Thursday, April 23, 2009
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Speech at the UN Conference on Racism
Full Text of President Ahmadinejad's Remarks at U.N. Conference on Racism | Foreign Policy Journal
After reading many of the news stories in Western MSM about this speech, you may be surprised at what Ahmadinejad actually said.
Click the link for the full speech.
After reading many of the news stories in Western MSM about this speech, you may be surprised at what Ahmadinejad actually said.
Click the link for the full speech.
The UN conference on anti-racism
How many people actually read Ahmadinejad’s speech? « Paulitics
... Why the white, wealthy, European world would be unwilling to talk openly about issues with which they’ve long had a checkered past is obvious. The U.S. has long bristled at even the suggestion that the victims of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade are owed reparations. The far-right Italian government is currently in the process of rounding up and “tagging” Gypsies once again and thus obviously does not want to participate in the Durban discussions on Gypsies. The Canadian, Australian, American and New Zealand governments were the only governments in the entire world to reject the UN declaration on the rights of Aboriginal and Indigenous peoples and thus did not want to be a part of Durban’s discussions on Aboriginal peoples. And the Israel government doesn’t want to talk about a whole host of issues on which it has long been in violation of UN declarations and Geneva Convention rights (notably the injunctions against acquiring land through military conquest, the right of refugees to return to their homes, nuclear weapons, the slaughter of refugees and engaging in illegal warfare). ...
... Why the white, wealthy, European world would be unwilling to talk openly about issues with which they’ve long had a checkered past is obvious. The U.S. has long bristled at even the suggestion that the victims of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade are owed reparations. The far-right Italian government is currently in the process of rounding up and “tagging” Gypsies once again and thus obviously does not want to participate in the Durban discussions on Gypsies. The Canadian, Australian, American and New Zealand governments were the only governments in the entire world to reject the UN declaration on the rights of Aboriginal and Indigenous peoples and thus did not want to be a part of Durban’s discussions on Aboriginal peoples. And the Israel government doesn’t want to talk about a whole host of issues on which it has long been in violation of UN declarations and Geneva Convention rights (notably the injunctions against acquiring land through military conquest, the right of refugees to return to their homes, nuclear weapons, the slaughter of refugees and engaging in illegal warfare). ...
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
There is some truth in what Ahmadinejad says
Bill Longstaff: Is Ahmadinejad entirely wrong?
Yes, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad does shamelessly grandstand, and yes, once again he has set the cat among the pigeons on the racism front, but is much of what he says not true? In his tirade at the UN anti-racism conference, he is quoted as calling Israel a "cruel and repressive racist regime."
Let's parse that phrase in terms of Gaza. Wasn't the slaughter of 400 children during Israel's invasion of the strip earlier this year "cruel"? Is not the continuing blockade of Gaza "repressive"? And is denying the one million Palestinian refugees in Gaza the right to return home simply because of their race and religion not "racist"? So where in that phrase is Ahmadinejad wrong or anti-Semitic? ...
Yes, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad does shamelessly grandstand, and yes, once again he has set the cat among the pigeons on the racism front, but is much of what he says not true? In his tirade at the UN anti-racism conference, he is quoted as calling Israel a "cruel and repressive racist regime."
Let's parse that phrase in terms of Gaza. Wasn't the slaughter of 400 children during Israel's invasion of the strip earlier this year "cruel"? Is not the continuing blockade of Gaza "repressive"? And is denying the one million Palestinian refugees in Gaza the right to return home simply because of their race and religion not "racist"? So where in that phrase is Ahmadinejad wrong or anti-Semitic? ...
Fraction cells
'Fraction cells' found in human brain
The human brain seems to react directly to fractions and not look at them as ratios. ...
The human brain seems to react directly to fractions and not look at them as ratios. ...
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Your computer/electronic equipment may be good enough
What if our tech is good enough?
People often ask me if their computer is good enough. And often, my answer is 'Yes, it just needs a bit of a tune up, but it is powerful enough and advanced enough to suit your needs for some time."
This article looks into how things may be good enough, and how some of the changes don't make much difference for us.
People often ask me if their computer is good enough. And often, my answer is 'Yes, it just needs a bit of a tune up, but it is powerful enough and advanced enough to suit your needs for some time."
This article looks into how things may be good enough, and how some of the changes don't make much difference for us.
25 Interesting Body and Health Things
25 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Your Body and Health - Page 1 - MSN Health & Fitness - Health Topics
In the spirit of those annoying, addictive, you-know-you're-reading-them-even-though-you-wish-you-weren't Facebook notes popping up everywhere, Health.com presents its list of 25 random things you might not know about the human body, nutrition and exercise, sex, sickness, and health. Go ahead: Pass it on to your friends. ...
In the spirit of those annoying, addictive, you-know-you're-reading-them-even-though-you-wish-you-weren't Facebook notes popping up everywhere, Health.com presents its list of 25 random things you might not know about the human body, nutrition and exercise, sex, sickness, and health. Go ahead: Pass it on to your friends. ...
Peter Murphy, Trent Reznor, Jeordie White and Atticus Ross cover Warm Leatherette in the studio
YouTube - Warm Leatherette - Trent Reznor, Jeordie White, Peter Murphy
Warm Leatherette - Trent Reznor, Jeordie White, Peter Murphy
Warm Leatherette - Trent Reznor, Jeordie White, Peter Murphy
Monday, April 20, 2009
Woooah, duuuude!
erowid art swarm
Art and info and discussion on matters of spirituality and of recreational drugs (mainly psychedelics).
Art and info and discussion on matters of spirituality and of recreational drugs (mainly psychedelics).
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Canadian freedoms are being eroded
Canadian freedoms are being eroded | Blog | Canadian Dimension
(By Mark Spooner) Like thieves coming back night after night to pilfer a warehouse while the watchperson is sleeping, our government and its agencies have been steadily making off with the democratic freedoms that once defined what it is to be Canadian. Naomi Klein’s Shock Doctrine shows us how the calamity that was 9/11 has emboldened enemies of liberty everywhere to enact repressive policies under the guise of fighting terror, but our own government has now played the terror card with such cavalier frequency that it has become nothing more than an ideological taunt thrown in the face of those with whom it disagrees.
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(By Mark Spooner) Like thieves coming back night after night to pilfer a warehouse while the watchperson is sleeping, our government and its agencies have been steadily making off with the democratic freedoms that once defined what it is to be Canadian. Naomi Klein’s Shock Doctrine shows us how the calamity that was 9/11 has emboldened enemies of liberty everywhere to enact repressive policies under the guise of fighting terror, but our own government has now played the terror card with such cavalier frequency that it has become nothing more than an ideological taunt thrown in the face of those with whom it disagrees.
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What's not being reported about Chrysler and the union in Ontario
DTK: McGuinty: Chrysler's Problems are the Union's Fault
... As I explained, the real problem was that Chrysler had never put aside any money for the pensions it had promised its employees. Instead, it now includes the cost of those pensions as part of the current employees' labour cost.
The effect is to make the workers seem expensive relative to those at neighbouring plants when, in reality, they make about the same amount of money.
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... As I explained, the real problem was that Chrysler had never put aside any money for the pensions it had promised its employees. Instead, it now includes the cost of those pensions as part of the current employees' labour cost.
The effect is to make the workers seem expensive relative to those at neighbouring plants when, in reality, they make about the same amount of money.
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Friday, April 17, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Think before you chear for tax cuts
Tax cuts impact quality of life: study
... Mackenzie and company also argue that about 80 per cent of Canadians would have a higher standard of living if the GST hadn't been cut, and that 75 per cent of Canadians would be better off if their provincial governments invested in public services, such as health care and education, rather than income tax cuts. ...
... Mackenzie and company also argue that about 80 per cent of Canadians would have a higher standard of living if the GST hadn't been cut, and that 75 per cent of Canadians would be better off if their provincial governments invested in public services, such as health care and education, rather than income tax cuts. ...
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
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