when i was a child,
i spake as a child,
i understood as a child,
i thought as a child:
but when i became a man,
i put away childish things.
for now we see through a glass,
darkly; but then face to face:
now i know in part;
but then shall i know
even as also I am known.
"privileged kids go to counseling, poor kids go to jail."
judge mathis, speaking the truth (via thatprettyoddfeminist)
facts on facts on facts
(via dumbthingswhitepplsay)
and the school to prison pipeline lives on…
while the other kids learn that they never have to face consequences for their actions and that institutional forces will ALWAYS bend in their favor.
(via newwavefeminism)(via newwavefeminism)
By Glenn Greenwald
This morning, the New York Times has a very lengthy and detailed article about President Obama’s counter-Terrorism policies based on interviews with “three dozen of his current and former advisers.” I’m writing separately about the numerous revelations contained in that article, but want specifically to highlight this one vital passage about how the Obama administration determines who is a “militant.” The article explains that Obama’s rhetorical emphasis on avoiding civilian deaths “did not significantly change” the drone program, because Obama himself simply expanded the definition of a “militant” to ensure that it includes virtually everyone killed by his drone strikes. Just read this remarkable passage:
Mr. Obama embraced a disputed method for counting civilian casualties that did little to box him in. It in effect counts all military-age males in a strike zone as combatants, according to several administration officials, unless there is explicit intelligence posthumously proving them innocent.
“Before I studied the art, a punch to me was just like a punch, a kick just like a kick. After I learned the art, a punch was no longer a punch, a kick no longer a kick. Now that I’ve understood the art, a punch is just like a punch, a kick just like a kick.”
— Bruce Lee
(Source: ubuwaits, via tabularasae)
