Posts Tagged ‘ USA ’

To the Death: California’s Prison Hunger Strike

To the Death: California’s Prison Hunger Strike

By Kent Michaelian, Wednesday, July 27, 2011.

So. Another strike, another set of contrasting views, another pack of wolves with their hateful and ignorant comments. But this is far from your usual strike: we’re not talking wages or pensions here, we’re talking torture. Imagine an 8’ by 10’ area. It’s not hard—the size of a small...

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“The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn’t have a space program” — Larry Niven

“The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn’t have a space program” — Larry Niven

By Wendy Stewart, Thursday, July 21, 2011.

The Space Shuttle Program will come to its official end with the landing of Atlantis on July 21. In 2010, US President Barack Obama cancelled the Constellation Program (another moon visit), so after many years and nearly $200 billion in funding, manned NASA space explorations have been halted into...

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Justice has been done.

By B Cole, Monday, May 2, 2011.

A firefight in Abbottabad, Pakistan  (a city 93 km’s north east of the Pakistani capital that is especially important for tourism) led to the killing of al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden sometime on May 1st, 2011 (the order was given during the Royal Wedding the Friday beforehand).    President...

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Khadr – Can’t be prosecuted in Canada

Khadr – Can’t be prosecuted in Canada

By B Cole, Friday, November 5, 2010.

Guest Post by Meaghan Barrett currently living in Georgia ****************** I’m going to start this off with a disclaimer that I’ve been living in a village in the Republic of Georgia for the past three months and as a result am a little bit out of the loop. So...

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Canada Loses Security Council Seat

By B Cole, Saturday, October 16, 2010.

2010 was supposed to be Canada’s year.  Starting with the Olympics, hosting the G8, the G20 and ending up on the most important decision making body in the entire world, the United Nation’s Security Council. It didn’t quite happen as planned. The Olympics went over fantastically, inside of Canada. ...

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Happy Thanksgiving

By Detroit Street Press, Sunday, October 10, 2010.

The contributors of DSP wish everyone north of the 49th parallel a very happy thanksgiving. To those of you who live south of the border, just wait it out. Your “fake” thanksgiving will come soon enough. If you live elsewhere, what can I say. Turkey is delicious.

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