July 2011
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There are only 52 Saturdays in a year.
Don’t waste yours.
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They danced down the streets like dingledodies, and I shambled after as...
– Jack Kerouac, On The Road
Quick modern history of Somalia
caraobrien:
Disclaimer: I am not an expert on Somalia. I just wrote this up in hopes that it would help others understand a bit more about what is happening there now.
Europeans began trading in Somalia in the 19th century, leading to Britain and Italy carving out territories there in order to protect their trade interests. In 1897, the British drew the boundary between Ethiopia and British...
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Dear Guardian, Where's the Transparency? →
kateoplis:
The Guardian, one of my favorite papers which I often quote here, has completely re-written an article on the Oslo tragedy originally titled, Oslo Bomb: Suspicion Falls on Islamist Militants, by Peter Beaumont, the foreign affairs editor for their sister paper, The Observer. I quoted an excerpt here on Friday at 9:22am, shortly after it was written. At the time, the responsible party...
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