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POPSWhy Israeli Jew Uri Davis joined Fatah to save Palestine
So what does Davis believe, and why? His father was a British Jew who met his mother, a Czech, in British Mandatory Palestine in the mid-1930s, where they married in 1939, four years before his birth. While his mother escaped the transports to the gas chambers at Auschwitz, many in her family did not. It is a familiar story in Israel. But the lesson that Davis learnt from it was different from the vast majority of Jews who concluded that never again could Jews depend on others to guarantee their security from persecution. "An important part of the education that I received from my parents," Davis recalled last week, "was never to generalise. To beware of every sentence that begins with 'all'. It was not 'all' Germans who killed my mother's family. It was some Nazis." Another distinction was emphasised by his mother. "If she heard the suggestion of vengeance, she would be horrified. She sought justice. One of the biggest problems addressing a Zionist audience is that the distinction
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POPSINTERNET PSEUDO QUOTES The pseudo-quote is therefore without authenticity or meaning, and is just another of those political slogans which are used not as an assistance to, but as a substitute for real thought. It is not a deep truth, although it is constantly treated as one. Burke incidentally hated such things. He thought that cheap political slogans, or ‘maxims’ as he called them, enabled politicians to invoke principles of expediency, so they could pursue their own selfish interests instead of fulfilling their obligations to country, party and people. To him they were quite distinct from the deeps truths, or as he calls them here, ‘first principles’, (see next comment)
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POPSClimate Change Seen as Threat to U.S. Security “We will pay for this one way or another,” Gen. Anthony C. Zinni, a retired Marine and the former head of the Central Command, wrote recently in a report he prepared as a member of a military advisory board on energy and climate at CNA, a private group that does research for the Navy. “We will pay to reduce greenhouse gas emissions today, and we’ll have to take an economic hit of some kind. “Or we will pay the price later in military terms,” he warned. “And that will involve human lives.”
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POPS Stimulus Funds Map Click on the map - it will take you to the source where you can get details..... Or here's the page: http://www.greenbiz.com/stimulusmap
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POPS"Wearing the Internet" more: MIT’s Media Lab has explored the idea of wearable computing for some time. “Wearable computing hopes to shatter this myth of how a computer should be used,” states the program’s web site, “A person’s computer should be worn, much as eyeglasses or clothing are worn, and interact with the user based on the context of the situation.” Pattie Maes of the lab’s Fluid Interfaces group goes one step further. As the leader of a team of seven graduate students that developed the system, she characterizes it as somewhat more than a wearable device — she refers to it as a digital “sixth sense.” No, she can’t see dead people. But, as a recent TED demo shows — sans keyboard or monitor — she literally has the Internet cloud on her arm (and her hands, and…).
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POPS L’astuzia è una qualità che molti italiani ammirano. 
"Berlusconi vince perchè personifica il sogno della ricchezza, della fama e del lusso che le sue televisioni commerciali promuovono già da due decenni." Fama, lusso e ricchezza ottenuti ad ogni costo. I TELSPETTATORI la pensano così. "Lo hanno appoggiato quando nel 1994 da uomo d’affari è entrato in politica e sei mesi dopo è diventato premier. Gli hanno concesso il beneficio del dubbio quando era compromesso per evasione fiscale e corruzione della Guardia di Finanza ed hanno ignorato la critica che un premier non può essere anche il più grande imprenditore del paese e possedere tre televisioni. Ci sono state anche voci di contatti con la mafia e di corruzione di giudici. Due dei più vicini collaboratori di Berlusconi sono stati condannati per questo. Ma non Berlusconi. Nell’aprile dello scorso anno ha nuovamente ottenuto una grande vittoria elettorale. Persino ora che è sotto attacco, il partito di Berlusconi ha ottenuto alle elezioni europee il 35% dei voti. Il suo Popol
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POPSTHE SYNCHRONIZATION OF BRAINS JAMSHED BHARUCHA Professor of Psychology, Provost, Senior Vice President, Tufts University "An understanding of how brains synchronize " or fail to do so " will be a game-changing scientific development." Highly recommended, go read it all
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POPSThe Question of Freedom at the Open Video Conference "Benkler argued that Open Video was indicative of an “open democracy for everyone, everywhere, all the time.” Open Video Culture, he said, would usher in the possibility for “anyone to express oneself, be creative and innovative.” Benkler also claimed that because “millions of people are now looking at problems” we will thus find millions of, “distributed solutions.” In this “free” culture, he continued, “human creativity would move to the core.” Aside from the seemingly naïve conflation of terms, exactly which society, which “everyone,” and which economic system did Benkler have in mind?" A very important read
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POPSAhmadinejad Says He Wants Public Talks With Obama....
Report: Ahmadinejad says he wants public talks with Obama TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he wants to engage President Obama in "negotiations" before international media, a semi-official Iranian news outlet reported on Saturday. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election last month sparked global protests and unrest in Iran. Speaking at a meeting of medical school deans, Ahmadinejad said Iran "will soon pursue a new round of diplomatic activity" amid a new position of strength for the Iranian government, the Iranian Student News Agency quotes him as saying. "I will go to the United Nations and will invite Obama to negotiations," Ahmadinejad said, adding that such talks would be "in front of the international media, not a sit-down behind closed doors in order to talk about matters." The Obama administration has sought dialogue with Iran but also criticized the government for its handling of unrest
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POPSWives of G8 leaders urged to boycott summit over 'sexist' Berlusconi The appeal to the first ladies was drawn up by for women: four academics who accused the prime minister of sexism over plans drawn up by his party, People of Freedom, to promote actresses, a former Big Brother contestant and a Miss Italy model as candidates for the European Parliament elections earlier this month. The proposal was later shelved after Mr Berlusconi's wife called it "shamelessly trashy.
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POPSL' Europa di destra - e le nuove alternative Le sinistre defraudate sono aggrappate allo status quo ma nuove forze emergono, che pensano la crisi con sguardo più profondo e lungo. Che seguono con estrema attenzione Obama e presentono, in quel che annuncia, la possibilità di una trasformazione, di un ricominciamento. È il caso dei Verdi in Francia, Germania, Inghilterra, Svezia, Belgio, Grecia, Finlandia. È il caso dei liberali-legalitari di Di Pietro, e perfino di forze inedite come i Pirati in Svezia. Quattro consapevolezze accomunano questi gruppi. Primo, la crisi presente è tettonica, e non si esaurisce nella questione sociale. Secondo: il capitalismo di Stato che ovunque risorge accresce i poteri dello Stato censore sulle libertà cittadine. Terzo: la corruzione che ha accompagnato la crisi può perdurare, perché le urgenze governative sono altre. Quarto: il ricominciamento dovrà accadere in Europa, non negli Stati-nazione
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POPSYaoi Yaoi (やおい?) is a popular term for female-oriented fictional media that focus on homoerotic or homoromantic male relationships, usually created by female authors. Originally referring to a specific type of dōjinshi (self-published works) parody of mainstream anime and manga works, yaoi came to be used as a generic term for female-oriented manga, anime, dating sims, novels and dōjinshi featuring homosexual male relationships.
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