Writing a comedic article about militarism is a lot like trying to escape a straightjacket: finding leverage in the midst of constriction is not nearly as easy as you think it is, and the padded room only softens the blow so much before you’re just crying yourself to sleep in the corner. But, like Mel […]
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Sierra Leonean diplomat leads UN Classroom Conversations on Sexual Violence conflict
26th March 2013 – 11:14
The main focus of a recent Classroom Conversations on Sexual violence in conflict and beyond: a conspiracy of silence was what we can do individually and collectively to stop violence against women? The highlights of the two hour conversation held at the UN Headquarters in New York was the devastating forms of sexual violence which […]
Iran legally, religiously obliged to be nuclear-free-foreign ministry-Rt
17th January 2013 – 15:21
A fatwa, or religious decree, issued by Iran’s supreme leader prohibiting the assembly of nuclear weapons is legally binding for the government, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said ahead of possible progress in talks over the country’s nuclear program. “There is nothing higher than the exalted supreme leader’s fatwa to define the framework for our activities in […]
Disability- Sierra Leone ends workshop on access to justice for PWDs
7th November 2012 – 13:39
Disability-Sierra Leone (DiSiL) has ended a two days workshop on the theme Access to Justice for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) at DiSiL head office, Soldier Street in Freetown. In an interview with DiSiL) Country Director, Teddy Foday-Musa, he maintained that this is not the first time to hold such workshops to discuss similar issues. He […]
A Ticking Time Bomb – Hanging By Your Fingernails
22nd June 2011 – 21:18
Michio Kaku author of ‘Physics Of The Future’ explains how Fukusima is still a ticking time bomb as they do not have control of the situation after the accident at the nuclear site. The disaster is estimated to take 50-100 years to clean up, once they are able to start, providing there are no more […]
UFO-Like Clouds Linked to Military Maneuvers?
4th February 2011 – 16:37
NEWS SOURCE : http://news.nationalgeographic.com By : Ted Chamberlain Three nearly identical, UFO-like cloud formations recently appeared over Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, sparking online discussions linking the features to everything from the Second Coming to recent mass bird deaths to secret military experiments. At least one scientist believes the so-called hole-punch clouds have a military explanation, […]
CIA admits full Monitoring of Facebook
One use that’s confirmed, however, is the manipulation of social media through the use of fake online “personas” managed by the military. Recently the US Air Force had solicited private sector vendors for something called “persona management software.” Such a technology would allow single individuals to command virtual armies of fake, digital “people” across numerous […]