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POLITICS:CORRUPTION:CORRUPTION:POLITICS: THE SYSTEM
Fri Sep 2, 2011 7:39 AM EDT
Politics stands to Corruption as Corruption stands to Politics, an old equation that never fails, and terrifying in its simplicity.
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ORWELL: A PROPHET OR A PSYCHIC?
Wed Jun 22, 2011 11:36 AM EDT
One doesn’t know really what Orwell was thinking about when he wrote 1984, probably he never believed that this great book of his would become a reality in the present day, or did he? There is no doubt that more and more elements of 1984 are visible both in Europe an …
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Terrorism: How Real or Perceived is the Threat?
Tue May 10, 2011 12:13 PM EDT
Over the last few years all of us in the Western World have been regularly regaled with dire predictions of another major “Al Qaeda” attack either in Europe or the United States.
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A NATION UNDER GOD: THE DANGER POSED BY CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTALIMS IN THE USA
Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:37 AM EDT
Though Christian religion has always played a part in US politics, identify and culture it has never been seen as a danger to the rest of the world.
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MEDICAL CHILD ABUSE: NEGLET AND MURDER IN THE NAME OF GOD
Mon Apr 11, 2011 9:48 AM EDT
The law has developed and adapted over time in response to the social norms and issues relevant to the prevailing culture and age.
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Slut Shame: Attacking Women for Their Sex Lives
Seeded on Tue Apr 5, 2011 6:10 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)
Perhaps not the usual article I would seed, but I found interesting and disturbing at the same time.
The Census: Minority report
Seeded on Fri Apr 1, 2011 7:15 AM EDT (The Economist)
The fact is that demographics is changing, and if this article is correct then the next Presidential Elections in the US, will be very significant. In Europe too we are facing the same demographic shifts and their social impact is still not quantifiable.
The Forged Origins of the New Testament
Tue Mar 29, 2011 4:44 PM EDT
INTRODUCTION:
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RELIGION: THE HARBINGER OF CHILD ABUSE
Sun Mar 13, 2011 10:11 AM EDT
PROSELITIZATION OF RELIGION: A RECEPY FOR CHILD ABUSE, TORTURE, RAPE AND GENOCIDE.
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MIGRATIONS AND THE ENDURING POWER OF ETHNIC NATIONALISM
Mon Jan 24, 2011 1:18 PM EST
A closer examination of the American experience, and the general perception that is subconsciously generated by American Foreign Policy specialists onto the rest of the world, has been to belittle the role of Ethnic Nationalism in politics.
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2011: Democracy Eroding
Mon Jan 3, 2011 2:03 PM EST
Since 1974, more than 90 countries have made transitions to democracy, and by the turn of the century approximately 60% of the world’s independent states were democratic at least in theory.
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THE CRUSADES: SO MUCH FOR CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS
Mon Dec 20, 2010 8:26 AM EST
The Crusades form one of the maddest episodes in history. Christianity hurled itself at Mohammedanism in expedition after expedition for nearly three centuries, until failure brought lassitude, and superstition itself was undermined by its own labors.
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JUDAISM: THE MYTH OF THE CHOSEN PEOPLE
Tue Dec 7, 2010 9:37 AM EST
I would like to start this article with extracts from a letter my mother wrote to me on 17th October, 1975 while I was in the Army and far away from home.
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ANGOLA AND SOUTH WEST AFRICA: AN UNKNOWN WAR (1975-1989)
Mon Dec 6, 2010 11:52 AM EST
This is dedicated to my many friends on Newsvine who have me asked to write something about this period, as it is not only part of history but also a very sizeable part of my own life, as I was served in South African Defense Force from the 11th August, 1974 to the 20th December …
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BETRAYAL OF A NATION: Sharia Law In the UK
Thu Dec 2, 2010 8:42 AM EST
The Treason Felony Act 1848 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The Act is still in force. It is a law which protects the Queen and the Crown.
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RADICAL ISLAM: FOUNDATIONS AND OUR IGNORANCE
Wed Nov 24, 2010 2:48 PM EST
In my first three articles on the subject of Islam and Radical Islam: 1) Religion, Suicide Bombers and Asymmetrical Warfare 2) Change of Topic: Let’s look at Islam 3) Britain’s Multicultural Disaster: The Moslems
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RELIGION,SUICIDE BOMBERS AND ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE
Tue Nov 16, 2010 7:19 PM EST
There is a disturbing tendency between “experts” and certain scholars to lump together Islamic suicide bombing strategies with the phenomenon of what is commonly defined as Asymmetrical Warfare as the Japanese Kamikaze, or the Shrilanka’s Tamil Tigers.
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CHANGE OF TOPIC: LET'S LOOK AT ISLAM
Sat Nov 13, 2010 6:14 PM EST
Defending Muhammad as a Prophet of God is basically impossible without throwing out the very history that Muslims have taken as fact or 1400 years.
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IT'S NICE TO HEAR THAT IT ISN"T ALWAYS THE MAN AT FAULT
Tue Nov 9, 2010 1:04 PM EST
I have just finished reading a most fashinating book written by a very intelligent and articulate woman, Michelle Langley who has dispelled some of the "taken-for-granted" assumption that infedelity in a couple always is begun by men, and the myth that men are unable to keep the …
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CHRISTAN RIGHT: THE WAR ON SECULAR SOCIETY
Sun Nov 7, 2010 10:31 AM EST
This is the second part of my study on the political aims of the Christian Right in the USA, and not only. If history teaches us something, then all reasonable men and women shouldn’t underestimate the degree of conviction that such people have.
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REPUBLICANS DIDN'T WIN THE ELECTIONS: THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT DID
Fri Nov 5, 2010 2:07 PM EDT
When we look at the poorest societies on Earth, we usually also find a high degree of religiosity. Countries like Haiti, the Philippines, Guatemala.
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WHERE IS THE USA GOING? SARA PALIN AND THE RISE OF THEOCRACY
Mon Nov 1, 2010 10:16 AM EDT
Aside following with great interest and attention the various political debates regarding the up-and-coming elections in the USA, one cannot help being extremely worried as to the rise and prominence of something like the Tea Party, and its political leader Sara Palin, in the Am …
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Religion can thrive only through Ignorance
Fri Oct 22, 2010 3:40 PM EDT
When someone sees a rainbow, do they say, "I am seeing a physical reaction, that can be produced in laboratories with the right conditions," or do they say, "I am seeing the omen from god, that the world will not be flooded."? When someone sees fire, do they say, "I am seeing th …
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Dutch Prosecutors seek Acquittal of Anti-Islam Politician
Seeded on Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:35 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)
First of all the simple etiquette:"Anti-Islam" Politician is wrong! Geert Wilders simply stated what anyone who has travelled extensively in Muslim countries knows well.
Merkel says German Multi-Cultural Soceity has Failed
Seeded on Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:09 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)
Our politicians in Europe are finally - hopefully - beginning to wake up to the reality and to the dangers of the situation they have created in the first place. When will the UK begin to wake up?
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