French Troops Head to Mali (Jan. 1): In response to a plea from the Mali government, France sends its military forces to the country to fight against extreme Islamist militants. French forces, including paratroopers, engage in combat in Mali with the Islamists militants. The exact number of French troops in Mali is unknown, but it is estimated to be between 800 and 900. French President Francois Hollande says in a statement, "French forces brought their support to Malian army units to fight against terrorist elements. This operation will last as long as is necessary." (Jan. 17): France sends reinforcements, bringing the number of French troops in Mali to 1,400. Reinforcements are needed because the militants have seized much of the country and the battleground has expanded.

More Than 60,000 Have Died in Syria's Civil War (Jan. 2): The United Nations releases information that more than 60,000 people have been killed during Syria's civil war, which has been going on now for 22 months. The report exceeds previous estimates of casualties.

At Least 41 Engineers Are Held Hostage in Algeria (Jan. 16): Islamist militants take about 40 foreign hostages at a remote BP site in Algeria. At least sixty armed militants attack the BP gas field. Among the engineers who are taken hostage are several British and U.S. citizens. Many fear that the hostage situation is a result of the conflict in Mali. (Jan. 17): Algerian forces raid the site where the hostages are held. According to officials in Algeria, 37 hostages are killed in the raid, including three Americans. Also in the raid, 29 kidnappers are killed and three are captured.

Election Shows a Slight Move Toward the Center for Israel (Jan. 22): As polls close in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims victory for what will be his third term, but the election is not the expected landslide. The overwhelming favorite, Netanyahu is followed closely by Yair Lapid, who founded Yesh Atid, a new centrist party. With 99 percent of the vote in, Likud-Beiteinu, Netanyahu's party has 31 seats, followed by 19 seats for Lapid's party. Lapid, the host of a popular Israeli television show, says in a speech after the election, "The citizens of Israel today said no to politics of fear and hatred. They said no to the possibility that we might splinter off into sectors, and groups and tribes and narrow interest groups. They said no to extremists, and they said no to antidemocratic behavior."

Protests Threaten Morsi Government (Jan. 25): Violent protests erupted throughout Egypt on the second anniversary of the revolution. Demonstrators focus their ire on the Muslim Brotherhood and President Mohammed Morsi's government, frustrated that the country is on an ideologically conservative path under the Islamists and that Morsi has failed to bolster the economy or fulfill promises to introduce broader civil liberties and social justice. Dozens of people are killed in the violence at the protests. Morsi declares a state of emergency in three large cities: Suez, Ismailia, and Port Said. (Jan. 26): The violence is particularly gruesome in Port Said after 21 people are sentenced to death for their role in the deadly brawl at a Feb. 2012 soccer match that resulted in the death of about 75 people. Defying the state of emergency and attendant curfew, rioters, who are upset with the verdict, wreak havoc throughout the city, attacking police stations, a power plant and a jail. At least 45 people die in Port Said alone. News reports indicate the victims are shot by police. Police also reportedly shoot live ammunition and tear gas at protesters in other cities, including Cairo.

Azarenka, Djokovic Repeat as Australian Open Champions (Jan. 26–27): Victoria Azarenka from Belarus defeats Li Na of China, 4–6, 6–4,6–3 to win her second straight Australian Open Women's Singles Championship. Serbia's Novak Djokovic beats Andy Murray of Scotland, 6-7, 7-6, 6-3, 6-2 to take the Men's Singles Championship. With the win, Djokovic becomes the first man in the 45-year-old Open era to win three consecutive singles titles at Australian Open.

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I find it interesting how they are not getting alone. They both have entirly different opions and how it seems they are both lecturing about money they both agree its wrong but have entierely diffrent views on it.

I think people should be aloud to vote at ages 16 because they have more an idea about what's going on with the nations government. No 12 year olds just too immature. People in jail should be aloud to vote after they have served their time not while in jail though.

I just think its ridiculous how far their taking the laws for voting i mean its already unfair enough .

I think it's wrong that we really do need to change the scale for overwieght. Sometimes being the weight they want is not healthy for people at all. I remeber my surgery I wieghed 117 and i could barely walk I was so weak but now I'm back to my origional weight 155 and I feel healthy and I can actually walk. These scales are really screwed up some people cant live thier entire lives being nothing but bone.

 I think the confederate flag is rasicts because technically it was the flag that flew in war to support slavery. It has nothing to do with being a traitor. Just rascism :) .

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About The Political Compass™

In the introduction, we explained the inadequacies of the traditional left-right line.

If we recognise that this is essentially an economic line it's fine, as far as it goes. We can show, for example, Stalin, Mao Tse Tung and Pol Pot, with their commitment to a totally controlled economy, on the hard left. Socialists like Mahatma Gandhi and Robert Mugabe would occupy a less extreme leftist position. Margaret Thatcher would be well over to the right, but further right still would be someone like that ultimate free marketeer, General Pinochet.

That deals with economics, but the social dimension is also important in politics. That's the one that the mere left-right scale doesn't adequately address. So we've added one, ranging in positions from extreme authoritarian to extreme libertarian.

Both an economic dimension and a social dimension are important factors for a proper political analysis. By adding the social dimension you can show that Stalin was an authoritarian leftist (ie the state is more important than the individual) and that Gandhi, believing in the supreme value of each individual, is a liberal leftist. While the former involves state-imposed arbitrary collectivism in the extreme top left, on the extreme bottom left is voluntary collectivism at regional level, with no state involved. Hundreds of such anarchist communities exisited in Spain during the civil war period

You can also put Pinochet, who was prepared to sanction mass killing for the sake of the free market, on the far right as well as in a hardcore authoritarian position. On the non-socialist side you can distinguish someone like Milton Friedman, who is anti-state for fiscal rather than social reasons, from Hitler, who wanted to make the state stronger, even if he wiped out half of humanity in the process.

The chart also makes clear that, despite popular perceptions, the opposite of fascism is not communism but anarchism (ie liberal socialism), and that the opposite of communism ( i.e. an entirely state-planned economy) is neo-liberalism (i.e. extreme deregulated economy)

The usual understanding of anarchism as a left wing ideology does not take into account the neo-liberal "anarchism" championed by the likes of Ayn Rand, Milton Friedman and America's Libertarian Party, which couples social Darwinian right-wing economics with liberal positions on most social issues. Often their libertarian impulses stop short of opposition to strong law and order positions, and are more economic in substance (ie no taxes) so they are not as extremely libertarian as they are extremely right wing. On the other hand, the classical libertarian collectivism of anarcho-syndicalism ( libertarian socialism) belongs in the bottom left hand corner.

In our home page we demolished the myth that authoritarianism is necessarily "right wing", with the examples of Robert Mugabe, Pol Pot and Stalin. Similarly Hitler, on an economic scale, was not an extreme right-winger. His economic policies were broadly Keynesian, and to the left of some of today's Labour parties. If you could get Hitler and Stalin to sit down together and avoid economics, the two diehard authoritarians would find plenty of common ground.

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No it doesnt make scince at all about the lawsuit its actually kind of dumb in my opion.

I think they should be charged. It is partially thier fault. Scuicide is an effect of bullying. If you don't want charged then don't push someone to the limit of where they feel so worthless they no longer want to live.

The people have the right to be angry. We have the right to protest and visit public places it says it in teh consitution. I don't think it's right because that is ment for veterans. They put thier lives on the line and that was made to be a thank you to them. Thats like shaking someones hand then slapping them in the face. Way to go government for adding insult to injury. I hope your happy.

No i don't find it fair really. It's the national governments reesponsibility to manage the money they get from tourists to keep everything open. Someone got a little selfish with thier paycheck obviously and noww the whole country has to pay for it. They are just thinking about thierselves and not the many out there. So it's thier fault they should find a way out of it thiersleves and not punish anyone else for the fact that they didn't do the handling of the money right.

 well the article pretty much goes over about the legislative branch. Legislative is really my favorite. So yeah i have no opion really.

They should change their name is actually quite racists. I mean its a shame all these things are coming to attention now. When hey have been pointed out for years. Changing the logo also could help out in some regions.

the bomb that hit Oklahoma really doesn't phase me much. It is no where near the disaster that happened during 911. It can be easily cleaned up and the criminals can probably much easier to find. Still it is wrong to kill innocent people for selfish purposes.

Its a good thing we could clean up after the horrible incadent

IN a way yes it is good to have a centralized system becuase we would get more bad guys then innocents cuaght.
THe adb=ance technology is bad it pretty much threatened your own life if you didnt do what it wanted.
NO i do NOT want that kind of technology i dont want to be forced to do army tatctics for the u.s.
It would be used safely and good for like reasearches on backgrounds and other stuff.
It conveys to keep youself annonimous on the internet. There are people who are dangerous in that way.

I think collecting information is fine as long as it is school related. If it's not school related then they need to mind thier own buissness. What teens do outside of school isn't part of school hours there for they shouldn't have the power to do that. It's wrong if they do.

Well for one she is indian not muslim Two people shouldn't ve rascist like that. Who cares if ms.kansas has blue eyes and blonde hair. All wemon are beautiful in thier own way. Why do we even have a ms.amaerica? Seriously it's ridiculous and has wemon putting their selves down all the time. If this wasn't a classroom assighnment i'd make a face. I'm outraged at how people are being so immature about her skin tone. Theres a giant difference in indian and muslim.

Well the ku klux klan should get thrown in prison for terrisim and destruction of property with also murder of the first degree. Those girls shouldnt have had to suffer becuase somedidnt like thier skin color. Every one is the same.

I dont think we have the right. People need to learn to mind thier own business. Unless they are trying to mess with our country. I mean if they want to mess with danger stuff let them its thier own risk.

Well wacking a child is absurd. I could understand maybe a tap on the hands but not in the face. I learned in parenting that is a stage called trust vs. mistrust. You can really screw up a cilds trust and head. It would teach a child to close up and they trully wouldn't blossom like they should. If you let thier creativity blossom and teach them with kindness not a board with your name on it then things would actually might be ok.

I   its not fair that they have to raise the prices.  Though they need more money to stay open. They should have thought ahead. Then just nameing things.

It is a violation of privacy i think. I mean they promised when it was first created that it would be kept private.So yes i am probly delating my fb tonight. -.-

I think its awful that they did it to those people. I beleive strongly evryone is the same. We all have the same things. For example we have eyes and noses and hands. I wonder how the manager would react igf she would have been blind. Then she wouldnt have been like thast more an likely. I think she was being very unfair and extremmely racist. She deserves at least one night in jail and to lose her job. If she wants an all white community then she mine as well move to somewere were theres no population and its just her. People like her dont desereve to be in a good community oilke the one we are trying to create now.

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I think it talks alot about equality between black and white amaericans. Its very strong willed like he believes strongly in what he thinks. He thinks its unfair how white people are getting paid more and also how they get thier freedom and dont have to do strike for what they want.He thinks now is to make real promises of democracy and start being fair.He doesnt believe that all white people are bad. HE also believes that there is no satisfactory untill they get the same thing as white people.Believes in justicce for all.