SWEDEN ELECTIONS SHIFT September 21, 2010
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While is true that the anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim party, Swedish Democrats won 20 seats in the 349 seat Riksdag, it is equally the case they received 5.7% of the vote. The threshold in the Swedish system of proportional representation is 4%.
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JIMMY CARTER’S DIARY September 18, 2010
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Former US President Jimmy Carter is about to release a book, White House Diary, dealing with the time and problems he faced.
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AFGHAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS September 18, 2010
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Now holding elections in wartime can be problematic. Holding election with a civil war and a foreign occupation supported puppet government is simply ludicrous.
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FEDERAL ELECTION RESULTS September 18, 2010
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All the seats for the House of Reps and positions for the Senate have now been declared. The formal language has it that “the writs” have been returned.
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MEXICO MAKES 200 September 17, 2010
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Two hundred years ago people in Mexico began the war against the colonial master, Spain, leading to independence. They later lost some lands to another country – but that never gets mentioned in polite circles.
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WAR DRONES ON September 16, 2010
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As Pakistan experiences severe and crippling flooding, the US continues drone attacks in North Wazaristan, especially after the weather lifted.
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ANIMALS MADE US HUMAN September 14, 2010
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Before falling twice and so putting my camera out of action you might have noticed the Friday Night Dog Blogs. This behavior might reflect and parallel a propensity for early humans to display animals on the walls of their caves.
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A CORPORATE STATE? September 14, 2010
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Chris Hedges argues that democracy in the United States has been wholly captured by the large corporations, and furthermore they are indifferent to human welfare.
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GERMAN REUNIFICATION September 13, 2010
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Twenty years ago the Cold War that set of tensions that dominated the post-Second World War ended with the reunification of Germany – and it corollary the break up of the Soviet Union.
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SO THIS IS 9/11 September 12, 2010
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That is to say, in what is taken for plain English around here, the 11th of September. It is now nine years since the events in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.
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BURNING THE QUR’AN September 10, 2010
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The appeals to abandon the proposed burning of the Qur’an of the President of the United States and others, including the President of Indonesia, are falling on deaf ears.
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WAY OF THE WORLD September 9, 2010
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Those who would believe in the lawfulness of the US Government as an actor in the wider world are shown to be blind fools.
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LABOR KEEPS GOVERNMENT September 7, 2010
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Julia Gillard has gathered the numbers in the House of Reps to form a minority government.
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NATURAL DISASTERS September 7, 2010
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The Christchurch Earthquake is a a reminder that disasters with a proximate natural cause do happen.
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COLOMBIA’S CIVIL WAR CONTINUES September 6, 2010
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We are told that the newly elected President of Colombia will not negotiate with the FARC but will get tough against those who use violence to achieve their ends.
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WORKING OUT MINORITY GOVERNMENT September 4, 2010
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I think it more likely that the three Independents will endorse a Labor Government.
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GOD AND THE UNIVERSE September 3, 2010
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Allowing that the Universe may be an easier concept to understand, it seems that God did not have a hand in the Big Bang.
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FRIDAY NIGHT DOG BLOG – SOME REGRETS September 3, 2010
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My camera still worked then I fell over again, and this time hit my face on the ground.
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PERMANENT WAR September 3, 2010
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President Obama one day was announcing that the Americans have withdrawn from broken, fractious, destitute Iraq.
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WHO AND WHEN? September 2, 2010
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The negotiations to form the new government are such fun we might have them after every election, but this is a once in seventy years event.
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