about everything, and especially the rest
China’s military spending will rise by 17.6% in 2008 to reach almost $60B. China has a 2.3 million-person army, the world’s biggest standing force. Continue reading ‘China shaking up the U.S. military world dominance ?’
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Elections are a much simpler process in a single-party system. Of course. As the president, you designate who you want to succeed to you, and “boom”, you’re done.
You’re allowed to designate your brother (as in the case of Raul Castro), your son (as Bashar Al-Asad in Syria) or even yourself for eternity (as the “Eternal President of the Republic” in North Korea).
In those cases, elections (if any …) are quite straight-forward. Declare who will replace you, have people vote for your protégé (or imprisoned as independent lawyers and judges in Pakistan during the 2008 elections, or killed as some political opponents in Guatemala for the 2007 elections, …), and you’re done. Continue reading ‘Russia’s edge over the U.S. primaries: the single-party system’
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Barack and Hillary should play squash |
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Squash is my preferred sport. It’s a complete burst of energy, it needs agility, strength, endurance, perseverance, and A LOT OF FUEL to burn. The average rally is of 7 to 12 seconds for a normal / pro player, and the average distance is around 1,000 meters/yards per game. I usually play 8 to 12 games in a 90 minutes period. On average, the active part of the game is around 55%. So bottom line, I sprint like crazy for 50mn and cover a distance of 8km to 12km (5 to 7.5 miles) in that period.
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So I leave for 4 days and look what happens ! |
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I was away last week-end for four days, and look what happens when I’m gone !
The Pakistani legislative elections last Monday were a key turn in Pakistan (officially the “Islamic Republic of Pakistan”) politics as President General Pervez Musharraf saw his government falling to the opposition. Cooperation with the U.S. highly in question …. As a reminder, Musharraf didn’t win the presidency through traditional elections, but launched a coup d’Etat in October 1999. Musharraf has been working closely with the U.S. against terrorism, as Pakistan has a border with Afghanistan and Iran.
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Read also: how much does a delegate cost ? The candidates’ campaigns’ budgets.
I raised the question here earlier on how the number of delegates was calculated for each state. And I didn’t really find an answer, besides the fact that the method was obscure and complicated - and not really democratic. And I am not the only one to say that … Continue reading ‘All delegates are equal, but some are more equal than others’
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The US: a true democratic example ? |
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Tonight, we saw the 21st Democratic debate for the 2008 presidential elections. And tonight, we saw an African-American and a woman discuss the issues of the country.
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