Category: Politics & World Affairs
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In recent days I have lamented to myself and to some of my co-bloggers that much as I would like to go back to regular political blogging, I just can’t bring myself to gather my thoughts. I have nothing new to say about the Bush administration that I haven’t said before. Immoral and unethical? Check.…
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The novel Anna Karenina begins with the memorable line, "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Leo Tolstoy may as well have opened his other opus, War And Peace with its corollary, "Peace and prosperity are all alike in every place; every war torn nation is brutalized and…
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I received the following e-mail from fellow blogger Namit Arora who is traveling to China later this month and has just discovered that his blog (where I am a co-author) is not accessible from China. He checked and found that Accidental Blogger too is blocked. Namit wrote: I found out that my website and SN…
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(Indians and Pakistanis light candles at a border town, jointly commemorating the independence days of both countries. Photo: Times of India) India and Pakistan celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of their independence this month – India on the 15th of August and Pakistan, a day earlier on the 14th. Sixty years ago, the ancient land of…
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After explaining that none of his five adult sons had enlisted for military service because "One of the ways my sons are showing support for our nation is helping me get elected because they think I’d be a great president," Mitt Romney now claims that he misspoke. Mitt Romney, who won the Iowa Republican…
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It is always easy to send other people and their children into harm’s way when your own backside is not in the crossfire. We have a two "valiant" armchair warriors in charge of the country – the president and the vice president. The former hid among the Texas National Guards and the latter requested five…
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They are not your typical Million Dollar Babies. They are Afghan boxers – women boxers! All I can say for now is "YOU GO GIRL !" But as with everything else in that battered and rugged country, I will wait to see how long their round lasts. The barked instructions and sounds of feet running…
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It was only a matter of time as I had predicted. The interesting question was which of the leading Republican presidential candidates would take the juicy bait first. Looks like it was Mitt Romney – the clean cut, can do, Mr. U-Turn on issues. Well, after the predictable uproar, Romney shrugged it off with another…
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Question for readers of this blog: Does anybody know if there are any planned boycotts or public demonstrations against sponsors of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing? As you likely know, China continues to support Khartoum and its ongoing genocide against the ‘Africans’ in Darfur, largely through ties to Sudan’s oil. Unfortunately, a lot of people…
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Science blogger Bora Zivkovic (aka Coturnix) interviewed Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards about various issues pertaining to science, society and education. See the interview at A Blog Around The Clock. Good job, Bora!
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The Secret Service tags the politicians it protects with code names. The choice of monikers is not always entirely clear although it is supposed to reflect the personality of the owner. It is not a surprise that the names are usually flattering – some more than others. Senator Barack Obama, who among the current presidential…
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We already have the A-bomb and the H-bomb. As part of its program for developing non-lethal weapons, the Pentagon has confirmed that it once had plans for the G-bomb – "G" as in "gay." The proposed Gay Bomb would not kill and incinerate indiscriminately like the other two. Instead of being a weapon of mass…
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George W. Bush has wrapped up his G-8 Summit meeting in Germany where he had an interesting encounter with his erstwhile "soul mate" Vladimir Putin and was greeted by demonstrators. He also dropped by in Italy (where he was booed by protesters) and Albania for a short time. For a pleasant change, in the latter…
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