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18 March, by Aqvayli
To be or not to be– that is the question [1]:
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And, by opposing, end them. To die, to sleep
No more – and by a sleep to say we end
The heartache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to – ‘tis a (...)
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11 March, by Aqvayli
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction."
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love."
"I want to know God’s thoughts; the rest are details."
"The (...)
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10 March, by Aqvayli
Action at grassroots rather than EU level holds the key to ensuring the survival of minority languages such as Galician, heard a major conference at the European Parliament last week, with participants calling for an end to oppressive legislation like Slovakia’s language law.
Agreeing that institutionalmeasures to save endangered languages can (...)
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6 March, by Akli Ilelli
On a wagon bound for market
There’s a calf with a mournful eye.
High above him there’s a swallow
Winging swiftly through the sky.
How the winds are laughing
They laugh with all their might
Laugh and laugh the whole day through
And half the summer’s night.
Dona dona dona dona
Dona dona dona don
Dona dona do...na dona
Dona dona dona don (...)
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10 February, by aGrur
I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment’s gone
All my dreams, pass before my eyes, a curiosity
Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind.
Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea
All we do, crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see
Dust in the wind, ...all we are is dust in the wind
Dust in the wind, by (...)
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9 February, by aGrur
Ernesto Che Guevara’s birth happened under a garb of ambiguity. Guevara’s birth certificate records his birthday as June 14, 1928. His real birth date was May 14, 1928. In a way this typified the way Che spent most of his adult life.
The birth certificate was doctored because the family wanted to protect Che’s mother from scandal that would come (...)
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5 February, by Inas Uhu
"America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem," Malcolm X wrote in 1964 during his pilgrimage to Mecca. Though Malcolm’s anti-white rhetoric was moderated after his conversion from the Nation of Islam (NOI) to orthodox Sunni Islam, his disdain for the West, rooted in extremist (...)
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4 February, by L. Djemaoui
Despite having served for years as a distinguished Pakistani diplomat, Akbar Zeb reportedly cannot receive accreditation as Pakistan’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia. The reason, apparently, has nothing to do with his credentials, and everything to do with his name — which, in Arabic, translates to "biggest dick":
In Saudi Arabia, size does count. (...)
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29 January, by SunBôw Du Pays
I bet there are over 200 nations Native and non-Native represented in this group, so probably more than there are at the UN. I encourage everyone to share a story, a quote or a word from your traditions and culture, to enrich the global community with our diversity. Thank you all for participating.
Beloved Peace makers and Earth keepers,
In (...)
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28 January, by Akli Ilelli
They have largely been ignored by the rest of the world, but some analysts say the U.S. might soon need to reach out to a little known indigenous group in Algeria known as the Kabyles, for help in the war against al Qaeda and other Islamic extremists who operate from the North African nation. The Kabyles are part of the indigenous Berber (...)