More on US Veterans

This clip starts with pretty much the same material as in my previous post, but it gets into way more detail.

Arieh Czeislah and his Bar Mitzvah

A very nice story about the life of a 79 year old Auschwitz survivor.

Veterans of War: the homeless population of the USA

Saturday, 20 September 2008, 22:37 | Category : Crumbs, Politics, Human Rights & Other Serious Stuff
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The Posters of Lebanon


Kim Jong-il’s Mysterious Disappearance

Saturday, 20 September 2008, 0:22 | Category : Crumbs, Politics, Human Rights & Other Serious Stuff
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The BBC points out that:
the rumours raise a very important point - one day Mr Kim will die or become unable to govern; does the world have a plan for what to do then?
The article is pessimistic:
In Washington there are accusations of lack of planning over North Korea from people as senior as Victor Cha, [...]

The Political Compass

Thursday, 18 September 2008, 21:53 | Category : Crumbs, Politics, Human Rights & Other Serious Stuff
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I’ve wanted to post this for ages, but kept forgetting :] There’s a very interesting site called The Political Compass, which lets you take a test that puts your political views on two scales - how socially liberal or not you are and where you stand in economic left-right terms. The questions are really interesting [...]

Child Trafficking in India

Wednesday, 17 September 2008, 21:17 | Category : Crumbs, Politics, Human Rights & Other Serious Stuff
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“In Iran we don’t have homosexuals” says president Ahmadinejad

Wednesday, 17 September 2008, 20:49 | Category : Crumbs, Politics, Human Rights & Other Serious Stuff
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The Real Tehran

Monday, 15 September 2008, 12:56 | Category : Crumbs, Politics, Human Rights & Other Serious Stuff
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Here’s a very interesting report about Tehran. It sounds very hopeful :) I had no idea so many Iranians thought badly of Ahmadinejad.

Transnistria - a European state hardly anyone recognises