A Changing World Round Up.
What really has been going on in the world? I am not too sure, so am going to inflict on my readers yet another round up.
The Middle East dominates most of the news as far as I can see, but Western compliance, or should that be collusion, with the dictatorship in Bahrain deserves more coverage.
In Yemen, Saleh and his security forces continue to murder left, right and centre.
The Syrian regime follows suit, many murdered for opposing the Assad dictatorship.
Nukes get more subsidies, according to Left Foot Forward.
Thatcher would have dreams of these cuts, again LFF.
The CST, Spectator Alert: Ill-Mannered Jews Spotted in Savoy Grill.
Jon Stewart on Glenn Beck.
The Washington Post on the rise and fall of Egypt’s most despised billionaire, Ahmed Ezz.
Obliged to Offend considers the British Monarchy.
The well known racist, Helen Thomas, was interviewed at Playboy, Yourish has more.
Adam Holland on how some “anti-Zionists” are ‘delighted to announce that Helen Thomas …will be joining us’ at their conference, then thought better of it, fancy that, an old antisemite in the company of “anti-Zionists”!
The PCS think that Royal cleaners should get a living wage, couldn’t agree more.
A lot of real weirdos in the US hold a Adolf Hitler Birthday Party, then a smoke bomb goes off.
Norm on Jewish children and rockets.
EDL thugs in Halifax.
Prominent Israelis back Palestinian statehood drive, good thing too, I hope there is a Palestinian state shortly.
Bahrain’s Crackdown on University staff.
British journalists are not the only dead in Misrata.
The Beeb on Oman and Qatar.
There is another super injunction out, something about who screwed who, etc, Jon Slattery looks into it.
LabourStart’s campaign to help trade unionists in Bahrain.
Paul Rogers at OpenDemocracy, Libya: the view from the bunker.
Got an Ipad or Iphone? Then it is probably tracking your movements. Wow, not even I thought that Apple would commit that type of PR disaster.
A new book by a former Sarah Palin aide is coming out shortly, should be a laugh. At times, Palin make GW Bush seem like an intellectual.
Fancy eating with Nick Clegg? It will cost you £25,000.
Do a lot of flying? Old before their time at the Economist won’t thrill you.
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi still in denial as he talks with the Washington Post.
Even the barefaced lobbyists in DC are sick of supporting Middle Eastern dictators. Bad karma or just bad PR?
Unrest amongst Ahwazi Arabs in Iran goes unreported in the West, but they are subject to discrimination and terrible human rights abuses at the hands of the Ahmadinejad regime.
Tom Gross on Goldstone, cartoons and racism.
Finally, Hezbollah planning to kill Israelis abroad. Not good.
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