questioning the LCC's confused stance when you represented them as variously "inviting", "hosting", "getting themselves into", etc, as if they have a choice in the matter, then I'm confused as to whose stance is confused. Sure reads like criticism to me.
And, inescapably, when you criticize a public office for permitting constitutionally-protected activity, you are calling to override the constitution.
I guess that leaves the question of whether the Watchmen have somehow forfeit part of their free assembly rights. My amateur legal analysis is that you're venturing way out on a legal limb. Unless you know a lawyer with a strong argument to the contrary, it's unfair of you to criticize them for refusing to follow you onto that limb.
Sigh, I'm embarassed to have to clarify myself like this, but the "them" who I defend in my final paragraph of @45 is of course the LPFD.
- Eric
There is a possibility of a planned "counter-event" elsewhere in Lynnwood this weekend that would be sponsored by LGBT community groups and progressive faith communities.
The goal would be to "counter" the hate with an opportunity for interested community members to have an educational experience about the real lives of LGBT people and not the ridiculous nonsense being spread by The Watchmen.
Stay tuned...
I want to be a part of a protest. Where are we at with that? 11am Saturday as stated above? Will there be a whole 3 of us?
Not that I don't hate this scum suckers *shutter*, but there is a rather large difference between renting to a group that, while hate-mongering has committed no crime, and renting to a hate-mongering group that up until the 70's were still actively participating in lynchings.
Now, if the WotW DID commit a violent crime, we can send that right along to the mayor, who I'm sure would be all to happy to throw these jerks out of town. I'm actually kinda surprised at the posts above-I mean, the mayor (in political speak, granted) comes out and says he doesn't want these guys around, but his hands are tied legally about what he can do about it.
And I think that's actually a good thing-because what if a pro-gay group rented out a convention center in a town, and the mayor was a flaming idiot who could throw them out merely on the possibility they would cause trouble.
But this is America, people-we have the power to protest the heck out of the place!
Count me in as #4 at the protest!
another e-mail I received said something about a prayer vigil on Sunday. Personally, I think protests are more 'fun' than prayer vigils but I want to participate in whatever way our collective voices will be heard.
e-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com with more info, please.
I will be there on Saturday and I'm bringing at least 3 people with me. Where are people meeting at 9 to get organized?
The True Stories Project has teamed up with RCE (the Religious Coalition for Equality) and ERW (Equal Rights Washington) to offer a FREE screening of locally produced film Inlaws & Outlaws to counter the virulently anti-gay gathering of The Watchmen in Lynnwood this weekend.
Hosted by the Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Church, the screening takes place on Sunday, October 21st at 4 pm. Preceding the screening at 3 pm will be a Peace Vigil at the church, led by the Reverend Monica Corsaro, Co-Convener of RCE.
The Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Church is located at 8109 224 Street SW in Edmonds.
All are welcome to the vigil and the screening.
Visit: http://www.inlawsandoutlawsfilm.com/news/inlaws_outlaws_counters_antiga.php for more information.
Together, we can build & promote a community founded upon equality, tolerance and love.
Join us!
While I agree that protests can be 'fun', I think the screening of 'Inlaws & Outlaws' and the Peace Vigil is a really cool alternative. It's awesome that orgs like ERW and RCE are lending their unity. I'm not religious, but the fact that it's going to be held in a church with a vigil is actually encouraging me. It shows that both secular and religious orgs are working together against them :) I'll be at the protest and the screening!
The protest rally WILL take place at the Lynnwood Convention Center beginning at 9:45-noonish. The LCC and Lynnwood PD have been great in assisting us with our protest rally.
PLEASE be peaceful, powerful and respectuful. We are there to make a statement, not an ass of ourselves. Our message to the public will get lost if we don't remain united. Plus, there are other conventions going on at the same time, so not everyone entering LCC is a member of WotW. I hope to see you there with balloons, banners, posters and friends! Peace.
I already know who's gonna win, so you know guys, don't even bother to come and protest...Watchmen on The Wall got more power and brains and blessings.....you can officially agree that you lost this game, sweethearts. Hope to see ya ll in heaven someday
I'm sick and tired of this "walk softly and carry a protest sign" bullsh*t. It's time to start kicking some right-wing ass.
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The Magnificent Mustangs Survive
The population of feral horses, or mustangs, greatly decreased in the United States during the 20th century. The modernization of the countryside, extreme weather conditions, indiscriminate hunting and human pressure have all led to the slow demise of wild horses. But in an area of southern Spain, the heritage and lines of the mustangs live on.
Heroic Sue Morrow Saves Horses from Death or Abandonment
In October 2010, photojournalist Sue Morrow volunteered to muck the stalls and stock hay at a rural barn in Athens, Ohio, called Last Chance Corral. Little did she know that this barn was one of the primary safe havens for non-pedigreed nurse mare foals and adult horses who were rescued from being killed or abandoned after breeding season.
Morrow soon began documenting the barn and its efforts to rescue non-pedigree foals who did not demonstrate "championship potential" in a film called "Born to Die." The documentary was recently funded via Kickstarter in January with a mission to bring awareness to what Morrow calls the "cruel secret" within the breeding industries.
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Stop the slaughter of horses for human consumption
My name is Brynn Taylor, and I am 12 years old. I started this petition with my dad because I love horses. They are sweet, kind animals with very big hearts. They help us in so many ways, from being a great form of physical therapy for people with disabilities to providing companionship to veterans. Horses are very heroic and have been a big part of our history. Now it is our turn to help them.
In 2014 alone, more than 140,000 U.S. horses were slaughtered for human consumption overseas. The process is cruel and inhumane — the long, cramped journey to Mexico and Canada causes these animals great stress and suffering. Once at the slaughterhouse, they are shoved into a "kill box" where there is an attempt to stun them before they are killed. It often doesn't work, and the horse remains conscious. It is time for the cruel and unnecessary killing of horses to end.
The Safeguard American Food Exports (SAFE) Act of 2015 would prohibit the sale or transport of horses and other equines for the purpose of consumption. SAFE would establish Congressional recognition that equines are not domesticated for human consumption.
Even if you believe it should be okay to consume horses, US horses are treated with chemicals that make them unsafe for human consumption. The SAFE ACT recognizes these chemicals as hazardous to humans, and calls for a ban on the consumption of equine meat.
The bill has been introduced in both the House and Senate, but opponents are working hard to stop it. We need you to raise your voice to end the cruel slaughter of horses. Help me protect the animals I love and get the SAFE Act passed.
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Killer Nashville always has a dizzying array of offerings for readers and writers. But a special part the exciting events in devoted to the appearance of agents and editors who are on the lookout for writing talent. If you have a manuscript you'd like read and critiqued by a professional, Killer Nashville is your place this year.
Nine leaders of the publishing industry will share their expertise – and search for new clients – at the 2015 Killer Nashville Writers' Conference October 29-November 1 at the Nashville Omni Hotel.
From Los Angeles to New York City, the agents include Sheree Bykofsky of Sheree Bykofsky Associates; Mary Cummings of Diversion Books; Deni Dietz of Five Star Mysteries; Susan Finesman of Fine Literary Agency; Cate Hart of Corvisiero Agency; Jennifer Johnson-Blalock of Liza Dawson Literary Agency; Paula Munier of Talcott Notch Literary Agency; Elizabeth Poteet of St. Martin's Press; and Alec Shane of Writers House.
The agents and editors are instrumental to the four-day writers' conference. They will serve as a valuable resource to the more than 500 conference attendees, discovering new writing talent in social settings such as Thursday night's Killer Nashville Wine Tasting Event, Friday night's free Sisters in Crime Party, Saturday night's free Mystery Writers of America Cocktail Party, and the Killer Nashville Guest of Honor Dinner. Registered attendees will also get individual attention as agents and editors review manuscripts in roundtable group settings with several writers and agents working together, and through one-on-one manuscript critiques and advising, as well as informal bar chats.
"Every year the conference attracts the best and brightest agents and editors," said Clay Stafford, founder of the Killer Nashville conference. "This year is no exception. Having quality agents and editors who are actively seeking new clients is so important to our conference mission and we provide multiple ways for writers to meet with these people, either individually or in group settings. I think that is why our author placement with agents and publishers has been so successful. We want our attendees to receive the best and most relevant industry-related advice possible. And finding traditional representation and publication for these authors is icing on the cake."
If you have a manuscript you'd like to have read and critiqued by a professional, Killer Nashville 2015 is your special place this year. Visit www.killernashville.com for more information.
Another Look at the Calgary Stampede as a Killer of Horses
Calgary Stampede: Why horses die on the 'half-mile of hell'
A fourth horse has died during races at the annual Calgary Stampede. While officials have implemented changes to make the race safer, animal rights activists argue the popular horse and wagon sprint is still cruel and dangerous.
A 10-year-old thoroughbred horse named Duke was competing in a chuckwagon race in this year's Calgary Stampede when he collided with another team and broke his leg.
Shortly after, Duke was removed from the track and euthanised.
Two days later on the same track, nine-year-old Schuster's Way was caught between two wagons and suffered the same fate. Over the weekend, two horses – aged 13 and 16 – sustained leg injuries and were put down.
A total of 65 horses have died at the Calgary Stampede chuckwagon races since 1986, an event the World Professional Chuckwagon Association calls "a half-mile of hell".
Teams of four horses pull covered wagons in figure-eight formations around barrels, then race down an oval track, followed by outriders who assist the wagon driver at the start of the race.
In 2011, the event's safety commission implemented new measures after six horses were killed the year before. The number of outriders was reduced, microchips were added to all horses in order to track their racing record and health, and a team of veterinarians was put on standby at the races.
But opponents of the event say the entertainment value of the races isn't worth the inevitable accidents on the track.
The chuckwagon races have been a part of the Calgary Stampede since 1923.
Around that time, cattle ranchers would bring covered cook wagons – or chuckwagons – to town to feed the crowds at pancake breakfasts. The wagon drivers often raced back to the barn and soon after a formal race spread to rodeo events across western Canada.
Originally, a winner was declared after the first chuckwagon built a fire in his stove at the finish line, but that ended when participants started using gasoline.
Instead of making camp, teams now break camp, with outriders throwing a "stove" into the back of the chuckwagon before the driver takes off.
"Chuckwagon racing was quite a bit more exciting in the '50s and '60s," said Stan Church, the Chuckwagon Safety Commissioner of the Stampede.
"A lot of people were disappointed if at least one wagon didn't roll over. So over the years, it's been a progression. It's much safer now – much safer for the drivers too."
The commissioner admits horse fatalities are a cost of the races. Since the additional safety standards were set in 2011, 11 horses have died.
"As long as you're going to have horses running, whether it be on a racetrack or the chuckwagons, there's going to be some fatalities," said Church.
"Just like if you own horses, they're running out in the field, horses will step in a hole and break their own leg."
"Humans are involved [in the races] so we can't make it accident free. It's our job to make sure we do it the safest way possible."
Church says the majority of deaths are a result of health breakdowns, which the new safety standards address, and says the two driver-error incidents this week were an anomaly.
"It's a tragedy to lose any of our animals," driver BJ Carey told the media after the crash that ended in the death of Schuster's Way.
"We look after these horses like they're our children. They eat before us every day, they get pampered, we look after them like nothing else."
Even so, animal rights advocates have long argued against the chuckwagon races and other rodeo events.
"The Calgary Humane Society opposes the use of animals for any form of entertainment in which they are placed at risk of suffering undue stress, pain, injury or death," said Sage Pullen McIntosh, spokeswoman for the Calgary Humane Society.
Church argues fewer horses die as a result of the chuckwagon races than in thoroughbred racing.
A 2012 New York Times investigation found about three horses die every day on US race tracks, but the number of horses in chuckwagon races is far smaller than those in thoroughbred racing.
And the majority of chuckwagon horses are retired thoroughbred racers.
"It's a sport that provides another use for these thoroughbred horses after they're finished with their career on the racetrack." Church says.
"Race horses are born and bred to run, so if you didn't race them, you wouldn't raise them, they wouldn't exist,"
Kathy Guillermo, senior vice president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) argues a second career isn't beneficial for horses.
"Thoroughbreds do love to run, but they don't necessarily love to race," said Guillermo.
"I don't know how anyone knows what a horse's dream is, but I can imagine that collapsing in a heap of tangled and broken bodies would not be it."
Taking a horse from one risky sport to another "and then excuse it by saying it's better than death, I think that's reprehensible," Guillermo says.
And there's pressure from across the Atlantic as well.
In 2010, more than 50 members of the UK Parliament signed a motion calling "on the Canadian government to take steps to end the immense cruelty to animals" at rodeos including the Calgary Stampede.
And when the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited Calgary in 2011, Peta urged them to not attend the Stampede.
Guillermo says if people stay away from the events, it would send a message to the Calgary Stampede.
"There are limits to what people – even people who love rodeos – are willing to tolerate. And there's not really any excuse for risking a horse's life in this way."


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