Monday, November 21, 2011

Occupy the Machine


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This week:

1. Occupy movement under attack
2. Waking up to the role of the police
3. Bloomberg's real message
4. Anonymous strikes at the 1%
5. McGill students fight back
6. George Wright still free
7. Mc Sole
8. Occupy the Machine

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Rare Exception to Media Blackout of Media Blackout


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Local news report was a rare exception to the pattern of mainstream media's blackout of the story that the police were imposing a media blackout. Chris Glorioso's reporting was a rare exception to media blackout of NYPD's suppression of reporting on OWS eviction. SEE Representative Press Blog: http://representativepress.blogspot.com/2011/11/rare-exception-to-media-black...
PASS IT ON: http://tinyurl.com/MSMBlackout

Occupy Crackdown Targets Journalists "For the past two months I have been tracking journalist arrests at Occupy protests around the country. Tuesday, Nov. 15, was the worst day yet in terms of police suppression of the press."
http://www.savethenews.org/blog/11/11/15/occupy-crackdown-targets-journalists
Press Suppression at Occupy Wall Street Raid "Around 1:00am on Tuesday, Nov 15th, the NYPD moved in to clear Zuccotti Park of all protestors and equipment. Over the next 12 hours, both independent and mainstream journalists were prevented from covering the story, and 8 credentialed journalists (including AP, NPR, NY Daily News) were arrested." http://storify.com/bendoernberg/press-suppression-at-occupy-wall-street-raid
"Reporters from news organizations big and small all flocked down to the park once word broke that police were clearing out, and there they found police who were hostile, barred them from entering the area, and even in a few cases, got violent. It was very clear that the police and Mayor Bloomberg did not want the press, or the rest of America to see what was happening here. The mainstream media gave coverage to the fact that the raid happened, but didn't even mention the fact that journalists were being barred from covering it." The Alyona Show 1:28 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOXR_suZKpY

Occupy Wall Street: NYPD attempt media blackout at Zuccotti Park
Journalists report aggressive treatment as media blocked from protest camp during surprise police raid
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/15/occupy-journalists-media-blackout
http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/11/occupy-wall-street-police-raid-eviction
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/730802/crackdown_on_ows%3A_zucco...
Journalists Obstructed at Zuccotti Park "The NYPD has come under fire from journalists for deliberately blocking their view of the overnight eviction at Zuccotti Park. Chris Glorioso was one of the first reporters on the scene, and offers his first-hand account here." By NBC New York "VIDEO: Media Pushed Back from Occupy Wall Street Raid Police and mayor said it was for their protection."
"Several members of the media reported being blocked from covering the Occupy Wall Street raid overnight, with police pushing them back from the action and preventing reporting and photographing ... journalists were detained by police, including AP writer Karen Matthews, AP photographer Seth Wenig and Daily News reporter Matthew Lysiak, the AP said. ... journalists who identified themselves as working for the New York Post and New York Daily News were pushed back by police in riot gear, along with NBC New York's Chris Glorioso." "Using the hashtag #mediablackout, journalists tweeted throughout the raid about their dustups with police." (from article by By Jonathan Dienst and Shimon Prokupecz | Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011) http://representativepress.blogspot.com/2011/11/rare-exception-to-media-black...
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Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)


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ISPs versus SOPA: Anti-piracy bill could force severe privacy-invading measures

By Zack Whittaker | November 20, 2011, 12:28pm PST
Summary: Major U.S. web providers are vehemently against the anti-piracy SOPA bill. Now we now know why: because privacy-invading measures have to be implemented, and at a cost.
Internet service providers in recent weeks have spoken out publicly against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which threatens the very free and open nature of the web as we know it.


 

Saturday, November 19, 2011

BIG BANG BIG BOOM - the new wall-painted animation by BLU


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DVD available at: http://www.artsh.it/shop1/index.php/
BIG BANG BIG BOOM:
an unscientific point of view on the beginning and evolution of life ... and how it could probably end.
better video quality here: http://blublu.org/sito/blog/?p=777
direction and animation by BLU
http://www.blublu.org
production and distribution by ARTSH.it
http://www.artsh.it
sountrack by ANDREA MARTIGNONI

sorry for the low video/audio quality, it is made for bigger screens and good speakers
better resolution video here:

many thanks to (in random order):
xm24 bologna, csoa mezzacanaja, ericailcane, robert rebotti, andrea bagni, paper resistance, studiocromie, rifrazioni festival, sasso passo, sibe, festival de cine experimental de maldonado (uruguay), gianluigi toccafondo, orilo, maria de brea, bs as stencil, run don't walk, franco fasoli, modo infoshop, pietro and icone festival, doma, cesare romani, popup festival and all the blu's family


BIG BANG BIG BOOM - the new wall-painted animation by BLU


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DVD available at: http://www.artsh.it/shop1/index.php/
BIG BANG BIG BOOM:
an unscientific point of view on the beginning and evolution of life ... and how it could probably end.
better video quality here: http://blublu.org/sito/blog/?p=777
direction and animation by BLU
http://www.blublu.org
production and distribution by ARTSH.it
http://www.artsh.it
sountrack by ANDREA MARTIGNONI

sorry for the low video/audio quality, it is made for bigger screens and good speakers
better resolution video here:

many thanks to (in random order):
xm24 bologna, csoa mezzacanaja, ericailcane, robert rebotti, andrea bagni, paper resistance, studiocromie, rifrazioni festival, sasso passo, sibe, festival de cine experimental de maldonado (uruguay), gianluigi toccafondo, orilo, maria de brea, bs as stencil, run don't walk, franco fasoli, modo infoshop, pietro and icone festival, doma, cesare romani, popup festival and all the blu's family


BIG BANG BIG BOOM - the new wall-painted animation by BLU


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DVD available at: http://www.artsh.it/shop1/index.php/
BIG BANG BIG BOOM:
an unscientific point of view on the beginning and evolution of life ... and how it could probably end.
better video quality here: http://blublu.org/sito/blog/?p=777
direction and animation by BLU
http://www.blublu.org
production and distribution by ARTSH.it
http://www.artsh.it
sountrack by ANDREA MARTIGNONI

sorry for the low video/audio quality, it is made for bigger screens and good speakers
better resolution video here:

many thanks to (in random order):
xm24 bologna, csoa mezzacanaja, ericailcane, robert rebotti, andrea bagni, paper resistance, studiocromie, rifrazioni festival, sasso passo, sibe, festival de cine experimental de maldonado (uruguay), gianluigi toccafondo, orilo, maria de brea, bs as stencil, run don't walk, franco fasoli, modo infoshop, pietro and icone festival, doma, cesare romani, popup festival and all the blu's family


BIG BANG BIG BOOM - the new wall-painted animation by BLU


Uploaded by on Jul 4, 2010

DVD available at: http://www.artsh.it/shop1/index.php/
BIG BANG BIG BOOM:
an unscientific point of view on the beginning and evolution of life ... and how it could probably end.
better video quality here: http://blublu.org/sito/blog/?p=777
direction and animation by BLU
http://www.blublu.org
production and distribution by ARTSH.it
http://www.artsh.it
sountrack by ANDREA MARTIGNONI

sorry for the low video/audio quality, it is made for bigger screens and good speakers
better resolution video here:

many thanks to (in random order):
xm24 bologna, csoa mezzacanaja, ericailcane, robert rebotti, andrea bagni, paper resistance, studiocromie, rifrazioni festival, sasso passo, sibe, festival de cine experimental de maldonado (uruguay), gianluigi toccafondo, orilo, maria de brea, bs as stencil, run don't walk, franco fasoli, modo infoshop, pietro and icone festival, doma, cesare romani, popup festival and all the blu's family


Authors@Google: Christopher Hitchens


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Author Christopher Hitchens discusses his book "God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything" as a part of the Authors@Google series. The author of Why Orwell Matters and Letters to a Young Contrarian, Christopher Hitchens is a Vanity Fair contributing editor, a Slate columnist, and a regular contributor to The Atlantic Monthly. He has also written for The Nation, Granta, Harper's, The Washington Post, and is a frequent television and radio guest. Born in England, Hitchens was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, where he received a degree in philosophy, politics, and economics. He now lives in Washington, D.C., and he became a U.S. citizen in 2007. This event took place on August 16, 2007 at Google headquarters in Mountain View, CA.

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PROTECT IP Act Breaks The Internet


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Tell Congress not to censor the internet NOW! - http://www.fightforthefuture.org/pipa
Be a part of American Censorship Day - http://americancensorship.org/
H.R.3261 - Stop Online Piracy Act - http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3261/show

TechDirt coverage - http://www.techdirt.com/sopa/

PROTECT-IP is a bill that has been introduced in the Senate and the House and is moving quickly through Congress. It gives the government and corporations the ability to censor the net, in the name of protecting "creativity". The law would let the government or corporations censor entire sites-- they just have to convince a judge that the site is "dedicated to copyright infringement."

The government has already wrongly shut down sites without any recourse to the site owner. Under this bill, sharing a video with anything copyrighted in it, or what sites like Youtube and Twitter do, would be considered illegal behavior according to this bill.

According to the Congressional Budget Office, this bill would cost us $47 million tax dollars a year — that's for a fix that won't work, disrupts the internet, stifles innovation, shuts out diverse voices, and censors the internet. This bill is bad for creativity and does not protect your rights.

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Biden on Internet Freedom = Anti-SOPA


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Tell Congress not to censor the internet NOW! - http://www.fightforthefuture.org/pipa
Be a part of American Censorship Day - http://americancensorship.org/
H.R.3261 - Stop Online Piracy Act - http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3261/show


TechDirt coverage - http://www.techdirt.com/sopa/

Joe Biden filled in for Hillary Clinton at the London Conference on Cyberspace (LCC) on November 1st, giving a speech on the importance of freedom in cyberspace and talking up the importance of freedom on the internet and not regulating the internet. Meanwhile, the Obama Administration stands with congress in full support of H.R 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act, which would give copyright holders the ability to censor websites on the net.

PROTECT-IP is a bill that has been introduced in the Senate and the House and is moving quickly through Congress. It gives the government and corporations the ability to censor the net, in the name of protecting "creativity". The law would let the government or corporations censor entire sites-- they just have to convince a judge that the site is "dedicated to copyright infringement."

The government has already wrongly shut down sites without any recourse to the site owner. Under this bill, sharing a video with anything copyrighted in it, or what sites like Youtube and Twitter do, would be considered illegal behavior according to this bill.

According to the Congressional Budget Office, this bill would cost us $47 million tax dollars a year — that's for a fix that won't work, disrupts the internet, stifles innovation, shuts out diverse voices, and censors the internet. This bill is bad for creativity and does not protect your rights.

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New Youtube Entrance Test


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Please complete before continuing your Youtube Experience

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Friday, November 18, 2011

Earth - Time Lapse Flyover from Space (NASA, International Space Station)


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Here is an amazing series of time-lapse photos, taken from the International Space Station and edited into a video. Take five minutes and look at our pale blue dot from about 200 miles above.

Image Courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory,
NASA Johnson Space Center, The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth
eol.jsc.nasa.gov

Editing: Michael König | koenigm.com

Shooting locations in order of appearance:

1. Aurora Borealis Pass over the United States at Night
2. Aurora Borealis and eastern United States at Night
3. Aurora Australis from Madagascar to southwest of Australia
4. Aurora Australis south of Australia
5. Northwest coast of United States to Central South America at Night
6. Aurora Australis from the Southern to the Northern Pacific Ocean
7. Halfway around the World
8. Night Pass over Central Africa and the Middle East
9. Evening Pass over the Sahara Desert and the Middle East
10. Pass over Canada and Central United States at Night
11. Pass over Southern California to Hudson Bay
12. Islands in the Philippine Sea at Night
13. Pass over Eastern Asia to Philippine Sea and Guam
14. Views of the Mideast at Night
15. Night Pass over Mediterranean Sea
16. Aurora Borealis and the United States at Night
17. Aurora Australis over Indian Ocean
18. Eastern Europe to Southeastern Asia at Night


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Tool Insects [Stop Motion Animation]


You know why I love stuff like this? It takes common objects, repurposed in surprising ways. It's simple to produce, but requires patience, dedication, concentration and attention to details. It costs nothing and the results are humorous and clever.

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Death of YouTube Atheism?

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Yes, this is rather long, so pour yourself a beverage, put your feet up and relax.
Video response to
The Atheist Community is Dead
http://youtu.be/Z1cyjun8lqo
Uploaded by LatumWay on Nov 15, 2011


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Response from Potholer54 and Amenakin
http://youtu.be/rNk8JpCB_dg


Amenakin, Censorin' For Islam
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Note: by "You" in this video, I am speaking to atheists as a generality. Please don't take it personally, LatumWay!

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For the jerk who actually believes I was comparing being Muslim with having Downs syndrome:
 This is so silly. I'm a non-neurotypical. My point is about stereotyping and dismissal, which is what you're doing right now. Physical differences of debate opponents do not contribute to arguments re: evolution & cosmology. Do you know any ppl w/Downs syndrome? Do you know their capacities? That's the point: assumptions get us nowhere and just stigmatize people.

Don't put words in my mouth; I can speak for myself. I don't decry TF for having no respect for her religion; I criticize him for using her physical appearance as an argument against her position on evolution, which is irrational, sexist and anti-Semitic.

Now, you have done EXACTLY what is keeping the so-called "atheist community" from not stagnating: you refused to listen to my whole statement, came to some pretty reactionary "conclusions" about my position without hearing me out, and chose to condemn me in ignorance. Is this because TF is a sacred cow of yours and you take personally my criticism of his debate tactics? I'm asking, not assuming.

I am a person with disabilities; I see how atheists on youtube liberally spread slurs about people like me: "brain dead, retarded, stupid, crazy, idiot......" keeping us in closets, chains, silence, shame, fear . . .

Your assumptions about me are the only hypocrisy I see here. And neither you, nor TF, knows why Amenakin wears a hijab, because neither of you ASKED her.

YOU WANTED TO DISMISS ME because I was making you uncomfortable; that's what I think. I think you were just looking for an excuse to silence another, uppity woman who dares question the wisdom of a "superstar" of atheist YouTube. I never stood a chance with you. It's your loss.

Ask TheLivingDinosaur, Goxster, Ms.Knight5, TheMudbrooker and others who've commented supportively on this video how hypocritical I am.

The part of the video you refused to see is about my personal journey of deconversion, coming out and finding a way to speak my truth for the first time in my life as a woman with disabilities, who is Queer. You also missed how I believe the atheist YouTube community can remain vibrant and proactive in the world, and model alternatives to people who've never been exposed to the world outside superstition. As I said, it's your loss. I expected narrow-minded people like you. I'm neither surprised nor taken aback by this nit picking.

Sunday, November 13, 2011

China Disabled People's Art Troupe

What people really need is just enough space and respect to be who they truly are, without the prejudices or assumptions of others, blocking them from their capabilities.

Imagine living with a disability. Imagine doing it in China. Yeah.

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Asia Pacific Arts interviews Tai Lihua, the president and art director of the China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe. Tai discusses the history and purpose of the group, as well as the documentary "My Dream," produced to chronicle the troupe's performances.

To check out the full article, click on the link below:
http://bit.ly/m3sU5X

OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
http://www.asiapacificarts.usc.edu
TWITTER:
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Guanyin or Kwanyin, the Goddess of Mercy.

~ China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe, "Thousand-hand Guan Yin" Guan Yin is a Chinese goddess.Feeling music through speakers and guided by hand gestures, a troupe of deaf dancers in Beijing take steps to champion the rights of disabled people across the world ~

" Being deaf and mute, these disabled female performers endure pain and suffering in vigorous training, simply to deliver a message of love to mankind. "




Guanyin or Kwanyin (aka), the Goddess of Mercy also known by Westerners as the Chinese Goddess of love and compassion has long occupied a unique place not only in Buddhism, but also in Chinese culture. The Chinese word "Guanyin is an abbreviation of "Guan shi yin" which denotes" seeing the voice of the world if rendered literally. Such a deity can be called as the deity who looks in every direction or the "Regarder of the cries of suffering beings".

According to legend, Guanyin, the youngest daughter of a king, defied her father when he sought a husband for her. The angry king sent her away to a monastery with instructions that she should be compelled to obey. This only strengthened her resolve. So the king set fire to the monastery and ordered her execution when she was caught sitting erect reciting sutras. As she was about to be beheaded, the sword broke into two and a tiger from nowhere carried her away to a forest.

One day from afar she saw the king was sick and not responding to treatment, so she severed her arms and eyes to sacrifice them for him. The grieved king besought heaven and earth to make his daughter whole again. Soon, Guanyin had arms and eyes by the thousand, and bowing before her father, she urged him to practise good deeds to which the king readily agreed.

Actually legends have Guanyin in various forms. But the story of the Goddess in this one-thousand-hand form has had an immense appeal. Thus the thousand-hand deity is no longer an exclusive religious symbol but has become a popular cultural icon to religious followers and common folks alike.

The legendary Thousand-hand Guanyin as interpreted by the special artists plucked the heartstrings of the audience. In their rendition of the legendary goddess, they not only demonstrated their superb dancing skills in perfect unison with elegant and forceful movements, but attained a ye higher level to turn it into a live myth full of artistic appeal and stirring power on the stage.

Though we only saw one leading dancer on the stage, we saw in our mind's eye a whole collective where 21 troupe members fused together as one human being with one shared heart. What we saw on the stage was the one Thousand-hand Guanyin, serene, holy and beautiful, that existed in each of the dancers' hearts. While enjoying the colourful performance, we experienced a profound sense of tranquility and composure, a process of cleansing and purification of our souls.

We spetators can hardly imagine how much time and effort these artists must have invested in bringing about such a unique work of art. And only a collective with all its crew members bound together in unity, harmony and friendliness could make it.

The image of the Thousand-hand Guanyin is symbolic of maternal love and infinite compassion.

And the enlightenment we gain from the performance itself is that people with disabilities are also creators of both material and spiritual wealth. Such a spirit of perseverance in pursuing and creating a better life in the face of adversity should be followed by all of us.


Any copyrighted material in this video is copied for educational purposes only !

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Remeber that all the people playing instruments in this are visually impaired.

A clip taken from a film called "My Dream".
Directed by Wang Honghai.

In his film My Dream, director Wang Hong Hai pays tribute to the stunning works in dance and music performed internationally by the 84 members of the China Handicapped Performers' Troupe. During a one-year period, Wang and his production staff lived together with the members of the troupe, recording their daily lives, practice sessions and efforts the performers made to train their bodies. The troupe was founded in Beijing in 1987 by a group of 30 artists and includes performers who have hearing or sight impairments. The film covers their history, process and performances. My Dream is a combination of documentary and visual poetry that transcends the limits of language and geography.

Please enjoy.

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"Coexist?" What about me?


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Were you there, when dogmatic suspicions trumped the laws of other kinds?
Did you see me stand upon the cart- trembling in my binds?
Did you see me stare down on their faces with disgust
As those puritans did rally for the cause they knew was just?
Did you hear the noose man's order just before he draped my neck,
with a bulky length of rope above my temporary deck?
Did you smell the burning flesh of the thousands who before
had been burned upon the stake for the same crime I now bore?
Did you feel the pangs of lessons lost that history had to teach
As I looked upon the ground where my feet were out of reach?
As they pulled my cart away, did you hear the axel squeal,
while death's grip seized my throat, at the turning of the wheel?
Did you see the branch above me shake when laden with my weight?
Did join the crowd's conviction, or did you hesitate?
Did you find it at all peculiar, as the noose did seal my fate
That a witch my great stature couldn't even levitate?
That a dark demonic creature who could sap a down of hope
Was vanquished by some binder twine and a strand of inch-thick rope?
Did you smile with satisfaction when you heard my frail spine break,
Or did you stare into my pallid face and accept the great mistake?


 I pointed out to a liberal friend that I won't "share" the "Coexist" flag on my FaceBook page, because it doesn't include representation of atheism. 
A comment I made doesn't appear, anymore, on the thread. Could be a FaceBook glitch; could have been removed.

Atheists are actively persecuted in USA. We get fired, evicted, harassed, excluded, physically attacked, stalked. We can lose our children in a court of law. We are vilified by MANY sects on the planet. In some countries, laws say we are to be killed outright. My conclusion: religion kills.

 I explained my position in this thread, but the comment is not posted. I don't know if that is a FaceBook glitch, or if my comment was intentionally removed. To prevent this happening again, I have put my statement on my blog. It can be read below. Until atheism is part of the intentional dialogue on tolerance, until people of religion acknowledge and do something about their "brothers and sisters" who are actively seeking to persecute us, I cannot, in good conscience, post that image on my FaceBook feed. Ironi cally, I OWN and DISPLAY that flag at my home, and have been accused of Satanism in my redneck, fundamentalist community, as a result. Now, imagine if those same people knew: I'm not only an atheist; I'm a Queer, too. If you're not committed to protecting MY civil rights, I cannot, in good conscience, promote your message

I received a post on my FaceBook wall about the whole thing, and replied:
 I don't see this as a personal attack by you. Please understand that. What I do see is that atheism, as an alternative perspective on the matter of faith, and atheists, as persons who are quite literally targeted by insecure ass hats who use their faith as an excuse to persecute, are too frequently left out of the dialogue by people who are discussing tolerance, coexistence, etc. This even happens in Unitarian Universalism, which is a fellowship of churches that state, specifically, that atheism and agnosticism -- as well as ALL faith traditions -- are welcome and respected in their fellowships. Then, if one of us has the nerve to speak up and say, "wait a minute! I have civil rights, too!" we get to hear how "angry, militant and provocative" we're being and how we don't respect the faiths of other folk. See, I DON'T respect faith; I respect reason. But I personally don't care what others believe, as long as they don't impose it on me. These days, that seldom happens. We HAVE to speak up for ourselves. There's a deliberate, calculated, theocratic movement afoot in USA right now. Atheists, Queers, other faiths & even denominations are being attacked. If we don't speak up, who will speak up for us? So, I felt it my responsibility to remind people of faith, once again, that I have a right to live in peace, too.