AngryBrownButchpolitics, media, culture and life from a queer boricua in brooklynACTION ALERT: Amnesty Internationals call to support Troy Davis- September 15, 2008 As I wrote last week, Troy Davis was denied clemency last week by the Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole and is scheduled to be executed on September 23, next Tuesday, despite the tremendous amount of doubt that surrounds his conviction. Besides the Board of Pardons and Parole, the only entity that can stop the ...http://www.angrybrownbutch.com/2008/09/15/action-alert-amnesty-internationals-call-to-supp... SieteNueve to Daddy Yankee: Quedate Callao!- September 15, 2008 Y&8217;all might&8217;ve caught wind of how Daddy Yankee took a real pendejo turn in endorsing John McCain for president. That was an annoying &8220;WTF!&8221; moment for me, but not terribly heartbreaking; sure, I&8217;ve enjoyed breaking it down on the dancefloor to &8220;Gasolina&8221; and &8220;Rompe,&8221; but I never really looked to Daddy Yankee for political fulfillment ...http://www.angrybrownbutch.com/2008/09/15/sietenueve-to-daddy-yankee-quedate-callao/ Update: Troy Davis denied clemency, faces execution on Sept 23- September 12, 2008 UPDATE: I am shocked, angered, disgusted and saddened to say that the Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole has denied Troy Davis clemency or commutation of his death sentence. (see here and here for articles). This, despite the fact that there was no physical evidence implicating him and seven of the nine witnesses who testified ...http://www.angrybrownbutch.com/2008/09/12/action-alert-call-today-to-stop-georgia-from-kil... |