Ten Years' Wanderings Among the Ethiopians; with Sketches of the Manners and Customs of the Civilize
Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
ARTICLE: In Somalia, a New Template for Fighting Terrorism, By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, New York Times, October 17, 2009 One widely held misperception about Somalia is that it is rabidly anti-American. This may come from the indelible images of gleeful Somalis...
The Agonist (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
The fields stretch out across the horizon. An attenuated, high altitude light falls on the dark volcanic soils. The rusted hulks of dead war machines litter the roads. A shepherd boy smacks a goat into line, driving them all back into line. Baboons scamper across the highway. The main north-south artery between Addis Ababa and Axum is a dirt road. It is a more fecund land than I ever expected. But...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
The Islamist officials of Hisbul Islam organization in Hiran region have warned the Ethiopians to carry out projects in parts of the region in central Somalia, official told Shabelle radio on Sunday.
Green Integer Blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Antonio Ghislanzoni (libretto), based on a French scenario by Auguste Mariette, Giuseppe Verdi (composer) Aida / the production I saw was the Metropolitan Opera live HD, in encore on Thursday, November 12, 2009 One of the aspects of Aida that interviewer, singer Renée Fleming suggested several times in the intermissions of Verdi's great opera was that, despite the huge size of the cast, except...
FreeThoughtManifesto (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Study: Israeli Employers Prefer Not To Hire Arabs By Dana Weiler-Polak, Haaretz Correspondent Last update - 13:28 09/11/2009 Courtesy Of Haaretz NewsPaper Israeli employers prefer not to hire Arabs, Ethiopians and Haredis - even those holding at least an undergraduate degree, according to a study published on Monday. More than 83 percent of employers are repelled by the idea of hiring an Arab without...
The Contentious Centrist (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
So which is it: Discrimination, or Discrimination against Arabs? Haaretz has an article today about discrimination against groups in Israel. In the report, it seems that "I sraeli employers prefer not to hire Arabs, Ethiopians and Haredis - even those holding at least an undergraduate degree, according to a study published on Monday. " The report then goes into some details : More than 83...
Emes Ve-Emunah (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
There seems to be a lot of prejudice in Israel. At least in job market. Prejudice of any kind is abhorrent to me. Hating people based on faulty generalizations is morally reprehensible. This applies to all the above mentioned groups. But what concerns me the most is the fact that Charedim are in this group. Not that the other two categories are any more justifiable. They are not. But because Charedim...
Rabbiting On (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Today is not November 7th 2009, today is 28.02.2002. Ethiopia is way behind in many ways, and most noticeably with the date. The millennium happened only just over a year ago, so Addis Ababa is still festooned with celebratory messages. Oh, and 9am is 3 o’clock and 1pm is 7 o’clock, because just as the Maasai time starts being counted from 6am (time of sunrise more or less all year round,...
VDARE.com: Blog Articles (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
A reader writes Hi! In case you missed it, Meb Keflizighi, ORIGINALLY FROM ERITREA, just became the first American to win the New York City Marathon in 25 years! Hurray for immigration! It happens that the last “American” to win was Alberto Salazar, born in Cuba. The last regular American to win (to use Archie Bunker’s [...]
Tanvir Kazmi: Running without limit (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
Merga retains men’s crown; world champ Keitany breaks course record As expected, it was the Ethiopians and Kenyans who battled for the top positions in both the men’s and women’s action of the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon on Sunday. If Derbia Merga from Ethiopia dominated the men’s 21km race to emerge victorious, the winner in the women’s group was Mary Keitany from Kenya....
Cloudland Blue - A Diary (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Playlist Weather Report – I Sing the Body Electric Weather Report – Live in Tokyo Weather Report – Sweetnighter Weather Report – Mysterious Traveller Weather Report –Tail Spinnin’ Weather Report – Mr Gone Weather Report – Heavy Weather Esbjorn Svensson Trio – Leucocyte Various – Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration Various – 100 Huge Reggae...
Little Red Bike Cafe (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
A couple weeks back, while visiting the Courier Coffee Roasters roastery , I had the great pleasure of cupping a number of sample roasts that were slated for possible purchase . The cupping offered a glimpse into the future of what's in store for the coming months. Overall we tasted six different coffees that day; three from Ethiopia, two from Indonesia, and one Kenyan coffee. The CCR team had already...
Shiraz Socialist (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
…or should it be for the Muslims of the UN “safe haven” of Srebrenica? ‘Song of Those Who Died in Vain’ by Primo Levi Sit down and bargain All you like, grizzled old foxes. We’ll wall you up in a splendid palace With food, wine, good beds and a good fire Provided that you discuss, negotiate For our and your children’s lives. May all [...]
Catholic Fire (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Saint Frumentius was still a child when his uncle, a Christian philosopher of Tyre in Phoenicia, took him and his brother Edesius on a voyage to Ethiopia. In the course of their voyage the vessel anchored at a certain port, and the barbarians of that country slew with the sword all the crew and passengers, except the two children. Because of their youth and beauty they were taken to the king at Axuma,...
Center for a Stateless Society (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Thomas L. Knapp asserts that the computer industry demonstrates that government retards progress.
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