Media reports that a special division of the US Congress has paid out $17 million of taxpayer’s money in the past 20 years to settle sexual harassment & assault cases against members of Congress. That may not be as outrageous as depleting the Social Security trust to pay for their monstrous wars but combined it may be grounds for revolution.

Kashmiri rapper Meer Junaid performs in the Kashmiri language in solidarity with the Palestinian, Rohingya, & Kashmiri struggles:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeBqyOgwqqo&feature=youtu.be

You gotta love human beings. We’re a crazy species. And when I say crazy, I mean the ones who were dragged, crawled, trembled, cried their way down this glass walkway. Being a coward, I wouldn’t go near it with a ten-foot pole.

https://www.facebook.com/nyaloz.brainee/videos/10154857896197592/

There’ve been many articles in political journals for a few years analyzing a deteriorating relationship between China & Burma. Maybe they should define deteriorating since they appear to use a different measurement than the rest of us. Or maybe they believed the fiction of a civilian government under Suu Kyi at odds with the fascist military junta. Even before Suu Kyi was elected to office she was running interference for a Chinese mining company in a joint venture project with the junta when villagers protested the environmental & cultural destruction.

Using the metric of foreign investment, China invested over $19 billion in Burma from 1988 to January 2017, including almost $3 billion in 2016 alone. That’s considerably more than any other country primarily because of economic sanctions for human rights crimes–a factor of no concern to China. Of course China now faces competition from several countries, not just the US, Europe, & Canada, but it’s way ahead in the game, especially in the extractive industries like mining & oil & gas exploration.

Using the metric of military aid, Chinese sales of aircraft, armored vehicles, naval vessels, & artillery dwarf every other country. The sole exception is missiles where Russia supplies more than double what China supplies. Once again, the advantage is due to military sanctions by the US, Europe, & Canada. So as long as the Rohingya genocide is an issue, China will maintain its military dominance. Which is likely one reason it’s such an ardent supporter of the junta & Suu Kyi.

Photo is Suu Kyi meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping in Beijing on May 16, 2017.

(Photo from EPA)

Go ahead. Mess with her hijab. Make her day.

Iranian martial arts competitor, Hanieh Rajabi, at Wushu World Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia.

(Photo by Tatan Syuflana/AP)

(Reposting just because this makes me laugh.)

The Indian occupiers must have been certain this senior fellow was packing an assault rifle under his coat. Doesn’t he look like a Pakistani-trained or Saudi-backed terrorist? Otherwise two of them, including the counterinsurgency guy, would never frisk an elderly gentleman. They wouldn’t want anyone to think they were harassing elderly civilians just going about their business. Justify this outrage, nationalists!

End the occupation. Self-determination for Kashmir.

(Photo from Kashmir Xpress News)

Most women are probably not thrown for a loop by all the men who advocate women’s rights being exposed as sexual predators. Even in progressive activist circles, the worst offenders often carry the biggest women’s rights banners. Right along with the sexual harassment & sometimes aggression, there are the constant put downs & demeaning comments suggesting women are inferior intellectually & politically. Most of us could fill a couple volumes with our beefs & charges & sometimes serious threats to our safety. The good news is that most men don’t engage in sexual misconduct. The better news is that women can learn how to handle some of these creeps with a verbal uppercut to the jaw. They should count themselves lucky that we don’t just shoot them.