Could Japan become a beacon for the World to follow?

By, Uwe Paschen. Is Japan’s change to be a beacon for a World to follow or merely an Isolated move by one bold Nation defying a super power? Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his Party (DPJ) won a historic...

The Lamb and the Wolf of Japan's economy.

By, Uwe Paschen.  The eternal game of victims and predators or Rich and poor, Labourer and Masters. Maybe even as La Fontaine once wrote Lamb and Wolf in a Fable from long ago.  There I was visiting the...

Must Read: CIA Versus ISI

"Why CIA Is Engaged In Motivated Campaigns Against Pakistan’s ISI, Military? The American CIA almost killed Musharraf.  The ISI is familiar with terrorism inside Pakistan by the spy agencies of many countries. Even Libya’s Gaddafi once ordered a couple of bombings...

First French Female Astronaut in Hospital after suicide attempt.

By, Uwe Paschen. Claudie Haignere first French Astronaut and former Minister has been hospitalised.  Haignere is somewhat a hero of sorts to the French at large and to the Woman in particular, not only was she...

It's Yuri's Night, and the Feeling's Right

April 12th is Yuri's Night, in honor of the first human in space: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.Gagarin was an engineer and pilot of light aircraft who was amongst 20 finalists for the first manned mission to...

Dog Star: Laika Honored in Moscow

The first living thing in space (at least from Earth) has finally gotten her due: a statue has been erected in Moskow for Laika, the first Earthling in space. Laika began life as a street dog, and was later quite...

Russia in the Balance

Lots of bad things are going in the the (not so) former Soviet Union. Some of these things have been going on for some time now: crony “capitalism,” restriction of free speech, mysterious liquidations...

Happy Sputnik Day!

It looks like a silver ball with antennae sticking out of it, not unlike a child's drawing. Something out of  Flash Gordon or The Prisoner. October 4, 1957, Soviet scientist Sergei Korolyov and his team gazed...

State Capitalism in the USSR

"Well here is an interesting historical flashback from Time Magazine, I found on the web. We can officially date State Capitalism as being fully implemented under Stalin in the summer of 1931. Though it was already evolving from earlier decisions the Bolsheviks made. ...

Audio: The Kennedy KGB Connection Updated

"Sen. Kennedy offered to help the Soviet leadership mount a media public relations campaign in the United States that would do two things. First, it would convince the American people that the Soviets intended...

Noble Acts

"Noam Chomsky on Noble acts. From an online video available at SEED."

Canada and NAM

"Canada should withdraw from NATO, a position that has been longstanding in the NDP. We should also withdraw from NORAD which is fast becoming an excuse for BMD and the weaponization of space.Instead we should take the Third Way and join the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). Which...

Mikhail Kalashnikov

In October 1941 he was seriously wounded in the violent battle of Bryansk. While in hospital, Kalashnikov conceived the idea of a submachine gun.

Afghanistan Debate Too Late

"Watching the Canadian Political Parties in Parliament debate Afghanistan (noted a lot of empty seats in the house ) on CPAC, and I come to the conclusion that for all the high and mighty moral rhetoric about the rights of the Afghan people, women's rights, the need for...

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