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Is Taiwan A Country?

on December 5, 2010 in Wannabe Flags & Politics

By Atlas Al …No, it is not. A few years back I hooked up with a Taiwanese chick.  Getting the Chinese or Taiwanese flag is great because both China and Taiwan aren’t as promiscuous as other countries.  I know I got a flag, but which one. Since that night, I’ve been asking myself, Is Taiwan [...]

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The Middle East’s Wild West

on July 23, 2010 in Wannabe Flags & Politics

By Atlas Al If you haven’t already heard about the terrorist bombings in Kampala, Uganda, Flagging Headquarters brings the story to you.  Earlier this month, Somali terrorist group, Al-Shabaab, bombed two locations where fans were watching the World Cup.  Their motive:  retribution for the 6000 Ugandan and Burundian soldiers keeping the peace in war torn [...]

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Cyprus Bloody Cyprus

on May 25, 2010 in Wannabe Flags & Politics

By Atlas Al Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus It looks as if there’ll be no end to the Cyprus crisis. Dervis Eroglu, the prime minister of the occupied Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, won the recent presidential election. And why should I care about all this? Because he’s a nationalist who’d prefer not to reunite with the [...]

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Chechnya, Check Yo Self

on April 13, 2010 in Wannabe Flags & Politics

By Atlas Al North Caucasus At the moment, the North Caucasus is one of the most dangerous regions in the world. Chechen rebel leader, Doku Umarov (Доку Умаров), the self-proclaimed 1st Emir of the Caucasus Emirate (comprising of Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia, North Ossetia and other smaller territories), claimed responsibility for the March 29, 2010 Moscow subway [...]

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Does Kosovo Have Parents?

on February 25, 2010 in Wannabe Flags & Politics

By Atlas Al Kosovo: The Young Europeans Kosovo declared independence from Serbia on February 17th, 2008. Does this make them an internationally recognized sovereign state? No, it does not. While countries buy advertising space on CNN to attract foreign direct investment, Kosovo seeks statehood recognition calling themselves The Young Europeans. (Watch here.) One of these [...]

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No One Is A Winner In Cabinda

on January 22, 2010 in Wannabe Flags & Politics

By Atlas Al Recently, I read a good blog post by seasoned travel writer Rick Steves on worldhum.com called My Hunch About Iran. In it, he said, “My strong hunch is that Iranians need to earn their freedom (as France, the U.S. and South Africa all did), and support in spirit from the U.S. is [...]

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Not So Peachy In Georgia

on December 29, 2009 in Wannabe Flags & Politics

By Atlas Al Abkhazia and South Ossetia Recognition War torn and seeking independence, Abkhazia and South Ossetia are provinces of the sovereign state of Georgia. They are wannabe flags. In the December 15, 2009 article, Abkhazia Is Recognized – by Nauru, the nytimes.com reports that the second smallest country in the world has officially recognized [...]

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Samene Er Ikke Et Flagg

on November 26, 2009 in Wannabe Flags & Politics

By Atlas Al The Sami People The Norwegian translation of this post reads, “The Sami are not a flag.” Since I’ve been living in Norway these past few months, people have asked me if The Sami People, an ethnic group of northern Scandinavia, is a captureable flag. I wish I could say they were, but they’re [...]

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Wannabe Flags

on November 20, 2009 in Flagging Vocabulary, Wannabe Flags & Politics

By Atlas Al Wannabe Flags Unrepresented peoples within larger nations should be independent. For flagging purposes, however, they are Wannabe Flags. I love it when people say I’m inconsiderate, insulting, and rude towards other cultures because I don’t recognize them as flags. Yeah right! I’m just going along with what the international community is already saying. [...]

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