UBC Alma Mater Society: NO !! to HIV/AIDS Club

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContribnutorCertainly the Old "Practice what you preach" doesn't apply here on Campus? Where many out in force, demonstrating, Yadda, Yadda, Yadda,  Especially when drives such...

Big American sitcoms, R.I.P.

Here's a blog entry that asks whether the TV sitcom is going the way of the Dodo bird.I'd argue that a more alternative brand of TV has entered a golden age the past five years or so. Successful HBO series like Six...

If Kosovo, Why Not Palestine?

OPINION: The US and EU rushing to support Kosovo's unilateral independence, and the precedent it sets, compared to these same powerful nations refusal for over 40 years to support Palestinian independence is the...

Women Behind Bars

"Oklahoman Tina Thomas has been caught up in the American war on drugs. In many respects, she fits the common profile of a woman doing time for a drug-related offense. Her crimes have ranged from possession to check...

Crosshairs on Iran: The Big Lie

Is Iran really a threat to the security of the USA and the global community as is so shrilly  being proclaimed by Washington and Paris?  Scott Ritter, ex-Marine Corps Intelligence Officer and United Nations...

'Thainee', The world's Smallest Porn Star

"She hails from Udon Thani in Thailand's Northeast, an area known as Isaan, but also known for its poverty, rice farming and beautful women that often constitute the majority of the girls working the bars in tourist...

La guayabita: House Resolution supports Afro-Colombians

Will African in Latin America be recognised in the near future?  Hugo Chavez, on the very few Afro-Indio leaders in Latin American history says yes, and urged the Columbian government to address these...

The Wacky World of Norman Podhoretz: Where there's always another world war b...

"People tend to stay fixated on the best time of their lives, and in the case of the neocons, that was undoubtedly the Cold War era. It is therefore no surprise that, with the coming of the "war on terrorism," they have likened the enemy, as Norman Podhoretz puts it in his...

Army Officer Accuses Generals of 'Intellectual and Moral Failures'

"An active-duty Army officer is publishing a blistering attack on U.S. generals, saying they have botched the war in Iraq and misled Congress about the situation there. "America's generals have repeated the mistakes of Vietnam in Iraq," charges Lt. Col. Paul Yingling, an Iraq...

Propaganda and the Politics of Perception by Michael Carmichael

"A version of this text was presented to the Kuala Lumpur Conference on War Crimes, Perdana Global Peace Organization, 5-7 February 2007. War propaganda glorifies military indoctrination as the highest form of patriotism while simultaneously demonizing the enemies of the...

Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007

"#1 Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media Sources: Buzzflash.com, July 18, 2005 Title: “Web of Deceit: How Internet Freedom Got the Federal Ax, and Why Corporate News Censored the Story” Author: Elliot D....

Owner of conservative radio station KSFO demands liberal critic quit using au...

Now, bloggers and media freedom advocates are concerned about the legal reaction from Disney/ABC-owned KSFO. Shortly before Christmas, an ABC lawyer demanded that Spocko remove audio clips from his blog on the...

Grasses 51% Better Ethanol Source Than Corn :: MAXINE

In a report found in the Scientific American, a team of economists and ecologists at the University of Minnesota say that "these diverse grassland species [prairie grasses] constitute a carbon-negative source of...

CONSPIRACY: The Year Was 1928

  "" ∞1928" William Paley (Council on Foreign Relations) will begin the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) and hire Sigmund Freud's nephew, Edward Bernays, as his...

Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Compiled by Sai.R

"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Contents 1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006-------------------------------------- 2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...

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