gatito
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It's a sweet irony that he was Secretary of State for the Colonies
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A well regulated <peaceful> Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State. True, This! — Beneath the rule of men entirely great The pen is mightier than the sword. Behold The arch-enchanters wand! — itself is nothing! — But taking sorcery from the master-hand To paralyse the Cæsars, and to strike The loud earth breathless! — Take away the sword — States can be saved without it! Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton. Richelieu; Or the Conspiracy
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The victory at Standing Rock could mark a turning point The defeat of an energy company by indigenous activists shows what nonviolent unity can accomplish. There are lessons here as we enter a challenging new age
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K-mw4CSfnI
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9oQEa-d5rU
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Sunday 4 December 2016 16.25 GMT Standing Rock: authorities will retreat from bridge if protesters agree to terms Officials will move from the north of the Backwater Bridge if Dakota Access pipeline protesters stay south and go there only if there is a prearranged meeting
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Far right concedes defeat in Austrian presidential election The far-right Austrian presidential candidate Norbert Hofer’s campaign manager, Herbert Kickl, has conceded his candidate’s defeat to former Greens leader Alexander Van der Bellen, Reuters reports.
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Cannon Ball, North Dakota, US Cat Bigney, part of the Oglala Native American tribe, waits on the shore of the Cannon Ball river for travellers to arrive by canoe at the Oceti Sakowin camp where people have gathered to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline. Despite state and federal evacuation orders, a government roadblock, escalating police violence and aggressive prosecutions that attorneys say lack basic evidence, thousands of veterans are preparing to travel to Cannon Ball this weekend to support the growing movement to stop the pipeline Photograph: David Goldman/AP
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The art, science and practices of Good Sleep
gatito replied to thelerner's topic in General Discussion
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Interesting to note that now "a well regulated <peaceful><and unarmed> militia" is arriving at Standing Rock the Justice Department has been forced to deploy "mediators" to "maintain the peace".
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VETERANS STAND FOR STANDING ROCK OPERATIONS ORDER | DECEMBER 4-7 2016 (drive.google.com/file/d/0ByZLhosK39TpeDdyNWN4S0FTTlE/view)
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The more I see of the continent of North America, the happier I am to live in Europe.
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I'm certainly not conflating Soviet with Russian (nor am I conflating Prawo i Sprawiedliwość with Polish). _/\_
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Sunrise @ Standing Rock
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Friday 2 December 2016 17.33 GMT Trump supports Dakota pipeline – but claims it's not due to his investment in it Transition team says that the president-elect’s endorsement of the controversial Dakota Access pipeline ‘has nothing to do with his personal investments’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/02/donald-trump-dakota-access-pipeline-support-investment
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And why are the Poles so concerned about their next-door neighbours? Here's one of many reasons: Katyn
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UK will not block closer EU defence ties, says Boris Johnson L'Angleterre, ah, la perfide Angleterre, que le rempart de ses mers rendoit inaccessible aux Romains, la foi du Sauveur y est abordée.
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Davis backs soft Brexit in blow to hardliners Minister wants migrants for low-skilled jobs
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New Richmond Park MP Sarah Olney dragged off air by PR after grilling by Julia
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Brexit is bigger than any single party – Richmond Park has taught us that This volcanic byelection is a taste of how Brexit threatens to overturn all old certainties and render Labour increasingly irrelevant in post-referendum Britain
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Standing Rock is the civil rights issue of our time – let's act accordingly
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I guess that, under the present circumstances, he'd be lucky to land-up in either of those two jurisdictions.
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Still, the good thing is that NATO's finished and we can now get on with making our own arrangements (which don't involve an American-driven war in our backyard).
