It is “the morning after,” and the world, with few exceptions, is denouncing Trump’s declaration that the US recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. With those few exceptions, politicians globally are making vapid statements about the “dangers” of that declaration, namely that it would lead to an escalation of violence, and jeopardize the “peace […]
Posts Tagged ‘formal’
Trump’s ‘Lord Balfour moment’ is formal recognition the US was never an honest broker
[WATCH] Formal Complaint Filed Against Colorado Springs Police Following Release of Video
COLORADO SPRINGS – A formal complaint has been filed against the Colorado Springs Police Department following the release of a YouTube video. In the video, a man claims his rights are being violated and he was arrested for only being “suspicious” to two Colorado Springs officers in the Falcon Division. The citizen says he refused […]
Alleged Brussels Terrorist Was Star Of Documentary About Successful Integration Of Immigrants
Both of Osama’s parents are Syrian migrants to Sweden, and have told tabloid Aftonbladet they wanted to see their son integrate into Swedish society. The family featured in a 2005 documentary called ‘Without Borders — A Film About Sport And Integration’, in which football-mad Krayem demonstrated how the Malmo football team had helped him settle into […]
Americans More Accepting of Social Change
Americans’ approval of divorce declined in the last decade. The Results of a new survey shows that Americans are becoming more accepting of various moral behaviors than they were a decade ago. One startling difference is divorce: its acceptability has declined. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted in-person interviews […]
How George W. Bush Profited From Eminent Domain (By Taking Properties From Hundreds of Private Owners)
George W. Bush Profited One of the most famous eminent domain cases involved… where baseball’s Texas Rangers play. At the time, future President George W. Bush was an owner. In 1991, the team convinced local voters to approve a tax increase that helped build a new $191 million stadium. The city of Arlington used eminent […]
Abbas defies US with formal call for Palestinian recognition by UN
Chris McGreal London Guardian Sept 24, 2011 Mahmoud Abbas has formally asked the United Nations to recognise a Palestinian state, defying intense US pressure to abandon the move with a powerful appeal to the conscience of the world to recognise that the Palestinian people were entitled to their own “Arab spring”. The Palestinian leader was […]
Sydney school formal ends in a brawl
A school formal has ended in a brawl involving more than 100 people overnight at Sydney’s Darling Harbour. Trouble erupted just after midnight at the northern end of the Darling Harbour precinct. Police were told fighting broke out between 20 local youths and a group of 100 Year 11 students from a north shore high […]