Iceland’s revolution goes unperceived by U.S. media; Greece worries about the China-ization of its country; and Egypt questions the need for a violent uprising. These discoveries and more, below.
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Iceland’s On-going Revolution
An Italian radio program’s story about Iceland’s on-going revolution is a stunning example of how little our media tells us about the rest of the world.
China-isation of Greece
Greeks refer to the austerity plan, especially the so-called labor market reforms, as kinezopeisi, or China-isation.
Did Britain’s approach to copyright just grow up?
Just a few days ago, a judge in the Britain’s high court backed the argument of the Hollywood studios by ruling that the nation’s biggest ISP should block a Usenet tracker, Newzbin, that helped people download copyright-protected movies.
The gay agenda will see you now
After panicking the religious right, inducing nightmares in the pope and shamelessly luring countless congresspersons and church pastors, mayors and deeply shamed NFL players into the shimmery rainbow fold, the world-famous “homosexual agenda” has, once and for all, screamed itself alive.
Lowering America’s War Ceiling?
By now, it seems as if everybody and his brother has joined the debt-ceiling imbroglio in Washington, perhaps the strangest homespun drama of our time.
Nuclear Plant Now an Anti-Nuclear Attraction
Environmental groups hope that a mothballed nuclear power plant on Bataan peninsula will become a major tourist attraction and earn green dollars for the Philippines.
Hollywood’s First Digital Christmas to Cause Pain
In the new weekly magazine, The Hollywood Reporter looks at studios bracing for the shift from DVDs to cheaper movies in the cloud as they fight to own their digital future.
The Egyptian Impasse: Can a Revolution Succeed Without Violence?
Half a year after Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak resigned, his military council runs the country, wielding even more power than before when it had to share authority with the president’s family and civilian inner circle.
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We should be concerned about Iceland’s stability. After all, if a mob of crazy radicals/extremists/terrorists, say a coalition of Muslims, Al Qaeda, NeoNazies, NeoCons, other Zionists, and Tea Partiers took over and set fire to the place and it melted, all the rest of us would be underwater.
Regarding the article on Egypt in Larry’s list: I don’t want to spend a lot of time going back and forth to quote in order to back up my reactions to it, but I found it most disappointing. It seems to me the main thrust was that the nonviolence used in the mass demonstrations there was ineffective—but that it was somewhat effective—but that “some people” are considering violence—but that other people are set on continuing nonviolence. And at last, whether or not a “revolution” can be “successful” without “using violence” and maybe not, etc. etc. etc. A totally equivocating article not recognizing real problems and accomplishments. A very poor evaluation of the situation, not worth the time it takes to read it.
Another Memorial Day in This Endless War
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By TDoff, August 5, 2011 at 8:38 am Link to this comment
We should be concerned about Iceland’s stability. After all, if a mob of crazy radicals/extremists/terrorists, say a coalition of Muslims, Al Qaeda, NeoNazies, NeoCons, other Zionists, and Tea Partiers took over and set fire to the place and it melted, all the rest of us would be underwater.
Report thisBy gerard, August 4, 2011 at 6:14 pm Link to this comment
Regarding the article on Egypt in Larry’s list: I don’t want to spend a lot of time going back and forth to quote in order to back up my reactions to it, but I found it most disappointing. It seems to me the main thrust was that the nonviolence used in the mass demonstrations there was ineffective—but that it was somewhat effective—but that “some people” are considering violence—but that other people are set on continuing nonviolence. And at last, whether or not a “revolution” can be “successful” without “using violence” and maybe not, etc. etc. etc. A totally equivocating article not recognizing real problems and accomplishments. A very poor evaluation of the situation, not worth the time it takes to read it.
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