The Japanese court agreed with Kenzaburo Oe’s assertion that the Japanese military was deeply involved in the mass suicides of civilians in Okinawa at the end of World War II.

Finally, a ray of light on some of the Japanese human abuses during the '30s and '40s. picked by DerAlt1 4 months ago

“There is already a separate legal system in the territories for Israelis and Palestinians,” said Limor Yehuda, who argued the recent case for the civil rights association on behalf of six Palestinian villages. “With the approval of separate roads, if it becomes a widespread policy, then the word for it will be ‘apartheid.’ ” picked by DerAlt1 4 months ago

"I don’t know if you’ve seen a successful politician or business tycoon get drunk and make a pass at a woman. It’s like watching a St. Bernard try to French kiss. It’s all overbearing, slobbering, desperate wanting. There’s no self-control, no dignity." picked by DerAlt1 4 months ago

Anat Biletzki is a professor of philosophy at Tel-Aviv University. She is the former chairperson of B’Tselem—The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. Posted for some news balance. picked by DerAlt1 5 months ago

Anat Biletzki is a professor of philosophy at Tel-Aviv University. She is the former chairperson of B’Tselem—The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. Posted for some news balance. picked by DerAlt1 5 months ago

Anat Biletzki is a professor of philosophy at Tel-Aviv University. She is the former chairperson of B’Tselem—The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. Posted for some news balance. picked by DerAlt1 5 months ago

Anat Biletzki is a professor of philosophy at Tel-Aviv University. She is the former chairperson of B’Tselem—The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. Posted for some news balance. picked by DerAlt1 5 months ago

Anat Biletzki is a professor of philosophy at Tel-Aviv University. She is the former chairperson of B’Tselem—The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. Posted for some news balance. picked by DerAlt1 5 months ago

Anat Biletzki is a professor of philosophy at Tel-Aviv University. She is the former chairperson of B’Tselem—The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. Posted for some news balance. picked by DerAlt1 5 months ago

Anat Biletzki is a professor of philosophy at Tel-Aviv University. She is the former chairperson of B’Tselem—The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. Posted for some news balance. picked by DerAlt1 5 months ago

"....The Bush administration has tried its best to conceal the horrendous costs of the war. It has bypassed the normal budgetary process, financing the war almost entirely through “emergency” appropriations that get far less scrutiny. Even the most basic wartime information is difficult to come by. Mr. Stiglitz, who has written a new book with Ms. Bilmes called “The Three T... read full post picked by DerAlt1 5 months ago

Actress Marion Cotillard sparked a political row yesterday after accusing America of fabricating the 9/11 attacks.

Obviously the Oscar wasn't awarded for brains. Unreal. picked by DerAlt1 5 months ago

The next time you’re juggling options — which friend to see, which house to buy, which career to pursue — try asking yourself this question: What would Xiang Yu do? picked by DerAlt1 5 months ago

Until he was circumcised with a machete in front of a jeering mob and then dragged off to be beheaded, Robert Ochieng had been a symbol of modern, post-tribal harmony in Kenya.

We badly need some brighter people making decisions for our policies. picked by DerAlt1 5 months ago

The Coburn amendment is another attempt by the gun lobby to extend laissez-faire gun rights to college campuses, churches and workplaces even as the nation suffers firearm fatalities and rampages that take 30,000 lives a year. picked by DerAlt1 5 months ago

Forgotten but not gone, the waste from more than 100 nuclear reactors that the federal government was supposed to start accepting for burial 10 years ago is still at the reactor sites, at least 20 years behind schedule. picked by DerAlt1 5 months ago

Follow up to:http://www.plime.com/l/11970/1/

“This is just like Pearl Harbor,” one of the men said.

The other asked, “What is Pearl Harbor?”

“That was when the Vietnamese dropped bombs in a harbor, and it started the Vietnam War,” the first man replied. picked by DerAlt1 5 months ago

Pictures of the cockpits of many aircraft from very simple to very complicated.
Click on each plane to see cockpit image. picked by DerAlt1 5 months ago

"Maybe it’s just that it is not indubitably and overwhelmingly obvious that a large number of the candidates, arrayed across the stage in bas-relief, are qualified to fill The Hardest Job in the World."

He skewers many of them. picked by DerAlt1 6 months ago

A judge has ruled that an energy company may drill for natural gas on a sprawling Montana ranch owned by the billionaire candy magnate Forrest E. Mars Jr. picked by DerAlt1 7 months ago

Frustrated by the federal government’s method of determining who is poor, the Bloomberg administration is developing its own measure, saying it will offer a more accurate picture of poverty.
Could be very good and long overdue if they can keep politics to a minimum. picked by DerAlt1 7 months ago

Shares of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. (KKD) slid 16 percent to an all-time low on Thursday as investors fretted that the once high-flying doughnut chain may be headed for bankruptcy.

This should bring smiles to some old time Worthers. picked by DerAlt1 8 months ago

Several recent studies stand as a warning against taking the platitudes of achievement too seriously. The new research focuses on a familiar type, perfectionists, who panic or blow a fuse when things don’t turn out just so. picked by DerAlt1 8 months ago

Retired construction worker moves massive stone blocks by himself.
This was posted a year ago by Molf. I thought it was worth another look. Guess it wasn't aliens after all. picked by DerAlt1 8 months ago

She’ll Arrange One
Storr calls herself a personal manager, but her duties go far beyond that. Her clients, all of them men, pay monthly fees of $4,000 to $10,000 to have her be their personal decider in nearly all things lifestyle-related. picked by DerAlt1 9 months ago