http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:29:06 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:29:06 ...Afghanistan officials claimed Sunday that Afghan and NATO forces were retaliating for gunfire from two Pakistani army bases when they called in airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, adding a layer of complexity to episode that has further strained Pakistan’s ties with the United States.
... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/204 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:51:45 Source: [b]The Guardian[/b]

...US-Egyptian writer says she had bones broken in both wrists by security officials after arrest near Tahrir Square...

The prominent US-Egyptian journalist Mona Eltahawy has described a brutal sexual and physical assault that she says she suffered after being arreste... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/203 Fri, 25 Nov 2011 02:08:03 Source: [b]Globe and Mail[/b]

...Several protest groups have called for a “million-man march” to take place Tuesday in downtown Cairo, the scene of the first such march in January. The success of the day’s march may well determine the next move the military authorities will make and, with that, the... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/202 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:09:20 Cameron
Merkel
Sarkozy

et al. The right of center now controls the continent...

Spain's center-right opposition stormed to a crushing election victory on Sunday as voters punished the outgoing Socialist government for the worst economic crisis in generations. The People's Party, led by form... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/201 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:21:54 Are we in the middle of a bankers coup d'etat...?

The “Shock Doctrine” is clearly at work again. Look at Italy’s new leader’s credentials, Mario Monti
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Monti

Monti is the first chairman of Bruegel, a European think tank founded in 2005, and he is European Ch... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/200 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:41:56 They are now supporting the EU austerity plan. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/04/us-greece-samaras-idUSTRE7A36D120111104

And yes Virginia, that makes the Greek PM an anti-democratic douche.

Referendum canceled (Check)
Opposition Support for Austertiy (Check)
Vote of Confidence Win (C... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/199 Sat, 05 Nov 2011 07:57:42 The Arab Spring has had a very disjointed affect here in the UAE. While there is very little in the way of opposition (think how long would it take for their to be a Beverly Hills Coup), even the slightest dissent has met with crushing resistance. Three emirati bloggers were arrested this last Spr... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/198 Sat, 05 Nov 2011 07:47:51 Source: [b]AP[/b]

Fear that Egypt's ruling generals are working to perpetuate their hold on power is causing a political furor, threatening a "second revolution" and sending relations between the generals and activists to new lows less than four weeks before a key election.

The outcry has been p... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/197 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 09:48:21 Source: [b]AP[/b]

Security forces in Bahrain have used tear gas and armored vehicles to drive back protesters streaming toward a heavily guarded square that was once the center for pro-reform demonstrations in the Gulf nation...

Read more: http://en.news.maktoob.com/20090001206456/Bahrain_security... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/196 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 09:44:18 Has anyone figured out which opponent research team leaked this to Politico?

If not, who do you think it was and why?... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/195 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:35:40 When the Arab Spring was born, it had a young face. On the streets of Sidi Bouzid, then Tunis, then Cairo, Benghazi, and beyond, it was 20- and 30-somethings who hit the pavement to demand change in the face of tear gas and bullets.

They were lauded as a new, internet-savvy generation fed up with... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/194 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:48:27 In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the most water scarce region in the world, it is predicted that per capita water availability will fall by half by 2050. And scarcity is only one of the water-related challenges that MENA countries are currently facing--altered rainfall patterns due to cli... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/193 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:02:11 In all seriousness, the nature of his disease should disqualify him for the job.

...Statistics have shown only 7% as the stage 4 liver cancer survival rates for a 5 year period. Those whose cancer is surgically removed show a survival rate of about 75% after 1 year, 50% after 3 years and 30% afte... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/192 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:48:00 Source: [b]Reuters[/b]

DUBAI (Reuters) - A member of the Saudi royal family has pledged $900,000 to a bounty offered by a prominent cleric to any Palestinian who kidnaps an Israeli soldier, according to comments aired on a private TV station Saturday.

Prince Khaled bin Talal, a brother of Saudi ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/191 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 07:56:47 Source: [b]Gulf News[/b]

A public warning has been issued by a nuclear watchdog agency after a radioactive source of Iridium went missing on Tuesday.

The loss of the substance, used in industrial radiography by an Abu Dhabi-based company, prompted the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FA... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/190 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:32:31 From Yemen:

...Of particular concern is the Islamist Islah party, modelled on Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, which some fear is hijacking the protest movement. They say Islah supporters dominate the movement's organising committee which plans and runs demonstrations, often seeking to raise tension o... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/189 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:19:50 Expect a big boost in the polls with his...

-Coded birther talk...
-Out right to lifing Herman Cain
-and last but not least his 'love affair' with his gun

:eyes:

Hell, he may have just won the nomination :sarcasm:... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/188 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:26:06 Source: [b]AFP[/b]

Three young Saudis who posted online a video on poverty in the oil-rich kingdom have been detained after an opposition television aired part of their documentary, activists said on Wednesday.

Firas Baqna, Khalid al-Rasheed and Hussam al-Darwish were arrested on Sunday by polic... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/187 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:40:54 North Korean regime 'propped up' by Edinburgh Woolen Mill sweatshop deal

THE Edinburgh Woollen Mill have been exposed for using North Korean sweatshop labour to make their clothes.

The cashmere knitwear, labelled "Designed in Scotland", is made by Mongolian firm Eermel, who employ 80 North Ko... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/186 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:58:04 There has been no outcry from the 'GOP Base' to get Gov. Christie in the race. Instead it is orchestrated media hype coming from:

Wall Street:

...Chris Christie seems to have two big constituent groups: The media (which seems to love him) and Wall Street, which is not too keen on Republican p... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/185 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 07:36:45 :(... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/184 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:25:10 I spent last night in the hospital.

Early yesterday afternoon while working, I started to get the feeling that I was going to pass-out towards the end of my second class ( I am a professor). My head was going numb and my arms. I immediately went to the clinic which fortunately was in the same b... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/183 Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:53:25 You can't make this stuff up...

Jeans 'are named for jinns and can make you infertile', Iranians told

"Iranian men have been warned: jeans can make you infertile because they cause you to overheat. At least this is the opinion expressed by a young man in an interview aired on Iran's state tele... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/182 Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:17:33 Too funny!

:rofl:... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/181 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:11:42 I was shocked! Someone on a morning news show actually did their homework and nailed the 'not ready for prime-time' candidate (Huntsman) on the fact his family's company had massively outsourced overseas.

It was a *SNAP* moment when I am sure he was expecting fluffy bunnies and unicorns.

Olbe... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/180 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:02:38