Che: 'The icon and the ad'
I think it's a shame how over-commercialized his image is, at least in the Western (developed) world. It's everywhere. I personally know individuals who never knew who he was, what he stood for, and his ideology, but they've seen his face on stickers or t-shirts, and decided to buy a T themselves. I think its dreadful to have people who don't even..uhhhhhhhh.........hate it.
Friday, October 05, 2007
'Geeks and Nerds caught on film lacking geeky nerdiness'
By Kelly Fiveash
5 Oct 2007 15:27
Canadians assailed by shoddy repairmen
Canada was shocked to its honest-to-goodness core this week by the news that the country's PC repairmen are undermining its sweet as maple syrup image. Canadian TV show CBC Marketplace did a hidden camera investigation into computer repair firms to see how many technicians could correctly fix a hardware problem.
Of the 10 filmed, only three were able to diagnose the fault: a blown memory module which would cost just $25 to replace. CBC's targets included Geek Squad and Nerds On Site. The film highlighted a stark inconsistency among the repairs carried out. One bloke suggested that the computer would need to be sent to a dust-free room at a staggering $2,000 cost.
Others advised that the computer's motherboard should be replaced.
By Kelly Fiveash
5 Oct 2007 15:27
Canadians assailed by shoddy repairmen
Canada was shocked to its honest-to-goodness core this week by the news that the country's PC repairmen are undermining its sweet as maple syrup image. Canadian TV show CBC Marketplace did a hidden camera investigation into computer repair firms to see how many technicians could correctly fix a hardware problem.
Of the 10 filmed, only three were able to diagnose the fault: a blown memory module which would cost just $25 to replace. CBC's targets included Geek Squad and Nerds On Site. The film highlighted a stark inconsistency among the repairs carried out. One bloke suggested that the computer would need to be sent to a dust-free room at a staggering $2,000 cost.
Others advised that the computer's motherboard should be replaced.
'Israel's Toy Soldiers'
" If you are a young Muslim American and head off to the Middle East for a spell in a fundamentalist “madrassa,” or religious school, Homeland Security will probably greet you at the airport when you return. But if you are an American Jew and you join hundreds of teenagers from Europe and Mexico for an eight-week training course run by the Israel Defense Forces, you can post your picture wearing an Israeli army uniform and holding an automatic weapon on MySpace.
The Marva program, part summer camp part indoctrination, was launched in Israel in 1981. It allows participants, who must be Jewish and between the ages of 18 and 28, to fire weapons, live in military barracks in the Negev desert and saunter around in an Israeli military uniform saluting and taking long hikes with military packs. The Youth and Education Corps of the Israel Defense Forces run four 120-strong training sessions a year..."
" If you are a young Muslim American and head off to the Middle East for a spell in a fundamentalist “madrassa,” or religious school, Homeland Security will probably greet you at the airport when you return. But if you are an American Jew and you join hundreds of teenagers from Europe and Mexico for an eight-week training course run by the Israel Defense Forces, you can post your picture wearing an Israeli army uniform and holding an automatic weapon on MySpace.
The Marva program, part summer camp part indoctrination, was launched in Israel in 1981. It allows participants, who must be Jewish and between the ages of 18 and 28, to fire weapons, live in military barracks in the Negev desert and saunter around in an Israeli military uniform saluting and taking long hikes with military packs. The Youth and Education Corps of the Israel Defense Forces run four 120-strong training sessions a year..."
'Was the Iraq War Inevitable?'
For A Critical Appraisal of the Background that Led to the War
by Fawwaz Traboulsi
For A Critical Appraisal of the Background that Led to the War
by Fawwaz Traboulsi
"To illustrate the point, the Kurdish regional government recently signed five unilateral oil exploration deals with foreign companies, including Hunt Oil of Texas, an erstwhile Bush campaign supporter, to fury in both Baghdad and Washington. In the south, Mr Maliki's key Shia backer, the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, wants the nine majority Shia southern provinces to join together in what could effectively become a state within a state."
"A third-year Bradford University student – one of hundreds whose continued studies are at risk because they cannot leave Gaza – yesterday lost his legal attempt to be allowed urgently to return to Britain. Israel's Supreme Court yesterday rejected a petition brought on behalf of Khaled al-Mudallal by the Israeli human rights organisation Gisha, which it hoped would pave the way for the departure of Palestinian students trapped since Hamas's seizure of Gaza in June."
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