Obama On Todd Akin: 'Rape Is Rape'

How Todd Akin And Paul Ryan Partnered To Redefine Rape

A crime upon a crime: Rape, victim-blaming, and stigma

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Mark LeVine: After Pussy Riot, artists everywhere must stand up for each other

'Jesus Christ would set them free'
It's impossible to know yet whether the wave of international support received by the Russian punk collective Pussy Riot during their just completed trial impacted the verdict in any way. But it's clear that the plight of the three young women who each now face the remainder of two years' imprisonment has ignited the passion of US and European artists, from Sting to Madonna, who have publicly called for their freedom.
Western artists can and should support their Russian comrades. But the support received by Pussy Riot is sadly an aberration. As a rule, European and US artists have been strangely - and inexcusably - silent when it comes to recognising the plights suffered by their fellow musicians and performers around the world, where freedom of expression receives little protection, censorship is prevalent and artists routinely face the threat of prosecution and jail from their governments, and more dangerously, threats to their physical safety and even lives by conservative social forces...
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Director Tony Scott jumps to death from bridge

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I'm Ready For Love VS Lust For Life

Contrast & Compare:
Martha & The Vandellas (1966)

Iggy Pop (1977)

James Williamson on Kill City

James Williamson & Iggy Pop - Gröna Lund, Stockholm, Sweden, August 10, 2012
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Contrast & compare:
Kill City
  
Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting

The xx - Angels (Bodhi Remix)

Exile EXCUSIVE (sic)

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Big data is our generation’s civil rights issue, and we don’t know it

Data doesn’t invade people’s lives. Lack of control over how it’s used does.
What’s really driving so-called big data isn’t the volume of information. It turns out big data doesn’t have to be all that big. Rather, it’s about a reconsideration of the fundamental economics of analyzing data.
For decades, there’s been a fundamental tension between three attributes of databases. You can have the data fast; you can have it big; or you can have it varied. The catch is, you can’t have all three at once...
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What Does Pussy Riot Mean in Russian?

Pussy Riot and Russia’s Deep State

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Pussy Riot - Убей Cексиста/Kill The Sexist (2012)

Tracklist:
01 Raze The Pavement
02 Kropotkin-Vodka
03 Mother of God, Drive Putin Out!
04 Putin Zassal
05 Death of Jail, Freedom of Protest
06 Kill the Sexist
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Only guessing but it seems to me that this mini album was deliberately leaked to help spread the word. 

No info despite using yandex and even some of the cheapish Russian mpfree bootleg sites are offering it as a free download.

Of course if this is not the case then please let me know and I shall remove it ASAP.

 
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(Thanx to the chooks!)