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Political Absolutism

If Romney doesn’t do as he is told, his presidency could be a living hell.

(PASO ROBLES, CA) - Grover Norquist, in a speech to the Conservative Political Action Committee, admitted that:

"Conservatives have pushed Romney to take extreme positions throughout the 2012 campaign (adding) they wont stop once he becomes president..."

Genocide is Taking Place Right Now in Burma
Saladin, Where Are You?

New song brings to light the slaughter of Rohingya people.

(TUCSON / BOSTON / SACRAMENTO) - The dissolution of the British Empire after the Second World War left a number of problems that still fester, several in the Muslim World.

The most notorious, of course, is Palestine, a problem that now preoccupies its successor, the American Empire.

1497 and So On: A History of White People in Canada
OR... The Caucasian Healing Fund

(a clearly disloyal 7th generation Canadian and a resolutely faithful member of the Republic of Kanata)

(NANAIMO, Vancouver Island) - In the beginning, John Cabot stumbled across Canada and he wasn't even an Englishman but he called himself one, which tells you something.

Unable to hitch a ride with Columbus, the Italian seaman headed west in an English sloop and found himself stuck in a shoal of cod a hundred miles wide.

Making Rohingya Statelessness

In a recent parliament session, when some MPs raised the issue of Rohingya, the immigration minister U Khin Yee said that “there is no Rohingya in Burma”.

(FRANKFURT) - In his article, “A friend’s appeal to Burma”, published on 19 June 2012, Benedict Rogers noted that the first President of Burma, Sao Shwe Thaike, a Shan, said that:

“Muslims of Arakan certainly belong to the indigenous races of Burma. If they do not belong to the indigenous races, we also cannot be taken as indigenous races”.

With An Impeachment On The Kerb, `Single Issues` And Dissenting `Left` Worth Nothing In SL

It is in such context that politics of today decides the birth of politics for tomorrow.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Colombo Telegraph) - A new Rajapaksa campaign is now given unofficial prominence. That of impeaching the Chief Justice.

It was reported a few days ago, some Ministers have put their signatures at an auspicious time, last Friday. Of course it was also said the signatures were on blank paper...

Major Lecture on BEING DIFFERENT, Chicago

This is the final part of my lecture series in Chicago this summer. Earlier I had sent out the videos of my other events during that trip.

(PRINCETON, NJ) - While my recent book has been discussed in numerous forums, each talk takes on a flavor depending on the specific audience.

The talk in the above link was before an audience of well informed Indian Americans dedicated to their dharmic tradition.

Lala-Land: Minimizing Genocidal `Israel` as mere Apartheid and the Myth of `One State`

Post-Zionist "Israeli" intellectuals and their supporters realize that time is running out for their entity

(LONDON) - How can "equal rights" ever be achieved when 70% of "Israeli-Jews" believe they are the "chosen".

It's about time that our "supporters" took into consideration that ideological component which create such racist supremacist "society" and foment hatred and contempt of the "other".

Professional Fireworks to Mark Diwali in Canada`s City of London

Diwali, which falls on November 13 this year, aims at dispelling the darkness and lighting up the lives and symbolizes the victory of good over evil.

(RENO, NV) - Hindu festival of lights Diwali will be celebrated with professional fireworks display in Canada’s city of London (Ontario) this year, reportedly for the first time.

In addition to Hindus of India-Nepal-Bhutan-Caribbean-Sri Lanka-Canada descent; Sikhs and area non-Hindus are also expected to participate.

Saboteur: An Interview With a Domestic Insurgent

From the book RADICAL PEACE: People Refusing War

(OLDENBURG, Germany) - I first met the man we'll call Trucker in 1970 at a rally against the Vietnam War. Our demo was going to start on the Berkeley campus and continue with a march down Telegraph Avenue.

This was shortly after the National Guard and police had murdered six demonstrators at Kent State and Jackson State, so the mood was extremely tense.

Former Tamil Tiger Fighters Become Sri Lankan Slave Labor?

Former soldiers of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) are working in the Vani, where well over 100,000 Tamils were killed during the intense fighting that ended in May 2009.

(THE VANI, Northern Sri Lanka) - Former soldiers of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) are working in the Vani, where well over 100,000 Tamils were killed during the intense fighting that ended in May 2009.

These former POW's/LTTE fighters are now working on an army farm about 200 acres in size.