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Tourists in Bangkok should organize a boycott
The situation in Thailand is absolutely ridiculous. People’s Alliance for Democracy protesters have seized airports in Bangkok, followed by pro-government protesters who have shown up to fight with them and cause additional conflict. Several European nations have taken aggressive action to remove their people, but the United Kingdom has chickened out. In [...]
Continue reading...NATO to strike Afghan opium producers
10. October 2008
Apparently Coalition forces in Afghanistan have now gotten the go-ahead to pursue measures against producers of opium, long a suspected source of income for Qaeda cells around the globe and for the ever-persistent Taliban forces. However, the new measures mention only attacks against producers supporting the insurgency - not just anyone. It’s not clear if [...]
Continue reading...Hindu extremists go on a rampage in India
10. September 2008
Conditions in some areas of India currently look ripe for small-scale genocide. Hindu extremists have carried out attacks against Christians ahead of upcoming elections, burning down churches and killing those that resist. Many victims have been burned alive and others have been badly injured. The prevailing view among many in India seems to be that that [...]
Continue reading...Kim Jong may have had a stroke
9. September 2008
Reports are surfacing that Kim Jong Il, leader of the reclusive nation of North Korea, may be in ailing health following a possible stroke. He has oddly not shown up for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the country with no apparent explanation. Although the North Korean government refuses to admit anything, there seems to [...]
Continue reading...Russia isolating itself with war in Georiga
30. August 2008
Regardless of who started the conflict over South Ossetia and Abkhazia, it’s clear that Russia is paying a huge economic price as a result of apparently successful attempts by the West to isolate it in the world. Investors are scared, FDI is drying up and Russia is making a name for itself as an unstable [...]
Continue reading...Have we accomplished nothing with the Beijing Olympics?
24. August 2008
The Chinese government’s practices of quashing anything it deems inconvenient or “disruptive” and executing people for minor crimes was a hot topic of discussion before the Olympics. But once the press got juicier stories like beach volleyball and Michael Phelps, all else was forgotten. This widespread acceptance mostly serves to validate the government’s unsavory attitudes towards [...]
Continue reading...Musharraf to resign, flee Pakistan
17. August 2008
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is rumored to be plotting a resignation followed by exile in Saudi Arabia, according to Newsweek sources. It seems that Musharraf is afraid of what would happen if he were to stand and face an impeachment trial. Though his resignation had been expected for days, a move to flee [...]
Continue reading...Russia’s invasion of Georgia is nothing new
13. August 2008
The recent Russian attacks on Georgia over South Ossetia have provoked a firestorm of controversy over who was responsible - the United States, for originally supporting Georgia’s assertion over SO in the first place, or Russia, which took a direct and aggressive way of dealing with the situation. US support of independence for Kosovo, considered [...]
Continue reading...China revokes Joey Cheek’s visa
7. August 2008
Olympic speedskater Joey Cheek, who formerly won a gold medal competing for the United States in 2006, has been denied a visa by the ever-paranoid Chinese government. In addition to his sports activities, Cheek is also an activist with regard to the genocide in Darfur, and was traveling to support fellow atheletes. The Chinese Embassy insists [...]
Continue reading...Obama’s Muslim outreach coordinator resigns over his link to terrorists
7. August 2008
The Washington Post reports today that Barack Obama’s national Muslim outreach coordinator has resigned due to his connections to a man named Jamal Said. The Justice Department named Said as an unindicted co-conspirator in the racketeering trial last year of several alleged Hamas fund-raisers. “I am stepping down from the volunteer role I recently [...]
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