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Philosophies of Greek philosophers Socrates, Plato and Aristotle are still foundations of Western cultures and thinking. Socrates, the first of the great trio of ancient Greek philosophers taught Plato and Aristotle was the disciple and student of Plato. Aristotle used to be the tutor of young Alexander the Great. What ... [Link] [Cache]

Apropos Altaf Hussain’s marathon speech on martial law and feedback plus reaction on the speech, I have a very humble suggestion to offer. I do agree with MQM leader that martial law is the only answer to the current situation in Pakistan. Altaf Hussain and his followers will agree with ... [Link] [Cache]

While Pakistan faces the worst type of flood catastrophe in its history, a very large part of the country badly affected, millions of houses damaged, standing crops washed away, roads, bridges destroyed and thousands of people suffered, the controversies shrouding the floods make a frustrating reading for any objective assessment. ... [Link] [Cache]

Pakistani political leaders have welcomed upcoming visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to flood-affected Pakistan and said it would help in further strengthening strong the two countries’ brotherly ties. They said that the visit would give an opportunity to the Iranian President to see the first-hand impact of the natural ... [Link] [Cache]

Sign at a health care reform rally, May 2009. photo: SEIU 775NW via Flickr [Ed Note: See this post from Jane Hamsher for more on the unpopularity of the entire health care reform bill.] Health care reform has steadily decreased in popularity since its passage. The Kaiser tracking poll PDF ... [Link] [Cache]

Pakistan Navy is in the process of acquiring Oliver Hazard Perry Class Ships from USA. The ship will be named PNS ALAMGIR F-260 . This will be third ship in Pakistan Navy to bear this name. Ambassador of Pakistan to USA H.E Husain Haqqani will be chief guest on the ... [Link] [Cache]

FLASHBACK:"8 shot, 4 killed at Buffalo restaurant; Victim had hoped to celebrate his 1st anniversary" by Carolyn Thompson, Associated Press | August 15, 2010BUFFALO — Eight people leaving a party at a downtown Buffalo restaurant were shot early yesterday, four of them fatally, including a Texas man who had returned ... [Link] [Cache]

As part of its multi-pronged strategy to augment the supply of energy in the country the Government is in process of contacting foreign governments as well as private parties which can provide financial and technical assistance for the development of this vital sector, sources disclosed today. In this connection an ... [Link] [Cache]

A 70-member Pak-Turk Organization delegation visited five schools in Gulabad, Tehsil Tangi and had Iftar with flood victims on Monday. These camps are serving 500 flood victims daily with iftar dinner through National Trust for Population Welfare NATPOW with the collaboration of Pak-Turk Organization. Speaking on the occasion Chief Executive ... [Link] [Cache]

The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Governor, Owais Ahmed Ghani has highly appreciated the sympathetic and fraternal spirit of the Dubai based Pakistanis for promptly coming forward to help their flood-affected brothers and sisters in the province and welcomed the provision of Rs.1 million for this purpose as an emergent step. Commenting on this ... [Link] [Cache]

A 747 cargo plane of Saudi Airways arrived on Tuesday, carrying the third consignment of the gift of His Royal Highness Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz, the Crown Prince, the Deputy Prime Minister, the Defence and Aviation Minister and the Inspector General, for the flood affected people of Pakistan. According ... [Link] [Cache]

A number of Pakistani, US and international organizations, both military and civilian, gathered at Pakistan Air Force Base Chaklala, Rawalpindi, and formed a joint aviation coordination cell JACC aimed at streamlining air operations supporting Pakistan’s flood relief efforts. Lt. Gen. Rtd. Nadeem Ahmed, Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority chairman established ... [Link] [Cache]

In the USA the Republicans still think that tax cuts for the rich and deregulation will solve America's economic problems. Republicans Plot Tax Cuts And Deregulation For 2011 ... In the 1960s and 1970s:There was widespread regulation of the economy and there were high taxes for the rich.The world economy ... [Link] [Cache]

Bush’s Twenty-Billion Dollar Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia By James Petras – 12/01/07 The debate on which forces determine US Middle East policy has cut across the usual political spectrum: On one side most neo-conservative and progressive writers, academics and journalists argue that the military-industrial complex and Big Oil interests ... [Link] [Cache]

Shortly after taking office on January 20, 2009 President Obama appointed Harvard law professor and personal friend Cass Sunstein to the post of administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. In June 2009 Sunstein published an essay in The Journal of Political Philosophy entitled "Conspiracy Theories: ... [Link] [Cache]

7/7: Seeds of Deconstruction is a brand new, independent feature-length documentary exploring many of the questions and conspiracy theories about 7/7, the 7th July 2005 London Bombings. The film places the debate about 7/7 firmly in the context of the history of Western-backed covert operations. The first half of the ... [Link] [Cache]

Are Democrats boxing themselves into a rehetorical situation on Social Security from which there is no escape? photo: PhotoOptik on Flickr House Democrats, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, are directly attacking Republican proposals not only to privatize but to cut Social Security benefits, which could prove extremely problematic after the ... [Link] [Cache]

Jamal Juma’, The Electronic Intifada, 31 August 2010 Palestinian women walk past Israel’s wall in the West Bank. Luay Sababa/MaanImages Israel began constructing the wall in June 2002 following its invasion of cities in the West Bank, which it dubbed “Operation Defensive Shield.” In retrospect, the invasion appears to have ... [Link] [Cache]

Much of the horrendous anti DPRK churned by imperialism's media machine is actually simply taken from the propaganda machine of the south Korean puppets.Desperate to prevent any influence from the DPRK seeping into the south Korean population which will mean the end of the south Korean regime sooner or letter ... [Link] [Cache]

Fatal Blow to Aggressors! The “Ulji Freedom Guardian” UFG joint military drills the Lee Muyng-bak clan is staging with the US imperialists in the sky and on the sea and ground from August 16 arouse a shock and anger among the entire Korean nation and the world peace-loving people. Some ... [Link] [Cache]

By Karen Spring | Pulse Media | August 31, 2010 Last Thursday and Friday Aug. 26-27 , police and military violently repressed public school teachers who have taken to the streets for almost 3 weeks to demand, among other things, that the Pepe Lobo regime return 4 billion lempiras – ... [Link] [Cache]

In a remarkable appearance on Countdown Monday evening, Evan Kohlmann provided a compelling explanation of how the anti-Muslim hysteria that is now calling for the Park 51 project not to proceed with the building of a Muslim center in lower Manhattan is a tremendous recruiting tool for terrorists. Most striking ... [Link] [Cache]

By Gil Halsted Published by Wisconsin Public Radio http://www.wpr.org/news/newsheadlines.cfm MADISON, Wisc.–Two Vietnam veterans are walking across the country to rally support for a new amendment to the U.S. Constitution. At their stop in Madison, the Monahan ... [Link] [Cache]

'The victims that never counted!'http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/barak-vows-to-exact-~ [Link] [Cache]

They need a banner like this one on the White House fence. photo: Foist via Flickr When the August polls highlighted by the good Attaturk this morning signal your party is about to get drubbed only two years after getting a strong and unmistakable mandate to reverse the politics and ... [Link] [Cache]

As we all know, in addition to the hard running violence in demonstrations against the occupation, one of the key tools of repression against the popular movement is the mass arrests - along with bogus trials that lead to long periods of confinement in prisons in the West Bank and ... [Link] [Cache]

WSJ:"... Administration officials think they have at least improved the chances for success in each spot, and they probably have. As always in the Middle East, the chances of failure remain high on each front, too.President Obama has hit the reset button on U.S. policy in the Middle East with ... [Link] [Cache]

CIA in Honduras: the Practice of Selective Terror Nil Nikandrov, Strategic Culture Foundation, Aug 31 2010 President of Honduras Manuel Zelaya was displaced slightly over a year ago in a coup staged by the local oligarchy and the US intelligence community. The coup came as a punishment for Zelaya’s alignment ... [Link] [Cache]

Stop NATO August 31, 2010 Afghanistan: North Atlantic Military Bloc’s Ten-Year War In South Asia Rick Rozoff In slightly over a month, on October 7, the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan will enter its tenth year. The conflict represents the longest continuous combat operations in the history of the United States ... [Link] [Cache]

About $36 million a percentage point, right? "Bloomberg campaign for mayor cost $109m" by Sara Kugler Frazier, Associated Press | July 16, 2010NEW YORK — All the bills are paid in the most expensive self-financed bid for office in US history — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s campaign for a ... [Link] [Cache]