These are frustrating times, politically to be living in the US, the past month has seen a state systematically target for mass punishment the civilian population of an entire country, and yet there appears to be almost universal political support for Israel. The fine people that populate the US Senate voted unanimously (pusillanimously) to
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Have been spending some time with the family, trying to avoid talking politics in the interests of familial harmony and for the most part it's succeeded. The sis though is applying for US citizenship, and said one of the questions on the form was something along the lines of "Have you been a member of a Communist party", which I'd be offended by (
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What covers 104 acres, reportedly has a 15ft thick perimeter wall, is big enough to accomodate four Millenium domes, will end up being bigger than Vatican City, and will supposedly be visible from space when it's all done?
The annual meeting of the American Association of the Advancement of Science, is typically everything the name suggests - a pretty staid affair with a room full of senior suited scientists, enjoying a drink or three, occassionally talking science - but mostly catching up on the gossip, with a lot of mutual back-scratching - hardly the venue for a
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is the title of an 1890s era book, on the lives of the "other" half of New York, and is also the title of an interesting new team blog, that seeks to focus on the India that the mainstream news media tends to ignore.Sometimes I think nothing going to change for this “other India” until they're empowered to demand change for themselves, this blog
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Sloth can get boring - 'tis true, didn't really think I'd see the day when the traditionally lazy Bangalorean would get bored of inaction.. There's Indo-Pak cricket to look forward to, something to turn the idiot box on for
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God is good. God is great. God is good. My God is good. Bin Laden's God is bad. His is a bad God. Saddam's God was bad, except he didn't have one. He was a barbarian. We are not barbarians. We don't chop people's heads off. We believe in freedom. So does God. I am not a barbarian. I am the democratically elected leader of a freedom-loving democracy
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Hindu nationalism was born many decades ago, but it was thirteen years ago today, that it really forcefully thrust itself on India's consciousness... A moment of silence for all the victims of the mindless violence of Hindu Nationalism. It's sad to see so many rational level-headed folks get so stirred up with nationalistic fervour, there probably
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The area has been abuzz this past couple of weeks, with folks braving the sometimes wet, sometimes bitterly cold New England weather to take to the streets and rally. The enthusiasm has been infectious, sometimes literally, was laid low by the flu after one rally in the rain, good to see people with so much spirit
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I'm always thinking of Russia I can't keep her out of my head. I don't give a damn for Uncle Sham. I'm a left wing radical Red. - Harold Harwell (H. H.) Lewis (c. 1932
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