Category: 1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism
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Mobile Phones in Sydney Blocked During Bush Visit
Mobile phone calls in sections of Sydney’s CBD will reportedly be blocked during US President George Bush’s APEC visit in September. News Limited papers report the sophisticated counter-terrorism measure will be used to prevent mobile phone detonated remote-control bombs. A helicopter fitted with signal-jamming equipment will shadow the President’s motorcade. It will block all mobile […]
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Pope Cites Christian Conquerors of North America as Welcomed
What? Were they greeted as liberators? In a speech to Latin American and Caribbean bishops at the end of a visit to Brazil, the Pope said the Church had not imposed itself on the indigenous peoples of the Americas. They had welcomed the arrival of European priests at the time of the conquest as they […]
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Happy Loyalty Day
Updated: This holiday was first created in 1959 ‘was intended to counterbalance the celebration of the Labour Day on May Day — May 1, which was perceived as communist.’ Today is a nationally recognized holiday: Loyalty Day. Does that make anyone else’s skin crawl? OW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States […]
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Call Your House Reps: Floor Vote on Cheney Impeachment Tomorrow (Wednesday)
(Update below) Put up or shut up. Do you have a whole 2 minutes of your day to express your dis-satisfaction? Hell, you can do this on your way to get your afternoon latte. Go to http://house.gov, look up your Congress rep and tell them about the impeachment vote tomorrow. In an 18-page draft resolution, […]
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BBC Newsnight Does a John Bolton Takedown
(via ThinkProgress and Digg) “What staggers me about this clip is Bolton’s point-blank view that the US had no responsibility to impose order after the invasion, and no responsibility for security within the country. Bolton actually says that the only error Bush really made was not giving the Iraqis ‘a copy of the Federalist papers […]