Month: January 2018

iwilleatyourenglish:

today, on Holocaust Remembrance Day, please remember that 61% of Holocaust survivors living in the US live below the poverty line

if you want to hear some of their stories, consider watching Soon There will be No More Survivors. it’s from 2014, but it paints a picture that is a horrible reality for many Holocaust survivors today

if you are able, please consider donating to The Blue Card, which provides financial assistance to Holocaust survivors in the US and has a 98.23% rating on Charity Navigator

aegipan-omnicorn:

bitter-badfem-harpy:

tilthat:

TIL that the formula used to calculate the US’ poverty level is outdated. It is based off of the cost of living during the 1960’s when food was a family’s largest expenditure. If adjustments are made to the formula to reflect life today, then around 45.7 million Americans would be living in poverty.

via reddit.com

“Across the country, families typically need an income of at least twice the official poverty level to meet basic needs. In high-cost cities such as New York, it may take an income of over three times the poverty level to make ends meet, whereas in some rural areas, the figure may be under double the poverty level.”

And in today’s world, I fear there is little incentive to update the calculations.

mmephala:

My hole, my fish! This is my fish in the hole! What are you doing? The audacity!..
[fox runs off, then returns]
The audacity!! Why are you like this! You can’t be this fuckin shameless! Dude!!
[fox jumps slightly, but doesn’t run off]
Have some decency! Where are you– Who asked– Damn. 
[fox tries to steal the fish again]
The audacity!!! How dare you? Don’t eat. Don’t eat! Don’t eat!! Off! This is my capelin! My fish, I’m telling you! My fish, my hole!
[fox starts digging, the man watches quietly, then laughs]
You’re quite a character. Aight, take, take it.
[fox finally takes the fish]
Good boy. This is for your digging trick. Good job.

warkadang:

warkadang:

I told you guys about that “Pashtun Sexuality” report which was meant for U.S. soldiers so they could be “wary” of Pashtun men, who were portrayed as pedophilic and homosexual predators. Not only do other Afghans stereotype Pashtuns, but Westerners do it too, and soldiers of any race. 

Literally anything Pashtun men do is interpreted as them being homosexual predators:

As HTT has observed with
frequency while on patrols in Helmand and Kandahar provinces, these men are outwardly
affectionate toward both one another and male ISAF members, are extremely gentle in their
demeanor and touch, and have often taken great care in embellishing their personal appearance
with fingernails dyed red, hair and beards hennaed in careful patterns, and eyes very occasionally
subtly outlined. 

And here comes the “be wary of the gay Pashtuns” part:

In Baghram, British Marines returning from an operation deep in the Afghan
mountains spoke last night of an alarming new threat—being propositioned by
swarms of gay local farmers. An Arbroath Marine, James Fletcher, said: ’They
were more terrifying than the al-Qaeda. One bloke who had painted toenails was
offering to paint ours. They go about hand in hand, mincing around the village.’
While the Marines failed to find any al-Qaeda during the seven-day Operation
Condor, they were propositioned by dozens of men in villages the troops were
ordered to search.

These are excerpts from the report here. 

Just so you know, a lot of Pashtun and Pashai men adorn their hands with henna, their eyes with kohl and dye their beards (it’s sunnah). They embellish their rifles and pakols with flowers, which they have been doing for centuries. Straight men and gay men alike.