Fortunately, not all common sense is dead and his ban was turned down on the grounds that there are too many loop holes.
12 March 2013
America - Land of Free
Fortunately, not all common sense is dead and his ban was turned down on the grounds that there are too many loop holes.
11 March 2013
The Falklands Referendum
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Islanders will go to the polls on March 10-11 to vote on a simple yes or no
question: "Do you wish the Falkland Islands to retain their current
political status as an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom?"
The Government of the Falkland Islands has arranged for outside observers to monitor the referendum in order to prove it is free and fair.
Argentina claims British forces stole the territory from them 180 years ago and have ruled it as a colony ever since.
Islanders have predicted an overwhelming vote for "yes."
The authorities in the Falklands hope the vote will send a firm message to Argentina that islanders want to remain British.
In the 80s there was a war between the Argentina and Britain over the Falkland Islands. It finished then with a great victory for Britain and Margaret Thatcher's government.
09 March 2013
Ten years since the Iraq war
The tenth anniversary of America's invasion of Iraq has generated some commentary about who was "right" about that proposal back when it was being debated. Many people who supported the war at the time now agree that it was somewhere been a mistake and a disaster. A few of them, though, have been been writing lately that they were misled by the war's opponents, who looked to them like far-left radical extremists. They figured that if those people were against the invasion, then it must not be such a bad idea, although they now grudgingly agree that they should have taken the criticisms more seriously.
In response to this, Conor Friedersdorf writes that opposition to the war ten years ago, although a minority view, was actually widespread and mainstream, not limited to pacifists or "radicals." I thought his item was particularly interesting because he quotes some of the pro-war arguments of the time. His point is that those were really the extremist arguments. Whether you agree with that or not, the quotes are a useful window into American public opinion on foreign policy, or one influential element of it. In the terms of our last class discussion, they reflect the "neoconservative" orientation (the Iraq war was basically a neoconservative project), but also the "populist" idea that the right way to solve international problems is to stomp in with overwhelming force, kill some people and set a warning example for others, but otherwise not spend a lot of time thinking about the world's real complexities. That approach didn't work too well in this case.
And if you don't want to read about war, how about dogs? George W. Bush, the president who ordered the invasion, is spending his retirement learning to paint, and recently painted a couple of dogs. Some critics are claiming that one of these looks a lot like him.
In response to this, Conor Friedersdorf writes that opposition to the war ten years ago, although a minority view, was actually widespread and mainstream, not limited to pacifists or "radicals." I thought his item was particularly interesting because he quotes some of the pro-war arguments of the time. His point is that those were really the extremist arguments. Whether you agree with that or not, the quotes are a useful window into American public opinion on foreign policy, or one influential element of it. In the terms of our last class discussion, they reflect the "neoconservative" orientation (the Iraq war was basically a neoconservative project), but also the "populist" idea that the right way to solve international problems is to stomp in with overwhelming force, kill some people and set a warning example for others, but otherwise not spend a lot of time thinking about the world's real complexities. That approach didn't work too well in this case.
And if you don't want to read about war, how about dogs? George W. Bush, the president who ordered the invasion, is spending his retirement learning to paint, and recently painted a couple of dogs. Some critics are claiming that one of these looks a lot like him.
07 March 2013
North Korea threatens USA with nuclear strike
North Korea threatened a pre-amptive nuclear strike on the United States after UN unanimously approved sanctions against Pyongyang because of its recent nucelar test. North Korea justifies this threat by the statement that US is pushing to start a war and that they have right to take pre-amptive measures:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21701020
White House responded with assurance that the US is able to protect itself against any North Korean nucelar attack:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/03/07/north-korea-nuclear-threat/1969965/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21701020
White House responded with assurance that the US is able to protect itself against any North Korean nucelar attack:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/03/07/north-korea-nuclear-threat/1969965/
04 March 2013
Kereru birds have their own local pubs
Many kereru (birds living in New Zealand) endanger their lives by gorging themselves with summer fruit. More you can read here.http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10866998 There is a question if is it possible to protect kereru from waking up with a hangover?
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