You brag about being a pilgrim apostle.

Do you have such a high opinion of yourself that you can't sit at a table with a tart?

You think the Piedmont man they call The Gentleman will be much better?

The Islamic revolution toppled a regime which had been put in place through a coup and that was being supported by those who claim to be advocates of democracy and human rights.

He had kept over 200 children in his custody since 1974, but had gained the respect of reputable sections of society, even claiming links with members of the clergy.

The Muslim Brotherhood considers itself the bastion of modern political Islam, and believes that it should assume a leadership role for all Islamist groups and states. For his part, Khamenei describes himself as the leader of the Islamic world, and calls Iran its mother city (Umm al Qora).

Furthermore, it must be emphasized that Turkey the fervent defender of the Treaty, has been in continuous violation of that treaty's provisions regarding the opening of communications (article 17) by keeping the Armenian Turkish border closed, thus imposing a land blockade against Armenia.

If they do so with a sense of entitlement from their lineage, they are likely to fail, as Arroyo did. Fortunately for East Asia, most seem to approach power with a keen sense of duty and a commitment to strengthening their countries.

Another reason that has been offered for not referring to Islamic radicalism or the Islamic State is that to do so concedes the terrorists' claims that they are acting in accordance with Islam's teachings. That might draw others, who regard themselves as pious Muslims, to join them.

The first question that any would be Russian reformer should ask nowadays (and which we did not ask during Gorbachev's perestroika) is the following, is society prepared to endure the short term pains of reforms, and how willing it is to endure the pain?

Joseph Stalin once dismissed the relevance of soft power by asking, How many troops does the Pope have? Today, many self styled realists dismiss the United Nations as powerless, and argue that it can be ignored.

Bernie Sanders, a self described socialist, inspires enthusiasm. Sanders is riding the leftist wave in Democratic politics, and while many of his proposals may not be able to stand up against hard questioning (how, for example, would he fund his plan to make college tuition free for everyone?), he has so far managed to avoid any serious challenge to them.

Regimes that systematically violate human rights have been quick to seize on every episode of US wrongdoing. With its own human rights record in question, the US, which had been the democratic teacher of the post war world, is in a much weaker position to give lessons and set standards.

When Goran Jelisić a camp guard in Bosnia who called himself the Serb Adolf was acquitted of genocide in 1999, one might have concluded from the prosecution s stunned reaction that Jelisić had walked free. In fact, he confessed to 31 other counts covering the same underlying acts, and was sentenced to 40 years in prison.

Tel Aviv has become a cross between San Francisco, Singapore, and São Paulo, but it is still less than 300 kilometers from Damascus. For the pessimists (or realists, depending on your perspective), Israel must remain on maximum alert to minimize the risks that it faces.

The case evokes memories of the days when the KGB s influence was pervasive, and dissidents across Eastern Europe and Soviet lands like Turkmenistan lived in fear. Hadjiev and his family fled to Europe in 2001, escaping one of the world s most repressive regimes the absolutist dictatorship of the late Saparmurat Niyazov, who fancied himself Turkmenbashi, the father of all Turkmen.

Angela Merkel s poor showing in Germany s recent election has now put into cold storage any hope of a serious overhaul of the country s famously rigid economy. Tony Blair was waiting for her to help launch a drive to make the current British Presidency of the European Union a historical turning point for the Union s economy.

Sarkozy imposed himself on the Gaullist movement against the will of President Jacques Chirac indeed, he snatched the presidency of the UMP despite Chirac s active opposition. Much of the public likes his raw language and harsh criticism of the rest of the right, notably of Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, but above all of Chirac.

But, they fear that calling for spending cuts will be unpopular, unlike, they hope, demands to balance the budget. For them, the problem with the fiscal cliff is that it does not cut spending enough and raises taxes too much.

But, while the US spends more money per capita on medical care than almost any other country (and more as a percentage of GDP), it is far from topping the world in life expectancy. France, for example, spends less than 12 of its GDP on medical care, compared to 17 in the US.

It came about spontaneously through their collective wisdom.

It serves you right.

Recite monologues.

PROPOSALS ON SELF DESTRUCTION, SELF NEUTRALIZAION AND SELF DEACTIVATION

I seem to slip into reveries.

free to mold their own destiny.

Don't brag about it.

The occult?

To do whatever we like... anything at all.

Don't boast too much.

You bang, don't be above yourself!

Free Trade, Free Labor, Free Growth

They're self sufficient.

Food self sufficiency.

He robbed his own money?

Free man in the morning Free man in the morning

I want people to let me be.

It was just to myself.

For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.

For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.

Let's not fool ourselves.

Go confess yourself.

A honeybee must be free,