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2007-11-05 21:07  The Iraq war has become a disaster that we have chosen to forget
By Madeleine Bunting (THE GUARDIAN, 05/11/07): "You think you are innocent, but you're not," said the British Muslim suicide bomber in the Channel 4 television drama Britz last week. As the compelling actor Manjinder Virk recited her suicide statement to camera, she went on: thousands of women and children are dying every day in Iraq and Afghanistan, and yet the governments responsible have been returned to power.Her assertion sticks in the mind because it goes straight to the heart of how we ch …
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2007-11-03 03:28  »Rene henrettelser«
Samtidigt som polisen nu inleder en kampanj mot gatuvåldet i Sverige fortsätter debatten om våldet ökat eller ej. Men läkare på sjukhusens akutmottagningar, rättsläkare och poliser är eniga: karaktären på det våld som använts har förändrats kraftigt. Enligt polis och rättsläkare börjar mord allt mer likna avrättningar.  Våldets karaktär har förändrats   (Malmø alene havde to skudepisoder dette  døgn )   »Migrants take all new  job in Britain« hvem sagde at "indvandringen rammer bunden hårdest og …
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2007-11-01 18:50  The Latell Report
U.S. Policy and Cuba s Security Services President George W. Bush s address on Cuba policy at the State Department on October 24 was his first since Raul Castro s accession to power fifteen months ago. The president used powerful, and at times evocative, language in reaffirming his administration s commitment to maintaining the economic embargo until a genuine democratic transition begins on the island. He welcomed several supportive members of congress --conservative Republicans and Blue Dog De …
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2007-10-26 12:53  The Migrant Workers Convention in Europe: Obstacles to the Ratification of the International Convent …
The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, the most important international treaty on the rights of migrants, has not yet been ratified by any European country. This report analyzes the reasons behind the non-ratification. It presents the findings of detailed, UNESCO-commissioned reports into the status of the Convention in seven countries: France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom and Norway. Based in part u …
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2007-10-24 00:00  Links for 2007-10-23 [del.icio.us]
9 Tips to Throw Off the Chains of Consumerism | zen habits Eliminate Noise. Simplify your life. Stop spending money on things that add noise and distract you from meaningful aspects of life. Continent-size toxic stew of plastic trash fouling swath of Pacific Ocean the rogue bag would float into a sewer, follow the storm drain to the ocean, then make its way to the so-called Great Pacific Garbage Patch - a heap of debris floating in the Pacific that's twice the size of Texas, according to marine …
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2007-10-23 14:41  The Video Man with A difference....
Oga.. Oga gaaan ni for some people o.. but before I even yarn, let me congratulate the latest MRS S- my darling .congratulations on your recent wedding. Your life is a testimony to all of us that God does not fail- may your life be full of love and happiness forever in Jesus name. Amen. where was I ehen... I was saying that it is oga for some people. why abi ehen, wait jare let me talk-- you too dey shake. It is this yeye video man I am talking about o- infact, the nonsense and jagbajantis the m …
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2007-10-22 22:45  COHA Report. The Organization of American States: On its Deathbed
To Our Readers Unfortunately, an older and unedited version of the COHA piece entitled œThe OAS: On its Deathbed � was inadvertently sent out to a very small cohort of COHA readers on October 17 before an error was discovered and the press run was immediately aborted. Due to a computer editing error, the author, Sean Bartlett did not catch that two different facts were spliced into one sentence. Jose Miguel Insulza, as a young man in his late twenties, was a political director in the Chilean For …
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2007-10-22 14:39  Síria: Parem com a censura à internet
  Acompanhando o relatório [en] do Human Rights Watch, Sami ben Gharbia do Global Voices Advocacy [en] escreveu um artigo [en] delineando a repressão à internet na Síria, o que inclui a prisão de dois cidadãos acusados de fazer comentários online considerados insultos. Vários blogueiros da Síria demonstraram ter opiniões fortes sobre a situação. assim como quando ao bloqueio do Blogspot. Golaniya do Decentering Damascus [en] escreveu: Last night I saw Ben Gharbia's updated post on the Advocacy G …
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2007-10-20 23:41  Naomi Wolf Cries Fascism
According to Naomi Wolf, the Bush Administration has already initiated all 10 steps necessary to bring fascism to the United States. One of my pet peeves with the Left is the tendency, almost by default, to liken the Bush Administration to Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. It is a significant reason I could no longer bring myself to associate with the Left. Naomi Wolf is a textbook case of this tendency. Last month, Wolf released her sixth book, The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patri …
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2007-10-18 18:43  Innovation
A special report from the Economist on innovation. Economist : JOHN KAO is an innovation guru described as œMr Creativity � by this newspaper a decade ago. Now he is concerned about America losing its global lead and becoming œthe fat, complacent Detroit of nations �. In his new book, œInnovation Nation �, he points to warning signs, such as America's underinvestment in physical infrastructure, its slow start on broadband, its pitiful public schools and its frostiness toward immigrants since Sep …
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2007-10-18 12:09  Patients in US have greater access to advanced medical technology than do Canadians.
As reported in a December 2003 story by Kerri Houston for the Frontiers of Freedom Institute titled "Access Denied: Canada's Healthcare System Turns Patients into Victims," in some instances, patients die on the waiting list because they become too sick to tolerate a procedure.- Capitalism Magazine, Walter Williams, 2005 # Canada spends about 9% of its GDP on health care and provides coverage for all, while the U.S. spends 14% and has millions of people uninsured. Proponents of a Canadian model …
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2007-10-18 12:00  Tax Cuts For All
Instead of capital gains tax cuts (which only impact the rich) or further tax cuts for corporations how about eliminating income taxes (payroll taxes) for working Canadians and families who earn less than $100,000 a year. Tax break not dead: Flaherty The Harper government is examining how to make good on its pledge to grant Canadians a capital gains tax break in the 2008 budget, says Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, who avoided the measure in the last two fiscal plans because of cost and design di …
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2007-10-18 10:37  How U.S. policy has destabilized the Middle East
(Originally posted at The Motley Patriot and is an update to an article I wrote posted at TalkLeft )I originally posted a diary at TalkLeft entitled, `The Merry-Go-Round of Iraqi Sectarian Violence`, in which I show how U.S. policy in Iraq is fueling the sectarian violence. Given Turkey's recent vote to allow incursions into northern Iraq against the PKK, I thought an update appropriate. So, first, exactly how is the U.S. policy in Iraq fueling the sectarian violence Because we are arming militi …
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