January 2012
32 posts
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“We are a romantic and often dangerous people who are sometimes confused but have...”
– Newt
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Over Turkey Protests, France to Vote on Genocide... →
What are the chances it will be illegal to deny the French genocide of Algerians?
Panama Canal expansion strike called off →
Sounds like GUPC ponied up. Still seems like a pitance.
“If you really like the atmosphere at universities, that is cool. Put a backpack...”
– Don’t Call Yourself A Programmer, And Other Career Advice | Kalzumeus Software
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In Haiti, former dictator ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier is... →
Atrocity.
Panama Canal expansion workers strike over pay →
Pay up GUPC.
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U.S. boosts its military presence in Persian Gulf →
Connect Four: War
Syrian tanks attack town amid civil war warning →
Civil war has already started.
Israeli hacker retaliates to credit card hacking →
Bummer, I was hoping Israel would invade and occupy Mexico.
“And isn’t it wrong for a feminist to really, really enjoy sex dreams with some...”
– Dani Burlison
Israel vows to retaliate after credit cards are... →
They should do this again.
Iran sentences U.S.-Iranian man to death for... →
Surprised they didn’t parade him on tv, make him confess and name names, and then hide him away for a few years. Perhaps it’s a matter of his US birth. Or maybe he really is guilty. Either way, murdering him is awful.
U.S. Expels Venezuelan Diplomat From Miami over a... →
Hilarious nonsense. They’ve no capability nor will. Venezuela will never directly oppose the US, no matter how much Chavez’s antics are allowed to stoke the fears US politicians. Venezuela is behind Canada, Saudi Arabia, and Mexico in oil imported to the US. They cooperate militarily. The US and Venezuela are kissing cousins having a decades’ long lover’s spat.
Nigeria fuel strike brings country to a halt →
And this is only going to inflame things. Still, fuel subsidies were only numbing the pain of the Nigerian union. People are dying in these strikes. War is coming.
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Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan: Officials back Boko... →
No Kidding.
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Today is Martyr's Day →
Another day to remember one of many times when the US occupied Panamá, killed it’s people, and got away with it.
“Mi hijo murió por sus ideales y por el amor a su patria. [My son died for his...”
– Marcelina Chávez de Arosemena. Mother of Ascanio, the first of 22 students killed by US forces in Panama today in 1964.
UK Government is interfering with (but allowing) a... →
Hilarious, all the way around. I hope the Scots pull out of the UK. I’d laugh for a week.
newsflick:
“The first attack took place [on Thusday] night when four people were killed, and as people gathered this morning to discuss the matter and deliberate, gunmen suddenly appeared on the scene and started shooting and another 10 to 12 people were killed there.” — Hundreds of Christians have begun to flee northern Nigeria after attacks, thought to be linked to the radical Islamist group...
Who Wrote the Pledge of Allegiance?
pol102:
mentalflossr:
It began as part of a magazine’s campaign to sell flags to schools.
I’m pretty sure most of the Founders would’ve opposed this kind of thing.
What the fuck are those kids doing?
Tymoshenko's husband seeks asylum in Czech... →
More in the saga. Sad. Darkly funny. & if it needs to be said at all, bullshit.
Guatemalan judge suspends trial against ex-leader →
Bullshit, but the bastard is rotting to death regardless.
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Kenyan judge Nancy Baraza threatened to shoot a... →
People get crazy when you steal their liberty, go figure.
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Has Germany's car arson wave come to America? →
It’s probably naughty to be excited about the idea of RAF cells in the US.
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Israeli companies can profit from occupied West... →
This is almost news.
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Revolutions
It’s the 53rd anniversary of the Cuban Revolution’s conclusion. Let’s not be glib or simple. The revolution was a failure, like every revolution we’ve ever known. Let the failed fighters from Venezuela and Nicaragua trumpet their victories. We can plainly see better.
December 2011
45 posts
My new favourite conspiracy theory
superdiscochino:
benkraal:
Is that the United States has secret colonies on Mars and that Obama went there, via teleportation, as part of a covert CIA program in the early 80s.
occupy NASA, ben. tell the truth to the whole human race.
This video is particularly wonderful with the added snow graphics.
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http://mountaingoatssingmountaingoats.tumblr.com/
is not very good. But the concept tickles me.
Fact-Check Fail[ure] Leads to Poor Analysis... →
pol102:
This story spread like wildfire across the internets in the last two days. The reason is simple: a documentary film about why McDonald’s didn’t succeed in Bolivia (which, btw, seems really interesting and worth watching) was just released. But someone must have failed to notice that the documentary points out that McDonald’s closed its Bolivia franchises in 2002—not “just recently”—and...
'Anonymous' hackers hit US security firm Stratfor →
I haven’t noticed any errant charges on my card, but if I do, I’ll be sure to double the charity donation.
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Lockerbie bomber protests innocence in 'last'... →
Imagine for a moment that Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was not in anyway responsible for this bombing.
South Sudanese 'press-ganged' by rebels in... →
Not Surprising.
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Mexico disbands Veracruz-Boca del Rio police force →
Right, these guys are just going to sit on their hands and wait to be police officers again.
US Peace Corps cuts Honduras role amid security... →
No specific threats, just the world’s highest murder rate.
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McSweeney’s Opens Poetry Series →
Stoked about this.
Ethiopian court finds Swedes guilty of aiding... →
Bad news. Journalists: Remember, never ever hold someone else’s gun.
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Mercosur approves Palestinian free trade deal →
Interesting, it’s like Mercosur was invented to stir up shit with traditional powers. At the same summit they voted to stop recognizing Falkland flags of convenience. I’m sure that will make Argentina happy, and the UK will roll their eyes.
Mexico City closes vast trash dump →
to mine it for recyclables and fuel. Seems like a good idea, but I remain skeptical DF can execute.
Today is the anniversary of the invasion of Panama... →
We, 22 years later, have no idea how many people were killed in the invasion, figures ranging from 200-5000 are bandied about. 20,000+ were displaced.
Noriega was captured and held in American and French prisons. He’ll likely be set free from a Panamanian prison next year, so long as they don’t try him for the murders of Hugo Spadafora & Moises Giorldi. Even if they do,...
Forensic Examiner Found No Match of Cables on... →
reuters:
Kim Zetter at Wired - A day after a government forensic expert testified that he’d found thousands of diplomatic cables on the Army computer of suspected WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning, he was forced to admit under cross-examination that none of the cables he compared to the ones WikiLeaks released matched.
You’re fucking kidding me.
“It was sung by David Hasselhoff at the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.”
– The song Reunited (Of course it was).
“There is a business book called Never Eat Alone. It might be worth reading, but...”
– Don’t Call Yourself A Programmer, And Other Career Advice