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The end of US exceptionalism
It is all very complicated in this 24/7 world and judging it by 8/5 standards just does not work anymore.
Dream a little dream with Junot Diaz
Wow!
British parents ask: “Why are so many middle-class children speaking in Jamaican patois?”
Legacy of Slavery Still Monumental
Children are being tortured in the UK. So why is no-one being prosecuted?
(not satire)
Around 20,000 children are estimated to be at serious risk of physical torture in the UK – some as young as 4 years old.
The kids are often held down by several adults and have bits of their tiny bodies cut off without any anaesthetic. Some of them will even die from the trauma.
Obviously this torture is illegal – however there has not been even one prosecution of the perpetrators in the UK. Not one.
How can that be?
The sad fact is that if I had included in the headline the letters FGM – Female Genital Mutilation – I suspect a lot of people reading this post now wouldn’t have bothered.
Why is this horrific crime so easy to ignore? Is it because the children in question are girls? Often from ethnic minorities? Or are some people worried about upsetting ‘cultural sensitivities’?
Well, this…
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Egyptian Aak. Week 41
Main headlines
Monday
- Triple attacks in Egypt following day of clashes
- Prosecutor general initiates investigation into violence of the last 2 days
- Egypt’s stocks climb to 8-Month high as investors ignore violence
- Canadians freed in Egypt still face travel ban travel ban
- Prosecutor general asks Interpol to arrest Brotherhood’s deputy guide Mahmoud Ezzat
- Egypt’s interim president visits Saudi Arabia to ‘thank’ the kingdom
Tuesday
- Egypt’s general Sisi leaves open possibility of running for president in interview with local newspaper
- Egypt to seize Muslim Brotherhood’s funds
- Egypt cuts IMF delegation in political protest
- Anti-army protests staged at Egyptian universities
- Canadian Ambassador meets Prosecutor to discuss Loubani, and Greyson case
- Unverified video shows masked men attacking Egypt’s satellite
- PM’s advisor says no deal with Brotherhood in sight
Wednesday
- U.S. plan to curb military aid to Egypt
- IMF ready to work with Egypt’s government: Lagarde
- Egypt’s satirist Bassem Youssef back after long…
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