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The World Celebrates Nelson Mandela’s 90th Birthday

Mandela’s Campaign Against South African Apartheid

On August 5th, 1962, Nelson Mandela was arrested after living in underground hiding for seventeen months, and was initially imprisoned in the Johannesburg Fort. He was imprisoned after being charged with involvement in planning armed action and a conspiracy to help other countries invade South Africa. The arrest was made possible because the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) tipped off South African security police as to Mandela’s whereabouts and disguise. Mandela was later imprisoned on Robben Island, where he remained for the next eighteen of his twenty-seven years in prison.

In March 1982, Mandela was transferred from Robben Island to Pollsmoor Prison, in part to enable discreet contact between him and the South African government. In 1990, State President F.W. de Klerk reversed the ban on anti-apartheid organizations, and announced that Mandela would […]

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disembedded wrote an interesting post today on
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by Stefan Fobes

Earlier this week, in my analysis of Bilderberg 2008 and what it held for the world this year, I pondered on whether there would be Al-Qaeda hackers let loose, as cyberterrorism was being discussed this time. And yesterday, some hackers messed around and made the official sites of the organizations overseeing the web’s key routing infrastructure and domain name regulation systems point to a site displaying this message: “You think that you control the domains but you don’t! Everybody knows wrong. We control the domains including ICANN! Don’t you believe us?”

Did a ten year old write that? Oh…oh….uh….you buh…believe us don’t you? This is exactly like the 9/11 “cellphone” call from Flight 93 where someone called passenger Mark Bingham’s mother and said, hi this is Mark Bingham, and then when asked by Bingham’s mother who the guys were that they said had a bomb on the plane, […]

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Stefan Fobes wrote an interesting post today on
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Peace talks had their chance. Weapons had their chance. Both failed. For years. It seems fair to give a third and more profound path to peace a chance.
Sri Lanka needs a systematic method to establish a profound, unshakeable, and permanent foundation on which to build a healthy society. There is such method, a long forgotten, but proven technology of peace, in the ancient Vedic tradition of India.
The Advantages:

No killing, no bombing

Risk free

Inexpensive

Fast results

Stable peace

Supports talks

Positive side effects: Economic growth and crime reduction

Verified by 23 published research studies and 50 demonstration projects

As all Vedic techniques, it is a technology of consciousness, and it makes relevant a key belief of the UN:
“War begins in the minds of men”. UNESCO
Certainly, peace must be born in the same place. Consciousness is the basis of both peace and war, yet no leader seems […]

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Ranjith Wijewardene wrote an interesting post today on
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Hot on the heels of NASA’s announcement that there may be “arable” soil on Mars, John McCain called for the Government to relax restrictions on Martian farming, accelerate ethanol, bio diesel and bio fuel production on Mars. He further proposed to offer a reward of $300 million to anyone developing a way to go to Mars without using LSD, Peyote, Mushrooms or any combination of Illicit Drugs. The Obama campaign immediately responded “The old coot’s definitely lost it this time”.

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unknown wrote an interesting post today on
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HOW MANY MORE INNOCENT PEOPLE MUST DIE AT THE HANDS OF CORRUPT POLICE OFFICERS BEFORE WE STEP IN TO STOP IT?
WHEN WILL WE SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH?
DO NOT STAY SILENT ANY LONGER, SPEAK UP FOR JUSTICE!!!
WHY IS SHOOTING SOMEONE THAT IS NOT HURTING ANYONE JUSTIFIED TO THE LAPD?? THIS IS CRAZY!
http://www.copwatchla.org//newsaction.cgi?article=99999945095517.99252988048
 

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laura wrote an interesting post today on
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It is a sad day for many in the US army today.  A body of a seven month pregnant woman by the name of Spc. Megan Lynn Touma, 23, was found in a motel bathroom tub.  The police have said that the death looked suspicious but an toxicology result is pending currently.  Read more about this developing story here: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/27/national/main4214974.shtml

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bmarcel wrote an interesting post today on
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Justice was done today as Varsha Sabhnani was sentenced to eleven years in prison for enslaving and abusing her maids inside her New York mansion.  One of the workers said they were forced to eat vomit at one point.  Sabhnani’s husband has yet to be sentenced for his play in this situation but I’m sure things will play out equally for him.  Read more about this here: http://news.aol.com/story/_a/prison-for-woman-who-enslaved-maids/20080627090109990001?icid=200100125×1204911466×1200206490

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bmarcel wrote an interesting post today on
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The Anaheim Ducks are parting ways with Todd Bertuzzi, as the club has placed the veteran winger on waivers with the intention to buy out the remaining season of his contract with the organization.

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1melanie wrote an interesting post today on
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Dangerous Hype about India, China
Brahma Chellaney
It has become commonplace internationally to speak of India and China in the same breath as two emerging major powers challenging the two-century-old Western domination of the world.
The two demographic titans are coming into their own at the same time in history, highlighting the ongoing major shifts in global politics and economy. To underscore the eastward movement of power and influence, China and India have even been blended together in the “Chindia” concept — a unique synthesis.
The hype on their rise has become so strong that many have come to believe that these two states are ordained to lead the world.
While such publicity is useful to help lift Chinese and Indian spirits and instil greater motivation, the danger is that the hype can also prove self-deluding for India and China.
For analysts, it is tempting to make long-term linear forecasts on the basis […]

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Niraj Shah wrote an interesting post today on
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Link to Steyn’s article below the Globe and Mail story…
Rights panel rejects action against Maclean’s
JAMIE KOMARNICKI
theglobeandmail.com
June 27, 2008
The Canadian Human Rights Commission has dismissed a complaint against Maclean’s magazine over a controversial article on the future of Islam, magazine officials said yesterday.
Meanwhile, a decision from the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal over the same issue isn’t expected for several months.
The Canadian Islamic Congress launched the dual complaints over an article by Maclean’s journalist Mark Steyn. The article, “The Future Belongs to Islam,” came under fire by Muslim critics who claimed it spreads Islamophobia.
Earlier this month, closing arguments were made before B.C.’s Human Rights Tribunal over the article, which appeared in Maclean’s in October, 2006.

HT to Clarice Feldman at American Thinker and Ezra Levant.
As mentioned in the quote above, it was Steyn’s article in Maclean’s, “The Future Belongs to Islam,” that was at the center of the controversy. As the old […]

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