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Beyond changing light bulbs: 22 ways you can stop the climate crisis Thursday, December 12th, 2019

House Compromises Away Peace, Senate Stands By War Tuesday, December 10th, 2019

The House and Senate have agreed upon a catastrophic military spending bill. The House has happily tossed under the bus the following measures that had been in its version prior to “compromising” by going with what the Senate (and the campaign funders) wanted: Cleaning up Vieques. Justifying..

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West Point Professor Builds a Case Against the U.S. Army Saturday, December 7th, 2019

West Point Professor Tim Bakken’s new book The Cost of Loyalty: Dishonesty, Hubris, and Failure in the U.S. Military traces a path of corruption, barbarism, violence, and unaccountability that makes its way from the United States’ military academies (West Point, Annapolis, Colorado Springs) to..

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LET NOT INDIA FORGET RAJAJI-A BRILLIANT, FAR SIGHTED INTELLECTUAL Friday, December 6th, 2019

Rajaji ( C.Rajagopalachari ) was born on 10th December ,1878 and passed away on 25th December, 1972. In the month of December, on the occasion of the birth and death anniversary of Rajaji, as one remembers his life history that was marked by robust thinking, simple life style, principled approach..

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Ukrainegate’s Failures Sunday, December 1st, 2019

The weaknesses of Ukrainegate are on display in a new book by Neal Katyal (“with Sam Koppelman”) making the case for Ukrainegate, but titled “Impeach: The Case Against Donald Trump.” It’s not, of course, the case against Donald Trump. This is the case against Donald Trump: The man is..

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Iraqis Rise Up Against 16 Years of ‘Made in the USA’ Corruption Friday, November 29th, 2019

As Americans sat down to Thanksgiving dinner, Iraqis were mourning 40 protesters killed by police and soldiers on Thursday in Baghdad, Najaf and Nasiriyah. Nearly 400 protesters have been killed since hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets at the beginning of October. Human rights..

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Borat versus Social Media: Sacha Baron Cohen Comes out Swinging Tuesday, November 26th, 2019

Having made a name for himself causing cringing controversy, forging alter egos with the ease of a spam producer, Sacha Baron Cohen (Ali G, Borat, Bruno) has taken a plunge into waters swum by every indignant activist, commentator and show pony worth column space in the media scape. The target is..

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Business as Usual: Evo Morales and the Coup Condition Thursday, November 14th, 2019

There is an inherent bestiality in the politics of the Americas that signals coup, assassination and disruption. No state is ever allowed to go through what is weakly called a transition, except over corpses, tortures and morgues. When a social experiment is conducted, rulers must ensure their..

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Why War Deaths Increase After Wars Wednesday, November 13th, 2019

I don’t know if somebody dumped a bottle of sanity solution into Rhode Island Sound or what the reason is, but Brown University, which has military contracts just like everywhere else, is the headquarters of a group of dozens of scholars and experts working to educate the public about the various..

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Incinerating Logic: Bush Fires and Climate Change Tuesday, November 12th, 2019

Despite the Internet, connectivity, and linking technologies, distance has not shrunk the Australian sense of self, an often provincial appraisal of the world seen in slow motion and stills. Whether it’s the “flower revolution” or Michel Foucault, trends and ideas are often delayed, and seem..

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Russian Connections in Albion: The ISC Report Monday, November 11th, 2019

The UK election campaign has kicked off, and merrily confused are the major candidates. The chaotic scene was made a touch more interesting with the refusal on the part of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to clear the release of a report by the intelligence and security committee on claimed Russian..

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All You Need to Know About Cisco CCNP Certification Exam

Cisco is the most world famous networking company. It handles 85% of the Internet trafficking through its systems. It is a multinational co-operation that has 35,000 employees in 115 countries. They are the merit of computer networking systems. Cisco provides the IT certifications that can be used..

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President of Mexico Declines Trump’s Offer of a War Tuesday, November 5th, 2019

Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), the President of Mexico, was not eager to accept Donald Trump’s offer to fight a war against drug dealers. The worst that could be, the worst thing we could see, would be war. Those who have read about war, or those who have suffered from a war, know what..

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Within the Trial of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 Thursday, October 24th, 2019

DAY 1: Jury selection began at 9:00am with nearly eighty prospective jurors filling the courtroom; others were seated on metal folding chairs in a small overflow room watching on a 32 inch screen. Despite a few signal interruptions, we were able to follow most of the proceedings. By lunch break at..

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What Does the U.S. Public Think of Its Government Arming and Bombing the World? Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019

Data for Progress for quite a while appeared to be yet another U.S. PEP group (Progressive Except for Peace). They were producing useful polling reports on all sorts of topics as if 96% of humanity didn’t exist. Foreign policy just couldn’t be found. They told me they were just getting around..

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Trump Administration Immigration Policy And Its Impact. An Analysis Of Canadian Job Market For Skill Immigration Monday, October 21st, 2019

Donald Trump’s rhetoric is primarily focused on immigration and there have been some notable shifts in the policy after he was elected. What are these changes and why are they important? How does this relate to immigration Canada? Read on to find out. Immigration Policy of Donald Trump One of..

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The Nobel Committee Is Doing Better Saturday, October 12th, 2019

The committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize was right not to give the prize to Greta Thunberg, who deserves the highest prizes available, but not one created to fund the work of abolishing war and militaries. That cause ought to be central to the work of protecting the climate, but it is not...

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Trump’s Opponents Have Him Beat . . . When It Comes to Incompetence Thursday, October 10th, 2019

If Trump were to finally shoot someone on Fifth Avenue, Nancy Pelosi and Jerrold Nadler and company would not declare it acceptable, absolutely not. But what they would do would be to open a months-long investigation into the history of the victim, what Trump had said earlier in the day, who had..

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Dashain Festival Commemorates Goddess Durga’s Prowess Thursday, October 3rd, 2019

In Hinduism, Goddess Durga is known as shakti and sometimes referred to as Durgatinashini, which literally means “the one who removes all kinds of pains and sufferings”. According to mythology, Durga was created by gods by pooling their spiritual powers together as they wanted to create..

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Dangerous Detentions: Julian Assange and Remaining in Belmarsh Tuesday, October 1st, 2019

Much ink has been spilt in textbooks describing situations where autocratic states can behave badly. They abuse rights; they ignore international law and they ride roughshod over conventions. Liberal democracies may boast that they follow matters to the letter of the law, and make sure that..

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