Category: World Politics
Further confirnation of why I will not visit Jamaica or Uganda
by Graham 
Both Uganda and Jamaica are currently gripped by a nasty approach to homosexuality - they appear to regard it as an anti-social disease, and are actively working to criminalize it.
That being the case, I refuse to visit either country. When they wise u… more »
10/15/09 03:48:45 pm, If George Orwell had written "1984" any time after 2000
by Graham
...in addition to changing the title, I am sure that he would have mentioned Photoshop as a tool used by regimes to manipulate visual images... more »
Aha, I see that the British Prime Minister also airbrushes his past...
by Graham
This article in a London web site shows the Wonders of Photoshop, as a well-known obscene British hand gesture is magically removed from a photo of Tony Blair's college class.
Leaving apart the sneaky revision of history (I am going to pull out my copy… more »
An interesting article at Pressthink
by Graham
This article provides an interesting insight into the tactics adopted by the new Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, when dealing with the media in Canada.
What the article makes clear is that Harper is engaging in a series of actions designed to… more »
The Mayor of London is at it again...
by Graham
Not content with slandering a Jewish journalist (for which he is still fending off a one-month suspension), Ken Livingstone appears to be still studying hard at the George Galloway School Of Diplomacy.
The other day, he alleged that the current US Amba… more »
Iraq may be teetering on the brink of open civil war...
by Graham
...as violence is escalating in the country, with dozens of people being killed on a daily basis.
The USA is making the usual tut-tut pronouncements about the people of Iraq having to choose between order or chaos. However, there is a fundamental falla… more »
If you think Texas is murky...try Kazahkstan
by Graham
...where the second leading opposition figure in several months has been found dead in highly suspicious circumstances.
At the risk of sounding glib, it seems that any country with a name ending in 'stan' always has challenges when it comes to concepts… more »
Iran - the nuclear weapons creation timeline
by Graham
Almost invisible (as usual) amid the various dire scenarios and hand-wringing by Western and European politicians and media pundits has been any serious, informed, considered discussion of how long it might actually take Iran to construct, test and ready… more »
The British Indian Ocean Territory and the murky affair of Diego Garcia
by Graham
In an ocean far far away called the Indian Ocean...lies an Island archipelago just South of the Equator. This is the Chagos Archipelago. Geographically and geologically, it is a chain of corall atolls, which have in turn grown on the top of submerged vol… more »