Unclassified Media Project #2
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Iceland Revolution Project – Interview with Birgitta Jónsdóttir
Birgitta Jónsdóttir is a member of parliament of Althing, the Icelandic parliament, formerly representing the Citizens’ Movement, but now representing The Movement. She was elected to the Icelandic parliament in April 2009 on behalf of a movement aiming for democratic reform beyond party politics of left and right. Birgitta has been an activist and a spokesperson for various groups, such as Wikileaks, Saving Iceland and Friends of Tibet in Iceland. She acts as a spokeswoman for the Icelandic Modern Media Initiative.
Is President Obama all talk and no action?
Is President Obama all talk and no action?
The US President has produced little of substance to underpin his high-flown rhetoric about being willing to stand up for freedom, argues Janet Daley.
Read more on Daily Telegraph
Obama in Poland to boost ties, learn lessons
Pivoting to the last phase of a weeklong European diplomatic tour, President Barack Obama on Friday gave his attention to Poland, hoping to inject some vigor into a relationship with an ally that has sometimes felt slighted by Washington.
Read more on AP via Yahoo! News
Mayor Mike Vows to Drop Tunnel Fight – Again
McGinnMike McGinn will back the city council’s decision to move forward with the downtown waterfront tunnel project, the P-I reports, if voters approve his bid for office. “This doesn’t change
Read more on Seattle Weekly
National and world briefs
ALEXANDRIA, Va. #8212; A U.S. judge has ruled that the campaign finance law banning corporations from making contributions to federal candidates is unconstitutional, saying that a recent Supreme Court decision gives companies the same right to donate as individual citizens enjoy.
Read more on Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
Nuclear report on Syria may augur punitive action
Nuclear report on Syria may augur punitive action
IAEA findings that Syria ‘very likely’ pursued a secret program may add to foreign pressure on Damascus amid a government crackdown on protesters. A separate report says Iran has expanded its nuclear capacity and stockpile. The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog released a detailed report saying Syria “very likely” pursued a clandestine nuclear program, an assertion that is expected to add …
Read more on Los Angeles Times
Evjue Foundation gives .1 million in Madison area
Gifts and grants totalling $ 1,110,270 to area educational, cultural and civic organizations for 2011 have been announced by John H. “Jack” Lussier, president of The Evjue Foundation, the charitable arm of The Capital Times.
Read more on The Capital Times
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Project Einstein Bangladesh
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Success for Burger brothers
FOUR Bunkers Hill brothers – boasting an impressive list of achievements – have managed to set a record at both Stirling Primary and Stirling High schools.
Read more on Daily Dispatch
Bring on the cruise ships, says BCM
CRUISE ships have the potential to put East London on the map if more dock at the city’s port, something tourism officials and port authorities are working towards.
Read more on Daily Dispatch
China shafts Philippine mines
MANILA – While the Philippines needs foreign investment to spark its struggling economy, a recent wave of Chinese outlays in the country’s under-developed mining sector has raised hackles among regulators.
Read more on Asia Times
Naomi Klein – Iraq: The Neoliberal Project (Part 1 of 8)
aka “Free Iraq from the Killer Liberators & the Corporations they Serve” speech in Los Angeles 2/21/05
Just who the hell do you think you people are? – Preserving the EU project at any cost
The fear in the EU bunker This is the transcript of the speech: Good morning, Mr van Rompuy, You’ve been in office for one year and in that time the whole edifice is beginning to crumble, there’s chaos, the money’s running out — I should thank you; you should perhaps be the pin-up boy of the Eurosceptic movement. But just look around this chamber, this morning. Just look at these faces. Look at the fear. Look at the anger. Poor old Barroso here looks like he’s seen a ghost. They’re beginning to understand that the game is up and yet in their desperation to preserve their dream, they want to remove any remaining traces of democracy from the system. And it’s pretty clear that none of you have learnt anything. When you yourself, Mr van Rompuy, say that the euro has brought us stability. I suppose I could applaud you for having a sense of humour, but isn’t this, really, just the bunker mentality? Your fanaticism is out in the open. You talked about the fact that it was a lie to believe that the nation state could exist in the 21st Century globalised world. Well, that may be true in the case of Belgium, who haven’t had a government for six months, but for the rest of us, right across every member state in this Union — and perhaps this is why we see the fear in the faces — increasingly people are saying, ‘We don’t want that flag. We don’t want the anthem. We don’t want this political class. We want the whole thing consigned to the dustbin of history.’ And we had the Greek …
Video Rating: 4 / 5
The Truth About Muhammad – Robert Spencer (1 of 7)
ROBERT SPENCER is the director of Jihad Watch, a project of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, and the author of two New York Times bestsellers on Islamic jihad. Spencer has written seven books, ten monographs, and well over two hundred articles about jihad and Islamic terrorism. Along with the bestsellers The Truth About Muhammad (Regnery) and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) (Regnery), he is the author of Islam Unveiled: Disturbing Questions About the World’s Fastest Growing Faith (Encounter) and Onward Muslim Soldiers: How Jihad Still Threatens America and the West (Regnery). He is coauthor, with Daniel Ali, of Inside Islam: A Guide for Catholics (Ascension), and editor of the essay collection The Myth of Islamic Tolerance: How Islamic Law Treats Non-Muslims, Stealth Jihad. ooo OOO ooo In this startling new book, New York Times bestselling author Robert Spencer, provides a warts-and-all portrait of the Prophet of Islam and draws out what his life implies for reforming Islam and repulsing Islamic terrorists. Spencer relies solely on primary sources considered reliable by Muslims and evaluates modern biographies to show how Muhammad has been changed for Western audiences, lulling them into consoling but false conclusions. Muhammad: a frank look at his influential (and violent) life and teachings In The Truth about Muhammad, New York Times bestselling author and Islam expert Robert Spencer offers an honest and telling portrait of the founder of …
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Nice Democracy Project photos
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Project Einstein Bangladesh
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Project Einstein Bangladesh
Image by digital.democracy
Project Einstein, bangladesh, kutupalong camp, rohingya, refugees,
new words media
Project Einstein Bangladesh
Image by digital.democracy
Project Einstein, bangladesh, kutupalong camp, rohingya, refugees,
new words media