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Is It Illegal To Sell Legal Drugs?

March 8th, 2010 · No Comments

The world of drugs is among the most fascinating in that one never knows what or which drug will create problems for society. About 10% of pharmacies in the United Kingdom have discovered a new way to make money from the drugs they sell to patients–just sell it to patients in other parts of the [...]

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Tags: Emerging Issues in the World · Human Rights · Politics · Social Justice · UK · World News

Ever Get Feeling You Don’t Want To Go?

March 6th, 2010 · No Comments

There is a nasty war going on in Afghanistan and some soldiers did not think fighting in the mountains of that country was what they signed up for in the military. Lance Corporal Joe Glenton has become famous to anti-war advocates by speaking out against serving in that hell hole. He even went further by [...]

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Tags: Human Rights · Military · Multicultural · Politics · Socialists · UK · War · World News

Gordon Brown–Iraq War, Right Decision

March 6th, 2010 · No Comments

Historically, the British Labor Party believed in the cause of peace, not war. Gordon Brown, appeared before the Chilcot inquiry in order to defend Tony Blair’s 2003 decision to join the Bush fiasco in Iraq. Although, he admitted Saddam Hussein never had an WMD, “I believe this is the gravest decision of all, [...]

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Tags: Barack Obama · Human Rights · Islam · Military · Peace · Politics · Social Justice · Socialists · UK · US Foreign Policy · War · World News

Is Anyone In Israel Listening To Reality?

March 5th, 2010 · 3 Comments

First, to make clear my own views– I believe both Israel, Arabs, and Palestinians all have played roles in creating the current mess in the Middle East. No group gain stand aside and claim others are at fault over failure to achieve peace in the Middle East. Australia, historically, has been a staunch supporter of [...]

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Tags: Australia · Barack Obama · Human Rights · Islam · Israel · Judaism · Military · Multicultural · Muslims · Peace · Politics · Social Justice · UK · US Foreign Policy · United States · War · World News

Tony Blair Was Depressed Over Iraq War

March 5th, 2010 · No Comments

Last month, a defiant Tony Blair appeared before the Chilcot inquiry into the origin of the war in Iraq and bluntly said that he had “not a regret” about joining with his buddy, George Bush, and having his nation participate in the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. However, a new book by Andrew Rawnsley, “The End [...]

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Tags: Barack Obama · Dick Cheney · Don Rumsfeld · George Bush · Human Rights · Iraq War · Muslims · Social Justice · UK · US Foreign Policy · United States · War · World News

Surprise: Some Schools Block Poor Children Attending!

March 5th, 2010 · No Comments

A new study by the Sutton Trust in the United Kingdom reveals news that is only about one hundred years old– many schools seek the entry of children from more affluent backgrounds and work hard not to admit children from poorer families. Some statics in New York City indicate for the vast majority of white [...]

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Tags: Education · Gender Issues · Human Rights · Multicultural · Politics · Social Justice · UK · United States · World News

Suicide Bombers–Virgins Or Digging Coal?

March 4th, 2010 · No Comments

A Muslim scholar currently residing in London will shortly issue a fatwa that unequivocally condemns terrorism and warns anyone who wants to place bombs around his tummy and blow himself up that his destination will not be the warm heaven of dozens of gorgeous women, but the dark damp hot climate of Hell where [...]

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Tags: Gender Issues · Human Rights · Islam · Military · Multicultural · Muslims · Peace · Politics · Religion · Social Justice · UK · World News

Should Parents Decide Who Leads Schools?

February 25th, 2010 · No Comments

Prime Minister Gordon Brown came out swinging in favor of parents being given the power to decide who leads schools in order to improve standards of education. Under his proposal, parents would be solicited to vote on whether the current leadership of a school is in competent hands as well as voting on whether the [...]

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Tags: Education · Human Rights · Multicultural · Politics · Social Justice · Socialists · UK · World News

UK Metropolitan Police Investigate Torture

February 20th, 2010 · No Comments

The Metropolitan police have initiated an investigation into charges that M15 was complicit in the torture of Shaker Aamer, a British citizen, who was captured in Afghanistan and taken to Bagram airport where Americans used torture methods in order to extract information and a confession from Aamer. Investigating officers have appealed to the [...]

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Tags: Asia · Barack Obama · Human Rights · Islam · Military · Multicultural · Muslims · Peace · Politics · Social Justice · UK · US Foreign Policy · United States · War · World News

A White By Another Other Color Is Still A White

February 15th, 2010 · No Comments

The British National Party is committed to create a United Kingdom that is united around the principle that whites are simply not only the best people to lead a nation, but the only ones. Its leader, Nick Griffin, decided to warm things up a bit by announcing a change in the party’s Constitution that [...]

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Tags: Human Rights · Multicultural · Politics · Social Justice · UK · World News