2014

University Researchers predict Facebook faces an infectious disease gradually killing it off in the next few years

I remember the old joke from the 1980’s about East Germany. President Honecker went on an overseas trip. He returned back to East Berlin. Noone was at the airport. Nobody on the streets. Everywhere was in darkness. He drove around until he saw a single light. There was a hole in the Berlin wall with a message. “Dear Mr. President. We have all left for West Germany. You are the last one left. Turn the light out.” …

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The sun beats down on Jerusalem. In nearby al Walaja, it beats down harder.

The sun beats down on Jerusalem. In what remains of the Palestinian village of al Walaja, four kilometres north west of the city, the sun beats down even harder.  The citizens of the village have to endure the frequent threats to themselves, their homes and their olives groves/fruit trees in the burning desire of the municipality of Jerusalem to evict them. They live under the daily pressure of the Occupation. The authorities in Jerusalem want to convert their land close to the city into a National Park for Jewish residents of Israel. …

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