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Antonin scalia, catholic italian supreme judge for over 29 years, known for his quick wit and sharp prose, left 2016 dead. A year to decide the composition of the u. S. Executive and legislative branches. Justice scalia rejected social policies such as abortion and homosexuality. But he was a keen defender of free speech, individual rights notably gun ownership and opposed to unreasonable government searches and seizures. And Justice Scalia was known for his opposition to Supreme Court liberals on issues relating to climate change, the death penalty, unions, affirmative action and immigration. President obama may nominate a replacement for Justice Scalia in the coming weeks. Predictions on mr. Obamas choice included names such as sri srinivasan, patricia harris, alberto jordan, loretta lynch, paul watford and jane kelly, ....
The same as gorbachev has been a real throwback for me. I can those days after one dictator after another emerged, they all had very human aspects. They liked jazz. Music, anddixieland so there is a kind of Human Element to him. Rouhani is a man of the system. Ease up your product of the system he is a pure product of the system. And lived age in it in at all his life. And now here he is at the top. People dont talk much about what he is really all about and what he really wants. Why does he take all of these different positions . Because the main game that is being played inside iran right among the various factions is who is going to succeed khomeini. Khomeini is believed to be sick. I mean, its true. He should have died long ago if he is a six at if he is as sick as some would say he is. But no one would be surprised if he dropped dead tomorrow. Characters,f these the rouhanis, the ahmadinejads, the rafsanjanis, etc. , they are ....
Says, i dont know who that is. So i published this in the daily beast that the foreign minister doesnt know one of irans most famous Political Prisoners. And it got picked up from there. Thousands wrote him on facebook a lot of pressure they released him on furlough for about a week. And then when the media pressure died down he was put right back into prison. 15, k interesting was my 20 minute debate confrontation with the u. N. Ambassador at the time when i approached him about the same issues, i said why is it that the foreign minister gets to post on facebook when its banned in iran and he said, word for word, are the facebook and twitter band in iran . I assured him that they were. And i list add whole bunch of Political Prisoners. And i said when will they be free . And he says i dont know who that is. Then i sad have you heard about this one . And he said she ....
Dissident movements inside authoritarian countries by speaking out in supporting them. This help gives them the power to rise up. That is another issue that the west does not understand. I agree with michael about missing the conventional wisdom of the arab spring. Tois fantastic to look back supposedly smart people in 2009, they said the best thing was a wise, charismatic leader call bush a alassad. They said he was a partner for these, prosperity and stability. An israeli newspaper said syria was an island of stability. Others talking about egypt is a rock of stability. All of these were falsehoods. Dangerously wrong. They werent listening to these dissident movements and the fact of double thinkers is always bigger than we think. The number of true believers is typically lower than we think. Im going to push you on a little bit. Thats not mean less emphasis on the nuclear issue. Regime has nuclear weapons, the amount of progression oppression would make whats going on now seems smal ....
Century. Iraqi Prime MinisterNuri Al Maliki rejected calls to create a more inclusive government. Hes facing criticism that he instigated the sunni insurgency by favoring the majority xia. So hes being urged to form a National Salvation government as a way to stop islamist militants. U. S. President barack obama last week challenged him to present a unified front among iraqs three main groups. And some Political Parties are urging him to step down to establish a National Salvation government. Maliki says he represents a coup against a constitution. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry is to meet with Foreign Ministers this week to discuss ira ....