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rePost::Cambodia to expel 20 Uighurs – INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

Cambodia to expel 20 Uighurs
Agence France-Presse
First Posted 12:01:00 12/19/2009
PHNOM PENH— (UPDATE) Cambodia said Saturday it would expel 20 Muslim Uighurs who sought refuge after unrest in China's Xinjiang region, despite protests from the United States and rights activists.
Cambodian foreign ministry spokesman Koy Kuong declined to say where the Uighurs would be sent, but exile groups said the group would be deported to China where they could face torture.
“They are illegal immigrants and according to Cambodian immigration law they should be expelled from the country. So we must expel them,” the spokesman said.
via Cambodia to expel 20 Uighurs – INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos.

I believe other countries , specially muslim countries should step up and help these people.

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I'm a computer now!!

I’m having migraines but that’s not enough to keep me from reading my rss feeds, sadly I got this error message from google.

Google
Sorry…
We’re sorry…
… but your computer or network may be sending automated queries. To protect our users, we can’t process your request right now

hmm. So I’m a computer/program now. Some people are just fast. nakakaasar.

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Advice::Arabs and Jews « Paulo Coelho’s Blog

Covering the sun with one’s hand
A disciple went to Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav:
– I shall not continue with my studies of sacred texts – he said. – I live in a small house with my brothers and parents, and never have the ideal conditions for concentrating on that which is important.
Nachman pointed to the sun and asked his disciple to place his hand over his face, in order to hide it. The disciple obeyed.
– Your hand is small, yet it can completely cover the power, light and majesty of the great sun. In the same way, the small problems manage to give you the excuse you need in order to hinder your progress along your spiritual journey.
“Just as your hand has the power to hide the sun, mediocrity has the power to hide your inner light. Do not blame others for your own incompetence.”
via Arabs and Jews « Paulo Coelho’s Blog.

posting this for myself!!

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rePost::Prostitutes in Copenhagen Use Free Sex As Protest : The Primate Diaries

Prostitutes in Copenhagen Use Free Sex As Protest
Category: Environment • Gender & Sexuality • Politics
Posted on: December 15, 2009 9:00 AM, by Eric Michael Johnson
Sex workers in Denmark have offered free sex in response to Copenhagen Mayor Ritt Bjerregaard's attempt to discourage prostitution during the COP15 Climate Change Conference. The City Council had postcards delivered to 160 hotels where conference delegates and associates of COP15 would be staying and paid for advertisements in local newspapers that read:
‘Be sustainable: Don't buy sex!’
However, prostitution is legal throughout Scandinavia and sex workers have formed unions to protect themselves from exploitation and harassment. In response SIO (Sexarbejdernes Interesse Organisation; or the Sex workers Interest Organisation) announced on their website that this was a political attempt to criminalize sex work in the city:

via Prostitutes in Copenhagen Use Free Sex As Protest : The Primate Diaries.

We should join them in protest! hehehe, why does it always seem that i’m living in the wrong city?

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Best Read::Alex Payne — In Which I'm Not Alone

Ultimately, I have a deep-seated belief that people should be able to do what they love from wherever they want to be, and that it’s my responsibility to make that true for myself and others. Portland will be an experiment that tests that belief. I’m looking forward to it, and time will tell if it’s the right fit for me and mine.
via Alex Payne — In Which I’m Not Alone.

This is Alex Payne on moving to Portland from SanFo.

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Small Minded People::Comelec rejects gay party Ang Ladlad's appeal | ABS-CBN News Online Beta

Comelec rejects gay party Ang Ladlad’s appeal
abs-cbnNEWS.com | 12/17/2009 1:57 PM
MANILA, Philippines – Commission on Elections Chairman Jose Melo’s tie-breaking vote ended the gay group Ang Ladlad's bid to be included in the party-list elections in May 2010.
Melo’s vote broke the 3-3 tie of the Comelec en banc voting on the gay group’s petition seeking to overturn the Comelec Second Division’s ruling rejecting Ang Ladlad as a party on “moral grounds.”
The Comelec’s decision is final, which means Ang Ladlad may only appeal its case with the Supreme Court.
In a ruling dated November 11, the Comelec said that although the party presented proper documents and evidence for their accreditation, their petition is “dismissible on moral grounds.”
Page 5 of the ruling states that Ang Ladlad’s definition of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) sector as a marginalized and disadvantaged sector due to their sexual orientation “makes it crystal clear that the petitioner tolerates immorality which offends religious beliefs.”
The Comelec ruling quotes passages from both the Bible and the Koran (taken from internet site www.bible.org) that describe homosexuality as “unseemly” or “transgressive.”
The Comelec said accrediting Ang Ladlad would pose risks to the Filipino youth.
“Should this Commission grant the petition, we will be exposing our youth to an environment that does not conform to the teachings of our faith,” the ruling stated. With a report from Ryan Chua, ABS-CBN News
via Comelec rejects gay party Ang Ladlad’s appeal | ABS-CBN News Online Beta.

Here’s to hoping that The Supreme Court does the right thing!

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rePost::Illusions and bitterness – Paul Krugman Blog – NYTimes.com

By all means denounce Obama for his failed bipartisan gestures. By all means criticize the administration. But don’t take it out on the tens of millions of Americans who will have health insurance if this bill passes, but will be out of luck — and, in some cases, dead — if it doesn’t.
via Illusions and bitterness – Paul Krugman Blog – NYTimes.com.

hmm. This is my reply to Sen. Noy’s vote of NO to the budget. I understand that he needs to build his profile and all but this is purely signaling. I suspect this would bite him if he wins the Presidential elections.
from the same linked article:

But what’s happening, I think, goes beyond health care; what we’re seeing is disillusionment with Obama among some of the people who were his most enthusiastic supporters. A lot of people seem shocked to find that he’s not the transformative figure of their imaginations. Can I say I told you so? If you paid attention to what he said, not how he said it, it was obvious from the beginning — and I’m talking about 2007 — that he was going to be much less aggressive about change than one could have hoped. And this has done a lot of damage: I believe he could have taken a tougher line on economic policy and the banks, and was tearing my hair out over his caution early this year. I also believe that if he had been tougher on those issues, he’d be better able to weather disappointment over his health care compromises.