Archive for the ‘USA’ Category
Sunday, September 14th, 2008
According to wikipedia, Sarah Palin "opposes same-sex marriage and supported a non-binding referendum for an Alaskan constitutional amendment to deny state health benefits to same-sex couples".
What a psycho! Social conservative indeed. Nothing 'social' about denying someone health benefits because of who they're in a relationship with!
Goodness. Don't see why the ...
Posted in USA, World Affairs: politics and news | 2 Comments »
Monday, June 12th, 2006
The Cold War Studies Centre and the Institute for the Study of Americas at LSE presents a public lecture by Orlando Patterson who is Professor of Sociology at Harvard, this evening at 6:00 p.m. {Old Theatre}
The lecture focuses on the relevance of what people actually mean by "freedom" and how ...
Posted in Events, Freedom, London, USA | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
"The [USA] should take immediate measures to eradicate all forms of torture and ill-treatment of detainees by its military or civilian personnel, in any territory under its jurisdiction"
UN Committee against Torture
"Since AI started highlighting specific cases of Guantanamo detainees, 16 of them have been released from US detention. Of those ...
Posted in Guantanamo, Human Rights, News & info, Torture, Torture Awareness Month, USA | 4 Comments »
Friday, May 26th, 2006
this morning's epolitix summary highlights the following about Tony Blair's trip to the US: -
"Before heading back to the UK, the prime minister delivers a keynote speech setting out his views on the role of international institutions in an era of globalisation. Ahead of the speech, Blair said the international ...
Posted in Democracy, Globalization, Institutions, Social Organization, UK, USA, World Affairs: politics and news, society and sociology | 3 Comments »
Thursday, May 18th, 2006
Web Braille offers access to thousands of electronic braille books on the Internet for the use of eligible braille readers by the Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS).On May 11th 2006 NLS made the following announcement on the Web Braille website:
"Because of technical ...
Posted in Books and Literary Things, Campaigns & Petitions, Library of Congress, News & info, USA, web braille | 6 Comments »
Wednesday, May 17th, 2006
US Department of Justice has released footage of the American Airlines Flight 77 crashing into the Pentagon. This comes after a Freedom of Information Act request by Judicial Watch - a conservative legal group/ ‘watchdog’. Word is this is to quell all the conspiracy theories that the Pentagon was never ...
Posted in 9/11, News & info, Pentagon, Pentagon Video, USA, conspiracy theory | No Comments »
Sunday, April 16th, 2006
In the meantime, what’s happening in Peru? Well the outcome of the election is still not clear and looks like it won’t be for a while, seeing as its gone off into a ‘run-off’’ second round. The interesting news is that given the state of play, a dodgy manoeuvre ...
Posted in Globalization, Latin America, USA, World Affairs: politics and news, peru | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
The power of rhetoric is undeniable. after all who ever was interested in facts anyway? ha ha as if..
Found a very amusing site: American Rhetoric: the power of oratory in the United States
Posted in News & info, Rhetoric, USA | No Comments »
Friday, February 3rd, 2006
that your nation was addicted to oil..?
what sustainability means ( or have you not found that one out yet?)
does anyone else find it amusingly ironic how " Bush hits the road to take his green message to his nation of oil addicts"
along with his fancy motorcade..Ha.
Posted in Bush Administration, Irony, News & info, Stupid Things, USA, World Affairs: politics and news, climate change, renewable energy | 1 Comment »
Thursday, December 22nd, 2005
Time magazine has named U2 star Bono - and Bill and Melinda Gates -as its "Persons of the Year," citing their charitable work and activism aimed at reducing global poverty and improving world health. This is of course set against the backdrop of a year which has seen ...
Posted in International Relations, Newspapers and Magazines, USA, World Affairs: politics and news | 4 Comments »