ILLUSTRATIONS: A map showing some of the countries in which the United States has interfered in the political process (grabbed from Geology.com). Below: U.S. CIA Director John O. Brennan, Democratic Party candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican candid…
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The Disaffected Lib: Security for Oil
“Nice country ya got here. It’d be a real shame if something happened to it.” Britain is hot to trot for Somalia or, to be specific, Somalia’s oil. And, it’s trying to get a leg up on the competition by offering the country humanitarian aid and security assistance. In particular
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: The myopic terrorism lens
One of the main failures of western understanding of the Middle East and South Asia, and the subsequent failures of actions taken by the west in these regions, stems from viewing these regions through the lens of terrorism. This terrorism-centric view…
Continue readingLeDaro: Life in Mogadishu: The world’s most dangerous city
It is an interesting and many times dangerous world we live in. The West has destroyed Somalia by dumping radioactive waste near the beaches and hence has more less ended fishing there. It is one of the most failed states in the world. Now some survive…
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Externalizing the costs of war in Somalia
Perhaps the epitome of a war that externalizes costs out of sight of the average voter is one where the voter is unaware a war is even going on. Such is the case in Somalia, where most Americans might list Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya as wars the US is…
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: The left’s opinion change on Pakistan and the drone war
The issue of the drone war and the public reception to it, particularly among progressives, demonstrates both the strength and failings of that movement. The hallmark test of legitimacy for any body that espouses political opinion is and must be consis…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: East Africa Food Crisis: 48 Hour Fundraiser This Weekend To Combat Famine and Drought
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Please join DeSmogBlog and a network of environmental organizations, websites, nonprofits, and social media mavens this weekend in a 48-hour fundraiser to benefit the 12 …
Continue readingLeDaro: Grand Falls, New Brunswick – Jesus Appears Through a Cloud
In Grand Falls, NB people saw Jesus Christ in a cloud. This seems as bad as samosas being banned in Somalia because crazy fanatic clergy thinks it signifies the Christain trinity.To me it looks like a picture of Colonel Sanders advertising his Kentucky…
Continue readingThe food insecure amongst us
Every year the UN-OCHA (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) says that 3-4 million (always different) subsistence farmers and pastoralists in a variety of different regions in Ethiopia are food insecure, and thus in need of food aid (ou…
Continue readingLeDaro: Samosas Banned in Somalia
Samosas have been banned in much of Somalia because they have three corners, supposedly hinting at the Christian Trinity. Will fundamentalists get any more ridiculous and stupid? Especially when there’s such a serious famine in Somalia.I understand sam…
Continue reading350 or bust: Big Oil-Funded Meeting of Canadian Energy Ministers Ends: Did They Get What They Paid For?
From CBC.ca: Canada’s energy ministers ended two days of annual talks Tuesday in the Kananaskis resort in the Alberta Rockies announcing they have agreed to work together on opening up new markets to Canadian crude oil. They also agreed to work o…
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