In Egypt's New Parliament, Women Will Be Scarce

"It really hurts so much when the same people you were with in that square that day, who are fighting against the regime ... are now turning against you," says Dalia Ziada, an activist who ran for parliament. "It's like betrayal, betrayal from our companions."Like many Egyptian women, she was a victim of female genital mutilation as a child and that's led her to become an advocate of women's rights. But she found that changing attitudes toward women in politics is an uphill battle

"I tried to test how the society is thinking about women after the revolution," she says. "We went to three locations ... and we did a survey that was composed of only one question. Would you accept to see your president as a woman? One hundred percent of them said 'no.' This is what people think, it's okay to have democracy, but women are not in the equation of democracy."

http://www.npr.org/2012/01/19/145468365/in-egypts-new-parliament-women-will-be-scarce

'Get On Board!' Coast Guard Officer Rages At Italian Cruise Ship Captain

I think Ron Paul can win the Presidency

of Nigeria. I don't know what most Nigerians think of The Federal Reserve System, Gold Standard or the works of Ludwig von Mises, but they are with him on this:

Same-sex sexual activity is punishable by death by stoning in the 12 states that have adopted Shari'a law, and by up to 14 years imprisonment throughout Nigeria. There is no legal protection against discrimination. Very few gays are out, and violence against LGBT people is frequent. Legislation is pending to criminalize same-sex marriage throughout Nigeria.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Nigeria#Law_regarding_same-sex_sexual_activity

OMG Get a load of the guy's reason for wanting English as the official language

the guy Perry agreed with"

"I don’t know how the rest of the conservatives in the room feel, but personally, I’m fed up with seeing the directions on every single product on every single shelf of every single store written in four languages,” said the man, who didn’t give his name.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/perry-endorses-english-agrees-with-voter-who-expresses-frustration-over-multiple-languages/2011/12/30/gIQAdPIPRP_story.html?tid=pm_pop


I don't even know where to begin with that one.