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Maverick No More

9 August 2008 Video

This McCain’s ad is specifically targeted to the new center-left median voter (maybe some disgruntled Hillary voters, why not?) and was available on the web only and not on tv in the South, in order not to irritate the GOP base.

The Dems replied almost immediately. The effect is weird, to say the least:

The Power To Be Afraid

21 June 2008 Italy

The Italian carmaker Fiat on Friday apologised to China for a television commercial (see below) starring United States actor Richard Gere that it acknowledged ”could disturb the sensibility of the Chinese people”.
The ad shows Gere, a long-time supporter of the Tibetan Independence Movement, drive the group’s new Lancia Delta [...]

Liberal Multiculturalism: When Integration Means Segregation (A Dhimmi in Canterbury)

8 February 2008 World

Anglican Church leader Rowan Williams sparked open confrontation with the Labour government Thursday by suggesting that the introduction of some aspects of Islamic (sharia) law was “unavoidable” in Britain [...]

France’s Thatcher? Not Exactly

23 November 2007 World

French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday claimed victory in the 10-day labour dispute over a pension reform as the strike called to protest the proposal appeared to be ending. “I promised this reform, and I have kept my promise,” Sarkozy said during a speech at the Elysee Palace. The French Finance Ministry has estimated that [...]

Punitive Psychiatry In China [Weekend Open Trackback]

25 August 2007 World

The Chinese dissident blogger He Weihua has been confined in a psychiatric hospital in a detention his family blames on his criticism of the government, a press freedom group said Friday.
“It is unacceptable that the Chinese authorities use such methods to silence citizens who have just expressed their views peacefully online,” Reporters Without Borders said. [...]

Jews and Latin Mass [Weekend Open Trackback]

20 July 2007 World

Italian Jewish leaders voiced satisfaction after the Vatican Secretary of State said that a Catholic prayer for the conversion of Jews could be eliminated from the recently re-introduced Latin Mass.
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, second only to the pope in the Vatican hierarchy, referred to recent polemics over the prayer on Wednesday, saying it could be removed [...]

The Same Old Europe [Weekend Open Trackback]

23 June 2007 Italy

European Union leaders have reached agreement in Brussels on an outline of new guidelines to govern the 27-member bloc for drafting a new EU treaty to replace the bloc’s aborted constitution.
At dawn on Saturday they announced a compromise to delay until 2014 a new voting system that reduces Poland’s influence – the main stumbling bloc. [...]

Unfair Competition

8 June 2007 World

Prosecutors have charged environmental activist Wu Lihong with extortion from industrial plants that he accused of polluting Taihu Lake in eastern China’s Jiangsu province, state media said on Wednesday. The prosecutors in Jiangsu’s Yixing city accused Wu, who was once nominated as one of China’s top 10 environmentalists, of extorting 55,000 yuan (6,875 dollars) by [...]

Weekly Reading Picks [Open Trackback]

25 May 2007 World

The following are our news picks in the last 7 days:

The Many Myths of Ethanol – Townhall.com
EU tries to reassert role in future of Moldova – EUobserver.com;
Norway Keeps Nest Egg From Some U.S. Companies – New York Times;
Track Your Favorite Topics and Blogs with Particls Desktop Alerts – Digital Inspiration;
Falcone ha ancora nemici – ilGiornale.it;
Start [...]

Bloggers United for Cuban Liberty [Weekend Open Trackback]

18 May 2007 World

The Spanish government is being denounced by Bloggers United for Cuban Liberty in a new advertising campaign aimed at educating the public about oppression in Castro’s Cuba.
The multimedia campaign, unveiled today, consists of bus shelter panels that target areas near the Spanish consulate and the Spanish
Cultural Center, both in Coral Gables, Florida. An online component, [...]

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