ILLUSTRATIONS: A map showing some of the countries in which the United States has interfered in the political process (grabbed from Geology.com). Below: U.S. CIA Director John O. Brennan, Democratic…
“Nice country ya got here. It’d be a real shame if something happened to it.” Britain is hot to trot for Somalia or, to be specific, Somalia’s oil. And, it’s…
One of the main failures of western understanding of the Middle East and South Asia, and the subsequent failures of actions taken by the west in these regions, stems from…
It is an interesting and many times dangerous world we live in. The West has destroyed Somalia by dumping radioactive waste near the beaches and hence has more less ended…
Perhaps the epitome of a war that externalizes costs out of sight of the average voter is one where the voter is unaware a war is even going on. Such…
The issue of the drone war and the public reception to it, particularly among progressives, demonstrates both the strength and failings of that movement. The hallmark test of legitimacy for…
Somalia Drought 2011.jpg Please join DeSmogBlog and a network of environmental organizations, websites, nonprofits, and social media mavens this weekend in a 48-hour fundraiser to benefit the 12 ...
In Grand Falls, NB people saw Jesus Christ in a cloud. This seems as bad as samosas being banned in Somalia because crazy fanatic clergy thinks it signifies the Christain…
Every year the UN-OCHA (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) says that 3-4 million (always different) subsistence farmers and pastoralists in a variety of different regions in Ethiopia are…
Samosas have been banned in much of Somalia because they have three corners, supposedly hinting at the Christian Trinity. Will fundamentalists get any more ridiculous and stupid? Especially when there's…
From CBC.ca: Canada’s energy ministers ended two days of annual talks Tuesday in the Kananaskis resort in the Alberta Rockies announcing they have agreed to work together on opening up…
