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Egyptian Scribbles: Amy Winehouse - what??!

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This blog is a messy combination of personal anecdotes, topics related to international human rights and commentary on art and literature. The mish-mash is intentional. Rorty has described how human solidarity can be achieved by attempting to describe and understand unfamiliar people, and by allowing ourselves to be described and known. This blog is a contribution to that effort of 'knowing' and 'describing.'. Friday, 9 November 2007. Amy Winehouse - what? Labels: Back to Black. BBC's world in pictures.

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Thoughts on the World: July 2008

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Thoughts on the World. Opinion and analysis of current events: Geopolitics, U.S. politics, global warming and more. A realistic, moderate, left leaning look at politics. Wednesday, July 30, 2008. A Victory for Democracy. Reuters: Turkish court rules against closing AK Party. The Justice and Development Party of Turkey, the AKP. The fight is not over. The fight is not over. The case today was won by only one vote (6 to 5, 7 votes were needed) – 8 of the court’s 11 justices are secularists&...And don&#8217...

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Thoughts on the World: April 2008

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Thoughts on the World. Opinion and analysis of current events: Geopolitics, U.S. politics, global warming and more. A realistic, moderate, left leaning look at politics. Wednesday, April 23, 2008. Will Israel Trade the Golan Heights for Peace with Syria? BBC: Israel ready to return Golan Heights to Syria. There has long been talk of eventual Israeli return of the land to Syrian control in exchange for peace. Indirect talks mediated by Turkey have picked up pace recently. 2 North Korean nuclear progress.

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Thoughts on the World: September 2008

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Thoughts on the World. Opinion and analysis of current events: Geopolitics, U.S. politics, global warming and more. A realistic, moderate, left leaning look at politics. Friday, September 19, 2008. On Force and Diplomacy. You make one fatal assumption, however. You believe that the North Koreans would believe that we would actually attack them. There's no way we would, right now. Maybe 10 years ago they would have believed us capable, when we weren't involved in Iraq and Afghanistan. Away from Afghanista...

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Thoughts on the World: January 2008

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Thoughts on the World. Opinion and analysis of current events: Geopolitics, U.S. politics, global warming and more. A realistic, moderate, left leaning look at politics. Wednesday, January 30, 2008. Rudy G Drops Out - Why? Why would Rudy Giuliani bother dropping out now? Sure, he invested a lot in Florida, and his crushing loss surely didn't help his campaign. But he still had a lot of support in different Super Tuesday contests. He might as well have stayed on for another week. Monday, January 28, 2008.

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Thoughts on the World: February 2008

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Thoughts on the World. Opinion and analysis of current events: Geopolitics, U.S. politics, global warming and more. A realistic, moderate, left leaning look at politics. Wednesday, February 27, 2008. Russia Toughens Stance on Iran - Why? Reuters: Russia warns Iran over nuclear program. Did any recent events provoke Russi into making this move? 8226; Kosovo independence. And Russia’s inability to prevent it)? 8226; Upcoming Russian elections? 8226; Putin is expected to stay in power in elections anyway.

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Thoughts on the World: October 2008

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Thoughts on the World. Opinion and analysis of current events: Geopolitics, U.S. politics, global warming and more. A realistic, moderate, left leaning look at politics. Saturday, October 18, 2008. The US. should pull out of Chicago immediately. The US. should immediately pull out of Chicago! In the last six months 292 killed (murdered) in Chicago, 221 killed in Iraq. Wednesday, October 15, 2008. Blog Action Day 2008 Post: Poverty - Why Does Poverty Matter? The problem is: what to write about? States wit...

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Thoughts on the World: Sarah Palin: A Smart Move… Or Not?

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Thoughts on the World. Opinion and analysis of current events: Geopolitics, U.S. politics, global warming and more. A realistic, moderate, left leaning look at politics. Friday, August 29, 2008. Sarah Palin: A Smart Move… Or Not? In case you haven’t heard by now, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has been chosen as John McCain’s running mate for the presidency. Palin has had more than one success during her short term (so far) as governor:. 8226; Exposing ethical violations among Alaskan Republican leaders.

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Egyptian Scribbles: Cambodian Image - Khmer Rouge and Genocide Tribunal

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This blog is a messy combination of personal anecdotes, topics related to international human rights and commentary on art and literature. The mish-mash is intentional. Rorty has described how human solidarity can be achieved by attempting to describe and understand unfamiliar people, and by allowing ourselves to be described and known. This blog is a contribution to that effort of 'knowing' and 'describing.'. Monday, 19 November 2007. Cambodian Image - Khmer Rouge and Genocide Tribunal. But do Western w...

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Egyptian Scribbles: Eritrean Pentecostalism - Refugees in Cairo

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This blog is a messy combination of personal anecdotes, topics related to international human rights and commentary on art and literature. The mish-mash is intentional. Rorty has described how human solidarity can be achieved by attempting to describe and understand unfamiliar people, and by allowing ourselves to be described and known. This blog is a contribution to that effort of 'knowing' and 'describing.'. Monday, 19 November 2007. Eritrean Pentecostalism - Refugees in Cairo. BBC's world in pictures.