Why resent "the flowerchildren"?

It is perhaps an untactful thing to say today. I have a solid resentment for the so called "flowerchildren" and the ancillary cultural spinoff (really, flowerchildren are the spinoff, but I'll ignore that for now).

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Taliban flee U.S. Marines onslaught in Afghanistan

Taliban insurgents are fleeing south towards the Afghan border with Pakistan in the face of a U.S. Marines offensive in volatile Helmand province, the NATO commander in Afghanistan said on Monday.

Japan may send troops to Afghanistan: PM

Japan is considering whether to send its first troops to Afghanistan on a reconstruction mission, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said Sunday. Tokyo has been a major donor to Afghanistan, pledging 1.3 billion dollars since the fall of the Taliban in late 2001. ....

Making sense of modern China

An interesting overview, contextualization, and light analysis of China today:

Mugabe blames West for Zimbabwe's food shortages

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, whose authoritarian rule has brought widespread hunger to his country, defended his policy of seizing land from whites on Tuesday, saying he is undoing a legacy of Zimbabwe's former colonial masters.

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TALIBAN COMMANDER: 'What's Important Is to Kill the Germans'

Interview with the purported Taliban commander of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan:Taliban commander Qabir Bashir Haqqani is threatening the Germans in Afghanistan.

Debunking Obama's Ayers "Fact Sheet"

Some analysis and background regarding that guy that happens to live in my neighborhood, as Obama describes it:Next, let's examine Obama's claim that his connection to Ayers and Dohrn is "tenuous" and "phony." Is it phony that Obama's political coming-out party in the mid-1990s w …

Esteem for US rises in Asia

THE US war in Iraq has strengthened its strategic position, especially in terms of key alliances, and the only way this could be reversed would be if it lost the will to continue the struggle and abandoned Iraq in defeat and disarray.

Forgotten Heroes: Canada and the Korean War (past news) (audio/multimedia)

This is a mostly audio archive of the forgotten war (the old "forgotten war", before Afghanistan!), from a Canadian perspective. It is a fascinating review, offering a voyeuristic historic insight to youngsters and perhaps a remembrance to old-timers.

Indonesia jails JI military chief, outlaws group

An Indonesian district court on Monday sentenced two senior leaders of an al-Qaeda-linked South-East Asian terrorist network to 15 years in prison each.

Russia rearms former rebels to patrol Chechnya

"The Russians have re-equipped and trained my men." This is the trade-off that has helped Russian President Vladimir Putin subdue a separatist insurgency in Chechnya that raged for more than a decade.

Kenyan Parliament Passes Power-Sharing Amendment

"Let us not look at each other, Mr. Speaker, as PNU, ODM-K, ODM and so on," he said. "Let us now fuse together now as one people who want to do something for the people of Kenya. Let us strengthen the foundation of multiparty democracy in our country."

Thailand Tourism Campaign to Edit Wikipedia

The Tourism Authority of Thailand announced plans to target wikipedia.org and wikitravel.org. Their editing campaign aims to "ensure accuracy" and "promote tourism", as is their charter.

On Canadian Caper anniversary, can Canada and US find newfound comradeliness?

In light of Canada's recent political shift, and hearkening back to the revelation of the so called Canadian Caper, is there hope of renewing our formerly tight friendship?

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