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rfmcdonald) wrote2015-11-17 09:06 pm
rfmcdonald) wrote2015-11-17 09:06 pm
Entry tags:
- africa,
- astronomy,
- blogs,
- borders,
- central europe,
- christianity,
- czech republic,
- ethnic cleansing,
- european union,
- former soviet union,
- france,
- gardiner expressway,
- geopolitics,
- glbt issues,
- globalization,
- ireland,
- israel,
- links,
- marriage rights,
- middle east,
- military,
- palestinians,
- parks,
- pluto,
- popular music,
- religion,
- russia,
- second world war,
- siberia,
- space science,
- syria,
- tanzania,
- toronto,
- urban note,
- war
[BLOG] Some Tuesday links
- blogTO notes the plans to build a large park under the western Gardiner.
- Centauri Dreams looks at Pluto.
- The Dragon's Tales goes to Syria.
- Far Outliers reports from a despairing Siberian village.
- Geocurrents notes that most Moravians live in Tanzania.
- Joe. My. God. notes Ireland's marriage laws have gone into effect.
- Language Log looks at the spread of the shawm, a musical instrument, across Asia.
- Lawyers, Guns and Money notes David Frum's proposal to ethnically cleanse Muslims from Europe.
- The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer considers the prospects for a widened French war in Syria, noting that despite the popularity of intervention France cannot do much more.
- The Volokh Conspiracy is critical of the European Union's policy requiring the labeling of goods made in the West Bank.
- Window on Eurasia notes the growth of barriers hindering the departure of Russians and looks at Stalin's rivalry with Hitler in the Balkans and elsewhere.