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August 16, 2008

South Asia: For Obama

Aggregated from: Global Voices Online » U.S.A.

Sepia Mutiny on a popular actor of South Asian origin - Kal Penn rooting for Obama. ...

July 23, 2008

Sri Lanka: Obama and the New Yorker cartoon

Aggregated from: Global Voices Online » U.S.A.

Going Global on the New Yorker cartoon that highlights the smear campaign against Obama. ...

June 16, 2008

Sri Lankan Petrol : Higher in than the U.S.

Aggregated from: Deane's Dimension

Seriously, have you ever wondered why the price of Petrol in Sri Lanka exceeds that of the United States? let's do the math, 1 Liters of Petrol in Sri Lanka costs about Rs.157 (Ceylon Petroleum Corporation prices) 1 gallon of Petrol (gasoline) in the U.S. costs about $4 (average price everywhere...

June 4, 2008

Why Women don't get into politics

Aggregated from: Deane's Dimension

Don Boudreaux has an interesting explanation : Women are more decent than men. Fewer women than men itch to lord it over others. Also, women are less willing than men to perform the countless asinine stunts and soul-shriveling pandering necessary to win political office. [link] Hmm....

Religious-Conflict ignorance, again!

Aggregated from: Deane's Dimension

Last time, it was Obama's ignorance which became abundantly clear when he commented that Sri Lanka has a religious conflict. Today, it's Newsweek's turn. In an article titled "War is the answer" The newsweek comments, In addition to being an ethnic conflict, the Sri Lankan civil war is a reli...

February 18, 2008

Sri Lanka: Not Obama

Aggregated from: Global Voices Online » U.S.A.

Deane's Dimension from Sri Lanka on why rooting for Obama is all fine, but why one really needs to look at his foreign and economic policy. time savedwww.globalvoicesonline.org...