Two for Tuesday – Chick Bands
Zepparella 12 Girls Band
In God We Trust, With the House’s Help
via The New York Times From the page: Citing a crisis of national identity and mass confusion among Americans about their nation’s motto, the House on Tuesday voted on a resolution “reaffirming ‘In God We Trust’ as the official motto of the United States.” The resolution, smaller than a law but bigger than a wish, is designed to clear up
Mississippi: Religious extremists try redefining ‘personhood’
From the page: “Ultimately, the claim that a fertilized egg is a person is an insult to rationality and morality. It is irrational to the point of absurdity to grant a microscopic clump of cells, a fertilized egg, the same legal and moral status as an actual person living and breathing in the world.” via National Humanist | Examiner.com Further
Murmuration
Murmuration from Sophie Windsor Clive on Vimeo.
To Act
by Lyndell Brown and Charles Green via ARCONE
Land of the Free or Land of the Imprisoned?
This concert was in 1993, just in case you were still thinking this was a “new movement.” But perhaps this anthem is more relevant now than ever before. People across America are finally rising up off their couches and gathering in the streets. Are we going to let them turn this Land of the Free into the Land of the
Unconstitutional Racial Profiling
http://www.aclu.org/national-security/foia-documents-fbi-show-unconstitutional-racial-profiling From the page: The FBI has been targeting American communities for investigation based on race, ethnicity, national origin and religion according to documents released today by the American Civil Liberties Union and its affiliates that were obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. The documents show that FBI analysts across the country are associating criminal behaviors with certain racial
via OMG That Rocks