Politics

German Left Wing Leader attacks German support for ‘Fascist” Ukraine Government

Gregor Gysi is a parliamentary head of the largest lower-house opposition party in Germany – the Left Party, today attacked Angela Merkel’s support for sanctions against Russia. “They [the Ukraine revolutionaries] formed a new government….. Immediately recognized by president Obama by the EU and German government as well. Miss Merkel! The vice- prime minister, the […]

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A Litmus Test for War: Britain’s National Interests

By accident, the United Kingdom has done “The Right Thing” with regard to Syria.One could argue that this is how democracy operates; by cutting through the politicking to what people really think when it’s important. But we were lucky.  To ensure we learn and achieve something useful from this, the UK must stop trying to

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Consequences of All British Military Action Requiring Parliamentary Approval

After the the bugled debate on whether Britain should take military action against Syria and its chemical weapons,  parliamentary voices are now demanding that the Prime Minister be stripped of his legal right to send British forces into action. They are encouraged by the Prime Minister’s declaration that as Parliament has debated Syria, that’s an

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Sharia Law, Vigilantism and Islamophobia

A court in Sydney has found a group of men accused of administering 40 lashes as a Sharia Law punishment, guilty of assault. In what seems to be a similar attempt to create zones of sharia law within western democracies, Asian vigilantes in East London have been threatening and assaulting homosexuals, and women they feel to be “inappropriately dressed”. In response, there have been reciprocal anti -Islam protests, from

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Pork-Barrel Lobbyists, Fit Women and the Threat to US Democracy

  A second term President has the potential to do a lot more in his second “first hundred days” than in his first term. But being hamstrung by party bickering and lack of majority, President Obama will struggle with his budget and other domestic reforms.  Hamstrung Presidents usually turn to foreign policy, where they’re not

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