First of all, my most sincere condolences… It was on the midnight of 10 September 2001, right at the very end of my first month in US, I had written to a TA friend of mine who would later come to US and start her own PhD: ?Dear Almıla, life here in Houston, is so … Read more
President Barack Obama Starts Using His Twitter for 2012 Campaign from Bloggers Blog: Blogging the Blogsphere America?s presidential politics, Godfrey Hodgson from open Democracy News Analysis – by Godfrey Hodgson Barack Obama?s hopes of a second term are still bright. But twin policy crises and Republican stirrings are clouds on his re-election horizon, says Godfrey … Read more
?You?re another of the white man?s tools sent to spy!? Malcolm told Alex Haley when they first met. Photograph by Eve Arnold. This American LifeThe making and remaking of Malcolm X. by David Remnick ************************ Obama Says White House Tech Is 30 Years Behind by Charlie White The president is getting frustrated with antiquated technology … Read more
Obama 2012 takes off as rivals ‘hit treacle’ from Mark Mardell | The Reporters by Mark Mardell (the Reporters) The 2012 presidential race is on. Kinda. At the moment, it feels more like a wade through treacle – so slow is the pace of President Barack Obama’s opponents. Mr Obama can be unambiguous that … Read more
Libya airstrikes could start ‘within hours of resolution’ by Mark Mardell (the Reporters) The United Nations seems on the brink of taking a momentous decision. After hanging back for days the Americans have now not only backed the British and French resolution on Libya but beefed it up. The fact that the French foreign minister, … Read more
Obama’s humiliating concession on Guantanamo from Mark Mardell | The Reporters One of Barack Obama’s very first acts as president was to sign an order closing the detention centre for suspected terrorists at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba. Et Tu, Barack! The Torture Continues from WhirledView by Patricia Lee Sharpe By Patricia Lee … Read more
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more photos here 2011 Wisconsin budget protests Egyptian orders a pizza for the Wisconsin demonstrators from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Ian’s, a pizzeria near the Wisconsin state capitol that is sympathetic to the demonstrators, has been facilitating the process of supporters around the world who want to send pizza to the protest. They’ve fielded … Read more
US orders Twitter to hand over account data on Wikileaks and multiple Wikileaks supporters from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin The U.S. Justice Department has ordered Twitter to hand over data associated with multiple user accounts, in preparation for legal action related to Wikileaks. Twitter Subpoenaed by U.S. Government for Wikileaks Accounts from Mashable! by … Read more
Rodriques Dukes, a prisoner in the Isolation Unit at Hays State Prison, peers out of his cell. Hays is known as one of Georgia?s ?toughest,? according to National Geographic Channel, at http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/hard-time/3471/Overview, which features more photos and a video. ? Photo: Derek Bell news here, here and here. In support of Georgia prisoners strike ? … Read more
President Obama Signs the ?Don?t Ask, Don?t Tell? Repeal Act of 2010 from Dipnote – U.S. Department of State Official Blog President Barack Obama signed the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Repeal Act of 2010 at the Interior Department on December 22, 2010. President Obama said that this act will help our national security and uphold … Read more
Global Publics Embrace Social Networking Computer and Cell Phone Usage Up Around the World Another report: Generations 2010 by Kathryn Zickuhr Generation Y Likes Facebook More Than Television from All Facebook by Jackie Cohen If you have deja vu seeing statistics like these, join the club: Some 81 percent of affluent Generation Y adults logs … Read more
Holbrooke the dove from FP Passport by Blake Hounshell The last words of Richard C. Holbrooke, a lion of U.S. diplomacy, were “You’ve got to stop this war in Afghanistan” — a sentence worth pondering as the United States heads into a fresh round of debate over a conflict that has ground on for more … Read more
WikiLeaks Distributed Data Graphic from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M 2010-12-04: Cablegate: Roundtable discussions 2010-12-04: New York Times T Magazine: Julian Assange: The Gift of Information 2010-12-03: Rep. Ron Paul defends WikiLeaks 2010-12-03: TIME: Cover story WikiLeaks founder Assange ought to be hiding from America from washingtonpost.com – Op-Ed Columns by Charles Krauthammer Let the world … Read more