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engin posted a blog entry
What Is Living and What Is Dead in Social Democracy?
Tony JudtNew York UniversityNew York Review of BooksDecember 17, 2009The following is adapted from a lecture given at New York...
Tony JudtNew York UniversityNew York Review of BooksDecember 17, 2009The following is adapted from a lecture given at New York...
impactsp2walden posted a tweet
via @huffingtonpost: Jane Wales of @AspenInstitute & @world_affairs: Sustained Strategic #Philanthropy http://bit.ly/6cTnzJ
dutch007 posted a blog entry
TSE Chat Room: Climategate Vs. Iraq War
me: I’m not arguing either global warming nor Iraq with you today, but I think you missed my pointBiggus: Your point was...
me: I’m not arguing either global warming nor Iraq with you today, but I think you missed my pointBiggus: Your point was...
dutch007 posted a blog entry
Conservatives Quick With Climategate, Slow Still With Iraq-gate
A group of hardened conservatives and the conservative media have been gleefully declaring the issue of climate changed to be...
A group of hardened conservatives and the conservative media have been gleefully declaring the issue of climate changed to be...
dutch007 posted a blog entry
Steven’s Playing Afghandyland
The Colbert ReportMon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cObama’s Nobel Prize Speech &...
The Colbert ReportMon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cObama’s Nobel Prize Speech &...
dutch007 posted a blog entry
Because We Are A Just People
“Where force is necessary, we have a moral and strategic interest in binding ourselves to certain rules of conduct. And...
“Where force is necessary, we have a moral and strategic interest in binding ourselves to certain rules of conduct. And...
orangeguru posted a blog entry
Climate Conference in Copenhagen – hand over more money you rich polluting bastards!
BBC News: Bangladesh seeks 15% of any UN climate fund It’s not just Bangladesh – many Developing Nations want...
BBC News: Bangladesh seeks 15% of any UN climate fund It’s not just Bangladesh – many Developing Nations want...
orangeguru posted a blog entry
The Noughties are almost over – a look back at a distressing Decade
I was born in the 1960’s. My first memories are from the 1970’s: childhood, school, friends and family. I consider...
I was born in the 1960’s. My first memories are from the 1970’s: childhood, school, friends and family. I consider...
impactsp2walden posted a tweet
Tie Funding to Performance, Curb Traditional Fundraising via (@world_affairs): http://bit.ly/8C24oE
orangeguru posted a blog entry
Let’s get greener and get rid of Christmas
Christmas is the annual apex of Consumerism all over the world. Countries like China celebrate it like mad just as so called...
Christmas is the annual apex of Consumerism all over the world. Countries like China celebrate it like mad just as so called...
Arlo posted a tweet
Really, I do think MILF should be considering a name-change. People who aren't much aware of world affairs would think they are.. ladies.
Incog posted a blog entry
British Polticians Banned From Calling Islamic Extremists "Islamic Extremists"
Even as some enlightened Muslims themselves have openly criticized the British government for pussyfooting around the issue of...
Even as some enlightened Muslims themselves have openly criticized the British government for pussyfooting around the issue of...
13 days ago
Confessions of a Closet Republican
| Topics: Islam, Islamic..., World Affairs, Terrorism
Confessions of a Closet Republican
| Topics: Islam, Islamic..., World Affairs, Terrorismorangeguru posted a blog entry
Going Rogue by being Fake
Click image for a bigger bus.Her book – fake – she had a Ghost Writer.Her Rogue Bus – fake – she uses a private...
Click image for a bigger bus.Her book – fake – she had a Ghost Writer.Her Rogue Bus – fake – she uses a private...
dutch007 posted a blog entry
Obama Steps Up To The Plate, Yet No One Seems Happy
I really don’t know how to feel about President Obama’s troop escalation in Afghanistan. I remember on the...
I really don’t know how to feel about President Obama’s troop escalation in Afghanistan. I remember on the...
Glennia C posted a blog entry
The Season of Giving
A terrific blogger, Alias Mother, is doing a blog-link-y thing where she's writing about her favorite charities and...
A terrific blogger, Alias Mother, is doing a blog-link-y thing where she's writing about her favorite charities and...
orangeguru posted a blog entry
Digestible Saints
Who do we like to eat saints? Is that a weird leftover from the holy communion or simply greedy consumerism?
Who do we like to eat saints? Is that a weird leftover from the holy communion or simply greedy consumerism?
rudeshock60 posted a blog entry
How to take off your coat in style
You've seen how Holly Valance put on her bra in one swift motion in DOA: Dead Or Alive. Now, do the reverse and check out how...
You've seen how Holly Valance put on her bra in one swift motion in DOA: Dead Or Alive. Now, do the reverse and check out how...
jerictan posted a blog entry
21 Filipinos Dead in Election Violence
MANILA — In one of the worst episodes of election-related violence in the Philippines in recent memory, a group of more than...
MANILA — In one of the worst episodes of election-related violence in the Philippines in recent memory, a group of more than...
25 days ago
Holiday Beard | news, views, and everything between
| Topics: Current..., Government, Politics, World Affairs
Holiday Beard | news, views, and everything between
| Topics: Current..., Government, Politics, World Affairsorangeguru posted a blog entry
20 Years after the Wall came down in Germany
I totally ignored the big German Unification party. For me the united Germany is already normality.I can remember the day we...
I totally ignored the big German Unification party. For me the united Germany is already normality.I can remember the day we...
SAM posted a blog entry
Military Analysis – In 3 Tacks for Afghan War, a Game of Trade-Offs – NYTimes.com
Although not quite the trade-off analysis that it promises, since each scenario starts with different resource allocations,...
Although not quite the trade-off analysis that it promises, since each scenario starts with different resource allocations,...
orangeguru posted a blog entry
Floods in Britain
Click image for more water.This years autumn storms are causing once again a lot of devastation and misery. My heart goes out...
Click image for more water.This years autumn storms are causing once again a lot of devastation and misery. My heart goes out...
orangeguru posted a blog entry
Dear European Politicians is that the best you have to offer?
We Europeans prefer our politicians weak and not as dashing as the Americans. Oke, Berlusconi is an exception …But Herman...
We Europeans prefer our politicians weak and not as dashing as the Americans. Oke, Berlusconi is an exception …But Herman...
orangeguru posted a blog entry
Why are so many people refusing their flu shots?
I get the flu almost each year and I get it badly. Usually when I get a flu shot I don’t get – or at least not as bad....
I get the flu almost each year and I get it badly. Usually when I get a flu shot I don’t get – or at least not as bad....
dutch007 posted a blog entry
Those Against Due Process Ignore History And Reality
The debate over whether Khalid Sheikh Mohammed should face justice in a New York City courtroom or continue in some extra-legal...
The debate over whether Khalid Sheikh Mohammed should face justice in a New York City courtroom or continue in some extra-legal...
dutch007 posted a blog entry
Conservatives Hide Their Past By Throwing The American Legal System and NYC Under The Bus
The decision by the Justice Department to try self-confessed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in New York Federal court...
The decision by the Justice Department to try self-confessed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in New York Federal court...
dutch007 posted a blog entry
The Daily On The Conservative KSM Freakout
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon – Thurs 11p / 10c
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon – Thurs 11p / 10c
Glennia C posted a blog entry
Go Read: US-China Tussles Over Currency Exchange
You may have heard that next week President Obama will be visiting Asia, and significantly, the People's Republic of China....
You may have heard that next week President Obama will be visiting Asia, and significantly, the People's Republic of China....
dutch007 posted a blog entry
Conservatives Gleefully Proclaim Ft. Hood Terrorism As The Nation Mourns
Fear has been the operative ethic for most of this wretched decade. Since the tragic days after 9/11, the Republican party has...
Fear has been the operative ethic for most of this wretched decade. Since the tragic days after 9/11, the Republican party has...
dutch007 posted a blog entry
Let’s Tear Down The Wall Obscuring The Real Ronald Reagan
As freedom marches on we’ve now reached twenty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Most people of my group probably...
As freedom marches on we’ve now reached twenty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Most people of my group probably...
orangeguru posted a blog entry
Pat Condell on the Islamic declaration of "Human Rights" and he is spot on!
His words are once again painfully true –and complements my recent rant on Europe not defending it’s own values.
His words are once again painfully true –and complements my recent rant on Europe not defending it’s own values.
Aadil posted a blog entry
Another translation ..
The gifts of Globalization are many, so are its curses like colonization, wars and monopolies but since I’m sick of the...
The gifts of Globalization are many, so are its curses like colonization, wars and monopolies but since I’m sick of the...
orangeguru posted a blog entry
Britain’s White-only-Party Nick Griffin on popular BBC Political Panel Question Time – everybody goes bonkers for the wrong reasons
There was a big public outrage when the British BNP won two seats in the European Parliament in the last election.The...
There was a big public outrage when the British BNP won two seats in the European Parliament in the last election.The...
Maurie posted a tweet
@PhilippaJane , absolutely , your starting to loose the micro for the macro perspective on world affairs ( including libraries ).
orangeguru posted a blog entry
Happy 60th Birthday to the biggest Tyranny ever!
BBC News: China’s 60 years of CommunismA billion fellow humans are under the thumb of totalitarian regime that is brutal...
BBC News: China’s 60 years of CommunismA billion fellow humans are under the thumb of totalitarian regime that is brutal...
orangeguru posted a blog entry
The Nobel Peace Prize for Obama – is that a joke or what?
I like President Obama, but giving him the Nobel Peace prize seems almost cynical. What has he achieved so far?Giving him the...
I like President Obama, but giving him the Nobel Peace prize seems almost cynical. What has he achieved so far?Giving him the...
TheHistorian posted a blog entry
THE DECLINING VALUE OF THE DOLLAR
The article that follows is disturbing on any number of levels. Most significantly, it does not bode well for the future of...
The article that follows is disturbing on any number of levels. Most significantly, it does not bode well for the future of...
ROTUS posted a blog entry
The Age of the Unthinkable
Why the New World Disorder Constantly Surprises Us and What We Can Do About ItJoshua Cooper RamoJoshua Cooper Ramo is Managing...
Why the New World Disorder Constantly Surprises Us and What We Can Do About ItJoshua Cooper RamoJoshua Cooper Ramo is Managing...
72 days ago
I'll Never Forget The Day I Read A Book
| Topics: economics, Joshua Cooper..., Kissinger..., world affairs
I'll Never Forget The Day I Read A Book
| Topics: economics, Joshua Cooper..., Kissinger..., world affairsTheHistorian posted a blog entry
JIMMY CARTER LOGIC: THE IOC ARE RACISTS
The story that follows is all about the disappointment felt by many in the city of Chicago about not being chosen as the host...
The story that follows is all about the disappointment felt by many in the city of Chicago about not being chosen as the host...
orangeguru posted a blog entry
The ugly backside if the Oktoberfest
This is one of the back entrances of a big beer tents at the Oktoberfest. The tent is closed, because it’s overcrowded....
This is one of the back entrances of a big beer tents at the Oktoberfest. The tent is closed, because it’s overcrowded....
orangeguru posted a blog entry
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi mad rant before the UN’s General Assembly
BBC News: Gaddafi want a Security Council ReformNow this is how you say some obvious truths and combine it with great...
BBC News: Gaddafi want a Security Council ReformNow this is how you say some obvious truths and combine it with great...
orangeguru posted a blog entry
Paul Krugman: How Did Economists Get It So Wrong?
New York Times: How Did Economists Get It So Wrong? Another excellent essay by Mr Krugman on how his species got it so wrong....
New York Times: How Did Economists Get It So Wrong? Another excellent essay by Mr Krugman on how his species got it so wrong....
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