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Posts Tagged ‘Africa’

October 2nd, 2014 - 1:36 am § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.

The Politics of Circumcision

According to the WHO, male circumcision reduces the risk of heterosexually acquiring HIV in men by about 60 percent.    Fortunately circumcision is a common ritual in Africa, although traditional methods cause a loot of botched procedures n young male children.   So a circumcision device made[...]

September 5th, 2014 - 2:08 am § in Misc.

AFRICA and Birth Control

Husbands hiring boda-boda men to escort their wives for antenatal services Jul 12, 2013 Kibuku district health officer, Dr. Ahmed Bumba has disclosed Read More…[...]

August 18th, 2014 - 3:23 am § in Misc.

SPREADING ISRAELI KNOWLEDGE

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June 25th, 2014 - 10:06 am § in Misc.

BREAKING NEWS: ISLAMIC TERROR IN NIGERIA

Nigeria extremists abduct 91 people Victims said to include 60 girls and women and 31 boys. Local official confirms abductions, but security forces deny them. Maybe it is time for Brandeis to apologize? Boko Haram ‘abducts many women’ Nigerian bomb blast kills at least eight[...]

May 26th, 2014 - 10:14 pm § in Misc.

BREAKING NEWS: Girls Found in Nigeria But May Be Too Difficult to Free

Nigerian defense chief says abducted girls located[...]

May 4th, 2014 - 10:07 am § in Misc.

Nigeria and CNN

THE WORTHLESSNESS OF CNN Last night my wife Barbara wanted to watch Obama’s comedy routine at the White House Correspondents Dinner.  The schedule said the president was to speak about 9 PM.  So we tuned in around 8:30.   Of course all of this was Pacific Coast time, so somewhere in the m[...]

April 13th, 2014 - 10:08 pm § in Hypocrisy, Schools & Colleges

Brandeis’ Problems Continue

Slippery Slope of Political Correctness. Having taken back its offer to Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Brandeis now needs to deal with the consequences of having greased the slippery slope of political  correctness.  Having rejected Ms. Ali for her strong stand against Islam, The University, it turns out, has [...]

January 4th, 2014 - 10:13 am § in Misc.

HAPPY NEW YEAR … unless you are a refugee in Europe or Israel

Europe’s Deepening Refugee Crisis A young Liberian refugee arrives in Italy, where he is left to fend for himself and winds up homeless in a filthy slum. When he flees to Germany, the government there invokes EU asylum law and sends him back. It is a cycle of degradation faced by thousands of [...]

December 9th, 2013 - 1:07 pm § in Misc.

Jimmy Carter to join Barack, Bill, George W at Nelson’s Funeral. WWMD?

WWJMD… what would Mandela do (in Israel/Palestine?) Mr. Carter will, in my opinion, emerge as one of America’s great presidents. He gets dissed by the Repricans as part of their effort to lionize Reagan, to pretend that their senile old man ended the cold war, to ignore the war crimes in[...]

December 6th, 2013 - 11:26 am § in Misc.

URGENT: Honoring Mandela

Saturday at Seattle Center will be the big public gathering to mourn the passing of Nelson Mandela in Seattle.  There will be no opportunity for speaking provided.  Still, it’s important to acknowledge the force that was Nelson Mandela.  Let us just remember his revolutionary spirit and t[...]