Topic: thinking about politics
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robertg69 posted a blog entry
Why is the Toronto media seemingly ready to praise Harper
Image by kk+ via FlickrIt is no secret that I have little time to praise for our PM. I find his politics self-serving and...
Image by kk+ via FlickrIt is no secret that I have little time to praise for our PM. I find his politics self-serving and...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
Confraternisation de militants anarchistes et d’agents de la Guardia Civil
Confraternisation de militants anarchistes et d’agends de la Guardia CivilOriginally uploaded by rue89videoThis photo...
Confraternisation de militants anarchistes et d’agends de la Guardia CivilOriginally uploaded by rue89videoThis photo...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
Photographic evidence of the multicultural character of the battle in Afghanistan
What could be more eloquent pointing to the diverse elements involved on the Western side in this latter version of War in...
What could be more eloquent pointing to the diverse elements involved on the Western side in this latter version of War in...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
Afghanistan! What about Pashtunistan?
Image by allaboutgeorge via FlickrCheck out this NY Times enhanced map. Pashtunistan is in the upper left, but the rest of...
Image by allaboutgeorge via FlickrCheck out this NY Times enhanced map. Pashtunistan is in the upper left, but the rest of...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
If it really is “Communist” China, where are the communists?
From Slate:Karl Who?China is a Communist country, but I have yet to meet an actual Communist.By Daniel GrossPosted...
From Slate:Karl Who?China is a Communist country, but I have yet to meet an actual Communist.By Daniel GrossPosted...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
The latest news about sexual misconduct within the Catholic priesthood can only deepen my cynicism about it!
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeGlobal Post publishes this:New questions about Legionaries of ChristA woman claiming...
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeGlobal Post publishes this:New questions about Legionaries of ChristA woman claiming...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
Does the New Yorker know something about Stephen Harper that we Canadians should know!
Image by ecstaticist via FlickrThe collection of photos is titled “Portraits of Power” and features most of...
Image by ecstaticist via FlickrThe collection of photos is titled “Portraits of Power” and features most of...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
Is this evidence of the Greens empty promise
Image by melancholic optimist via FlickrFrom the Globe and Mail this morningEric RegulyOil still fuels the green state...
Image by melancholic optimist via FlickrFrom the Globe and Mail this morningEric RegulyOil still fuels the green state...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
There are “nitpickers” and then there are “unprecedented nitpickers” from Politico.com
Image by Getty Images via DaylifePolitico is, if anything, right of center, especially on things “Obama”!So it...
Image by Getty Images via DaylifePolitico is, if anything, right of center, especially on things “Obama”!So it...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
Historical post-mortems can be fascinating “what ifs”!
Image via WikipediaFrom Slate:Roosevelt’s Last DaysDid cancer kill FDR?By Barron H. Lerner – Posted...
Image via WikipediaFrom Slate:Roosevelt’s Last DaysDid cancer kill FDR?By Barron H. Lerner – Posted...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
Palin’s a quitter, more than once!
Sarah Palin Quits Turkey Trot 5K Race In Kennewick, WashingtonThe link! Posted in blogging, choices, thinking about...
Sarah Palin Quits Turkey Trot 5K Race In Kennewick, WashingtonThe link! Posted in blogging, choices, thinking about...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
The headline says it loudly because many tea-baggers are hard of hearing!
Franklin D. Roosevelt via last.fmObama’s Brilliant First YearBy January, he will have accomplished more than any...
Franklin D. Roosevelt via last.fmObama’s Brilliant First YearBy January, he will have accomplished more than any...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
Sad truths uttered by real soldiers are the real cautionary tale
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeI can’t think of any other words from real US soldiers that all US citizens must ...
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeI can’t think of any other words from real US soldiers that all US citizens must ...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
It seems to me that the one thing Canada must avoid at all costs
Image by Renegade98 via Flickris to accept as public policy this horrible situation defined by Andrew Bacevich for the...
Image by Renegade98 via Flickris to accept as public policy this horrible situation defined by Andrew Bacevich for the...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
Right wing nuts in the US will hate him even more
Image by StevenM_61 via FlickrNovember 23, 2009White House Pushes Science and Math EducationBy KENNETH CHANGTo improve...
Image by StevenM_61 via FlickrNovember 23, 2009White House Pushes Science and Math EducationBy KENNETH CHANGTo improve...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
It’s not likely that many readers of history will take much time
Image via Wikipediato think back 65 years to November 1944 when Allied forces seemed to be bogged down in Western Europe...
Image via Wikipediato think back 65 years to November 1944 when Allied forces seemed to be bogged down in Western Europe...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
I’m sure there are other caricutures of Sarah P, but this one caught my attention this AM in NY Times
Not exactly “news fit to print” but worthy of being printed I feel:Looks like a pretty effective way of...
Not exactly “news fit to print” but worthy of being printed I feel:Looks like a pretty effective way of...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
It smacks of the usual Canadian smugness!
Canada least corrupt in the Americas: ReportBY PETER O’NEIL, CANWEST NEWS EUROPE CORRESPONDENT, CANWEST NEWS...
Canada least corrupt in the Americas: ReportBY PETER O’NEIL, CANWEST NEWS EUROPE CORRESPONDENT, CANWEST NEWS...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
Why did world democracies fail to help the Republican forces during the Spanish Civil War 1936-39?
Here’s some pithy historical analysis, which must have resonated for George Orwell!A Call to Arms Oct 16th 2008From...
Here’s some pithy historical analysis, which must have resonated for George Orwell!A Call to Arms Oct 16th 2008From...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
Roger Cohen suggests in his NYT column today
Image by seiuhealthcare775nw via Flickrthat all Americans are in this together. A nice thought, but I know that significant...
Image by seiuhealthcare775nw via Flickrthat all Americans are in this together. A nice thought, but I know that significant...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
A lot of people admire him as a man of peace!
So WTF is he doing raising hackles in Nepal!Parsing Sino-Indian TensionsI have an article up at Asia Times Online under the...
So WTF is he doing raising hackles in Nepal!Parsing Sino-Indian TensionsI have an article up at Asia Times Online under the...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
20 years ago the Berlin Wall cracked open
At the time it seemed that even if the Soviet leader of the day, Gorbachov, talked Glastnost that as far as East Germany was...
At the time it seemed that even if the Soviet leader of the day, Gorbachov, talked Glastnost that as far as East Germany was...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
Pics of hideous pollution sites in China
Here’s the link!Go there and dare to be disgusted. I found this on ESWN this morning! ESWN is one of the more effective...
Here’s the link!Go there and dare to be disgusted. I found this on ESWN this morning! ESWN is one of the more effective...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
Is this good public art or what?
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeHow Kosovars celebrate Bill Clinton and the effect of US bombs in Kosovo under Serbian...
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeHow Kosovars celebrate Bill Clinton and the effect of US bombs in Kosovo under Serbian...
