Jun 22 2011
Looks Like We’re Not Yet Done With The ‘Anthony Weiner Was A Secret Muslim’ Rumors By Jason Linkins, 06/22/11 04:21 PM ET … Just over a week ago, we brought you word of an insanely paranoid screed published in “The Communities at the Washington Times” (a distinction that both allows the Washington Times to avoid …
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Jun 22 2011
Michele Bachmann’s Holy War By Matt Taibbi, June 22, 2011 8:00 AM ET … Close your eyes, take a deep breath, and, as you consider the career and future presidential prospects of an incredible American phenomenon named Michele Bachmann, do one more thing. Don’t laugh. It may be the hardest thing you ever do, for …
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Jun 22 2011
When Muhammad Ali took the real heavy weight By Dave Zirin, 21 Jun 2011 13:50 … In an era defined by endless war, we should recognise a day in history that wasn’t celebrated on Capitol Hill or in the White House. On June 20, 1967, the great Muhammad Ali was convicted in Houston for refusing induction …
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Jun 20 2011
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Jun 19 2011
(Not) spreading the wealth The Washington Post, Saturday, June 18, 2011 … Growing share of income for the rich Inequality in the U.S. has has grown steadily since the 1970s, following a flat period after World War II. In 2008, the wealthiest 10 percent earned almost the same amount of income as the rest of …
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Jun 19 2011
Lies, damn lies, and reports of battlefield atrocities By Patrick Cockburn, Sunday, 19 June 2011 … In war, accounts of atrocities need to be treated with scepticism. Surveying a battlefield where he had once fought, the great Confederate general Stonewall Jackson turned to an aide and asked: “Did you ever think, sir, what an opportunity …
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Jun 19 2011
Face the facts – Syria is an apartheid state By Nick Cohen, Sunday 19 June 2011 … For a tyrant whose forces took 13-year-old Hamza Ali al-Khateeb, burned him, mutilated him, shattered his knee caps, cut off his penis and sent his corpse to his parents as a warning against participating in opposition politics, Bashar …
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