Politics without a political slant – marublog

31 August, 2010 MSNBC

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24 August, 2010 MSNBC

Political Spectrum Explained This clip explains the political spectrum. From 100% rule of a Fascist dictatorship to 0% like that of Anarchy and that which is in between. Anarchy, Oligarchy, Democracy, Monarchy, Republic. Note: Due to the highly insightful comments, it is reccommended to read through them to get a much better grasp of what this video lacks. Unfortunately, I’ve done my best to delete the “ZOMG LOLOLOL NUB NARRATUR” comments for better reading. If you find something someone said to be inaccurate, please reply! Also Thumbs down if you think what that person is saying is straight bologna. Anarchy has worked! Check this out: www.anarchosyndicalism.net

Lets hope I don’t fuck this video up as well…

Lets hope I don’t fuck this video up as well…

At least 200000 Egyptians have signed up on Facebook to back Mohamed ElBaradei, the former UN nuclear boss, who has said he wants to shatter 30 years of political stasis in Egypt by running for president. Despite a surge in online support for political alternatives to President Hosni Mubarak, 82, who has been in power since 1981, even ardent supporters acknowledge that online activism in Egypt cannot deliver change without action on the streets. ‘Crucial step’ Yusuf AbdelRahman, representing ElBaradei’s Facebook group, said the petition had 54870 online signatures so far but added that 15000 Facebook members have volunteered to go on the streets of Cairo and other cities to collect more signatures. “[This] is a crucial step considering that three decades of state repression has left many afraid of taking action. Others accept repressive measures as a fact of life,” he said. The speed supporters signed up to Facebook after ElBaradei returned to Egyptin February, adding tens of thousands in a few days, reflects pent-up frustration before parliament and presidential elections this year and next, analysts say. But they say the challenge is galvanizing the masses in a country where opposition parties are weak, where police crush even modest protests and where the banned Muslim Brotherhood, the biggest opposition group, has shunned action on the streets. Even modest protests in Egypt draw an overwhelming, and often violent, police response. But heavy-handed security has also …

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Muhammad Rafeeq Banking Consultant and Internet radio broadcaster A Banking Management consultant who has experience in the City going back over 20 years. He began his City career in the discount houses, who traditionally facilitated the issuance of the British national debt through UK Treasury bills and UK gilts. Since 1998 he has specialised in consulting to banks as a financial risk consultant and he is well versant with the original Capital Accord regimes. He was also a contributor to the UK’s first regulated Islamic Investment fund, the Al Safa Fund under the auspices of the SFA.