Politics

Intellectual Property - Engaging with China

Paul Ward — 2007-07-23

China is well entrenched in the global marketplace, but with Chinese piracy reported at 90 percent, it's the third least friendly country for protecting intellectual property (IP).

China's accession into the World Trade Organization st

Solving the Immigration Problem:

Charles Read — 2007-07-23

Nothing President Bush said last night (5/15/06) will have any real impact on illegal immigration. I hate to criticize the President but that��s my professional opinion. I have several payroll companies that prepare payroll for businesses around the c

Neo-Containment for a Nuclear Iran

Jason Vines — 2007-07-23

As anyone who has opened a newspaper or watched the news over the past few years knows, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been pursuing nuclear capability. Iran��s government insists its only goal is to develop nuclear power plants that would not threa

Bizarre Flag Facts �C Q & As

nan — 2007-07-27

Test your Patriotic Knowlege of the American Flag:

Question: Is it ok to fly the American Flag upside down?
Answer: The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extr

Should Illegal Immigrants be Allowed?

Murad Ali — 2007-07-23

As the nation sputters forward into a new problem of illegal immigrants, neo-conservatism and budget crisis we must wonder what to make of it all. The signals are confusing.

On the one hand we have illegal immigrants who have had to h

Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal

GuideMeGreen — 2007-07-23

This has made Bhutan one of the highest per capita refugee generators in the world due to the implementation of the ��Driglam Namzha�� (Cultural Code of the Ruling Elite) with a "One Nation, One People" policy which imposed the language, dress code, an

Oil Shortgages - A Solution

Steve Gillman — 2007-07-27

Many of us remember the oil shortages of the late seventies. They caused more than just the inconvenience of occasional gasoline rationing. Several elderly people actually died in the New York City area because of a lack of heating oil. Some people t

Denmark Cartoons or Islamic Caricatures �C Six of One or Half Dozen of the Other

Rev. Michael Bresciani — 2007-07-23

Denmark��s Jyllands-Posten newspaper issued an apology and whisked it off to the Jordanian news agency Petra for publishing cartoons that supposedly were insulting to the prophet Muhammad. The arguments about the poor taste of the cartoonist notwithst

The Inertia of Power

J Square Humboldt — 2007-07-27

I hate it when Saddam Hussein gets proved to be right ...

Buried in all his pre-invasion bluster was a promise that Iraqis would give the Americans 'another Viet Nam' if they tried to occupy the country. To many, this sounded like just

Wanted: And It Had Better Be Alive!

J Square Humboldt — 2007-07-27

Pakistan did the USA a favor recently ...

All they got for it was a surprise rocket attack on their own soil.

The situation is well-explained by London's Sunday Telegraph in its 29 Jan 06 edition:

Pakistan

Wahabism the Evil roots of Muslim Terrorism

Robert Maegh — 2007-07-27

Writing about Wahabism and Salafi-Islam, could fill many books. I will however in this article, try to make clear why it is of tremendous importance in our time. Both movements are considered as the origin of Islamic terrorism. A lot of recent Islami

Conflict in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) PART I

Kumar — 2007-07-27

India and Pakistan have in the past fought four wars over J&K and held several talks to resolve the 56 year old problem, but till now no tangible results have emerged, except for a composite dialogue. Although, both India and Pakistan are trying to m

Flag of Mexico - Dia de la Bandera

nan — 2007-07-27

The Flag of Mexico is rich with historic symbolism. The tricolors of green, white and red with the coat-of-arms centered in the white middle stripe were adopted by Mexico following their independence from Spain during the War of Independence in 1821.

Mayor Wonka and the New Orleans Chocolate Factory

Rev. Michael Bresciani — 2007-07-27

Whether God sent a judgment to New Orleans for its sinfulness is open to debate and perhaps there is no way of knowing that answer until the fat lady sings. What Ray Nagin said about New Orleans being ��a chocolate city�� is a bit easier to weigh and i

Rural Government Oganizations

Jacob Minett — 2007-07-10

Currently, more than 87,000 governmental units exist in the United States. In addition to the federal government and 50 state governments, an additional 87,000 plus units of local government exists. These units consist of general purpose, count

The Quality of Life: Is Health Important?

Tony Robinson — 2007-07-10

As a matter of course, all responsible persons should take the time to educate themselves, and their children, about the benefits of healthy eating. Learning to eat for life in a health conscious way is one of the best guarantees for a long and\

National Animal Identification System is a Bad Idea

Rob Usakowski — 2007-07-10

I am resolved to the fact that government legislation will continue to erode away at our freedoms. Government likes to paint itself as the lamb, but usually is the wolf. It's the rules of necessity to protect us from certain harm. Take for inst

US Concentration Camps

Kathryn Kutny — 2007-07-10

U.S. Concentration Camps Facts Today there are over 600 Concentration Camps in the United States Fully Running With Guards Watching Them. These camps are used for people that are going to be against the government and the people that will

An ever-increasing issue in the corporate world is corporate social responsibili

Nestler — 2007-07-10

With the increasing number of scandals occurring in the U.S., companies are trying to establish trust with their stockholders and customers through corporate social responsibility. In the history of corporate social responsibility, there have be

The U.S. Government and Welfare - helping hand or creating dependencies?

Nestler — 2007-07-10

For a long time now, since the accomplished formation of a stable government, the U.S government has had programs and passed laws that either dealt with issues of or influence family. Many of these "family" programs and laws currently in place

Government Grants to start or expand your business

Nestler — 2007-07-10

Anyone thinking about going into business for themselves , or wanting to expand an existing business should rush for the world's largest "one-stop-money-shop" where FREE MONEY to start or expand a busine

Dear Secretary Snow; Give the Fair Tax a Fair Chance

John Thomas — 2007-07-10

I understand that there is an enormous inertia in the present tax system. The incremental complication of the tax code over the last 80 years has given birth to an entire industry that is fully capable of defending their turf. These are challeng

Dominican Republic a Paradise of Corruption in 2005

Donald Harrison — 2007-07-10

SANTO DOMINGO. - Most of family heads in Dominican Republic are unemployed, according to the results of the survey Enhogar 2005, conducted by National Statistics Office (ONE). For 51.6% of the Dominican heads of households the country's main pro

Cambodia's Heroes Should Be Revoked

Lay Vicheka — 2007-07-10

Crossed the bridge of positively and negatively perplexed history, there is no doubt that many world intellectuals and I do believe that Cambodia must boast countless lessons to teach the world. But our bitter history has been the most rational\

How do you see it?

Terry Dashner — 2007-07-18

How do you see it? Terry Dashner (www.ffcba.com) Someone once said that there are not two sides to a story but three--one side, the other, and the truth in between. Especially is this true in politics, but in the case of truth and justice

Canadian Government Fall Down Go Boom

Joe DeClara — 2007-07-18

A Canadian government it seems cannot stand alone, unless they have a majority, then they can do what they want. Canadians don't see it often but in November 2005 a minority liberal government was defeated by a conservative motion of non-confid

Why Does The Republican Party Want To Bury Illegal Immigration?

Bruce Prokopets — 2007-07-18

President Bush has referred to Jim Gilchrist as a "Vigilante." Many American citizens have an opposite view, calling him a Patriot. The vast majority of Republican voters want the problem of a tidal wave of illegal aliens pouring across our

Supreme Clowns

Ed Howes — 2007-07-18

Is it just me or are the dunces in the U.S. Senate totally unqualified to pass judgment on Supreme Court nominees? They have been entrusted with a duty that can have no meaning. They can't do their job because they have no

Golden Years and Tears - Pension In One Hand And Out With The Other

Kacy Carr — 2007-07-18

The Golden years a time in all our lives where we look forward to retirement, long gone are the days when pensioners were in their prime. Now the prime candidates for the government's new ruling of raising retirement to the ripe old age of 67

Veterans' Day 2005 in Blackshear Georgia

Irvin L. Rozier — 2007-07-18

VETERANS' DAY 2005 IN BLACKSHEAR, GEORGIA On 11 November, 2005, a ceremony honoring veterans was conducted at our little Blackshear, Georgia city park. The wind was whipping around lightly, and there was a chill in the air although the skies

Putting the Pieces Together: Job Accommodations and Employers

Michael Papp — 2007-07-18

Abstract: The assistive technology specialist is an expert in the provision of assistive technology services to rehabilitation consumers. Technology specialists traditionally work closely with rehabilitation counselors, consumers, and therapi

JUDGE ROBERST ENLIGHTENS THE COMMITTEE

aurelio23 — 2007-07-18

JUDGE ROBERST ENLIGHTENS THE COMMITTEE The newly appointed Chief of the US Supreme Court is known for his bright intellect, his profound knowledge of the law and his capacity for providing extensive correlations and references to any subject

The Kempler Video of Yitzhak Rabin's Assassination

David Rutstein — 2007-07-18

The Kempler video is the seven and a half minute video made by Roni Kempler while standing on the roof of a building overlooking the scene at the Kings of Isra

Social Programs & Welfare absolutely not working

Shirley deLong — 2007-07-18

October 18, 2005 "Poverty doesn't cause substandard education"article by Bruce Raynor on 10/18/05 is absolutely right. Back in the 50's and 60's all people has the same opportunities. Guilford County was a small working mill town. Ve

A respeito dos problemas sociais

Ruben Zevallos Jr. — 2007-07-23

Todos devem estar pensando que sou radical... escrevi neste blog a respeito do comunismo e do socialismo. J�� escrevi a respeito da guerra e da minha concord?ncia com ela, mas n?o da guerra em si. Tenho escrito coisas que normalmente ou?o e mu

City Caught Trapping Drivers with Short Yellow Light

David M. Bresnahan — 2007-07-23

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Now there is evidence to support the claims of millions of motorists that they do not deserve to get those automated red light camera traffic tickets. Union City, Calif. has been forced to refund $1 million in fines imprope

OLD GLORY FLAPS IN THE BREEZE

Irvin L. Rozier — 2007-07-23

I woke up this morning way before dawn I sat on my bench by the edge of the lawn I meditated on the Lord and his goodness to me I am blessed to live in America where I am free I have a tall flag pole by my little white shed I ju

Preparing for a Hurricane

P.A. Yager — 2007-07-23

In Florida, we know hurricanes. We know what they can do and we know how to prepare for them. We watched in horror as our brothers and sisters in the Gulf States were displaced and damaged by hurricanes Katrina and Rita in what is undoubtedly t

Family government

Terry Dashner — 2007-07-23

Parental government... Continuation of a series on the separation of church and state... Faith Fellowship Church...PO Box 1586 Broken Arrow, OK 74013...Terry Dashner Pope Leo XIII said, "The family was ordained of God that children

Recession 06 - The Storm Clouds Gather

William Cate — 2007-07-23

Recession 06 - The Storm Clouds Gather By William Cate Our economy operates on popular perception, not reality. If you regularly tell enough people that the king is wearing clothes, almost everyone sees the king clothed. Since January 2005, th

please govern yourself

Terry Dashner — 2007-07-23

Please, govern yourself! Continuation of a series on the separation of church and state... Faith Fellowship Church...PO Box 1586 Broken Arrow, OK 74013...Terry Dashner The American Constitution was written for people that are able to gov

Seeing through their duplicity...

Terry Dashner — 2007-07-23

He saw through their duplicity... A continuing series on the separation of Judeo-Christian religion and American civil government. Faith Fellowship Church...PO Box 1586 Broken Arrow, OK 74013; Terry Dashner In Luke's gospel, chapter 20 a

ISRAEL'S ORANGE TROOPS

Maureen Metcalf — 2007-07-23

The momentum of the Orange Movement must continue to mobilize in order that there be no further withdrawals from any portion of the Land of Israel. The urgency and energy must be channeled toward ensuring there is no division of Jerusalem,

Corruption in Hud and abuse of the disabled tenants

Patricia Sears — 2007-07-23

Elderly and disabled tenants in Hud funded properties are at risk of neglect and abuse under the new Hud tax-credit financing program. A prime example is The HUD Transaction Of The Year For 2005 called by its new name Victory Tower located in Ta

Bush Supports Home-Bred Terrorists

Scott Huminski — 2007-07-27

[President Bush, Alberto Gonzales & Senator Dole support terror threats and civil rights violations within the U.S..] The administration and the Bush appointed Justice Department are so obsessed with a foreign "war on terror" that they have ch

Charity donations basics

Mansi gupta — 2007-07-27

Charity is perhaps the best feature of humanity. It is a perfect way to support the downtrodden. There are many types of natural and man-made evils in our society. So, there are variable causes for which the blessed ones can and should donate. U

Maybe Nothing Changes

Punkerslut — 2007-07-27

Maybe Nothing Changes By Punkerslut [Author's Note: Written on Wednesday, September 14, 2005. This piece is based on true events happening today in Germany.] For the Batko... "These Nazis are being hung up, so that the townspeople can

THE UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE OF SADAM HUSAIN

PROPHET GOODNEWS D ADOLPHUS — 2007-07-27

THIS MESSAGE BELOW HAD APPEARED HERE IN THE MONTH OF JULY 2004 AND WAS SENT TO THE WHITE HOUSE DATED 31ST JULY 2004 IN RESPECT OF THE ABOVE SUJECT MATTER. THE HURRICANE KATRINA, IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE SPIRITUAL NUCLEAR WARFARE GOD IS WAGIN

Anarchy: Law, Order, and Authority

Punkerslut — 2007-07-27

Anarchy: Law, Order, and Authority By Punkerslut The Beginning If a group of people were to live on an island, who would govern who, how, and why? If person A suspected person B of possessing a deadly weapon (if this were a crime), then

Colors of the American Flag

Regenia G. Butcher — 2007-07-27

I would imagine that even before the ink on the Declaration of Independence had dried, the sentences: "Are we gonna have a flag? We gotta have a flag! Britain has a flag!" were echoed by members of the Continental Congress. But then, a flag is import

The Right To Die Should Be A Personal Matter

David G. Hallstrom, Sr. — 2007-07-27

I believe that the right to die should, in most cases, be a personal matter and not a political matter (I am talking for adults, not for children. Children, and I include teenagers in this, have not lived long enough and do not have enough life exper

911 Faqs And More Questions

J Shipper — 2007-07-23

The number 911 has been in the news quite frequently in the last couple of years.

911 is the emergency number dialed by people when they need fire, police or ambulance assistance in a hurry. In the year 911 the Lower Seine area was ced

Time To Get Out Of Dodge? - Relocate Ahead Of The Collapse

Mick Winter — 2007-07-18

Peak Oil? Economic Collapse? Maybe the universe is trying to tell you something. Maybe it's Relocation, Relocation, Relocation.

With many people predicting a serious economic depression, and others equally--or also--concerned about the

Is Bush ready to cut and run in Iraq?

Bill Gallagher — 2007-07-23

DETROIT -- We are living under a regime that has made war and torture highly profitable for a handful of scummy corporations and individuals. That's the way the Busheviks like doing business, keeping their dirtiest deeds in the hands of for-profit su

Knowledge and Power

Sam Vaknin — 2007-07-23

"Knowledge is Power" goes the old German adage. But power, as any schoolboy knows, always has negative and positive sides to it. Information exhibits the same duality: properly provided, it is a positive power of unequalled strength. Improperly disse

Argentina's Economy in a Nutshell

Dave Brown — 2007-07-23

Argentina's Economy

Contrary to conventional economic wisdom, rich countries tend to stay rich and poor countries tend to stay poor. The exceptions tend to be those "economic miracles", like Japan, that have lifted themselves from the

ACLU or ACLJ ?�C The Difference is Like Night and Day

Rev. Michael Bresciani — 2007-07-18

The ACLU has championed many causes since it was founded in 1920 by Mr. Roger Baldwin. Some of the most notable causes or rulings the ACLU supported have to do with abortion rights, homosexual and lesbian rights and removal of prayer from the public

Lincoln Group-Republican Party, CIA spies?-Garfield Media Talking Head?

Pinto Bean — 2007-07-23

CONSPIRACY, intrigue, bribery and influence that may go clear up the ladder to Presdient George W(eak) Bush, Lincoln Group seems to have it all. A company that seems to have materialized from out of the mist snags major DOD contracts, including one f

History of Olmec Civilisation

blott — 2007-07-23

A History of Olmec Civilization.
The first relatively modern awakening to the existance of the Olmecs
was when plantation workers in 1862 came upon hat they thought was a large, buried, iron kettle. Upon further excavation, and driven

Bush Flirts with Fascism

Bill Gallagher — 2007-07-23

DETROIT -- The regime has already produced so many ignominious legacies that historians in the near future will be able to feast on the task of measuring the damage from the wretched deeds the Busheviks have wrought.

Certainly, the un

Add Me to the List, Mr. Blair

Sam Vaknin — 2007-07-23

The terrorists are winning. Gradually but perceptibly, the USA and the United Kingdom (UK) are shedding their liberal democratic veneer, axing their traditions, reinterpreting their constitution (USA) and case law (UK) and, thus, becoming police stat

Another Look at Mahatma Gandhi

Sam Vaknin — 2007-07-23

Many myths abound about Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand known as Mahatma "Great Souled") Gandhi (1869-1948).

He was not born to a poor Indian family. His father was dewan (chief minister) of Porbandar, the capital of a small principality i

The First Serial Killer - Ed Gein

Sam Vaknin — 2007-07-23

Ed Gein is also known as The Butcher of Plainfield, The Plainfield Butcher, The Mad Butcher, The Plainfield Ghoul.

A serial killer who served as the inspiration to numerous films, among them Psycho, The Silence of the Lambs, Maniac, Th

How to Raise the Muslim World from Poverty?

Murad Ali — 2007-07-18

In the times of yesteryear when Prophet Muhammad banded together the followers of Islam into a single economic and political group people associated their livelihoods with their tribe. Purchasing, selling, earning money was predominately transacted t

Murtha Right, Bush Lies

Bill Gallagher — 2007-07-23

DETROIT -- Privately, President George W. Bush is having a political panic attack as he retreats to his cocoon, seeking comfort from his nannies. Babs, his mommy, wife Laura, Condi Rice and Karen Hughes serve as his ladies in waiting, assuring our co

Thanks Mankind!

Tyler — 2007-07-23

I got to thinking today and i have to say, we rock! Humans I mean. For some reason, as I sat there, eating my McDonalds, I started thinking about technology. Man was I impressed! We have so much, and we dont think about it enough. I suppose it really

France?��s Troubles: Learning from US

Matthew C. Keegan — 2007-07-23

I know that there are some people who are celebrating France?��s recent troubles with delicious glee. I guess I can understand how they feel, given France?��s ongoing hypocrisy concerning the Iraq War [hmmm?��whose hand is in that oil-for-food cookie ja

Augusto Pinochet, President of Chile, born 1915

Vassil — 2007-07-23

After seizing power in a bloody CIA-backed coup, General Augusto Pinochet ruled Chile with a rod of iron for two decades, during which human rights violations became the norm of Chilean life.

Hailing from an upper-middle class backgrou

Ferdinand Marcos - President of the Philippines, 1917-1989

Vassil — 2007-07-23

A trained lawyer, Marcos was convicted of assassinating a political opponent of his father in 1939 and, from his condemned cell, argued his case up to the Philippine Surpreme Court, where he won an acquittal.
During the Second World War, Marco

New Orleans My Home - Katrina My Nightmare

Rev. Michael Bresciani — 2007-07-18

Whether Katrina is seen as a disaster, a scourge or a purge it is hard to believe that it can dislodge the deep culture and uniqueness that makes up this city known as New Orleans. From its long history in the hands of the Spanish the French and then

Russia's Idled Spies

Sam Vaknin — 2007-07-18

On November 11, 2002, Sweden expelled two Russian diplomats for spying on radar and missile guidance technologies for the JAS 39 British-Swedish Gripen fighter jet developed by Telefon AB LM Ericsson, the telecommunications multinational. The Russian

Epidemic of Anger as SMOKERS go to WAR

kacycarr — 2007-07-18

Going to burn both ends of the candle with this subject on the smoking ban in public places.

The government have already taken away our parental rights where a prison sentence hangs over our heads if we chastise our children with a sma

America's Second Civil War

Sam Vaknin — 2007-07-23

Reprinted with permission from:

"The Second Civil War in the USA and its Aftermath" by Sam Vaknin (second, revised impression, 2029)

Summary of Chapter 83

"The polities of the nineteenth and twentieth cent

The Costs of Coalition Building

Sam Vaknin — 2007-07-18

Foreign aid, foreign trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) have become weapons of mass persuasion, deployed in the building of both the pro-war, pro-American coalition of the willing and the French-led counter "coalition of the squealing".
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Vojvodina - The Hungarian Kosovo

Sam Vaknin — 2007-07-18

In October 2005, Parliamentary Assembly of Europe members tabled a draft resolution castigating the human rights situation in the province of Vojvodina. As EU accession looms larger for Serbia and Montenegro, such resolutions are bound to proliferate

The Gulf between Baghdad and Doha

Sam Vaknin — 2007-07-18

On April 8, 2003, in a testimony before the Senate Steel Caucus, industry executives urged legislators to ignore the future decision of a World Trade Organization appeals panel, widely expected to uphold an earlier preliminary ruling that U.S.-impose

A Moment of Truth about Maxim Gorky

Sam Vaknin — 2007-07-10

Maxim Gorky (1868-1936) is widely considered a Bolshevik author, closely allied with the likes of Lenin and Stalin. But this is far from the truth.

Gorky's real name was Alexei Maximovich Peshkov. He chose the pseudonym "Gorky" - "bitt

Another Look at Indians (Native Americans, Amerindians)

Sam Vaknin — 2007-07-10

Native Americans are often cast in the role of victims of White aggression and unbridled avarice-driven or gratuitous violence, especially in the territories known collectively today as the United States. But the first massacre was perpetrated by Ind

Facts and Figures about the Presidents of the USA

Sam Vaknin — 2007-07-18

The first president of the united States was not George Washington.

Washington was the first president under the Constitution of June 21, 1788, ratified by 1790.

The first constitution of the USA was titled "Articles of

Human-made Monsters

Sam Vaknin — 2007-07-18

Humans made monsters by inhuman treatment abound in literature. In "The Man Who Laughs", published in 1869, the French author, Victor Hugo (1802-1885), described the comprachicos thus:

"The comprachicos (child buyers) were strange and

Lindbergh, Charles Augustus

Sam Vaknin — 2007-07-18

Charles Augustus Lindbergh was the first person to cross the Atlantic in a nonstop flight. This made him an instant celebrity. When, in 1932, his 19-months old son was kidnapped and murdered, the nation was appalled.

Finally, a German

More about the Prohibition

Sam Vaknin — 2007-07-18

Prohibition - the legal enforcement of abstinence from alcoholic beverages - is not an American invention. The USA was preceded by the Aztecs, ancient China, feudal Japan, the Polynesian islands, Iceland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Russia, Canada, and

The Abdication Crisis Revisited

Sam Vaknin — 2007-07-18

The love affair of Edward, Prince of Wales (Edward VIII) and Wallis Simpson in 1936 is the stuff of romantic dramas. Alas, reality was a lot less inspiring. Even as she was being wooed by her regal paramour - and while still being married to Ernest A

The Armenian Genocide

Sam Vaknin — 2007-07-18

The Armenian massacres in Turkey started in the 19th century and continued well after the Armenian genocide of 1915 in which some 600,000 Armenians perished. The Armenians were also raided by Kurdish tribesmen on a regular basis. An Ottoman military

The Building of the Pentagon

Sam Vaknin — 2007-07-18

The Pentagon was completed in 16 months. It was built on a swamp and on the area of the old Washington airport. Trucks hauled some 5.5 million cubic yards (4.2 million cubic meters) of junk and soil and dumped it in the marshes. The building's founda

The Constitution of the Weimar Republic

Sam Vaknin — 2007-07-18

The Weimar Republic was established in February 1919 in defeated Germany and lasted until March 1933, when it was replaced with Hitler's Third Reich. The Constitution of the Weimar Republic was adopted in August 1919. It created a bicameral house of

The Family of Jesus Christ

Sam Vaknin — 2007-07-18

Was Jesus born 2002 years ago? Was he born in year zero?

The first year AD was 1 - so, Jesus could not have been born in year zero. The very concept of zero was invented much later.

Numerous historical minutia in the gos

The First September 11

Sam Vaknin — 2007-07-18

September 11, 2001 was not the first time an airplane crashed into a skyscraper. Actually, such tragedies are more common than is thought.

On July 28, 1945, for instance, a U.S. Army B-25 bomber traveling at 200 miles (c. 370 kilometer

The Story of the Guillotine

Sam Vaknin — 2007-07-23

The guillotine was first put to lethal use on April 25, 1792, at 3:30 PM, in Paris at the Place de Greve on the Right Bank of the Seine. It separated highwayman Nicolas Jacques Pelletier's head from the rest of his body.

The device was

The Teapot Dome Scandal

Sam Vaknin — 2007-07-23

With the exception of Watergate, there has never been a scandal more egregious and with wider implications than the Teapot Dome affair during the presidency of Warren G. Harding. It involved the secret leasing to private companies of oil-containing t

The Uganda Scheme

Sam Vaknin — 2007-07-23

Theodore Herzl, the visionary who founded Zionism, was an assimilated Jew, who did not consider Palestine the optimal choice for a resurgent Jewish nationalism.

When the British offered to him a homeland in East Africa (today's Uganda)

The USSR That Could Have been - Lenin's New Economic Policy

Sam Vaknin — 2007-07-23

Mikhail Gorbachev (1931- ) was not the first to introduce Perestroika - the economic liberalization of the communist system along capitalistic lines.

During the Russian civil war (1918-1922) the Bolsheviks implemented what they called

Dr. Walter Freeman's Frontal Lobotomies at Athens (Ohio) State Hospital

Gary Cordingley, MD, PhD — 2007-07-10

Few chapters in the medical history of Athens County, Ohio, are more notorious or fascinating than that concerning Walter Freeman, M.D., and the more than 200 frontal lobotomies he performed at the Athens State Hospital in seven visits between 1953 a

Preparing for the Next Terror Attack -- Are we ready?

Diana Ennen — 2007-07-18

Intelligence experts believe that it is only a matter of time before there is another terrorist attack in the U.S. With the recent scares in New York and Baltimore and the deadly terrorist bombings in Bali, Egypt, London and Madrid, these attacks are

Let us learn to live with gorilla terrorism

Dinesh singh — 2007-07-23

Terror is a frame of mind, it based in psycho disorder syndrome, which makes one mind dissatisfied with its existence. In today?��s global village concept era the terrorism is threating the idea of one world, where international non governmental and g

Chavez's Inspiration - Simon Bolivar

Sam Vaknin — 2007-07-10

Simon Bolivar (1783-1830) is a Latin American folk hero, revered for having been a revolutionary freedom fighter, a compassionate egalitarian and a successful politician. He is credited with the liberation from Spanish colonial yoke of Venezuela, Col

The Aung San Family in Myanmar

Sam Vaknin — 2007-07-10

Aung San Suu Kyi is a much revered opposition leader in Myanmar (Burma) (born 1945). She has bravely resisted - and still does - the murderous military regime in her homeland and has won the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize.

Her mother was amba

Myths of the American Civil War

Sam Vaknin — 2007-07-10

The Civil War (1861-5) has spawned numerous myths and falsities.

The Republicans did not intend to abolish slavery - just to "contain" it, i.e., limit it to the 15 states where it had already existed. Most of the Democrats accepted thi

UK & World News reviewed by The Bitch! (a weekly column)

Michael Knell — 2007-07-10

Well darlings,

Whoa up, now! This last week in politics has been better than watching one of those loveable old Laurel and Hardy films, hasn't it? That's another fine mess you've got us into, Tony! And another, and another...

The Most Dangerous Place in the World ?�C Right Here In America

Rev. Michael Bresciani — 2007-07-18
To answer this great scourge of death with the bible is to begin with the premise that everyone believes that the bible has something to say about it and that it is authoritative. For those who have put the bible on the shelf with literature, simple