Category: America

Fairly unbalanced

FOX NEWS INSIDER: “Stuff Is Just Made Up” By Eric Boehlert, February 10, 2011 7:20 am ET   Asked what most viewers and observers of Fox News would be surprised to learn about the controversial cable channel, a former insider from the world of Rupert Murdoch was quick with a response: “I don’t think people would believe …

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Inshallah

What Egypt Can Teach America By Nicholas D. Kristof, February 12, 2011 It’s a new day in the Arab world — and, let’s hope, in American relations to the Arab world. The truth is that the United States has been behind the curve not only in Tunisia and Egypt for the last few weeks, but …

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Palestine is a special case

Egypt’s lessons for Palestine By Ahmed Moor, 11 Feb 2011 15:20 GMT Global attention is rightly focused on Egypt at the moment. Weeks after Tunisia’s Zine El Abidine Ben Ali withdrew his proboscis and fled to Saudi Arabia, the Egyptian tyrant and American strongman Hosni Mubarak has similarly fallen. Protests have erupted across the Middle East …

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Contagion of euphoria

[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl7H12cYBZ8[/tube] Ken O’Keefe‘s tribute to the revolutionaries of Tunisia and Egypt, featuring celebrations today in Gaza. Professor Lawrence Davidson Discusses Egypt, the U.S., and Israel By Kathleen Wells, J.D. Lawrence Davidson says, “Keep your eye on the language: When South Africa assigned rights according to race they called it apartheid. When Israel assigns rights according to religion …

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Oh say (better not!) can you see?

Christina Aguilera and the Hideous Cult of Oversouling By John Eskow, February 8, 2011 11:48 AM To me, the horrific part of Christina Aguilera’s rendition of the National Anthem — and “rendition” is an apt term for it, because she kidnapped the song and shipped it out to be tortured — was not her mangling of …

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Rumsfeldian

Hypocrisy is exposed by the wind of change By Robert Fisk, Thursday, 10 February 2011 There is nothing like an Arab revolution to show up the hypocrisy of your friends. Especially if that revolution is one of civility and humanism and powered by an overwhelming demand for the kind of democracy that we enjoy in …

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Our man in Cairo

Suleiman: The CIA’s man in Cairo By Lisa Hajjar Last Modified: 07 Feb 2011 14:10 GMT On January 29, Omar Suleiman, Egypt’s top spy chief, was anointed vice president by tottering dictator, Hosni Mubarak. By appointing Suleiman, part of a shake-up of the cabinet in an attempt to appease the masses of protesters and retain  …

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