Though I hate to say I told you so, this Thus post from August 2009 “Where’s Gordon Brown in the Libyan Desert Storm?” deals at length in customary erudite fashion with the extraordinary rehabilitation of Whacko Jacko Gadaffi, his socialite son Saif, erstwhile cocktail guest of both Mandelson and Osborne and the strange silence surrounding the [...]
By John Kelly
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Also posted in Economics, Energy, Global security, Insurgency, Intifada, Middle East, War on Terror, democracy
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Tagged Al Megrahi, Bahrain, BP, Colonel Gaddafi, George Osborne, Gordon Brown, liberal intervention, Libya, Peter Mandelson, Saif Gaddafi, Sarkozy, Saudi incursions into Bahrain, SNAFU, Tony Blair, Whacko Jacko Gaddafi
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November 15, 2010 – 1:04 pm
Thus boldly boasted at the start of the year that I/we would focus on single-handedly starting a quality drive. After a lot of hard work, some hot air and a survey conducted with CQI and YouGov Stone, we staged a debate last May entitled ‘Whatever Happened to the ‘Q’ Word?’ Hosted brilliantly by Andrew Neil [...]
January 5, 2010 – 3:04 pm
A bunch of people out there believe that doing things better is the answer to our economic woes. I can’t argue with that, so I’ve recently joined the Chartered Quality Institute as its External Affairs spokesman, because I firmly believe that until and unless we get to grips with the wholly unnecessary and avoidable malaise which has [...]
By John Kelly
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Also posted in British identity, Business, Economics, Education, Finance, Welfare State, consumers, management strategy, manufacturing, public sector reform
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Tagged public sector reform, quality, quality management, UK economic crisis
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November 3, 2009 – 1:43 pm
Thus predicted this outcome so long ago and so many times that I can scarcely be bothered to highlight our previous posts. Yet the grotesque reality of the US, Britain, NATO and especially the UN rewarding endemic fraud, corruption and weak government by a second term, all enacted under the banner of democracy, surpasses all [...]
August 24, 2009 – 4:18 pm
It is rumoured in Kabul that the Independent Election Commission is under pressure to rush out election results in an effort to accustom public opinion to the legitimacy of a Karzai victory which some are already claiming could be greater than 70 percent. Unofficial reports (Press TV) claim that Karzai has won with 3,244,196 votes [...]
By John Kelly
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Also posted in Afghanistan, Global security, Insurgency, Intifada, Law and order, Middle East, Palestine, United Nations, War on Terror, democracy, gaza
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Tagged Abdullah, Afghan elections, Afghan government of national unity, AIPAC, anti-semitism, by John J Kelly, Fatah, fundamentalists, Ghani, Hamas, Independent Election Commission is under pressure to rush out election results, Jews, Karzai, Karzai rumoured to declare victory by more than 60%, Palestine, taliban intimidation caught on camera
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India just de-criminalised gay sex. That is a staggering fact, because it affects the sense of sexual freedom of 1 in every 6 human beings. Despite the fact that many of the laws currently being challenged date from colonial occupation, many in India identify this reform with dark forces of westernisation and globalisation rather than [...]
By Daniel Taghioff
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Also posted in Asia, Human rights, India, citizens' rights, civil rights, democracy
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Tagged decolonisation, Forest Law, Forest Rights, Gandhian ideals, Hindu, history of others, Indias Gays, Inidian sexual politics, Jude0-Christian sexual repression, pro life Christian Right, Roe vs Wade, Section 377, Sodomy Act 1860
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In the interests of transparency, I have made no secret of my support for Dr. Ashraf Ghani’s Presidential candidacy (Thus passim). I don’t know much about the other candidates (and should do) but it appears crazy to endorse the Karzai regime, which has presided over a culture of warlord cronyism and corruption which has increased [...]
By John Kelly
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Also posted in Afghanistan, Insurgency, International Affairs, US Politics, War on Terror, democracy, human rights abuse
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Tagged Afghanistan elections, apathy abroad may assure Karzai victory in one-horse race, Ashraf Ghani, Chechnya, Georgia, John J Kelly, Karzai, media coverage of afghan elections, Russia, US, US opium wars in Afghanistan, War on Terror
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Afghanistan could become Obama’s Vietnam, if it isn’t already. Al Qaida, the Taliban and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalyse have never been in ruder health. By John J Kelly. Drone bombing insurgents, much less civilians, will not win the ‘war on terror’ in Afghanistan, which has now spread to Pakistan, enabling the possibility of [...]
By John Kelly
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Also posted in Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Global security, Insurgency, Law and order, Middle East, US Politics, United Nations, War on Terror, carpet bombing, democracy, human rights abuse
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Tagged Afghan elections August 2009, Afghanistan, Afghanistan could become Obama's Vietnam, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Ashraf Ghani, Former Pakistani SIS head, fundamentalism, Hameed karzai, Iraq, Lt-Gen (rtd) Hameed Gul, Mahdi Army, Obama, Osama Bin laden, Pakistan, Pashtun, Russians in Afghanistan, Taleban, US Middle East policy, War on Terror
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Perversely, Web 2.0 has become synonymous with an American mythology of freedom. But information technology works best in small well-organised political units with high levels of social protection. So there is every reason to believe that the net works best with another notion of freedom – the security of knowing that failure will not have [...]
Living in the world’s largest democracy during an election, it is amazing to see that nothing much really happens. There is a lot of it in the news, and people disappear off to vote, but life goes on as usual. But people here take democracy seriously. Despite the 66% literacy rate, the 59-60% turnout is [...]
By Daniel Taghioff
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Also posted in Economics, India, International Affairs, Politics
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Tagged 69% election turnout, and perhaps even dissent as long as it does not come in the way of 8 per cent growth, Congress Party, Daniel Taghioff, governor of Gujurat Narendra Modi, Hindu Nationalist National Democratic Alliance (NDA), home minister Chidambaram, India votes, India was "willing to tolerate debate, Lal Krishna Advani, Manmohan Singh, National Democratic Alliance (NDA), National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA, Rahul Gandhi came out publicly in opposition to Vedanta's plans to mine the Niyamgiri hills in Orissa, Right to Information Act, Thus Magazine India, United People's Alliance (UPA), willing to tolerate debate
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