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Moderate AFSPA to Tackle Militancy
Sinlung Nation | December 6th 2009
By JP Rajkhowa The AFSPA is a failure considering the growth of militant outfits in the Northeast ever since it was first imposed on the region. Also, the Act runs counter to democracy Dubbed as one of the most Draconian laws, the Armed Forces (Speci read more
Who destroyed democracy in Pakistan?
Pakistan Defence Forum | December 6th 2009
It really sounds like a joke. A British Council report released on Friday says that Pakistan faces a "demographic disaster" if its leaders fail to invest in a youth population that is disturbingly cynical about democracy. The Pakistani yout read more
US Interests Linked to Pakistan, Afghan: Jones
Pakistan News | December 6th 2009
US Interests Linked to Pakistan, Afghan: Jones, US National Security Adviser James Jones says that Pakistan Army’s offensive has made terrorists’ lives miserable in tribal areas and they are in search of new safe heavens. Jones said that US had i read more
Does government affect happiness and gender equality?
Cat the Beatnik, the Blog | December 5th 2009 by Cat
Well, duh. But I researched some of the legit statistics, and here you go: The Happiest Countries (not in order unless numbered) 1) Denmark = constitutional monarchy Switzerland = direct democracy/federal parliamentary republic Austria = federal par read more
Capitalism v. Democracy
Swiftspeech | December 5th 2009 by Stella
They don't go hand in hand.Paul Street:More than being merely different from the nation's founding principles of popular government and common good, and absent from its founding documents, capitalism is opposed to those core precepts. Its key charact read more
ANAMBRA: COALITION OF PARTIES ADOPT OBI
NIGERIA GENERAL DISCUSSION BLOG SITE | December 5th 2009 by Prince
Anambra: Coalition of Parties Adopt Obi By Paul Akan Obi in Abuja A coalition of Political parties under the umbrella of Party Alliance of Nigeria (PAN) yesterday in Abuja adopted Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi as the consensus candidate for the F read more
Bringing Democracy to Network Management, Monitoring
Measuring website success: performance, availability, traffi… | December 5th 2009 by Kristina
Here’s an interesting term for you: ‘democratization of technology.’ I read this in a story about SolarWinds, a Texas company with a line of Windows-based network management products. Apparently, the company employs a development mo read more
Cornish rights trampled under Labour votes.
The Cornish Democrat | December 5th 2009 by The Cornish Democrat
It comes as no great suprise that the UK parliament -dominated by MP's from England- voted against the inclusion of a dedicated Cornish tick box for the 2011 UK census. The amendment to include a tick box for Cornish national identity was prop read more
War on Kids
Preserving Freedom | December 5th 2009 by Jim Rongstad
The trailer for the movie "The War on Kids" . From the movie's website:Blame for problems with schooling in America is often assigned to insufficient funding or the inherent failings of today’s kids. In rare cases, parents, teachers, and administra read more
Rebellion and Mrs. Arroyo as a Threat to Philippine Democracy
New Philippine Revolution | December 5th 2009 by Pat Mangubat
Justice Devenadera said rebellion is being committed by the Ampatuans in Maguindanao. Question---what is the definition of rebellion under our jurisdiction? Under Title 3, Chapter One of the Revised Penal Code, rebellion is classified under Crimes A read more
Mrs. Arroyo is a danger, a threat to Philippine Democracy
New Philippine Revolution | December 5th 2009 by Pat Mangubat
Justice secretary Agnes Devenadera admitted that Proclamation Order 1959 came about shortly after military ground forces saw certain armed groups roaming in Sharif Aguak town in Maguindanao. Government assessed the situation and came out with an anal read more
The Audacity of Ethnic Cleansing
Deep Politics Monitor | December 5th 2009
By Mike Whitney, December 04, 2009 "Information Clearing House"-- The Bush administration never had any intention of liberating Afghanistan or establishing democracy. The real aim was to remove the politically-intractable Taliban and replace them wit read more
Guns N’ Roses visitará Lima en 2010 ?
Soy donde no pienso | December 5th 2009 by jorge
Y Rafael Eduardo desde el Perú escribió:rafisin33@hotmail.com “Para la segunda quincena de febrero del 2010 se prepara la llegada de una de las bandas más emblemáticas del rock: Guns N’ Roses en Lima. La agrupación, recompuesta read more
I'm just going to come out and say it
RootsWire | December 5th 2009 by Steve Hanson
Original Author: Dante Atkins Because I believe that John Perez' sexual orientation is playing a role in the ongoing fight over who becomes the next S read more
Challenges to Democracy in India
ExRussian | December 5th 2009 by Devi Daksina Putra
Bangalore-based historian Ramachandra Guha often tells the story of Neville Maxwell, the Times correspondent who came to India to cover the fourth parliamentary polls in 1967, and reported only despair. “The crisis is upon India,” Maxwell read more
Obama, Jobs, and the ‘Innovation Economy’
Democrat Taylor Marsh blogs politics, Iraq, and culture | December 4th 2009
“The New Frontier is not a set of promises. It is a set of challenges.” – John F. Kennedy Obama and his team are making a real push to convince people they get what’s happening, but more importantly, that they read more
Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think – New Orleans…
IslamCrunch - Technology, Web 2.0, Muslim Ideas & Projects | December 4th 2009 by Jason Mikael Pittam
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Human Rights Day December 10, 2009: Part 3
Wordsmith Magazine | December 4th 2009 by Laure Louise
**The information in this article was provided by Bloggers Unite** In April 2004, Chinese journalist Shi Tao used his Yahoo! email account to send a message to a U.S.-based pro-democracy website. In his email, he summarized a government order dir read more
'Never Forget' - Part 2 - Harper Padlocks Parliament - December 4…
Buckdog | December 4th 2009 by leftdog
One year ago, our Conservative Prime Minister suspended the Parliament that Canadians elected and locked the doors on our democracy. He did this to save his own political ass. No Canadian should ever forget the complete disregard Mr. Harper demonstra read more
Jewish enemy and employee of the State of Israel
Jewish Issues Watchdog | December 4th 2009
From FrontPage, November 30, 2009, by Paul Shindman:Jerusalem – Dr. Neve Gordon of Israel’s Ben Gurion University is known as one of the most radical academic Palestinian sympathizers. However, his activities appear to have peaked this year with read more
Direct Democracy and the Albion Alliance
PJC Journal | December 4th 2009
Anyone who has logged on to the website of The Albion Alliance will know that an attempt is being made to have candidates at the next general election sign up to two basic political aims. read more
Arab Opinion
Foreign Policy Watch | December 4th 2009
This would seem pretty self-evident, and for those who track the Arab press even more so, but a new Pew survey has Obama's approval rating in the Arab world hovering between about 15-30% (with the exception of Lebanon, which is a bit higher.) That's read more
[Update] Chrysler Responds to Criticism Regarding TV Spot: We Did…
Carascoop | December 4th 2009
Turns out that we fell spot on our criticism about the article from Advertisment Age (also hosted by Autonews), in concern of the 30-second TV Spot about the Chrysler 300 and the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's pro-democracy leader. As we noted read more
Edward Bernay's ideas on manipulation in mass culture
Diarrea Verbal | December 4th 2009
In Propaganda (1928), his most important book, Bernays argued that the manipulation of public opinion was a necessary part of democracy: The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important ele read more
FOOTY & PHILOSOPHY
KerrTalk! | December 4th 2009 by Kenneth Kerr
My latest discovery, the Intelligence Squared website, really does have a little something for everyone (see below). In the debate I watched last night, the motion was "Democracy Isn't For Everyone" - a topic that I talk & think a lot about. It read more
Political pressure building on Obama over jobs
Money Market & Financial World News Updates | December 4th 2009 by Taha qaiser
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is scrambling to find ways to produce job growth with political pressure building on him after a $787 billion economic stimulus failed to make a significant dent in the U.S. jobless rate.After an autumn debate on read more
23 muertos en atentado en Somalia
Señales De Los Tiempos | December 4th 2009 by Kadosde
Democracy Now!04/12/09En Somalia, al menos 23 personas fueron asesinadas el jueves en un ataque suicida con bombas en Mogadiscio, la capital. Entre los fallecidos hay tres ministros del gobierno. Otras 40 personas resultaron heridas. read more
Informe: Estados Unidos expande ataques con aviones no tripulados…
Señales De Los Tiempos | December 4th 2009 by Kadosde
Democracy Now!04/12/09El New York Times informa que el gobierno de Obama aprobó la expansión de los ataques con aviones no tripulados estadounidenses en el interior de Pakistán. La medida coincidió con el anuncio realizado por Obama esta semana s read more
Pelosi rechaza impuesto bélico adicional para financiar escalada…
Señales De Los Tiempos | December 4th 2009 by Kadosde
Democracy Now!04/12/09La Presidenta de la Cámara de Representantes Nancy Pelosi rechazó una propuesta para crear un “impuesto bélico adicional” para financiar la escalada de la ocupación en Afganistán. La propuesta la había realizado el Pre read more
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