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Exploring the Burqa as a Metaphor
"The obsession with burqa, face-veil, niqab, hijab, parda has very little to do with religious beliefs and everything to do with the patriarchal, tribal, feudal mindset and value system," says The Ajoka Theatre...
created by rumana husain | 18 wks ago | updated 18 wks ago
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301 views | 56 recommendations | 14 comments
Stupid property owners
The taxes that property owners hate most are the ones that hurt them least and are most likely to be spent for their benefit, writes Gavin R. Putland.–April, 2009–"Land and taxes In any tax jurisdiction, the supply of land is fixed. From the viewpoint of the... All the things I hated about Bush and the neocons.
Let me count the ways that Bush and like minded conservatives have let me down. When Bush took office I was filled with a sense of good things to come. As a conservative I was ready to put the Clinton era behind me and start fresh. Things got off to a rocky start and on... Even Buffet is Loosing Money in Stock meltdown.
No body can predict the market perfectly ,it is dynamic and fast in price discovery.It can suddenly discont and priced the events . " Here's something that might provide a bit of solace amid the plunging values...Margo MacDonald bids to change Scotish law on aiding suicide
Margo MacDonald, a member of the Scottish parliament, has introduced legislation that would make assisted suicide legal in Scotland. The announcement comes a day after a British high court rejected an English petitioners request to clarify the law on whether it is illegal for...Atlanta Press Club and National Press Club Look at Journalism's Future
"Atlanta Press Club and National Press Club Take a Look at the Future of Journalism For the first time the National Press Club is taking its programs across the nation to help... Governor Palin's Reading List
"By Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Fascist writer Westbrook Pegler, an avowed racist who Sarah Palin approvingly quoted in her acceptance speech for the moral superiority of small town values, expressed his fervent hope... Pope in Paris: money & power not the only values
Love of moneyThe pope of Rome condemned love of money and power as primary life goal.During his visit In Paris France, he obviously did not adress President BlingBlingSarkozy, who is a catholic like many in... Obama and the Palin Effect - a Mirror on the US Psyche
"Sometimes politics has the uncanny effect of mirroring the national psyche even when nobody intended to do that. This is perfectly illustrated by the rousing effect that Gov. Sarah Palin had on the Republican convention in Minneapolis this week. On the surface, she outdoes... Maximum panic is the best time to buy gold and silver! « Peter J. Cooper’s...
" So a stock market crash is on the horizon. I think that is what keeps Mr Paulson awake at night: the prospect of a systemic meltdown of asset values. It has happened before. But not since the 1929 at a time when the banking system was so weak. "10 lessons from the medieval knights
"Police are putting unruly youngsters through their paces on an eight-week "knight school", to teach them some of the ways of medieval knights. The Lincolnshire scheme has been hailed a success in improving behaviour, so what kind of lessons could knights teach youngsters... Public School in AZ may eliminate studies of non-Western cultures
OPINION At a time when we could all use a little better understanding of non-Western cultures some conservative dinosaur wants to make education even more perochial and Christian-centric. Does this AZ Republican think that people are better off if they ignore other... Senator Biden: On Principles and Values
Senator Barack Obama's democratic vice presidential choice appears to be Delaware's Senior Senator, Joe Biden. Elected to the United States' Senate in 1972, Senator Biden is an attorney admitted to the Delaware...
created by Rhonda J Mangus | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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541 views | 38 recommendations | 22 comments
OPINION: 'One World, One Dream'
" With participants who have gone through rigid training to hone athletic skills to beat other countries’ representatives, some say that the Olympics is a battlefield. Since its inception as a world... 435 views | 16 recommendations | 11 comments
Clinton Camp: portray Obama as foreigner and Out of Touch
Remember Senator Clinton saying, “Shame on you Barack Obama". sneering that Obama was using pages out of Karl Roves Play book It appears that there is shame to go all around as Mark Penn, Chief Political...
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