Daniel Kalder – WHO ARE THE HAIR POLICE? “…there are 28 officially acceptable haircuts in North Korea – 10 styles for men and 18 for women. Unsurprisingly, the styles are pretty conservative – dye jobs are out; nothing spiky is permitted (nothing too long either, even on women) and definitely NO MOHAWKS…” Giant ice boulders wash [...]
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Glenn Greenwald: “…Obama has embraced and expanded the core premises of the Bush/Cheney global war on terror that Democrats so vehemently claimed to find offensive, radical, a ‘shredding of the Constitution.’ And they are now supportive for one reason and one reason only: it’s a Democratic president whom they trust – Barack Obama specifically doing [...]