the national civil rights museum

i had pretty much the same conversation with thomas wilhelm on election night.

stupid autoplay video. just click this ----> (via)

get 'em gurl

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some guy once tried to kill Pope JP2

The papal assassination attempt happened in St. Peter's Square on May 13th, 1981. The pope was shot four times, and lived to forgive his potential assassin and visit him in prison.

On that moving occasion, Ali Agca knelt and kissed the Fisherman’s ring in a sign of respect; he did not ask for forgiveness. Instead, he said, “I know I was aiming right. I know that the bullet was a killer, So why aren’t you dead?”
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happy MLK day

hope your MLK day is awesome!

weird.

the internet says that iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad nearly got assassinated today. but the iranian government is covering up the story.

LONDON—Iran denied a report from an Arab network on Wednesday that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's convoy was targeted by an explosive device.

Al Arabiya said the blast took place in Hamadan, about 280 kilometers southwest of Tehran, as Mr. Ahmadinejad was about to address a crowd. It said the president was not hurt in the explosion but that a number of people were injured. The network said an attacker was arrested on the spot, adding that the grenade had hit a car carrying journalists and presidential staff.

But PressTV quoted an official in Mr. Ahmadinejad's media office denying any attack took place. An Iranian diplomat in Europe said he had no information on any attack. (via)

claaaaassssssic iran.

kill bill.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Dubai's police chief said Monday an 11-member hit squad carrying European passports and disguised in wigs, fake beards and tennis clothes was behind the mysterious killing of a Hamas commander in his hotel room last month. Authorities also released photos of the 11.

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In the surveillance footage, which also included images from the hotel, the one woman among the group of suspects appears to be wearing a wig and at times wears a big hat and sunglasses to blend in as a tourist. Others were also seen on the footage disguised as tourists, wearing tennis clothes and carrying rackets.

Authorities appear to have linked the group through the videos. They are seen entering and exiting the hotel, standing together or in pairs in the hotel lobby and going in and out the elevator on the floor where al-Mabhouh was staying. They appear individually, sometimes in pairs or in groups of three or four.

They paid for all expenses in cash and used different mobile phone cards to avoid traces, Tamim said.

The killing itself took just 10 minutes, he said. Several members of the hit squad followed the Hamas man -- even riding with him in the same elevator to determine his room number -- and then checked into the room across the hall. Four assassins among the group later entered his room in the Al-Bustan Rotana Hotel while he was out, using an electronic device to open the door. There they waited for him to return.

Tamim said they were careful not to disturb anything in the room and somehow left the door locked from the inside to try to hide the fact that they had broken in.

The team then headed for the airport, some of them flying to Europe and others to Asia, he said. (via)