From this idiot Republican (yep, you've guessed it, also a Tea-Party member) congressman and his now infamous "legitimate rape" comments; to certain members of the New York Police Department who seem to have the accuracy of a stormtrooper trying to shoot Luke Skywalker.
Across the North Atlantic, it was not a lack of accuracy with weapons, but vision, that had one British police officer "accosting a blameless rail traveller in west London" believing him to be Julian Assange. Which leads me to wonder as to whether the officer in question spends time outside the Ecuadorian embassy harassing the members of the public that are holding "I am Julian Assange" placards or if anyone with blonde/grey/silver hair will soon be suspects.
The most shocking, although unfortunately as equally unsurprising, is the aquittal by an Israeli judge of the Israel Defence Force (I.D.F) for the death of Rachel Corrie, an activist who was killed defending the homes of Palestinians from illegal destruction by the I.D.F.
Corrie, who appeared in the fantastic documentary film Occupation 101 and her untimely death, and now,nine years later, the aquittal of the I.D.F bring into light some of the horrors of the Zionist agenda.
Some moving personal accounts by other eye-witness activists can be seen here, and there is an excellent piece by the insightful Glenn Greenwald here.
I'm wondering if Obama will take time out from his busy schedule of adding people to his drone kill list (although drones may be technically accurate, the policy is 100% guaranteed short-sighted) to address the issue. For the sake of Rachel Corrie's family, I hope so, but to work out what his words would really mean after recently giving Israel a further $70 million to spend on weapons would be a shot in the dark.
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