Israel’s attack on Gaza is, in effect, an attack on Iran’s empire, the first since its offensive on Iranian-backed Hezbollah in 2006. That attack failed for a number of reasons, not least of which was Israel’s poor intelligence on Hezbollah: historically, its intelligence on the Palestinians has been much better. Moreover, this attack seems more [...]
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Target Iran: Israel’s Attack on Gaza
Posted: 6th January 2009 by Sus Scrofa in PoliticsTags: Gaza, Israel, terrorism
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Japanese Investors Pray for Survival
Posted: 5th January 2009 by Simo Häyhä in Oddly Enough, PoliticsTags: business, Japan, pray, shrine
TOKYO (Reuters Life!) – Clad in suits, thousands of employees and executives flooded a Tokyo shrine dedicated to commerce on Monday, praying to the god to keep their businesses afloat in a new year with a grim economic outlook. Businessmen and women waited patiently in the cold on the first working day of 2009 to [...]
Gandhi works to go public 60 years after his death
Posted: 5th January 2009 by The Dude in PoliticsTags: Gandhi
AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters Life!) – The thought-provoking literary works of Mahatma Gandhi, India’s iconic freedom fighter, are set to go public after the copyright on his writings and speeches lapses this month. Anyone will now be able to publish the writings and speeches of the legendary leader, often referred to as the Father of the [...]
Izraelis Continue Their Massive Campaign in Gaza
Posted: 4th January 2009 by Simo Häyhä in PoliticsTags: Gaza, Hamas, Israel, terrorism, war
Fighting is raging into the night in the Gaza Strip, where Israeli ground forces and heavy armour have effectively cut the territory in two. Supported by a naval, air and land bombardment, they have taken up positions on either side of Gaza City and along a major east-west road. About 40 tanks were moving towards [...]
100 Things We Didn’t Know in 2008
Posted: 31st December 2008 by Sus Scrofa in Economy | Finance, Entertainment, Hot Chicks, Lifestyle, Mother Nature, Oddly Enough, Politics, Randomness, Religion, Science | Technology, SportsTags: 100 things, 2008, archives, facts, knowledge, last year, learn, mcain, what we didn't know, what we learned
100 things we didn’t know last year Interesting and unexpected facts can emerge from the daily news stories and the Magazine documents some of them in its weekly feature, 10 things we didn’t know last week. To kick off 2009, here are some of the best of last year. 1. Victorians believed smoking cleared the [...]