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Welcome to an all day open thread hosted by “Foreign Policy and International Events Group”. Drop by to share links and stories or for commentary. (or just play peekaboo and say look what I found). Who...
View ArticleMartin Luther King Jr. Day, Mon—21Jan2019
Every person is unique, and they should know that no matter where they come from, no matter how different they look or act; no matter who they worship or chose not to worship; no matter who they love;...
View ArticleWhat Needs Rethinking to Make Another World Possible?
I miss my optimism. She’s hiding deep in shadow, in a place that has more in common with the Kali Yuga than the messianic era. She’s trying to wedge herself into a future of chaos and oppression in...
View ArticleThe Rise of Separatism in the Midst of Nationalism
If you have been following Catalonia’s push for independence from Spain, you will see how messy it is getting by the day.The long fight for independence came to a head earlier this month when Catalans...
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The other huge independence movement
No, not Scotland. I'm talking about Catalonia. A trickier, potentially more explosive situation is unfolding in Spain, where the region of Catalan (which includes Barcelona) is scheduled to vote on...
View ArticleWhat do the Pro-Russian people want?
There have been plenty of discussions about the Ukraine-Russia conflict in the past few months. As with many issues, there are multiple viewpoints, and even camps here. Both Russia and Ukraine get...
View Article'When Affirmative Action Was White': Uncivil Rights
'When Affirmative Action was White'; the title of a book written by Ira Katznelson in ~ 2005 who is one of the guests Melissa Harris Perry invited to discuss how government programs including the G.I....
View ArticleReverse Racism
Exactly what do we envision when we think about large groups of unemployed white folks? Where do they reside? How does the MMM (main stream media) define these people, white people, that populate the...
View ArticleBreaking: disturbing developments in Crimea
There are recent rumors that part of the Crimea (a Ukrainian province) is now under control of Russian military. I am trying to piece together what's going on from Ukrainian news... and Russian, and...
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Issues Under Fire: Discriminating Arizonian's Bid to Hide Hate Behind Jesus
Arizona Hiding Hate Behind Jesus to discriminate against those who don't live, look or love like Christians: When one contemplates how divisive America remains after centuries of grappling with...
View ArticleCyprus, Russian Billionaires & the EU
It is hard to read the current media on the economic crisis in Cyprus as it is defined in the absence of history. Articles like that by Peter Spiegel, Kerin Hope and Quentin Peel, "A poor...
View ArticleIs Separatism Necessary Anymore?
With the slow demise of old media has also come the demise of niche media like websites which cater specifically to women's studies and women's interests. Prompted by the demise of Double X, an...
View ArticleThe October Crisis - The Canadian Response to Terror
In researching the issue of Quebecois separatism, the growth and death of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) and the Canadian government's response to the actions of the FLQ I came upon a...
View ArticleWar in South Ossetia: a glimmer of hope? (updated)
Reuters and lenta.ru report that Georgia is withdrawing troops from the war-devastated South Ossetia. This also just got reported by France 24. I cannot get to any Georgian news sites for another...
View ArticleWar in South Ossetia - massive destruction in Tskhinvali (updated)
After a false hope of yesterday's ceasefire, the war in Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia has flared up, with Georgia bombarding South Ossetia's capital Tskhinvali and a column of Russian...
View ArticleTrouble in the Caucasus: sanity? too much to hope for (updated x 2)
In one of my previous diaries, I described an earlier confrontation involving Russia, Georgia, and Abkhazia (a breakaway republic that tries to secede from Georgia). Now, that one, over a Georgian...
View ArticleTrouble brewing in the Caucasus: Abkhazia... (updated x 2)
Georgia has announced that a Russian MiG-29 fighter shot down a Georgian Hermes 450 unmanned surveillance drone over Abkhazia, a Georgian province that proclaimed independence from Georgia a few years...
View ArticleIf Rev. Wright was White would he be Right?
Trivia question: Who was responsible for the following statement?THE CHICKENS ARE COMING HOME TO ROOST“At long last, the proverbial chickens are coming home to roost. Because of abortion and many...
View ArticleUh oh: terrible polling for the left in Canada and Quebec
For a good chunk of 2006, federal voting intentions in Canada have been somewhat stable; the Conservatives led the Liberals but by less than what they got at the polls, the Liberals led in Ontario and...
View ArticleBelgium has ceased to exist - "War of the Worlds"-style TV hoax
It sounded convincing. "Flanders has unilaterally declared its independence," was Belgian TV's prime time announcement. But the special broadcast was a staged deception. However, it was so perfectly...
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