Just do it SWIFT (w/poll)

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Friday January 29, 2010 · 3:44 PM PST

2010/01/29 · 15:44

UPDATE:

VoA: EU Parliament Rejects Bank Data Deal with US

FT: European parliament rejects US data swap deal

Did you ever wish for representatives of the people who actually protect the privacy of the citizens from government intrusion? Representatives of the people who are "patriot" in the best sense of substance, not just euphemistic in abusing the term as an acronym for an internal espionage act?

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Is government surveillance of your life fine with you?

28 votes Vote Now!

Is government surveillance of your life fine with you?

No problem with me, because I have nothing to hide

7 votes

I am a terrorist and I dislike the government watching me

3 votes

Privacy is a value I expect my representatives to protect

18 votes

Right aim, wrong means

anaxiamander

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Tuesday February 24, 2009 · 2:14 AM PST

2009/02/24 · 02:14

An undeniable benefit of the current financial and economic crisis is that it has started a fundamental debate about the architecture and ways and means of America's financial and economic system. This debate offers a basis to do things better in the future than they have been done in the past, in many respects.

Here, I want to highlight one aspect which is a great contender for the single most important contributor to the mess: Seeking social justice with the wrong instruments.

anaxiamander

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Tuesday January 27, 2009 · 3:13 AM PST

2009/01/27 · 03:13

Through all of the year 2008, I did not feel all too positive emotions when the name of Hillary Clinton came up. After all, there was that fierce competiton of hers for the Democratic Party nomination for POTUS against some Mr. Barack Obama, whom I happened to strongly support with heart and mind.

Even when said Mr. Obama, by the time President Obama, offered her the office of Secretary of State, and she agreed, my feelings were mixed (owing to the presumed future role of her husband).

But finally, I have come to feel really excited about SoS Hillary Rodham Clinton.

anaxiamander

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Tuesday January 20, 2009 · 9:26 AM PST

2009/01/20 · 09:26

I remember the moment when it became more than politics for me. That was on January 3rd, 2008, when I watched CNN coverage on the result of the primaries in Iowa.

There was this candidate who spoke:

They said this day would never come.

Today, the story that started for me in that night in Iowa found its conclusion.

I feel overwhelmed with joy.

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Is this our president?

107 votes Vote Now!

Is this our president?

Yes

107 votes

Gaza - How to proceed ? (w/poll)

anaxiamander

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Friday January 16, 2009 · 8:28 AM PST

2009/01/16 · 08:28

The Israeli operation 'Cast Lead' in Gaza, with all the human tragedy as with any war, is nearing its successful conclusion.

It arises the question: How to proceed concerning 'Hamas', the islamofascist organisation that had established a totalitarian grip over Gaza and is built around the single purpose of waging total and perpetual war against Israel until its aim of annihilation of the people of Israel would be achieved, and which stands against everything progressives value?

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What to do with 'Hamas'?

36 votes Vote Now!

What to do with 'Hamas'?

Eliminate

18 votes

Keep as a representative

18 votes

The dawning of the age of cool

anaxiamander

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Tuesday January 13, 2009 · 2:29 AM PST

2009/01/13 · 02:29

There are many reasons why I am enthusiastically looking forward to the inauguration of Barack Obama. The most important, however, is the dawning of the age of cool.

What I expect we will leave behind in this respect is not only the ugliest excesses of pathetic politics America has come to get tortured with, like, say, the systematic separation of political power from intelligence, the shameless embrace and acceptance of corruption as the DC lifestyle, the moronic idea of teaching religious phantasies instead of science at school.

I expect that we will advance on a wholesale scale.

anaxiamander

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Monday December 29, 2008 · 10:41 AM PST

2008/12/29 · 10:41

I just finished reading a diary titled "Today I end my support of Israel" by diarist "Chilean Jew", which inspired me to give you my own thoughts on the issue.

I have for decades traveled to ... let's be politically correct and say "the historical land of Palestine" numerous times, have befriended people from any background available, at one time living in a Kibbuz (Gan Schmoel) and at one time with a Jewish girl in the Negev (Yeruham), lived with an Arab family in Gaza while under curfew, did at one point consider volunteering for the IDF and at another point was arrested by the IDF under martial conditions during Gaza riots. In have heard and felt thousands of stories and dreams, among them the most powerful ones you can find in this world.

And I got really angry reading the abovementioned diary, which I consider the most ignorant thing I ever read on Kos.

anaxiamander

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Monday November 17, 2008 · 5:31 AM PST

2008/11/17 · 05:31

Just as America is about to progress towards universal civil unions with any partner of your choice irrespective of sex, and rightly so, the "gay community" might be about to mess it up.

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What should be progressives' stated aim?

187 votes Vote Now!

What should be progressives' stated aim?

Must be "marriage" for every couple, heterosexual or homosexual

67 votes

Civil unions for every couple, "marriage" be considered a historic/religious term

107 votes

Homosexual couples should not be legally recognized at all

13 votes

No reason to bail out the shareholders

anaxiamander

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Monday September 22, 2008 · 4:20 AM PDT

2008/09/22 · 04:20

In a market capitalist system, investors invest money in corporations and businesses. They do in return receive the profits of the corporations and businesses they chose to invest in, and they do on the other hand risk to lose their investment if the respective corporations and businesses fail.

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Shall shareholders in failing financial institutions be saved from a loss of their investment at the cost of the taxpayers?

47 votes Vote Now!

Shall shareholders in failing financial institutions be saved from a loss of their investment at the cost of the taxpayers?

Yes

1 vote

46 votes

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Just do it SWIFT (w/poll)

Right aim, wrong means

Hillary's date with history

Congratulations, Mr. President

Gaza - How to proceed ? (w/poll)

The dawning of the age of cool

Standing with Israel, more so than ever

Civil Union of Choice vs. Marriage Wars (w/ poll)

No reason to bail out the shareholders