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Monthly Archives: December 2011
North Korea: A Very Rational Country
It’s popular amongst the media to characterize North Korea as an irrational state run by a madman. North Korea continuously provokes the West, it is said, for no apparent reason. Proof that it’s an unpredictable, irrational actor that could do anything. Continue reading
Posted in Asia
Tagged Kim Jong-Il, North Korea, nuclear weapons, Politics, rational, state
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The Movie Lagaan and British Colonization
I recently had the pleasure of watching my first Bollywood movie, a title called Lagaan: Once upon a time in India. The movie’s plot was fairly conventional yet unconventional at the same time. India was straining under the rule of the evil British Empire. A rebellious young man with striking green eyes attempts to defy the British. How? By beating them in a cricket match! The local village quickly forms a cricket team, the British team is defeated, and the local village’s crushing tax burden is reduced for the next several years. Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Europe
Tagged British Empire, cricket, Great Britain, India, Lagaan: Once upon a time in India, movie, United Kingdom
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Watching Gaddafi’s Madness
It’s said that power corrupts, and that absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi presents an excellent example of this tendency. Continue reading
Gaddafi’s Fateful Speech
Gaddafi made a great strategic mistake when he spoke on February 22nd. For decades Gaddafi had spoke in a similar mad style, and for decades he’d gotten away with it. When he spoke on February 22nd, he was probably addressing a domestic audience and trying to frighten the opposition. But not just the opposition was listening; so was the world. Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Middle East
Tagged Libya, Libyan Civil War, Muammar Gaddafi, revolution, rhetoric, speech, Western intervention
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Impressions of Elizabeth Warren
Out of curiosity, I decided to watch a few videos Elizabeth Warren and see for myself how good a politician she is. Continue reading
Posted in Massachusetts
Tagged 2012 Massachusetts Senate Election, Democrats, elections, Elizabeth Warren, Politics, Republicans, Senate
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