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On the Pogoms in South Africa

This essay was written by a friend of mine, Richard Pithouse, in response to the xenophobic violence in South Africa.

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Rest in Peace, Guido Sohne

The following message was posted to NV in a comment thread by Guido's sister in law. She has agreed to me giving it wider notice here. FYI, Guido passed away in Nairobi last week. He was only 34 years old. Here is a 5/6/08 facebook post from his sister Sandra:

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Satire - The Five Basic Goals of the Iraq War Have Been Accomplished!

I think it's time for some back-slapping and a few bottles of champagne. After five long years of roadside bombs, snipers, suicide bombers, and massive government spending, we can finally congratulate ourselves as a nation.

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Someone died today. A person.

A bomb went off in Iraq today. I can say this with a degree of certainty, because bombs go off every day in Iraq.

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Justice: Waterboarding Is Not Legal Now

A senior Justice Department official told Congress on Thursday that laws and other limits enacted since three terrorism suspects were waterboarded have eliminated the technique from what is now allowed.

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A speech made a Roman Emperor. Why not a US President?

William Shakespeare was the one who introduced many people in our age to the story of Julius Caesar the great Roman Emperor. You are probably familiar with the story. Caesar returns to Rome in a blaze of glory after his latest conquest. He seeks to consolidate dictatorial power.

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African Cup of Nations: Berti Vogts in Racist charge against Media

Berte Vogts does not have a stellar record as a football manager. He is known for having taken a rather dull over-defensive German team to the quarter-finals of the World Cup held in France back in 1998.

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$76 Billion Gone in 60 Seconds; Indian Investors Lose $250 Billion In Two Days

It started at 9:55am (Indian Standard Time) when the Bombay Stock Exchange opened. The Bombay Sensitive Index or Sensex dove 1716.41 points (9.75%) within sixty seconds and trading was halted for an hour.

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Some Decry N.J. Death Penalty Abolition

Marilyn Flax has never been involved in political campaigns.

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IRAN-"Mr. President the student movement train has no brakes now; it will go to the end" Unified students shout

At least 3000 Students in Tehran University shouted:" Down with the demagogue Government ", "Mr.

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The IQ Race

The driving test is every teenager's nightmare. So much seems to depend on it. It is a ticket to independence. Many people do not pass it at first try. The driving test is in many respects like a test of fitness for citizenship.

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Blatter's Blathering and the decline of international soccer.

The great allure of international football is gone. The greatest moments in the sport used to come from such classics as Brazil vs Argentina at the Maracana, or Germany vs Holland at the World Cup, complete with racial insults and spit missiles.

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Australism: diagnosing our twisted views of the global South

I would like to draw urgent attention to an affliction that is rapidly spreading around the world's high-income areas. The disease, 'Australism', is a particularly virulent strain that seems to have evolved from Orientalism.

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Ron Paul's Resonance and How Bush saved the Welfare State

Long time libertarians keep saying that Ron Paul's support would dry up if people knew what he stands for. Some of his views on race and slashing the size of the US Federal Government could be characterised as out of the mainstream.

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The Nobel Peace Prize Committee is a Hippie Group

Al Gore won the Nobel Prize as you know. His victory is the latest in a long line of capitulations to irresponsible pinkos. A quick run-down of Nobel Peace Laureates;

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The last campaign against bigotry is within selves

There are not many people in general who consider themselves bigoted. David Duke, who has the name that pops up in a lot of minds when the word "bigot" is mentioned once said of himself; I don't call myself a white supremacist.

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Fantasy Sports for Red-blooded males, Brazilian style.

If someone asked you what has been Brazil's main contribution to current World civilisation what would you say? If you like football (or soccer if you want to call it that) like I do you'll be tempted to say it is the greatest Brazilian contribution wouldn't you?

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"Why only in Columbia, We have questions too", Iranian students ask Ahmadinnejad

I first received the news on my sms, as an Iranian friend from Iran, send an sms from the Tehran University campus, which read" On the March!!" This was followed by interrupted three or more ones, and a few pictures from the scene.

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8 things you don't know about me-but hell you probably know nothing about me anyways.

I can usually find many things to say about me. By Zodiac, I am supposed to be an egotist, and a looking-at-own-picture -and wanking type. Today though-and I hope it's a representative day- I can not find many things to say. I will therefore blame Raat ki Rani for tagging me.

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Who wants to follow the Leader of the Free World?

When was the last time you heard about George W. Bush's domestic agenda. One would bet it was just before you heard the loud sucking sound as Iraq swallowed his presidency.

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Hunting Guido Sohne

I do not know exactly why it was that Guido Sohne decided he had had enough. I however got this email from him; Oluseye,

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White Males and Power Structures

This Claus Jacobsen article was as usual cutting edge, original and very well thought out. The actual trigger for the article was this exchange by the Fox News loudmouth Bill O'Reilly and US Senator John McCain.

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American Buys Slices of South America

The American multimillionaire who founded the North Face and Esprit clothing lines says he is trying to save the planet by buying bits of it. First Douglas Tompkins purchased a huge swath of southern Chile, and now he's hoping to save the northeast wetlands of neighboring Argentina.

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Flying Dog Brewery to Launch Open Source Beer

Denver's Flying Dog Brewery today announced plans to release what is believed to be the first "open source" beer to hit the market in the U.S.

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Nigeria changes guard in flawed but important democratic transition.

Nigerian democracy completed a milestone today following the first civilian-to-civilian democratic transition in the country's history. Earlier this morning, Nigeria's President-elect Alhaji Umaru Yar'adua placed his hand on the holy koran to take his oath of office.

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