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The year #1976.

1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (dominical letter DC) of the Gregorian calendar, the 1976th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 976th year of the 2nd millennium, the 76th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1970s decade.

The year when the commercial #Concorde flights started, #Bangladesh and #Pakistan make up, the #US vetoes calls for a #Palestinian state, #Spain withdraws from Western Sahara, #Apple is formed, #Ramones release their first album, an earthquake kills 900 in #Italy, #Syria intervenes in the #Lebanese civil war, the Sex Pistols perform some of their first concerts, #Seychelles gains independence from the #UK, North #Vietnam unites with the south to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, leftist #German terror group members go on trial, Viking 1 and 2 land on Mars, an earthquake kills 242,769 (!) people in #China, first outbreak of the #Ebola virus, state of emergency since 1939 lifted in #Ireland, The Muppet Show is aired on #TV, space shuttle #Enterprise rolls out of the hangar, #U2 is formed, anti Fidel #Castro terrorists bomb a plane killing 73, a British Airways and a Yugoslav plane collide mid-air killing 176, right-wing paramilitaries massacre #students in Bangkog, the Chinese Cultural Revolution ends, Chimpanzee is placed on the endangered list, an earthquake kills 3,800 in #Turkey, Murara erupts in Zaire, the first laser printer is introduced by #IBM and Diffie-Hellman key exchange #cryptography is proposed.

Just a regular year on #Earth. This was also the year I was born on this day. During these 40 years humanity has enjoyed a relatively peaceful and successful period of growth.

Please help that we could have another 40 years on this Earth by fighting #climatechange and #hatred. You can help by sharing knowledge of these threats, choosing leaders who will actually try to act and live like we're at war - since we are. At #war against ourselves. At war against the ignorance towards the #future and other #people.

I don't personally expect much from the next 40 years. But one can always hope.

Religion in #US 'worth more than #Google and #Apple combined' | The Guardian

#religion

This is why organised religion needs to die. It has nothing to do with faith or beliefs. It's just business. Big money business.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/15/us-religion-worth-1-trillion-study-economy-apple-google

EU’s #TTIP trade deal with the #US has collapsed, says Germany

#EU #Europe

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/08/28/eus-ttip-trade-deal-with-the-us-has-collapsed-says-germany/

This would be good if it happens.

‘You, too, can destroy your own country,’ #Farage tells #US

http://thedailymash.co.uk/news/international/you-too-can-destroy-your-own-country-farage-tells-us-20160825112927

Donald #Trump hints at assassination of Hillary #Clinton by gun rights supporters | #US news | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/09/trump-gun-owners-clinton-judges-second-amendment

Chicago cops switched off bodycams and high-fived after shooting unarmed black teen / Boing Boing

#chigago #us #gunculture

http://boingboing.net/2016/08/08/chicago-cops-switched-off-body.html

Adam Khan on Twitter: "this is an astonishing chart https://t.co/RmLFbEgQPb" - https://twitter.com/Khanoisseur/status/758676806140592128

#trump #us #politics

Adam Khan on Twitter: "this is an astonishing chart https://t.co/RmLFbEgQPb" - https://mobile.twitter.com/Khanoisseur/status/758676806140592128

#trump #us #politics

#ThisWeekInPictures: July 8 - 15
#Heartbreak on #Bastille #Day in the #French #Riviera, #powerful #protests in #BatonRouge, a #dog #cafe debuts and more.

1. #Protester Ieshia Evans is #detained by #law #enforcement on July 9 near the #headquarters of the #BatonRouge #Police #Department during #protests over the fatal police #shooting of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, #Louisiana. Sterling's #death, #followed by the fatal shooting of another #black #man, Philando Castile, 32, near St. Paul, #Minnesota, revived a wave of protests in recent years over police #treatment of #minorities that has given rise to the #BlackLivesMatter #movement. JONATHAN BACHMAN / Reuters

2. #People stand on the edge of a #crater while #watching #Mount #Bromo erupt in #Probolinggo, #Indonesia on July 12. Ari Bowo Sucipto / Antara Foto via Reuters

3. A #woman sits on #ruins after #typhoon #Nepartak swept through #Minqing county, #Fujian province, #China on July 10. Typhoon Nepartak lashed the #Philippines, #Taiwan and China, leaving at least eight people #dead and causing widespread #flooding and #power outages. Reuters

4. An inmate with the #Louisiana #Department of #Corrections is consoled by #friends and #family as they attend the #funeral of Alton Sterling, who was shot dead by police, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on July 15. JONATHAN BACHMAN / Reuters

5. #Palestinians cool off in the #Mediterranean #sea during a hot day in #Gaza City on July 15. MOHAMMED SALEM / Reuters

6. A #Georgian #Orthodox #priest baptizes a #baby during a mass #baptism #ceremony at the #Holy #Trinity #Cathedral in #Tbilisi on July 13. VANO SHLAMOV / AFP - Getty Images

7. Outgoing #British Prime #Minister David Cameron speaks beside his daughter Nancy Gwen, daughter Florence Rose Endellion, his wife Samantha Cameron and son Arthur Elwen outside 10 Downing Street in central #London on July 13, before going to #Buckingham #Palace to tender his #resignation to #Queen Elizabeth II. OLI SCARFF / AFP - Getty Images

8. A #dog #relaxes at a #canine #beach and #bar in #Crikvenica, #Croatia on July 12. The first #Croatian beach bar specifically #designed for #dogs opened in the northern #Adriatic #town, allowing #pups and their owners to #experience the #joys of #summertime together. Located at one of the few dog friendly beaches in the country, the bar's offerings include specially #prepared #icecream, dog #beer and #snacks. ANTONIO BRONIC / Reuters

9. A #body #lies on the ground early on July 15 after a #truck repeatedly plowed into a crowd #celebrating the #Bastille #Day #national #holiday. A truck loaded with #weapons and hand #grenades drove onto a sidewalk for more than a mile, plowing through Bastille Day revelers who'd gathered to #watch #fireworks in the #French #resort city of #Nice late Thursday. At least 80 people were #killed before police killed the #driver, authorities said. ERIC GAILLARD / Reuters

10. Wounded people are #evacuated from the #scene where a truck drove into a crowd during Bastille Day celebrations in Nice, #France on July 14. OLIVIER ANRIGO / EPA

11. A #man #protesting the #shooting #death of Alton Sterling is detained by law enforcement near the headquarters of the Baton Rouge Police Department in Baton Rouge, #Louisiana on July 9. JONATHAN BACHMAN / Reuters

12. #Police #officers #investigate the #body of an alleged #drug #dealer, his face covered with packing #tape and a placard reading "I'm a pusher," on a street in #Manila on July 8. #Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on July 1 urged communist #rebels to start #killing #drug #traffickers, adding another layer to a #controversial #war on #crime in which he has warned thousands will die. NOEL CELIS / AFP - Getty Images

13. A #man carries #Qurans he recovered inside the adamaged #l-Aqsa #mosque after an #airstrike on the #rebel held #Al-Hilwaniyeh neighborhood in #Aleppo, #Syria on July 14. ABDALRHMAN ISMAIL / Reuters

14. Asal Ahmed, 4, is carried by her #father at the #scene of a #massive #suicide #truck #bomb #attack in #Karada, #Iraq on July 9. Asal and her #mother were badly #burned as they shopped for the #Muslim #holiday of Eid al-Fitr. Iraq's deadliest single #bombing in 13 years of #war has turned the #Baghdad #district where it took place into the centerpiece in an increasingly bitter rivalry between the country's prime minister and Iranian-backed #Shiite #militias eager to hold sway over the city's most diverse and prosperous area. Hadi Mizban / AP

15. Morgan Uceny, top, steps over Brenda Martinez at the finish line in the #finals of the #women's 1500-meter #run at the #US #Olympic #Track and Field #Trials on July 10 in #Eugene, #Oregon. Matt Slocum / AP

16. Magnus Ahrens, 8, tosses a #flower into the #grave of his #father, #Dallas Police Sr. Cpl. Lorne Ahrens, at Restland #Funeral #Home and #Cemetery on July 13 in Dallas. Ahrens was one of five police officers killed during #protest in Dallas last Thursday. Tony Gutierrez / AP

#image #photo #picture #pictures #foto #photography #photograph

Footage of police killing unarmed teen prompts claim of 'trigger-happy' officers | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/13/body-camera-footage-released-dylan-noble-police-shooting

The #US really is one place on Earth I think I'll never want to visit. I'd be scared to walk the street.

How to deal with mass #shootings in the #USA

#Us #guns #terrorist #muslim #massacre

France says EU-US trade pact talks likely to stop | AFP.com

#TTIP #Europe #US

https://www.afp.com/en/news/205/france-says-eu-us-trade-pact-talks-likely-stop

Europe is going to kill free software! Have you contacted your state's rep? https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/europe-going-kill-free-software-have-you-contacted-your-states-rep
#fcc already did it in the #us

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The macabre truth of gun control in the US is that toddlers kill more people than terrorists do

Last week, a Florida gun rights activist was shot in the back by her four-year-old son. How much longer will we keep participating in the collective lie that deadly weapons keep us safe?

This week, in my country, considered by some of its more embarrassing denizens to be the “greatest country in the world”, an outspoken Florida “gun rights” advocate left a loaded .45 calibre handgun in the back seat of her car and was promptly shot and wounded by her four-year-old child. (...)

[O]ver the past few decades, the National Rifle Association has been aggressively and successfully rolling back firearm restrictions, making gun ownership as quick and easy for anyone’s irresponsible, drunk cousin as their meticulous, gun-safety-trained dad. (...)

In the US in 2015, more people were shot and killed by toddlers than by terrorists. In 2013, the New York Times reported on children shot by other children: “Children shot accidentally – usually by other children – are collateral casualties of the accessibility of guns in America, their deaths all the more devastating for being eminently preventable.” (...)

States with more guns have more gun deaths. Keeping a gun in your house increases your chances of accidental death by shooting, but does not make you safer. A woman’s chance of being murdered by an abusive partner increases fivefold if the partner has access to a gun. “Good guys with guns” are a fantasy. How much longer will we keep participating in this great collective lie that deadly weapons keep us safe? (...)

Full article

Tags: #us #united_states #gun_control #nra #national_rifle_association #domestic_violence #gun_deaths

Pro-gun Jamie Gilt is shot by her four-year-old son in Putnam County, Florida | Daily Mail

#us #gunrights #stupidity

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3484064/Pro-gun-poster-girl-shot-four-year-old-son-driving-Florida-boy-pistol-seat-truck.html

Well she certainly can't complain. Her son has the same gun rights she has!