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Arabica Robusta

ZCommunications | The brutal truth about Tunisia by Robert Fisk | ZNet Article - 0 views

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shared by Arabica Robusta on 22 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • For I fear this is going to be the same old story. Yes, we would like a democracy in Tunisia – but not too much democracy. Remember how we wanted Algeria to have a democracy back in the early Nineties?   Then when it looked like the Islamists might win the second round of voting, we supported its military-backed government in suspending elections and crushing the Islamists and initiating a civil war in which 150,000 died.
  • Indeed, what was Hillary Clinton doing last week as Tunisia burned? She was telling the corrupted princes of the Gulf that their job was to support sanctions against Iran, to confront the Islamic republic, to prepare for another strike against a Muslim state after the two catastrophes the United States and the UK have already inflicted in the region.
  • It's the same old problem for us in the West. We mouth the word "democracy" and we are all for fair elections – providing the Arabs vote for whom we want them to vote for.
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  • In Algeria 20 years ago, they didn't. In "Palestine" they didn't. And in Lebanon, because of the so-called Doha accord, they didn't. So we sanction them, threaten them and warn them about Iran and expect them to keep their mouths shut when Israel steals more Palestinian land for its colonies on the West Bank.
rich hilts

Are You Letting Leftist Fear Stop Medicare & Soc Sec Reform? - 0 views

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shared by rich hilts on 29 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • rich hilts on 29 Jan 11
     
    What is it with the left and their attempts to make sure that nothing the right does or says EVER gets any credit or viewing - we just wrote an article detailing the attacks on real viable cuts and now attacks on fixes for two entitlement programs don't get discussion, but fear. Comments please!
Aleena Smith

Katy ISD Schools Operating As Usual, No Verdict On Early Dismissal - 0 views

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shared by Aleena Smith on 03 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • Aleena Smith on 03 Feb 11
     
    All Katy ISD schools are in commission on a standard agenda as of at the present, with no group of pupils intermission predictable for at the moment...
rich hilts

Budget Battles Ahead - And Some Are Getting It - 0 views

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shared by rich hilts on 24 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • rich hilts on 24 Jan 11
     
    There is a battle shaping up, and it very well could be for the health of our country as a whole. Some seem to be getting the message and some don't. Here we have our take on the upcoming fight and what the cuts entail. Wouldn't it be nice to see some bipartisanship? Come on over, check out our article and discuss what you think they may have missed or shouldn't cut!
thinkahol *

Five myths about liberal academia - 0 views

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Five myths about liberal academia

shared by thinkahol * on 28 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • thinkahol * on 28 Feb 11
     
    Do red-blooded, hard-working Americans pay thousands of dollars each year to send their children to college, only to have those kids turned into pot-smoking Obamacare-lovers by a pack of communist hippies? This stereotype -- professors as brainwashing left-wing ideologues -- has dogged academia at least since the Vietnam War era. But our nation's vilified professoriate isn't composed of just Marxists and Whole Foods shoppers. Let's upend five popular misconceptions about the people educating the next generation.
thinkahol *

Gaddafi loyalists launch attacks against civilians as conflict in Libya escalates - 0 views

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Gaddafi loyalists launch attacks against civilians as conflict in Libya escalates

shared by thinkahol * on 22 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • thinkahol * on 22 Feb 11
     
    SANAA, YEMEN - Libyan warplanes and helicopters fired from the air and loyalist militias fatally shot protesters in the streets as the government of Moammar Gaddafi fought back viciously Monday against demonstrations that appear to be fast eroding the autocrat's four-decade-long hold on power.
Jalal Alamgir

Jalal Alamgir: The Congressional Hearings That Are Really Needed - 0 views

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Islam

shared by Jalal Alamgir on 14 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Jalal Alamgir on 14 Mar 11
     
    Argues that the hearings on radical Muslims in the US have focused on the wrong side of the equation
  • Jalal Alamgir on 14 Mar 11
     
    My latest article in the Huffington Post
thinkahol *

Japanese Americans decry Rep. King's Muslim hearings as 'sinister' - 0 views

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Japanese Americans decry Rep. King's Muslim hearings as 'sinister'

shared by thinkahol * on 09 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • thinkahol * on 09 Mar 11
     
    Spurred by memories of the World War II-era roundup and internment of 110,000 of their own people, Japanese Americans, especially on the West Coast, have been among the most vocal and passionate supporters of embattled Muslims. They've rallied public support against hate crimes at mosques, signed on to legal briefs opposing the indefinite detention of Muslims by the government, organized cross-cultural trips to the Manzanar internment camp memorial in California and held "Bridging Communities" workshops in Islamic schools and on college campuses.
Keith Sweat

Best Mandurah Houses - 1 views

I was amazed when I visited Natures Walk house and land packages Perth which have stunning home designs. Homebuyers like me would surely prefer living in this very nice community inside contemporar...

Mandurah houses

started by Keith Sweat on 10 Jun 11 no follow-up yet
Kelly Bounce

Capture Special Events with Ignite AV Equipment - 2 views

I love to capture events, especially the said events are oh, so, very special. With this, I really need high quality video recording equipment to capture the moment. At Ignite AV, that is not only ...

projector hire

started by Kelly Bounce on 20 Jul 11 no follow-up yet
Kelly Bounce

Ignite AV: Europe's Best AV Provider from the UK - 2 views

I give a lot of lectures all over Europe and the UK and I really need the best AV team to assist me in all my talks. I discovered Ignite AV, and having this AV Hire company has changed my whole exp...

projector hire

started by Kelly Bounce on 25 Jul 11 no follow-up yet
mixawy late

Somali militants block famine refugees from aid - 0 views

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Somali militants block famine refugees from aid

shared by mixawy late on 03 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • mixawy late on 03 Aug 11
     
    Published 27 July 2011 04:01 PM MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - In a squalid refugee camp beside Mogadishu's airport, some 2,000 desperately hungry women and children await help, many of them weak and dying in tents made of sticks and cloth. Missing from the camp, however, are large numbers of Somali men.
James Smith

My Brother Passed the Fireman Recruitment Process - 1 views

My brother is so happy because he passed the fire service recruitment process. He said he would never have made it were it not for Fire-Service-Recruitment UK. They helped him pass all the recruitm...

Fire-Service-Recruitment UK

started by James Smith on 11 Oct 11 no follow-up yet
Anne White

I Passed the UK Police Recruitment for 2011 - 1 views

I really wanted to become a police officer, not because being a police officer is exciting, but, because I knew being a police officer is a noble profession and I wanted to make a difference in the...

started by Anne White on 11 Oct 11 no follow-up yet
David Corking

London G20 Police outnumbered and attacked « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG - 0 views

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Culture

shared by David Corking on 16 Apr 09 - Cached
  • Inappropriate use of force brings with it trouble for the officer who transgresses, as it always did except for the fact that such things were rarely captured on cctv or mini videos - but if they ever show the footage of the anti-Vietnam war Grosvenor Square riot in 1968 you’ll see some stick happy police officer who, ultimately, got the sack
  • Hardly something that should result in the local bobby from an English village being pilloried along with every other officer in the land.
  • I’m-a-citizen-not-a-criminal says that those police who “just stood and watched their colleagues break the law are equally to blame”. The same goes for protesters.
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  • A whack with the baton on a fleshy part of the body (as taught) ie thigh, calf, upper arm will hurt and sting and maybe bruise. it is a means of control and saying ‘Im in charge’. If the police didnt have these actions in their armoury, what do you think would happen?
  • David Corking on 16 Apr 09
     
    Nasty video of protester brutality
David Corking

SOCIALIST UNITY » DEREK DRAPER - YESTERDAY'S MAN DAMAGES LABOUR | April 2009 - 0 views

www.socialistunity.com/?p=3893

Culture Blogging

shared by David Corking on 16 Apr 09 - Cached
  • I actually do have some sympathy with Derek Draper’s argument that this was a private e-mail conversation, but the mistake Draper made was seeking to get down in the gutter and slug it out with the likes of Paul Staines.
  • The electorate respects conviction politicians, and the labour movement project to build a secure and just, better world is a principled and enduring platform that needs to be restored to the heart of left and centre-left politics.
  • Obscene, libellous smears are not the same as political tittle tattle.
  • David Corking on 16 Apr 09
     
    Sums things up. Sad really.
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