“Plebs, Morons …” a Cabinet Minister said
By Jeremy Sare, England.
When your job entails travelling all around Westminster or DC for that matter, then as a matter of necessity, you soon work out how to best handle the police and the security guards at every entrance and gate.
The [...]
Hollande’s pursuit for tax capital set to raise €20 billion
By Sanchia Alasia.
François Hollande, rested from his summer holiday, this month outlined his plan to France’s Court of Audit of how the tax system will operate under a socialist government. His intention is to raise €20 billion in new [...]
Nationalist’s parties set lose EU funding
Sanchia Alasia.
In February 2012 I reported an announcement from the European Parliament recently had political parties like the UK’s BNP and France’s Front National party, rubbing their hands in glee. Their positions would have [...]
Malaysian police make first arrest in Bin Hammam case
By James M. Dorsey
Malaysian authorities have arrested an associate of suspended Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and world soccer body FIFA vice president Mohammed bin Hammam on suspicion of theft of documents from AFC’s offices in [...]
Ethiopia’s Genocide of the Ogadeni Continues
By Betre Yacob
The genocide in the controversial Ogaden region, a territory comprising the southeastern portion of the Somali Regional State in Ethiopia, has continued with a massacre of 17 and missing of 14 Ogadenis.
Hassen Abdulahi, the representative [...]
On Veracity: Simple Rhetoric versus Complex Causality
By Mike Sutton.
An article published in the Independent newspaper contains a conveniently plausible and compelling rhetorical explanation for the newly discovered high level British police cover up of the inadequate safety, policing [...]
Revolutions, a Film and Obama: A Look at the recent anti-US Protest in the Middle East
By Louis Fishman.
Recently, news from the Middle East does not look good. Last week, anti-American riots broke out in Egypt as the result of an obscure cheaply produced amateur film degrading Muhammad, the Muslim prophet. Parallel to [...]
Evolving Neofeudal Order: Illustration
Majia Nadesan.
Example of the Evolving Neofeudal Order: Rent Backed Mortgage Securities
Charles Hugh Smith of Two Minds Writes “Financialization and Crony Capitalism Have Gutted the Middle Class” (July 13, 2012) http://www.oftwominds.com/blogjuly12/neofeudal-middle-class7-12.html
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Muslims that we Like
1. There are Muslims, who watch parts of a film to see how their prophet is insulted. Later, they punish people who had nothing to do with the movie. The radical Muslims are probably the only reason that more than 2.5 million people [...]
Middle East protests: Ultras settle scores, Islamists seek to score points
By James M. Dorsey
The anti-American protests spreading across the Middle East and North Africa may be fuelled by an obscure anti-Muslim American film but are really about domestic score settling and political maneuvering.
At the bottom line, [...]
Ten New Dwarf Planets and Candidates in Our Solar System
By Alton Parrish.
Do you know how many planets and dwarf planets are in our solar system. I thought I did, but I didn’t.
Eris, Haumea, Sedna, Makemake are dwarf planets. Other plutoids or planetoids that may one day be named dwarf planets [...]
A Timeline of Pro-Gun Conspiracy Theories in the United States
By Baldr Odinson.
Hey, did you hear it? The government’s out to get your guns! The mass shooting last month was “staged” by the government! The President is intentionally trying to kill Mexicans to justify an attack on the [...]
The View from Over There: Margins of Error
By Jeremy Sare, England.
“Opinion polls don’t tell the whole story … the only poll that counts is on election day …. these polls certainly don’t reflect what the people have been saying to me up and down the land.”
These are all [...]
The rise of regional nationalism – The menace of Catalonia’s independence movement
By Oliver Krumme.
While Greece might break-up form the Euro-Zone, there is another break-up candidate in the news – although not in monetary terms. Yesterday, around 1.5 million people were participating at a Catalan independence rally in [...]
When the Rivers Run Red …
By Katelyn Oster.
Countless people are left puzzled and shocked this week because of the mysterious behavior of China’s Yangtze River. The river suddenly turned red for no apparent reason last Thursday, reported to appear the color of [...]
Human Rights for Gay people in Uganda in the light of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill
By Ida Horner.
Introduction
Human rights are universally recognized moral guarantees that should be protected by everyone. The essay considers whether human rights are a western idea or are capable of transcending culture through a case study [...]
World Sports Group sues journalist in bid to squash reporting on Bin Hammam
By James M. Dorsey.
Singapore-based World Sports Group (WSG) has started legal proceedings against veteran journalist and soccer scholar James M. Dorsey in a bid to silence sources and squash reporting about its relationship with the Asian Football [...]
Turkey’s Latest Challenges
By Louis Fishman.
During the last month, the Turkish press has been focused on the Syrian refugee crisis, and the resurgence of clashes between the Turkish military and the PKK. The growing turmoil surrounding these two issues stands as a major [...]
Opening the bottomless pit – Europe overruled by the ECB?
By Oliver Krumme
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The post of the European Central Bank president (ECB) is not the most desirable at the moment. But still, Marion Draghi has to make some decisions that might decide about the future of the Euro-Zone and of the EU as a whole. [...]
America’s Poverty-Education Link
By Howard Friedman.
Poverty and education are inextricably linked where education is a primary means of social mobility, enabling those born into poverty to rise in society. Powerful evidence of the link include the fact that 46 percent of [...]