How liberal activists may have have destroyed Britain’s Labor Party Jeremy Corbyn is being reelected Party Leader of Britain’s Labour despite nearly unanimous opposition of the elected Members of Parliament from his won party. The story is eerily similar to the current state of t[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Democracy’
August 5th, 2016 - 11:52 pm § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: ANC Loses Local Election in Nelson Mandela Bay
The African National Congress (ANC) suffered its worst electoral loss since the end of apartheid in 1994, when it lost Nelson Mandela Bay to the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) in municipal elections. Nationally the ANC still has 56 percent of the votes around South Africa.[...]
July 22nd, 2016 - 12:14 am § in Misc.
Israel After Turkey: Israel weakens its democracy too.
Israel Passes Law Enabling Knesset to Expel Members Over Incitement JNS.org – In a 62-47 vote, the Israeli Knesset on Tuesday passed an impeachment law that enables Members of Knesset (MKs) to expel fellow lawmakers who are… ALGEMEINER.COM[...]
January 3rd, 2016 - 9:08 am § in Misc.
Democracy, Egyptian
Egypt’s Sisi appoints 28 MPs Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi issued Thursday a presidential decree to appoint 28 legislators to the country’s newly elected parliament.[...]
Hong Votes Down Beijing (Maybe)
HONG KONG (AP) — The Hong Kong government’s controversial Beijing-backed election reforms were defeated Thursday by pro-democracy lawmakers after the lawmakers from pro-establishment parties walked out of the legislature chamber and failed to cast any votes.. .[...]
March 31st, 2015 - 2:45 pm § in America
Nigeria!
Muhammadu Buhari wins Nigeria may have held its first true, fair election 55 years after Great Britain granted the Federation of Nigeria full independence as a constitutional democracy including three the country’s three quite distinct regions. What a great event! As one of my friends 50[...]
March 7th, 2014 - 11:32 am § in The Ave Scene
What Bangladesh and the UW Senate Have in Common
Washington, Jan 7 – The US expressed its disappointment at recent parliamentary elections in Bangladesh, calling for fresh and quick polls arranged through dialogue. “The United States is disappointed by the recent parliamentary elections in Bangladesh,” Xinhua quoted State Departm[...]
January 8th, 2014 - 4:26 pm § in America, The Ave Scene
Seattle Port Commission Claims Immunity From Democracy
The City of SeaTac Cannot Pass Laws That Regulate People in The SeaTac Airport. The minimum wage went up last week in 13 states that didn’t wait around for Congressional Republicans to do the right thing. http://money.cnn.com/2013/12/29/news/economy/minimum-wage-states/index.html?hpt=hp_t3 Meanwhi[...]
January 5th, 2014 - 1:00 pm § in Misc.
UW Faculty Senate and New Speak
A central Issue in the discussion of the legislation called “” is the issue of Newspeak. Words like A Statement of Principle: Academic Freedom and Responsibility,” are lal tooo much like the words used by Orwell. I received an email Friday afternoon (below at the Ψ) that illus[...]