The blonde middle-aged woman apparently raised no concerns with her boyfriend or her neighbours on Main Street, Pennsburg, near Philadelphia. But online she had allegedly agreed to kill in the name of holy war, believing her European looks would allow her to blend in among Swedes as she homed in on her target. Colleen LaRose, according to a US court indictment, posted messages online un [...]
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BOXING, DUKING, SHIT-KICKING - The Great Canadian Way
At age 18, Dierry hung out in the mean streets of St Michel, lingering with neighborhood gangs, robbing, drinking, drugging and fighting when the opportunity presented itself. Older brother Reginald wasn’t much of a role model, impregnating a girl ...
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Coming to Canada and etching out a new life is a fight. You got the language and cultural things all coming at you in right crosses and all the rest of it. Boom!
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One of the most profound yet mysterious claims of psychoanalysis is that "our desire is always the other's desire." Like many truths, this one flies in the face of common sense. "My desire," I want to argue, "is my own. It involves me and only me. It is what is most private and intimate about me, and if I do not own my desires, I do not truly own myself." And that statement would be true if I lived in the glorious isolation of the solipsist...
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It's not a lot of people that get to change their names, let alone pick them. You have folks such as Madonna, Cher, male porn stars, Nazi war criminals hiding out in Africa, Prince, strippers, my ex-Flamenco dancing girlfriend, abstract symbol Prince, Nazi war criminals hiding out in South America, Bono, Ringo Starr, female porn stars, Nazi war criminals hiding out in Canada and various assorted other douchebags. Maybe the list is longer than I first thought...
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A strange thing happens when you say the word "culture." It is like a confession, the telling of a deep dark secret. The minute I defend my culture as a culture, I have already taken a step back from it. I say "my culture teaches that…," and it can be a whole range of teachings: my culture teaches that my accomplishments do honor to my ancestors. My culture teaches that God is a father who watches over us. My culture teaches that learning is the highest value...
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