There has been a great deal of rhetoric, both ideological and realist, since Hamas won the Palestinian Parliamentarian elections. Some welcome the result, arguing Hamas will shake up the peace process, bringing Tel Aviv back to the table. Other have condemned the result and labelled Hamas terrorists.
My favourite assessment was a short post by cartoonist [...]
From The Globe and Mail: -
Conservatives win minority; Martin to step down as leader
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper was headed to Parliament Hill as Canada’s next prime minister after capturing a fragile minority victory in Monday’s election, picking up votes in Quebec and making inroads in Ontario but failing to scale the heights early polls had [...]
tyger on the duplicity of South American neo-socialism
From rabble: -
This is the socialism of the people, participatory and decentralized, that the Caracas student was talking about.
Surely decentralised-collectivism is oxymoronic? Ahh the realities reconciling Marxism with the Realpolitik!
It goes on: -
“We are building socialism of the 21st century, socialism with participatory democracy,” the young political [...]
It seems that the only people who don´t think that the US armed forces are dangerously close to breaking point are the political chiefs at the top of The Pentagon – Democratic Party reports can be dismissed as politically motivated of course, but their findings should be at least examined as a matter of due [...]
