Have you been getting my tumblr submissions at all, Jesse?
I think so? The queue has been pretty full... You sent the pet owl and "Fuck You," right? Those are both coming up tomorrow.
That's beautiful. Or taken literally, incredibly gross.
Buffy ,'Potential'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Jan 10, 2011 9:40:00 am PST #15935 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
flea - Jan 10, 2011 9:45:07 am PST #15936 of 30001
information libertarian
Nonian, is there any specific ethnic group to look for? I am not finding anything using "Darfuri". Edit - I am guessing the Fur people?
Consuela - Jan 10, 2011 9:50:25 am PST #15937 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I had half a banana with my breakfast.
§ ita § - Jan 10, 2011 9:51:44 am PST #15938 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
OMG, I just got invited to and uninvited from a work get-together.
Okay, I wasn't going to go, and a bunch of people got uninvited, but how embarrassing to send it out to a mass of people by mistake!
And some high level people got uninvited too.
Daisy Jane - Jan 10, 2011 9:52:25 am PST #15939 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Wicked the mini-series [link]
§ ita § - Jan 10, 2011 10:03:54 am PST #15940 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I just found that I have a tumblr post with 207 notes. How did I not know that?
Vortex - Jan 10, 2011 10:04:36 am PST #15941 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Do the tomato chunks in my lunch chili count as fruit?
Ginger - Jan 10, 2011 10:09:25 am PST #15942 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm looking for a reputable source (as in, not Wikipedia) that would support the idea that the government in Khartoum used to (pre-2003) forcibly recruit Darfuris into their Army to fight against Southern Sudan and that the North focused their forced recruitment efforts on Darfur because they didn't like the Darfuris for some reason.
Considering that there's an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court against the president for genocide against the non-Arab ethnic groups, it doesn't seem much of a stretch.
Nicholas Kristof of the NY Times has written extensively about Darfur and is something of an activist. He's responsive in his blog, and I think there's a decent chance that he'd help if you contacted him about this case.
Stephanie - Jan 10, 2011 10:16:29 am PST #15943 of 30001
Trust my rage
flea - anything with Habania also spelled Habanya or Al-Habania, would be really helpful.
eta: Ginger, I got some really great stuff from Kristof. He actually had a Q&A with himself and Pres. Carter on there yesterday that I am using.
flea - Jan 10, 2011 10:18:32 am PST #15944 of 30001
information libertarian
I emailed Nonian a couple of articles, but I did not find much on her specific issue. Abduction of southern Sudanese youths and enslavement by Northern militias, yes. Mistreatment of Darfuri people by militias with the knowledge and tacit approval of the Northern government, yes, including before things got really bad in 2003. But not forcible recruitment of Darfuri peoples into the Sudanese national army to fight the Southern rebels. Doesn't mean it didn't happen; I just couldn't find anyone talking about it (in scholarly poli sci or anthro literature.)