Once, while I was riding on a crowded bus, the man sitting next to me threw his cell phone out the window. When his phone rang, instead of dutifully answering it, he casually tossed it away. I was stunned. He looked at me, shrugged and looked away. I had […]
Day: April 1, 2023
His assault on Libya is run by the US Africa Command, which was set up in 2007 to secure the continent’s lucrative natural resources from Africa’s impoverished people and the rapidly spreading commercial influence of China. Libya, along with Angola and Nigeria, is China’s principal source of oil. As […]
A new photo advertisement of a Japanese car in Israel has drawn considerable outrage for its implied promotion of running over Palestinian kids. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h234ETnK54 The commercial advertisement, published by a Subaru dealership in Israel, features the scene photographed last year, when an Israeli settler struck two Palestinian children with his […]
[ You’d think that all those empty McMansions could help America solve its homeless problem. But no. A commentator at source points out the following ] This is a perfect example of why Capitalism is not only extremely wasteful but also a modern day form of slavery. It is not […]
President Obama has approved the use of two predator drones to be used on a 24-hour basis to shoot Qaddafi forces in Libya. [youtube]RY6Yui2vgSo[/youtube] [youtube]AlmBzY9_K4c[/youtube] [youtube]Um7LAagVnsc[/youtube]
VOA’s Ndimyake Mwakalyelye talks to Elizabeth Roesch, International Rescue Committee’s women’s protection and empowerment advocacy officer, about assisting Ivorians. [youtube]rI85N0A9wJs[/youtube]