{"id":18139,"date":"2015-12-08T07:26:44","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T15:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=18139"},"modified":"2015-12-08T07:26:44","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T15:26:44","slug":"terse-tuesday-tidbits-december-8-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/08\/terse-tuesday-tidbits-december-8-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Terse Tuesday Tidbits December 8, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

So often stories of significance that will leave long shadows are virtually ignored in the press when quotable quotes of overreaction to other events are taking place.  We are in that kind of time and thus here are some tidbits impacting mostly marginalized people for your perusal and comments.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To break the silence about Gitmo:<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n\t“We have come to stand with you” <\/strong><\/span><\/span>\"justice<\/a>
\n\tHuman Rights Activists Travel to Guantánamo, Cuba<\/strong>
\n\thttp:\/\/ccrjustice.org\/home\/blog\/2015\/11\/26\/we-have-come-stand-you<\/a><\/p>\n

Who else is standing with them?  <\/span><\/span>
\n\t <\/p>\n

Staying focused on the sphere of US influence and Latin America: <\/span><\/span>
\n\tOpposition Landslide in Venezuela – Maduro Accepts Results<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n\tPresident Maduro accepts results, says counter-revolution has won; Opposition parties might win super-majority in National Assembly that could lead to removal of Maduro <\/span><\/strong>
\n\thttp:\/\/therealnews.com\/t2\/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=15237<\/a><\/p>\n

Does this sound like history repeating itself?<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n\t <\/p>\n

Moving closer to home:<\/span> <\/span>These Maps Show Where Rents Are Going Up and Incomes Are Going Down<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n\thttp:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/mojo\/2015\/12\/census-data-rents-incomes-recession<\/a><\/p>\n

Is anyone proposing a solution to both parts of this problem?<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n\t <\/p>\n

Switching to people without a home:<\/span><\/span><\/span> The Palestinians Fleeing Syria Are Among the Most Vulnerable Refugees<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n\tTheir special legal status leaves them stateless, even after decades of exile, and without the same rights as other refugees.<\/strong>
\n\thttp:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/the-palestinians-fleeing-syria-are-among-the-most-vulnerable-refugees\/<\/a>
\n\t <\/p>\n

What can be done to help?<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n\t <\/p>\n

Switching to some very vulnerable folks back here in the US: <\/span><\/span><\/span>Dollar General Takes Its Case Against Indigenous Sovereignty to the Supreme Court<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n\tWill Indian nations lose one of the remaining paths for bringing justice to those who commit wrongs on their land?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/dollar-general-takes-its-case-against-indigenous-sovereignty-to-the-supreme-court\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Will this be collateral damage from the war on women or was it always intended?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So often stories of significance that will leave long shadows are virtually ignored in the press when quotable quotes of overreaction to other events are taking place.  We are in that kind of time and thus here are some tidbits impacting mostly marginalized people for your perusal and comments. To break the silence about Gitmo: […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18139\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}