The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize award to Liu Xiaobo yesterday at Oslo made headlines in the West, and as expected, the Western media continued the same narrative. As I was hearing Thorbjorn Jagland over the radio presenting the award and then followed by Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann's reading aloud Liu's statements (written two days prior to his 11-year sentencing), I was … [Read more...] about Nobel Peace Prize Award, and reactions from Russia
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The bully has been stabbed by the smaller kid, but now what?
Lately we have been spending a lot of time discussing Korea. Yesterday I had a chance to discuss this issue with one of my best friends over lunch. This post is essentially a distillation of that conversation. There are few more important points people should bear in mind when thinking about what is happening in that region. The DPRK indeed bombed an inhabited area … [Read more...] about The bully has been stabbed by the smaller kid, but now what?
Wikileaks.org: Secret US Embassy Cables
Wikileaks made history on October 22, 2010, for making public the "391,832 reports ('The Iraq War Logs'), documenting the war and occupation in Iraq, from 1st January 2004 to 31st December 2009 (except for the months of May 2004 and March 2009) as told by soldiers in the United States Army." They are making headlines again, bigger headlines I think, for starting to release … [Read more...] about Wikileaks.org: Secret US Embassy Cables
America enters Thanksgiving with trumpet for war over North Korea
As America enters this weekend of Thanksgiving celebration, North Korea's recent shelling of Yeonpyeong Island (currently held by South Korea) will be widely discussed among family and friends. Thanksgiving is a U.S. holiday to commemorate help the Massachusetts based Wampanoag Native Americans in the 1600's provided to the newly arrived European pilgrims to cultivate the land … [Read more...] about America enters Thanksgiving with trumpet for war over North Korea
Russia and China pour water on U.S. ‘quantitative easing’
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has just jointly announced in St. Petersburg to no longer use the U.S. dollar in their two country's bilateral trade. China Daily reported the news, headlining, "China, Russia quit dollar." This is a reaction to the yet another round of printing by the Fed ($600 billion in fact). "Quantitative easing" are new … [Read more...] about Russia and China pour water on U.S. ‘quantitative easing’