The founders of the United States of America realized that government, by its nature, had potential for tyranny and corruption. Out of this consideration they created a government of checks and balances, in which someone who chose to act in corrupt ways would be stopped by...
Shots of Togetherness & Life at Eric Quezada's Memorial held at the Horace Mann Middle School yesterday, in the Mission District (Sunday, September 25, 2011).A very large crowd of family, friends,...
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Firing general McChrystal was a mistake. Still it is good that president Obamais willing to appoint the general to this important position. I wish him well. "Ten months after he was fired for criticizing President...
Wish the citizens were allowed to come up with ways to get around stuff like this! It all comes down to money, yet they will keep making their high wages. Why is it that some Republican lawmakers really want to see the return of child labor? State legislative...
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The bodies of two Japanese nuclear power plant workers missing since the epic March 11 earthquake and tsunami have been found, an official with the plant's owner said Sunday. The men's remains were found in the basement of the turbine building at the No. 4 reactor at the ...
What was your opinion on Obama's speech about the Tucson shooting?To me, it was a good speech. About as good of a speech that a politician can generate though it seemed more like a pep rally than a mournful speech to me. I mean why the heck would people cheer at a memorial...
opinion by kyro | 2 years ago 4315 views | 2 recommendations | 4 comments
"A British security consultant kidnapped six days ago by gunmen in Somalia has described his release as "marvellous", Save the Children says. Zimbabwean-born Frans Barnard was seized in the town of Adado last Thursday. A local colleague, who was also seized, was freed...
Corruption is something that many people believe to take place either in the government or in business. In fact, corruption can happen for many reasons and in many different kind of locales. The worst corruption I've seen was not associated with usual suspects....
My book, 'Karachiwala: a subcontinent within a city' was launched on Wednesday 24 February in Karachi. I have included in it interviews/stories of over sixty families, groups and individuals of varied...
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A mother of a missing boy, Shawn Hornbeck, was cheerful after hearing about the good news on the missing girl, Jaycee Dugard, walking into a police station 18 years after her abduction. Pam Akers said "I was just...
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"Earlier this week, the United States Marine Corps announced an immediate ban on social networking services -- including Facebook, MySpace and the like -- for members of the Marines. Using those sites, as well as Twitter, poses a security threat, according to...
opinion by 3BLMedia | 3 years ago 168 views | 4 recommendations | 0 comments
Increasing taxes is a bad idea. The economy needs to grow to recover from the recession. More taxes will just slow down any possible recovery." House Democrats scrambling for ways to pay for overhauling...
The bodies of eleven passengers from Air France Flight 447 were identified: ten victims were Brazilian, one was a foreigner of undisclosed nationality, according to Brazilian authorities. Brazilian officials have...
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Human Rights Watch (HRW) called Sri Lanka's treatment in the detention camps a national disgrace. " "For more than a year, the Sri Lankan government has detained virtually everyone, including entire families,...
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