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• The Fed Up 69% – Trinidad and Tobago

  
  This Beach Called Life - The aka_lol's blog — Authority: 465
  As is normal with international gatherings of world leaders and hot air, a group who knows Trinidad and Tobago better than any foreign or local politician, has taken out a full-page ad to alert leaders about imposters amongst their midst. Imposters who scarcely understand the game of cricket despite living in the West ...
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• Election Protests in Iran

  
  P.A.P. Blog - Human Rights Etc. — Authority: 433
  Six months ago, the people of Iran started their protests against the election results and the election fraud by the authoritarian regime. You can read more about the so-called Twitter-revolution here , and view some photographs of the events here . If you’re interested in my personal perspective on these events, ...
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• Want a reason to wean the US from OPEC?

  
  David Kirkpatrick — Authority: 439
  How about bringers of democracy being “cursed” by a Saudi prince this week. The link goes to MEMRI , an excellent resource into Mideast media — a resource I don’t tap into near often enough. Long ago I used to read through MEMRI’s offerings on a regular basis, but it’s been out of my usual rotation ...
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• May Be We are Better Off Without This Kind of Democracy

  
  ALAIWAH! — Authority: 135
  In a country like Pakistan with its half of the population totally illiterate and  57 percent of the population living below poverty line what does democracy mean in terms of the representation of these poor in the system?How do the teeming millions in Pakistan without adequate food to meet minimum calorie count, ...
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• Fair Enough, But I Prefer The Zero Mostel Version

  
  Ed Driscoll — Authority: 150
  At PJTV, “A Rand Occasion: On Thanksgiving & Black Friday, Be Thankful For the Producers.”
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• Weekend Derailment Project – Less Than 40 Days to Save the Fair – Write A LETTER!

  
  Orange Juice — Authority: 551
  I know I have been a harsh taskmaster and it’s been hard to keep up with the daily projects I’ve been giving you to stop the sale of our Fairgrounds.  (I know because not that many of you have signed this petition yet – yesterday’s very undemanding task.)  But I also know what it’s like [...]
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• Dubais great crash

  
  Ajay Shah's blog — Authority: 488
  Sheikh Makhtoum wont go to debtors prison, but short of that, Dubais all-but-sovereign default is an epochal event in its story. I wrote a column in Financial Express titled Dubais great crash where I draw on this episode to think more clearly about (a) International financial centres and (b) ...
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• REVIEW: Eclipse Theatre’s “Democracy”

  
  Chicago Theater Blog — Authority: 136
  Democracy Is a “Lite” and Casual Affair Corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow.  –Abraham Lincoln, 1864 Eclipse Theatre presents: Democracy adapted by Romulus Linney directed by Steven Fedoruk thru December 20th ( ticket info ...
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• Flying high with Hugo.Well someone’s high

  
  In2theFray — Authority: 422
  Saw a news blurb about Venezuela crowing about the pending (2010) delivery of K-8 Karakorum planes from China. VE  General Jorge Arevalo says:…the Chinese planes and radars were intended to boost Venezuela’s defensive capabilities, adding: “we don’t attack anybody.Not for nothing but this plane isn’t gonna ...
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• Malaysiakini is now 10

  
  Mustafa K Anuar's blog — Authority: 119
  Congratulations to Malaysiakini and its determined editorial team on their 10th anniversary today. You’ve certainly come a long way.
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• Staple- Dictatorship Vs Democracy

  
  Sreelancer — Authority: 165
  staples video for dictatorship vs democracy. . an amazing song one of thier best
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• We don’t need no (BTN) education

  
  Mustafa K Anuar's blog — Authority: 119
  Biro Tata Negara ( BTN ), that government outfit set up under the Prime Minister’s Department, has become the talk of town the last one week or so as accounts from several people who had undergone its courses suggest that it funtions primarily as a brainwashing mechanism to promote ruling BN and racism, and at the ...
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• PS I Love You

  
  But, Sir... — Authority: 139
  Bring in legislation as soon as possible to give the British people the power to recall their MP. by Ryan Briggs The British people should be given the power to recall their MP if they feel they aren’t being represented properly or that their MP has wrongly claimed expenses or any other form of wrongdoing. ...
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• Good Times Roll for Black Panthers, 9/11 Terrorists, & ACORN

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 502
  By John W. Lillpop Attorney General Eric Holder is to justice what Nancy Pelosi is to fiscal responsibility: Less is good; none at all is “progressive” paradise! Holder’s latest outrage involves ACORN, the street bullies and tramps that used “Chicago tactics” to elect Barack Obama, including voter ...
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• A Tale of two Stories

  
  Pak Tea House — Authority: 435
  By Cyril AlmeidaCross Post from www.dawn.com and www.cyrilalmeida.com MILITARY men have been up to some very bad things, we’ve learned this week. But the very different reactions to two seemingly unrelated stories in the media tell us at least one thing: things aren’t going to get better any time soon.First, over ...
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• Extracting Political Decisions from the Judiciary in Pakistan

  
  Pak Tea House — Authority: 435
  By Ahmed Nadeem GahlaA study of transformation from military dictatorship to democracy around the world would reveal that there are two possible ways. Either it is achieved through a popular revolution or by negotiations between political forces and dictators.The former invariably demolishes the entire system and ...
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• BC NDP Convention: 2 Hours to the Call to Order

  
  Politics, Re-Spun — Authority: 117
  The sun was up today in a cloudless Vancouver sky to welcome the BC NDP Convention. It has been an inspiring morning checking in with developments with the YND convention and the Women’s Caucus meeting. Delegates are starting to arrive and buzz about while I’m finalizing the ideas for my video message as ...
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• Lockwood threatens the press

  
  The Standard — Authority: 613
  Lockwood Smith seems to be losing the plot. He’s now issuing open threats to the Press Gallery of all things: Parliament’s Speaker, Lockwood Smith, has warned the media that the coverage of MPs’ expenses borders on lobbying, and if it continues he will treat journalists as lobbyists. … If the newspapers ...
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• Oslo “outraged” over Iran’s confiscation of Nobel Peace Price medal

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 174
  In 2003 Dr [Shirin]Ebadi became the first Iranian and first Muslim woman to win the peace prize, which was awarded for her campaign for democracy and human rights. She was abroad during President Ahmadinejad’s disputed re-election in June and has spent the past five months travelling the world to draw attention to ...
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• News: American Bookeristas

  
  Booker Rising — Authority: 147
  California: Campaign Neophyte Aims High For Secretary Of State Job In November 2008, Damon Dunn was a wealthy real estate executive who hadnt voted even once. Now Mr. Dunn, 33, is crisscrossing the state while billing himself as a "truly conservative" Republican candidate for secretary of state, Californias top ...
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