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[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Democracy’
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[...]
Proposed Revisions To UW Faculty Code.
HOW WELL DOES THE UW FACULTY CODE PROTECT ACADEMIC DREEDOM? A proposal (see document) has been sent to the UW faculty to revise our Code to address protections for Faculty Free Speech. My own opinion is that the proposal is weak and may even decrease faculty rights. The UW faculty do not ha[...]