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- A Scouting Civil War: The Gay
Ban
January 08, 2013 06:10PM - An End to Gay Discrimination
in Scouting
November 22, 2012 02:32PM - Aleppo: The Cost of War in
Syria
October 01, 2012 05:30PM - Raising the Black Flag: US
Embassy Attacks
September 14, 2012 07:12PM - The Iraqi Flag: Seeds of
Disunity
September 11, 2012 02:25AM
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A Scouting Civil War: The Gay Ban
The Impending Scouting Civil War
The first shots of an impending civil war within America's largest Scouting organization were fired by Mount Diablo-Silverado Council near San Francisco in California today. The "Gay Ban" by the Boy Scouts of America has driven its first council to "directly c… Read full post »
An End to Gay Discrimination in Scouting
I have remained silent on the issue for quite a while, giving my opinion to a select few, but I might as well come out of the proverbial closet with my stance on
… Read full post »Aleppo: The Cost of War in Syria
Vexillological Observations from the Iraqi Embassy
Amidst the internal strife that continues to build once again in Iraq, I would like to bring to light one of the many issues sowing the seeds of disunity in Iraq.&/
Aside from bunga bunga, the next thing former Italian President Silvio Berlusconi is going after in the near future is the office of the President of Italy. Taking that into consideration I have gone further down the vexillological rabbit hole, delving deeper into the/… Read full post »

The convulsions of the Arab Spring, and the persistent atmosphere of woe and chaos, continue without abatement across the Middle East. It has brought with it copious attention from the media and the cavalcade of analysts that are trotted out to bring their interpretation of events to th… Read full post »
Upside Down Flags
I get overly excited when flags have exciting special features, its like a hidden easter egg in a movie for me. I read about, collect, and occasionally fly various flags from all over the world, and when a flag has a hidden meaning, it becomes so much… Read full post »
The Free Syria Flag - The Colors of the Arab Spring
The convulsions of the Arab Spring, and the persistent atmosphere of woe and chaos, continue without abatement across the Middle East. It has brought with it copious attention from the media and the cavalcade of analysts that are trotted out to bring their interpretation of events to the public at
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