Prize day
Congratulations to:
Dr. Denis Mukwege of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nadia Murad, Yazidi activist. He is a gynecological surgeon who treats the victims of gang-rape in Congo's unending civil war. She escaped from Islamic State, whose thugs repeatedly raped her, and works to free other Yazidi (Christian) women still in captivity. They will share the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize. The committee's timing could not be better, as the United States Senate will probably vote tomorrow to place a drunken, lying rapist on the Supreme Court until he dies of liver failure. Every single one who does so should be publicly shamed and shunned forever.
Rev. William Barber, recipient of a MacArthur Foundation grant. The news reached him in Chicago as he was being arrested in front of McDonald's headquarters, leading a demonstration to demand a minimum wage of $15. He also wants Medicare extended to everyone, leading some North Carolinians to brand him a "terrorist." And now a "genius," too, and all while suffering from a form of spinal arthritis that makes even standing difficult. What did you do today?
The family of Laquan McDonald, the seventeen-year-old who was killed by Jason Van Dyke of the Chicago Police. A jury* has found Van Dyke guilty of second-degree murder and sixteen counts of assault, one for each bullet he fired into the teenager. It took years, but the family and supporters persisted. May the McDonalds now find peace.
And Clarence Thomas, who will no longer be the most worthless piece of shit on the Supreme Court. Have a Coke and a smile, Clarence!
*Eleven of the jurors were white. It shouldn't be necessary to state that, but apparently it is.
Dr. Denis Mukwege of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nadia Murad, Yazidi activist. He is a gynecological surgeon who treats the victims of gang-rape in Congo's unending civil war. She escaped from Islamic State, whose thugs repeatedly raped her, and works to free other Yazidi (Christian) women still in captivity. They will share the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize. The committee's timing could not be better, as the United States Senate will probably vote tomorrow to place a drunken, lying rapist on the Supreme Court until he dies of liver failure. Every single one who does so should be publicly shamed and shunned forever.
Rev. William Barber, recipient of a MacArthur Foundation grant. The news reached him in Chicago as he was being arrested in front of McDonald's headquarters, leading a demonstration to demand a minimum wage of $15. He also wants Medicare extended to everyone, leading some North Carolinians to brand him a "terrorist." And now a "genius," too, and all while suffering from a form of spinal arthritis that makes even standing difficult. What did you do today?
The family of Laquan McDonald, the seventeen-year-old who was killed by Jason Van Dyke of the Chicago Police. A jury* has found Van Dyke guilty of second-degree murder and sixteen counts of assault, one for each bullet he fired into the teenager. It took years, but the family and supporters persisted. May the McDonalds now find peace.
And Clarence Thomas, who will no longer be the most worthless piece of shit on the Supreme Court. Have a Coke and a smile, Clarence!
*Eleven of the jurors were white. It shouldn't be necessary to state that, but apparently it is.
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