Xi Jinping, The secretary-general of the Chinese Communist Party, underlined his country’s commitment to a Russian partnership when he noted that he and President Vladimir Putin “came to the unanimous conclusion” that a “comprehensive strategic partnership” between Moscow and Beijing remains the “top priority of their foreign policy.” The comments were made on Tuesday during […]
While the country seems to have the name Thailand, I remember well that many people there still called it Siam. Especially the elderly people. I have been to Thailand before, but to enter the country as a military baboon is not the same thing as entering a country and seeing it with fresh unadulterated eyes… […]
On January 14th, 2013 the Orthodox New Year is happening. This is because it is really only just January 1st according to the Julian calendar which is used by the Orthodox to keep track of the days of the year. So since we just had Christmas on the Gregorian calendar of the 7th of January […]
John Brennan vs. a Sixteen-Year-Old: In October 2011, 16-year-old Tariq Aziz attended a gathering in Islamabad where he was taught how to use a video camera so he could document the drones that were constantly circling over his Pakistani village, terrorizing and killing his family and neighbors. Two days later, when Aziz was driving with […]