Category: politics

The afghan children are being released after having been held for about a year as “unlawful combatants”. Its good news, kind of: U.S. frees 3 teens at Guantanamo base Its good news as long as we ignore the facts that the treatment of these teens, and all other prisoners at Guantanamo bay is against international…… Continue reading U.S. frees three teens from Guantanamo base

Watching the live broadcast of the awards show for “Bush in 30 Seconds”.

Interesting rant from Canadian “blogger” Mark Prince. It echoes a lot of peoples sentiments about the United States: Big Brother Cometh Personally I have noted that a lot of people seem to become more and more negative to Americans in general. Something I don’t think is fair, after all – there is good and bad…… Continue reading How (some of) the world view USA

The 15 finalists of the “Bush in 30 Seconds” advertising contest has been announced: Bush in 30 Seconds finalists A lot of thought-provoking ads among the finalists, with the first one on the list – “Child’s play” being my personal favourite. And the finalists does not include the much talked about Hitler ads, which never…… Continue reading Bush in 30 seconds finalists

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | ‘Bush has already lost the war’ Iraqi civilian deaths bring mounting pressure on US-led coalition “Even before the dust cleared from the bloody scenes at a Baghdad market where at least 14 people were killed … in a US-led air-strike, it was apparent that the Iraq war had taken…… Continue reading Bush has already lost the war