Scatterbrainのブックマーク / 2010年8月27日

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2010年8月27日のブックマーク (44件)

Australians travelling to Northern Ireland warned of increasing violence
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
The revised guidance follows the recent escalation of sectarian violence and dissident activity and a number of failed bomb attacks on police officers. Earlier this year police said the danger from dissidents was at its worst since the 1998 Real IRA Omagh bomb, which killed 29 people.

Australia

NI

travel

violence
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Israel military court convicts anti-wall protester - Yahoo! News
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
A military court has convicted the Palestinian organiser of regular protests against Israel's West Bank wall, prompting the European Union to express concern on Wednesday./When completed, 85 percent of the wall will have been built inside the West Bank, taking land from Palestinian villages like Bil

Israel-Palestine
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Debating America's surveillance state - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
We are, as the military historian Andrew Bacevich has repeatedly documented, a nation in a state of “perpetual war.” War-justified powers will be vested in the government not -- as people like Eastman imply -- temporarily, but rather forever.

US

Civil Rights

security
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Facing Afghan mistrust, al-Qaeda fighters take limited role in insurgency
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
Although Taliban commanders want support from al-Qaeda and jihadists around the world, according to Flynn, they are sensitive to the idea that ordinary Afghans might view it as foreign interference.That balancing act has resulted in a limited, if steady, flow of foreign fighters. Most are Uzbeks and

Afghanistan

al-Qaeda

Taliban

US
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Facing Afghan mistrust, al-Qaeda fighters take limited role in insurgency
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
This time, U.S. military officials and analysts say, al-Qaeda has changed its strategy, mostly limiting its role in the Taliban-led insurgency to assisting with training, intelligence and propaganda. Although the terrorist network still considers the "liberation" of Afghanistan its primary strategic

Afghanistan

US

al-Qaeda
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U.S. Weighs Expanded Strikes in Yemen
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
The U.S. military's Special Operation Forces and the CIA have been positioning surveillance equipment, drones and personnel in Yemen, Djibouti, Kenya and Ethiopia to step up targeting of al Qaeda's Yemen affiliate, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, known as AQAP, and Somalia's al Shabaab—Arabic f

al-Qaeda

US

Yemen
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CIA sees increased threat from al-Qaeda in Yemen
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
Introducing a covert CIA capability might also improve the U.S. ability to carry out attacks - perhaps from a U.S. base in Djibouti - if the Yemeni government were to curtail its cooperation.

US

Yemen

al-Qaeda

Military
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An exciting new Muslim country to drone attack - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
Just imagine how helpful a new, escalated drone campaign in Yemen will be -- on top of the U.S.-backed abuses from their own government -- for helping extremists in that country make the argument that Yemen is a new front in the American crusade against Muslims, similar to what is happening in Iraq,

US

Yemen

Military
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Customs officers in Thailand find tiger cub hidden in bag of cuddly toys
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
Experts were called to inspect what was at first believed to be a sedated cat, but was later identified as an endangered tiger cub. In a botched attempt to conceal the animal, all the other cuddly toys in the bag were artificial stuffed tigers

Animals

Thailand

smuggling
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New York student charged with attack on Muslim taxi driver
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
Enright volunteered for Intersections International, a group that promotes interfaith dialogue and has supported plans for an Islamic centre and mosque two blocks from Ground Zero. A group representative, the Reverend Robert Chase, called the situation "tragic".

US

Islamophobia

hate crime
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WikiLeaks war logs posting 'will lead to free speech ruling'
US supreme court justice Sonia Sotomayor has said the court is likely to have to rule on the issue of balancing national security and freedom of speech due to WikiLeaks posting a cache of US military records about the Afghan war. Sotomayor said the incident, which has been condemned by the Pentagon, was likely to provoke legislation in Congress that would require judicial scrutiny. Her comments ca
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
Sotomayor compared the issue with the debate over allowing publication of the Pentagon Papers, a secret study about the Vietnam war. The New York Times published those in 1971 after the supreme court declined to block their publication over the objections of the Pentagon

Wikileaks

freedom of speech

US

legal

Military

security
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Chilcot inquiry accused of fixating on west and ignoring real victims
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
The IBC accuses the inquiry of "sharing this reluctance to inquire too deeply into the human consequences of the war (when these humans happen not to be British officials, bureaucrats and politicians, but ordinary Iraqis)" and says the inquiry is taking its cue from the government that appointed it.

UK

Iraq

war

Chilcot Inquiry
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Hitchens: U.S. Obligated to Defeat the Iranian Regime
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
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BRICs at the Gate
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
there's a related danger associated with too quickly dispersing leadership in key international institutions: that nobody will feel ownership of them. Particularly when it comes to the World Bank, it's critical to remember that there are donors and borrowers. And if the donors stop feeling that they

BRICs
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What the Successful Containment of Iran Will Look Like
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
Containment is complicated and frustrating. It's slow. Seepage can be a serious problem. But it is also the option that's most likely to lead Iranians, both the public and the regime, to fully understand the costs of their controversial nuclear program. As Burns points out, dealing with the complex

Iran

Israel

US

Military
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Yes, America Is Exporting Terrorism
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
The assessment points out that the export of terrorism from the United States might make foreign partners more inclined to push back -- and would give them a stronger case in pushing back -- on counterterrorist matters on which they find the asymmetrical U.S. approach most irritating.

US

Wikileaks
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A Saturday night in Sheikh Jarrah
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
It's too soon to tell if the Sheikh Jarrah Solidarity Movement will succeed in preventing the evictions of Palestinians from their homes. One thing is certain, however: the movement has brought this issue to the fore and shows no signs of backing down or disappearing any time soon

Israel-Palestine

settlement
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Quotation of the day
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
We say corruption is endemic and is making the Karzai government unpopular, yet our own CIA is busily buying off Afghan politicians. We say our real goal is to defeat or destroy al Qaeda, yet we are spending billions on anti-corruption efforts and "nation-building." We pour millions of dollars into

Afghanistan

corruption

US
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Waiting for the Maverick - By Jacob Heilbrunn | Foreign Policy
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
Had McCain won the presidency, he would almost surely have attacked Iran and driven America into a new Great Depression. In the coming months, watch for McCain to blast Obama for proposing a combination of tax hikes and budget cuts to trim the deficit and to accuse him, if he draws down troops in Af

US

Iran

GOP
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Waiting for the Maverick - By Jacob Heilbrunn | Foreign Policy
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
But in foreign affairs, his true passion, McCain has marched steadily to the right, from his initial incarnation as a realist, who cautioned about the use of force abroad, to his embrace, over the past decade, of the triumphalist doctrine of neoconservatism.

US

GOP
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Waiting for the Maverick
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
But that establishment, like the moderate John McCain, is as dead as the dodo bird. Ever since Barry Goldwater ran for president in 1964, the right has staged its own insurgency inside the GOP itself. The emergence of the Tea Party represents the apotheosis of this development, not its beginning. If

US

GOP
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asahi.com（朝日新聞社）：暑さに耐えかね、側溝に　涼とる奈良公園のシカ - 社会
強い日差しを避け、側溝に入って涼をとるシカ＝奈良市登大路町　奈良県内は２５日も晴れ間が広がり、強い日差しに覆われた。奈良地方気象台によると、奈良市の最高気温は３５．１度と、この日もうだるような暑さに。同市の奈良公園そばの国道では、連日の暑さに耐えかねた数頭の鹿が、水のない側溝におなかをつけてくつろぐ姿がみられ、観光客がカメラを向けていた。　「奈良の鹿愛護会」によると、同公園では毎年この時期、川などに入って体を冷やす鹿の姿がみられるという。池田佐知子・事務局長は「暑さを少しでもしのごうと、涼しい場所を探して涼をとっているのでしょう。そっと見守ってあげて」と話している。
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
Animals

Japan
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The Strength of Obama's Long Game With Iran
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
The first is Netanyahu's characterization of the Iranian leadership as "a messianic, apocalyptic cult." That the current Iranian government is led by crude, cynical, objectionable, and dangerous men is clear. But there has been little in the behavior of Iran's government since the Khomeini revolutio

Israel

Iran

Military

US
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Striking Iran Is Unwarranted, and It Would Mean Disaster
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
What seems most plausible is that Israel hopes to use the threat of an attack as a coercive tool -- to keep the Iranians guessing, to keep American domestic political pressure on Obama to maintain a tough line on Iran, and to pressure the U.S. and the world to act instead.

Iran

Israel

US

Military
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Debating an Attack on Iran
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Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
I argue that "the argument for a military strike on Iran remains weak, with massive potential negative effects, very limited prospects for significant positive impact, and much less urgency than its proponents claim. It is Obama's sound strategic judgement, not his lack of will, which makes an attac

US

Israel

Iran

Military
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"It's Just A Cat" Ctd
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
Animals

Children

abuse

猫
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In Pakistan, Taliban Hint at Attacks on Relief Workers (Published 2010)
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
Taliban

Pakistan

flood
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Islamophobia: the new antisemitism | Mya Guarnieri
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
The New York Times is reporting that a pastor in my hometown of Gainesville, Florida is planning to "commemorate" 11 September 2001 by publicly burning the Qur'an. The photograph that accompanies the story showed the pastor, Terry Jones, standing in a field of grass behind signs that read "Islam is

US

Islamophobia
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The role of journalists and corporates in combating climate change
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
"Without collective awakening the catastrophe will come. I think people in the mass media, journalists, film makers and others, you can contribute to the collective awakening if you are awake and then your life will embody that awakening.

business

Climate Change

Buddhism
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YouTube - (字幕／ティクナットハン）Thich Nhat Hanh Retreat Day 1 - #1 of 11
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
Israel-Palestine

Buddhism
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ティク・ナット・ハン - Wikipedia
ティク・ナット・ハン（ティック・ニャット・ハイン、ベトナム語：Thích Nhất Hạnh / 釈一行発音[ヘルプ/ファイル]、1926年（保大元年）10月11日 - 2022年1月22日[1]）は、ベトナム出身の禅僧、平和・人権運動家、学者、詩人[2]。ダライ・ラマ14世と並んで、20世紀から平和活動に従事する代表的な仏教者であり、行動する仏教または社会参画仏教（Engaged Buddhism）の命名者でもある。アメリカとフランスを中心に、仏教及びマインドフルネスの普及活動を行なっている。略歴[編集] 1926年、ベトナム中部のフエに生まれる。1942年に同地の慈孝寺（チュア・トゥーヒエウ）にて出家し禅僧となる。 1950年に禅の道場を創設。ベトナムで初めて、僧の授業に外国語や西洋の科学、哲学の学習を導入する[3]。ベトナム戦争中は、僧院の中で修行を続けるべきか、あるいは僧
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
Buddhism
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Zen and the art of protecting the planet
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
Thay, a prolific author with more than 85 titles under his belt, has taken a particular interest in climate change and recently published the best-selling book 'The World We Have – A Buddhist approach to peace and ecology.'

Environment

Climate Change

Buddhism
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Gareth Williams: the sad, fascinating death of a spy | Jonathan Freedland
As I write this, the top story on the Guardian website is that of the sad, strange death of Gareth Williams, the spy whose body was found in a sports holdall in the bath of his flat in Pimlico, south London, just a few minutes away from MI6 headquarters. The degree of interest is hardly surprising. When, nearly four years ago, Russian journalist Alexander Litvinenko lay dying in a London hospital,
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
But with two former home secretaries among the dead man's neighbours, and the company which owned his flat called New Rodina – which means "new homeland" in Russian – don't expect the interest level to drop. Some habits are too hard to break

UK

intelligence

spy
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John McCain's primary purpose | Michael Tomasky
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
But that will only confirm that, after a brief principled period during 1997-2002, when he remained by and large conservative but also worked on campaign finance reform and opposed GOP tax cuts for the rich, he became just another politician. In an age when the senate could use all the people of sta

US

Election
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Men of Britain, explain yourselves
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
英ホテルチェーン、トラベロッジが英国人6千人を対象にした調査によると、英男性の4人に1人が出張の時、クマのぬいぐるみを持参し（マジ？！）、成人の３５％がぬいぐるみと一緒に寝ていることが判明。

UK

oddly enough

funny stuff
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How many 'bodies in the street' are needed? | Michael Tomasky
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
But the bridge we seem to have crossed now in the US is that we have a significant and vocal portion of citizens who seem to believe that it doesn't matter if 1,500 people die from bad eggs - they just don't want the government having anything to do with it period. They'd truly rather have the peop

US

libertarian
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The New York stabbing | Michael Tomasky
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
"I feel very sad. I have been here more than 25 years. I have been driving a taxi more than 15 years. All my four kids were born here. I never feel this hopeless and insecure before," said Mr. Sharif. "Right now, the public sentiment is very serious. All drivers should be more careful."

Islam

hate crime

US
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Liberals and religion and culture | Michael Tomasky
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
US

Religion

Liberals
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A brand of austerity about as progressive as Thatcher's | Larry Elliott
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
So, if those Lib Dems who take pride in being on the progressive wing of politics find the IFS assessment uncomfortable reading, then tough; they need to feel bad about the policies they are backing. And they had better prepare for a lot more ordure when the austerity policies really bite next year.

austerity

UK

Lib-Dem
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Who cares about the average Iraqi? | Sazan Mandalawi
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
Today, such Iraqis leave home unsure if they will return to their families that evening or not. Those who have jobs work long hours every day for little pay. If they are lucky their children or nephews and nieces are not yet kidnapped and if they are extremely lucky they haven't had more than one re

Iraq
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Rajendra Pachauri cleared of financial misdealings
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
The KPMG report into the finances of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), a charity directed by Pachauri, concluded: "No evidence was found that indicated personal fiduciary benefits accruing to Pachauri from his various advisory roles that would have led to a conflict of interest." Pachauri d

Climate Change

smear campaign
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Rajendra Pachauri innocent of financial misdealings but smears will continue | George Monbiot
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
So what can Pachauri do? There is now a large community of people - those who deny that man-made climate change is taking place - who appear to be out to get him. His crime is being chairman of the IPCC. That, as far as they are concerned, makes him guilty of any charge they wish to throw at him. Th

Climate Change

smear campaign
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Gareth Williams murder inquiry reveals intensely private man
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
Hughes said he had never known Williams to bring home a partner, describing him as a very, very private person. "I knew he worked at GCHQ and he had been working in London but I didn't know what he did. It wasn't said that we shouldn't talk about it, I simply never asked and he never told me

UK

intelligence

spy
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The South Tyrol Success Story: Italy's German-Speaking Province Escapes the Crisis
Scatterbrain 2010/08/27
Italy

Economy
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