WHAT IS NEWS? May 31, 2009
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To the extent that news media and blogs recycle news reports and opinion they are doing the same thing.
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FRIDAY NIGHT DOG BLOG: VARIATIONS May 30, 2009
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Clearly, the dogs satisfy their fundamental needs on their walks, and it is not obvious why it should be such fun.
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LAHORE TERROR BOMBING May 28, 2009
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The bombing in Lahore that killed twenty-six people and wounded 250 when a van was driven into a police checkpoint outside a police station and an Inter-Services Intelligence office.
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INVOLVING CHINA May 27, 2009
Posted by wmmbb in CENTRAL ASIA, Humankind/Planet Earth.add a comment
Afghanistan, like for example Laos, should be entitled to its insignificance and anonymity.
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COLONIAL LEGACY May 25, 2009
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The after effects of colonialism, despite there presence almost everywhere on the global political map, are often unappreciated as they are long lasting.
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CIVILIAN WAR DEATHS May 25, 2009
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Modern wars inevitably create their toll of innocent civilian casualties.
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WHITE HOUSE SALESMAN May 24, 2009
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Forget the bully pulpit, in the age of saturation media and advertising, the US President is now the Salesman-in-Chief, more than the Commander-in-Chief, although he is that too.
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MARCH OF FOLLY May 24, 2009
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“War is the unfolding of miscalculations” – Barbara Tuchman.
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FRIDAY NIGHT DOG BLOG: DISRUPTION May 23, 2009
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This week had it share of disruption, not least by the wind and rain which meant the Sasha and Dexter did not get out much.
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PAKISTAN REFUGEES May 21, 2009
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The worst disasters arise from moral failures of human beings, and war has to be the principle example.
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CIVIL WAR ENDS IN SRI LANKA? May 19, 2009
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I suspect that military victory without reconciliation is a recipe for further violence. How will the Tamil minority now be treated in Sri Lanka, and will they be fully and equally integrated into a multi-ethnic society?
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“PERMANENT WAR” May 19, 2009
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I thought it was the year 1984 redux, but not so. George Orwell had credited The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism to Emmanuel Goldstein. There had been an earlier analysis.
INDIAN ELECTIONS May 18, 2009
Posted by wmmbb in South Asia.2 comments
The governing party has been returned in results from the Indian Election. Such a vote of confidence might not have been expected given the effects of the global financial crisis and Mumbai terrorist attacks.
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A SIGNIFICANT APPOINTMENT May 17, 2009
Posted by wmmbb in CENTRAL ASIA.4 comments
The Afghan-Pakistan War is now Obama’s war.
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FRIDAY NIGHT DOG BLOG – REVIEW OF THE FAMILIAR May 16, 2009
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Daily events and circumstances are so familiar that pass almost without observation.
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UNDERSTANDING FUNDAMENTALISM May 15, 2009
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As human beings, despite our species intelligence that gives us the blessing and the curse of language, we are sometimes too prone to the allure of simplicity and certainty.
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UNCONSCIOUS CULTURE May 14, 2009
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Is violence not just endemic to our culture and economy, but intrinsic to it?
COURAGE AND LEADERSHIP May 13, 2009
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Discretion is doubtless the better part of valour.
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THE LAW OF WAR May 12, 2009
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Now it seems the standards of the Australian Armed Forces are descending to the levels of others engaged in “guerrilla wars” in which the enemy cannot be clearly identified.
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