”UNLESS YOU CAN AFFORD TO PARTAKE IN OUR CUSTOMS AND CONVENTIONS, YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE.“ Damien Shannon describes this as the operative “policy” of Oxford University in England. He was rejected for admission because he could not raise 12,000 pounds a year in personal income available to support the “customs and conventions” which [...]
Jan 222013
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Jul 302012
RAISING THE JIHADIST FLAG OVER THE SYRIAN OPPOSITION. While the world’s mainstream press continues to demonize the Syrian government and idolize the opposition to same, two New York Times reporters tell a story that seldom enters that “stream.” An increasing factor in the rebel opposition is the rise of involvement of jihadist Muslim groups [...]
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May 022012
ETCHING THE TOMBSTONE OF EUROPEAN-STYLE AUSTERITY: “THE STRATEGY OF AUSTERITY HAS…BEEN COUNTERPRODUCTIVE…” (The Globe & Mail) ` A new report from the International Labor Organization lays out in raw statistics the destruction and “devastating consequences” of the austerity programs imposed on most of Europe and, to a somewhat lesser extent, the United States. The [...]
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