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Nepal protests
The protests in Kathmandu
:: STARTED BY All Acting Regiment
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:44 23.01.06
Wikipedia controversy
Keywords: Tron, Boris Floricic, hacker, censorship, Boris Floricic
:: STARTED BY robertk
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:38 20.01.06
So, terrrorism - what's that, then?
What is terrorism? How does one define a terrorist? Are most terrorists muslim, and if so why?
:: STARTED BY West Baltimore Hausing Project
:: 85 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:46 19.01.06
News on US, UK, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Israel and related issues.
a website i frequent for news on the war in iraq & afghanistan.
might be of interest.
:: STARTED BY squib
:: 0 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:33 17.01.06
It Can't Happen Here
The Godwinization of Political Discourse. Or, how *does* a dictatorship happen, anyway?
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 12 REPLIES, LAST AT 06:32 17.01.06
Patriotism, Jingoism, or just plain Idiocy? 'British Day' advocated by Brown...
Gordon Brown, he of the texture like sun, has suggested a 'British Day' to replace Rememberance Sunday. Spiffing idea, or another example of this government becoming increasingly out of touch with reality?
:: STARTED BY Tezcatlipoca
:: 16 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:07 16.01.06
Prosecuting Trolls
Bush Smash Troll (New law bans "annoying people" online without disclosing your identity.)
:: STARTED BY Keith, like a scientist
:: 16 REPLIES, LAST AT 06:05 14.01.06
DeLay Indicted for Criminal Conspiracy
According to House rules, "the Bugman" now has to step down from his post as majority leader. And may wind up doing jail time. A week after Senate leader Bill Frist is caught up in an insider trading scandal. Is it just me, or has the wind changed direction?
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 23 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:37 12.01.06
Tony Blair will be prosecuted for war crimes if it all goes ahead.
British human rights lawyers confirm they will seek prosecution of Tony Blair for war crimes if Iraq action goes ahead without second UN resolution agreeing to action.
Let's all sit back and imagine how funny it would be if he got prosecuted.
:: STARTED BY Our Lady of The Two Towers
:: 13 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:07 10.01.06
*Yawn* more attempts to control everything
"From 2006 Britain will be the first country where *every* journey by *every* car will be monitored" FP independent 22/12/05
:: STARTED BY solid~liquid onwards
:: 30 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:40 03.01.06
Bob Crow, public support idiot, or inside man - the New Years Eve tube strike
New Years Eve tube strike, tube strikes in London, Bob Crow, Unions in the UK
:: STARTED BY Benny the Ball
:: 9 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:32 01.01.06
Bias and politics
A response to the "Bias and perception of bias on Barbelith" thread in Policy and Help.
:: STARTED BY Tryphena Absent
:: 26 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:30 29.12.05
We need oil...
A thread about the need for oil and the impact that need has on competing nations...
:: STARTED BY sleazenation
:: 21 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:55 24.12.05
Tookie Dies Tonight
The execution of Ex-Crips leader Stanley Williams in California, following the rejection of a clemency petition by governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
:: STARTED BY Morpheus
:: 43 REPLIES, LAST AT 07:42 22.12.05
Homophobic BBC Scotland Online.
"Same-sex couples embrace equality."
According to the BBC, second-class marriage constitutes "equality".
A discussion on civil partnerships, the UK Civil Partnership Act 2004 and the media coverage of same.
:: STARTED BY Nobody's girl
:: 99 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:38 21.12.05
We beat him to death, accidentally, your Honour
"random, indiscriminate and terrifying" killing spree doesn't add up to murder.
:: STARTED BY Mourne Kransky
:: 11 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:25 21.12.05
Race Riots in Sydney
December 2005. Race riots in the beachside suburb of Cronulla in Sydney Australia.
:: STARTED BY Loomis
:: 20 REPLIES, LAST AT 03:55 21.12.05
The Kennedy Assassination
Who killed JFK?
:: STARTED BY feathered_up
:: 14 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:30 19.12.05
The Conservative Party Leadership Election - 2005 Widescreen Edition
Conservatives, Leadership, Michael Howard, Ken Clarke, Tobacco, David Davis, Liam Fox, David Cameron
:: STARTED BY Our Lady Drinks Your Milkshake
:: 111 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:26 18.12.05
The New Liberal Imperialism
A 2002 article discussing politics and imperialism and stuff. "The weak still need the strong and the strong still need an orderly world."
:: STARTED BY Buk
:: 12 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:00 16.12.05
Raid on Finsbury Park
Police allegedly close off Finsbury Park, site of a "controversial" London mosque, raid businesses, detain Muslims and non-whites for many hours.
:: STARTED BY Mordant
:: 11 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:53 14.12.05
Harold Pinter - Art, truth and politics
In his video-taped Nobel acceptance speech, Harold Pinter excoriated a 'brutal, scornful and ruthless' United States.
:: STARTED BY unheimlich manoeuvre
:: 11 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:27 13.12.05
When Air Marshals Attack
A thread about the shooting of Rigoberto Alpizar in a plane in Miami...
:: STARTED BY sleazenation
:: 21 REPLIES, LAST AT 01:44 13.12.05
Why do we need or want marriage?
Marriages and Civil Partnerships: Why have them?
:: STARTED BY lord henry strikes back
:: 31 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:29 09.12.05
US Secret Prison Camps in Europe
Condoleeza admits US have secret prisons in Europe, and that the CIA secretly abducts people and detains them. Thoughts?
:: STARTED BY Quantum
:: 23 REPLIES, LAST AT 02:28 09.12.05
Bush assassination attempt May 05
Information about assassination attempt in Georgia, May 2005.
:: STARTED BY Keith, like a scientist
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:14 06.12.05
Poland may lose EU vote
The EU justice commisionar has warned that a country housing secret CIA prisons may lose its EU vote - Poland and Romania are suspected.
:: STARTED BY Lurid Archive
:: 15 REPLIES, LAST AT 09:42 06.12.05
Catholic Bishop campaigns for condoms
Bishop Kevin Dowling of Rustenburg, South Africa, has first-hand experience helping the victims of AIDS. That's why he wants the Vatican to support the use of condoms.
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 06:23 03.12.05
Subversive Bling?
Is hip-hop style vulgar consumption actually a valid subversion and rebellion against capitalism, as opposed to the popular middle-class left-wing assumption that it is an unutterably bad enslavement to it?
:: STARTED BY Leidan
:: 29 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:25 02.12.05
Gentrification
Gentrification - social cleansing by stealth?
:: STARTED BY Psych Safeling
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:43 01.12.05
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