Posted on June 4th, 2008 by Frenchdoc
We are failing at human rights, globally. That’s not a big surprise but the annual Amnesty International Report (Pdf version … big file!) is a good opportunity to remind us all that we need to is a good opportunity to remind us all that we need to do much much more for human rights, [...]
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Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by Frenchdoc
Via Le Monde, a new society has been discovered in the Brazilian rainforest close to the Peruvian border, largely hunters and gatherers, obviously, by the looks of it, but not nomadic with some horticulture, according to Le Nouvel Observateur. They seem to have never been exposed to the larger world. According to Survival International, there [...]
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Posted on May 28th, 2008 by Frenchdoc
Cross-posted from The Global Sociology Blog.
Via Human Rights Watch , or, as I call it, “is there no issue on which this administration is not willing to take the most vile position, contradicting every standard of good global governance and just plain ol’ human decency”? I know… simple answer to simple question. Anyhoo,
“US efforts [...]
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Posted on February 5th, 2008 by Dizzy Dezzi
Ah, Super Tuesday. The talking heads will be all atwitter watching the polls in 22 states and waiting to see which Democrat/Republican comes out on top at the end of today’s primary bonanza.
There will be a news blackout in this house (as always) until after 10pm. I can’t stand play-by-plays, so watching the talking heads [...]
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Posted on February 4th, 2008 by Dizzy Dezzi
Let me just start by saying, “Ouch!”. The game, last night, was brutal. The New York Giants laid a huge “smackdown” on the New England Patriots. They were thisclose to making history and then “Whoops!”…too bad, so sad…
I was rooting for the Patriots (even though I’m a Denver Broncos fan), but thank [...]
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Posted on February 3rd, 2008 by PanMetron
There is a lot of violence in the world, a lot of physical assault and murder, and a lot of hateful abuse.
Many times folks on the left treat a statement like that as a picture of something far away, something going on in countries ruined by imperialism and corporate rapaciousness and other sinister institutional evils. [...]
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Posted on February 1st, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
On Thursday, actor – activist George Clooney was named as the new U.N. Messenger of Peace:
Oscar winner (best supporting actor for “Syriana”) George Clooney, “was selected for his ability to focus public attention on critical international political and social issues.”
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Tags: Africa, Arts & Entertainment, Bill O'Reilly, Entertainment News, Film, Movies, George Clooney, [...]
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Posted on January 31st, 2008 by Dizzy Dezzi
I know that I said, yesterday, that I am sick to death of politics. No…no, that wasn’t a lie.
You see, the thing is, the main reason I put together this round-up, these days, is not so much for my own pleasure (narcissist, though I may be), but to give SSG Dizzy (currently serving his third [...]
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Posted on January 22nd, 2008 by Dizzy Dezzi
Excuse the lateness of my blogging. Mother Nature is kicking my behind and I decided that I needed to just curl up for a few days until the butt-kicking subsided.
I have been ill, but I haven’t been completely out of the loop. It’s looking a lot like the world is in free-fall, financially, and the [...]
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Posted on January 19th, 2008 by Darrell Prows
The news of the day on the abortion front was prominent. Among the figures used in the various reports is one that says that fifty million abortions have been performed in the U.S. since Roe v. Wade. While that number can be approached from a variety of different vantage points, my reflection leads me to [...]
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