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Just thinking of Lat after seeing the headline in today's (Sun) Chi Trib:
Africa's scourge, Chicago's crusade. (City zoo leading global rabies campaign.)
Jay Sapir • Hungarian politician calls for list of Jews who pose “national security threat” • 5 months and 3 weeks ago
Democracies work when there is meaningful participation by the people in administration which hardly exists in many 'democratic' nations around the world. Ritualistic elections do not simply make democracy but a caricature of it.
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