2012 archive

Glittery geegaws of the plausible

Mike Daisey’s betrayal of This American Life’s truth – and my trust

By , Friday 16 March 2012 21.10 EDT There are lies and there are lies and there are lies. The Protocols of the Elders of…  [more]

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A crucial part of their faith

Wearing a Cross to Work

Announced by Archdruid Eileen, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 I was musing on the great Wearing A Cross to Work controversy, if it could be called that. Overall I’m not convinced there is much persecution…  [more]

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Very good work

Massacres are the inevitable result of foreign occupation

By , Tuesday 13 March 2012 18.20 EDT It was an “isolated incident”, US officials insisted. The murder of 16 Afghan civilians as they slept, Hillary Clinton declared, was…  [more]

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Smug fecundity

Romney, Santorum and archaic ideas on fertility

By  , March 2, 2012 Between them, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum have as many children — 12 — as there were tribes of Israel. Ron Paul has five of…  [more]

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Converting annihilationist rhetoric into reality

A world map without Lebanon

By Belen Fernandez, 07 Mar 2012 16:03 For all of the ruckus made over past decades about an alleged plot by various groupings of Arabs and Muslims to drive the state of Israel…  [more]

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Ghetto mentality

Auschwitz complex

By M.S., Mar 6th 2012, 19:04 During his meeting with Barack Obama on Monday, Bibi Netanyahu said Israel “must have the ability always to defend itself, by itself, against any threat.” “I believe that’s why you appreciate,…  [more]

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God knows everything

Is Homs an echo of what happened in Srebrenica?

By Robert Fisk, Wednesday 07 March 2012 No entry to the International Red Cross. Not yet. Maybe in a few days, when the area has been secured. Men and boys…  [more]

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