Since poorly-made films get a billion-dollar box office, Hollywood no longer tries to make good films. “Birds of Prey” is dreck. Its target audience is women of all ages who enjoy seeing women beat up men. Past films have shown this to be a big market in America, so expect to see more of these.
Summary: Today’s violence from Islamic extremists has many similarities to the anarchists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Using standard police and intelligence methods, Western governments defeated the anarchists — without massive restrictions on civil liberties, without military operations. We can defeat today’s Islamic extremists using similar methods — reversing the results from 16 years of …
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Summary: We have difficulty dealing with present problems because we have forgotten so much of our past. Here Stratfor seeks lessons for our long war with jihadists by examining our long struggle with anarchists during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is rich with lessons for us.  The subject of this analysis is “nihilist and …
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Summary: Today’s violence from islamic extremists has many similarities to the anarchists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Using standard police and intelligence methods, Western governments defeated the anarchists without massive restrictions on civil liberties and military operations. Post-9/11 history suggests that we can successfully cope with Islamic extremists using similar methods. Contents Introduction. Then and now: …
These are both interesting if differing perspectives on the rioting in Greece. “Why Athens is burning“, Stathis N. Kalyvas, International Herald Tribune, 11 December 2008 “What’s Going On in Greece?“, Anne Applebaum, Slate, 22 December 2008 — “Do riots in Athens portend demonstrations in Paris and Cincinnati?” Even more interesting is that the journalist sees …
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