Female masculinity and shame amongst lesbians, by Jessica Gird “There is no time like the present to engage oneself in the building of butch positive communities. Even in our present day, the adversity against diversity within the lesbian community is fierce.” (tags: GLBT.articles philosophy.gender) Neurophilosophy : MRI: What is it good […]
As if retired professor of law and anti-evolution and HIV denialist whack job Phillip Johnson wasn’t enough of a stain on UC Berkeley’s reputation. The birthplace of student activism and the Free Speech Movement uttered a collective groan last week as Prof. John Yoo, legal advisor to President Bush, advocate for the legality of torture […]
UMNO’s Tuah-Jebat Dilemma May 25th, 2008 The furor over Tun Mahathir’s quitting UMNO cannot hide an increasingly obvious and ugly reality: Abdullah’s incompetence as Prime Minister. Ranting and raving against Mahathir will not alter this singular fact. Only an ardent few – his family members, closest advisors, and […]
Dandelion Salad By Robert Parry (A Special Report) Consortium News June 30, 2008 As historians ponder George W. Bush’s disastrous presidency, they may wonder how Republicans perfected a propaganda system that could fool tens of millions of Americans, intimidate Democrats, and transform the vaunted Washington press corps from watchdogs […]
Is there someone working the levers behind the curtain? Does God exist? According to the latest Pew Forum US Religious Landscape Survey, an ongoing examination of American religious beliefs and practices, 92% of us are betting on the existence of God or a “universal spirit.” 7 in 10 are “absolutely certain” God exists, […]
Silence. squeak speak roared on July 2nd, 2008 at 3:55 pm We all know what comes after silence. Roars, banging, chiming, wailing, screaming, thunder, noise, havoc, chaos etc. sigh. Expect our lives to be derailed momentarily as we tread on the dark […]
It wasn’t planned this way, but my family and I wound up in Victoria, BC for Canada Day (Or as my kids insist on calling it, ‘Canadia Day’). This wound up being a lucky coincidence; the dates were picked around my mother-in-law’s trip to Everett for a high-school reunion, my work schedule, […]
Sometime in the last decade, her liberal foes evidently decided that whole “malevolent, power-mad shrew” thing sounded pretty good, too. Well, if both conservatives and liberals come to hte same view of a person, there’s always the possibility that that view actually contains a certain amount of truth. Hmm, what’s that you say? No, it […]
Ali Miraj has stood for Parliament twice (and questioned why he found it difficult to find a safe seat) and has been a broadcaster for the Islam Channel. He says it’s time that we face up to some home truths about why Britain’s white working class feels so alienated before it’s too late. […]
One of Canberra’s most high-profile radio identities, MIX 106.3 breakfast presenter Mark Parton, resigned yesterday, sending the station into a spin.Parton, 41, said he’d resigned to stay home in Canberra with his four children while his wife Vanessa took up a 15-month Australian Federal Police posting to Solomon Islands as a communications adviser to […]
TWTWTW: Looking for a Term to Define a Madhes State Posted on July 2nd, 2008 by UWB There are many differences over the definition of a “Madhes autonomous province” and “group entry” of certain communities into Nepal Army among the top three political parties- CPN Maoist, NC, CPN UML. That has […]
Alexander Downer, ex-Foreign Minister and potential co-defendant war-criminal with ex-Australian Prime Minister John Howard over their role in the destruction of Iraq, has today resigned his seat on the back benches of the Australian Parliament in order, of all things, to take up a position as a UN peace diplomat in the seriously delicate and […]
Anxious Americans 2 July 2008 Thomas Friedman points out the truth: My fellow Americans: We are a country in debt and in decline — not terminal, not irreversible, but in decline. Our political system seems incapable of producing long-range answers to big problems or big opportunities. We are the ones who […]
Every year for 17 years, researchers asked hundreds of thousands of people in 52 countries the same two questions: “Taking all things together, would you say you are very happy, rather happy, not very happy, not at all happy” and ” All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as a […]
“Everything’s got a moral, if only you can find it.” —Lewis Carroll “Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive!” —Sir Walter Scott “We don’t want to go back.” —Riverside Police Department officer […]
Lebanese villagers camp outdoors over quake fears Politics & Economics Hundreds of residents camping out at night amid fears a major earthquake will hit. Lebanon, Israel warned major quake imminent Dubai’s Damas prices IPO shares at $1 Financial Markets Dubai jewellery group says […]
Garbo posted a video yesterday from German Television showing Members of the European Parliament signing in for their daily allowance, complete with packed up suitcases to facilitate (we are told) a quick and immediate getaway to the airport. It shows embarrassed MEPs hiding in lifts, covering their faces, and all sorts of fun and […]
Let us see how the new American “Ace of Hearts” and his handlers play this little hand. First a little inconvenience in the Senate Rules: Standing Rules of the Senate RULE XXXV GIFTS 1. (a)(1) No Member, officer, or employee of the Senate shall knowingly accept a gift except as provided […]