Archive for the ‘world’ Category
Christmas gifts for people who could really use them
Please consider donating to Oxfam Unwrapped and similar charities, this Christmas. Economic downturn or not there are people who desperately need survival aid, especially in Somalia.
Hope that helps, if you wondered what to get me *grin*
Nuclear power back on the agenda
Greg Palast writes:
So, we’ve got both candidates hawking the nuclear snake oil. But there is one difference between them. A big big BIG difference.
McCain’s ready to spend a hundred billion dollars on nuclear power, no questions asked. But Barack Obama puts a crucial condition on his approval for building new nukes: an affordable method of [...]
US - Iranian tensions rise dramatically
The following roundup is from the Chinese People’s Daily:
Iranian troops have shot down a U.S. pilotless spy plane recently, an Iranian lawmaker announced on Tuesday as the Islamic Republic was facing increasing military pressure from its arch rival –the United States. The aircraft was brought down when it was trying to cross the borders “during the [...]
Laughing through clenched teeth
Half asleep this morning I was daydreaming about the psychological state of a Guantanamo inmate.
No real idea why my life had suddenly changed, nor even a clear memory of the Pakistani soldiers taking me from my bed. Memory has become a series of tangible fragments, each a smooth greenish white like the concrete lit by [...]
Cut and run from the “Surge”?
Ok, here’s a thought.
The people who think the surge, as it’s called, is a good idea are the same people who think that what they call cut and run is a really bad idea. Pulling troops out of Iraq, they say, will give aid and comfort to terrorists. Iraq would fall like a domino, and [...]
