March 22, 2011 ·
Joko
If women ran the world, there would be no war.
Or far less war… perhaps.
I spent some time trying to find a feminist thinker who had expressed this sentiment, hoping to start this blog off with a nice quote. I couldn’t find such a quote. Instead, this idea that if women ran things there would be less conflict is something that has just sort of wormed it’s way into the heart of feminist ideology.
Tags: clinton, feminism, joko, lead, Libya, politics, Sam Powers, Susan Rice, USA, war, women News, Politics, World
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March 19, 2011 ·
Joko
This is a follow up to the blog I wrote yesterday about the Rebecca Black phenomenon. I got inspired this morning to cover her song on uke and make a video out of it. I thought this might be a novel idea. Boy, was I wrong. I thought my ukulele cover of Rebecca Black’s Friday […]
Tags: cover, gaddafi, joko, Libya, Middle East, Rebecca Black, uke, ukulele, USS Barry, war Music, News, Politics, World
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February 21, 2011 ·
Joko
Forty-two years ago, a young, brash, handsome colonel seized power in the oil-rich North African nation of Libya. This was the 1960’s. Handsome, young heads of state were all the fashion! Here, a new dictator, charismatic like Castro, but without all that nasty facial hair and geurrilla warfare dust. Just look at the young Gaddafi […]
Tags: Africa, Islam, joko, Libya, world Politics, World
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