Genocide Awareness Day

Today was Genocide Awareness Day at the high school, featuring speakers and survivors from various genocides, including the Armenian Genocide (not a survivor but nevertheless interesting), the Jewish Holocaust, and the Sudanese Genocide prior to the Darfur conflict. Personally, I thought that it was extremely important that we experience this, since we are the last [...]

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On the boycotting of the Olympics

My opinion: no.
For once, I actually agree with the current president on something. This doesn’t mean that I’m going to give up my opposition to everything else (terrible environmental policy, Iraq war… the list goes on)
There are many policies (i.e. handling of Tibet, Darfur) of the Chinese government that I disagree with, but we do [...]

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Weather Channel Founder Wants to Sue Al Gore

I came across this article on my way to check my Yahoo email.
Great. Another global warming denyer trying to make a scene by trying to sue people who sell carbon credits. Ever wonder where the money goes to? Many offsetting businesses fund renewable energy projects, a sector we could be leading the world in. Instead, [...]

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Thoughts on the Election

Recently, there has been some news on the pettiest matters possible regarding the election.
Before I start, I’d like to point out that there’s no one candidate that I absolutely prefer (though a Clinton-Obama ticket would be nice- Obama would get the experience that people claim that he lacks, and would be an unstoppable pres. candidate later). [...]

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Random ideas/findings

-Vote on the Top 10 most important questions that we should be asking ourselves and the world. I found most of them to be really legit.
-Also regarding questions: I’ve had quite a few interesting debates with my friends about Ethos water (and the nature of tap/bottled in general, but that’s a topic for a later discussion), as I [...]

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Consumption and PIZZA PIE: System of a Down’s Subliminal Messages

Chic N’ Stu by System of a Down

The first time I heard this song, I admit I was a bit suprised. It was such a catchy song, but it was about pizza. Come on. How pointless is that? Then, I looked at the lyrics (which I had not really paid attention [...]

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Death of Benazir Bhutto

(AFP)
Benazir Bhutto, Pakastani opposition leader and former prime minister, was killed on Thursday in a terrorist attack. Many details of her death are still being debated, such as how she died (bullet wound vs head injuries vs schrapnel) and who was responsible for her death (Taliban/al Qaeda vs. Musharraf). Many suspect that a conspiracy occured. [...]

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