Jan 31 2015
A Hasidic Prayer at a Palestinian Conference By Yakir Englander, 01/30/2015 5:59 pm EST I grew up in Israel, born into an Ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jewish family, convinced that all Arabs desired my destruction, and totally unprepared for any genuine encounter with Muslims. So, my decision to participate in the seventh annual conference of AMP …
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Jan 23 2015
America’s Dumbest Congressman says ‘Selma’ shows why we should fight ‘radical Islam’ By Hunter (Daily Kos staff), Fri Jan 23, 2015 at 09:53 AM PST One of the ways Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) retains his lock on the title of America’s Dumbest Congressman is sheer persistence. Other candidates may pipe up with occasional entries …
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Jan 11 2015
Ted Cruz & the new McCarthyism: Inside a dangerous response to the atrocity in Paris By Elias Isquith, Saturday, Jan 10, 2015 07:15 AM CST Here are a few sentences I should not have to write but apparently must, all the same: Taking the life of another human being is an absolutely terrible thing …
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Jan 11 2015
Meanwhile, Gideon Levy receives a death threat By Gideon Levy, Jan. 11, 2015 3:55 AM “The European Court for Anti-Semitic Crimes. Court Execution squad. “Re: Proceedings against participants in anti-Israeli activities. “The Court has been asked to look at the activities against Israel by Gideon Levy, journalist. “Witness Number 1 showed the article ‘Lowest …
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Jan 10 2015
On Satire – a response to the Charlie Hebdo attacks By Joe Sacco, Friday 9 January 2015 16.36 GMT http://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2015/jan/09/joe-sacco-on-satire-a-response-to-the-attacks or http://bit.ly/1wCyUNj
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Jan 05 2015
Critics of American Sniper Chris Kyle Threatened with Violence and Rape Fantasies By Hrafnkell Haraldsson, Sunday, January, 4th, 2015, 4:39 pm ‘It was my duty to shoot the enemy, and I don’t regret it. My regrets are for the people I couldn’t save: Marines, soldiers, buddies. I’m not naive, and I don’t romanticize war. …
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Dec 30 2014
A timely reminder of the bloody anniversary we all forgot By Robert Fisk, Sunday 28 December 2014 Every month, my London mail package thumps on to my Beirut doorstep with An Cosantóir inside. It’s the magazine of the Irish Defence Forces – surely the glossiest-paged journal of any army, let alone one of the …
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