Category: America

Economic sabotage

Sink the ship to drown the captain By John Stoehr, 28 Jun 2012 11:26   Americans on the political left have been talking about the idea for more than a year, but only recently has the Democratic establishment in Washington embraced it openly, because until now it seemed too incredible – Republicans are engaging in …

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‘Ahlan wa sahlan fikoum!

  From: Børre Ludvigsen Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 5:31 AM Subject: Emine, Fatimah and Umm Ahmad – ‘ahlan wa sahlan fikoum!   It appears that the Arab “Spring” (it means to move or jump suddenly or rapidly upward or forward, no?) has also taken it upon itself to address the soft underbelly of the …

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Citizen pilgrim

On Human Identity By Richard Falk, 20:23 06/27/2012   Early in my blog life I wrote about Jewish identity. It was partly an exercise in self-discovery, and partly a response to those who alleged that I was a self-hating Jew, or worse, an anti-Semite. These attacks on my characterwere hurtful even as I felt their …

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Modern-day version of maktab thani

Free the refugees of Nahr al-Bared By Marcy Newman, 26 Jun 2012 22:06   Last week at a candlelight vigil in Baddawi refugee camp for the camp’s dead and injured, signs posted on the school wall asked why, after five years, was Nahr al-Bared still a closed military zone? For the past five years, all …

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It’s racism, pure and simple

Tea Party Racism Stirs the Republican Martini. By Reflections of a shallow pond, June 21, 2012 3:55PM   Really? Last weekend at a Republican party convention at the Missoula, Montana  Hilton, an outhouse labeled “Obama Presidential Library” was plunked  down in the middle of the hotel parking lot. Ha! Good one. The exterior of the …

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Freedom, justice and peace in the world

A Cruel and Unusual Record By Jimmy Carter, June 24, 2012   The United States is abandoning its role as the global champion of human rights. Revelations that top officials are targeting people to be assassinated abroad, including American citizens, are only the most recent, disturbing proof of how far our nation’s violation of human …

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Trojan horse for the New World Order

Alabama defeats communism with anti-sustainability law By Leah Nelson, Saturday, Jun 23, 2012 11:00 AM CDT   With chronic budget shortfalls, dangerously overcrowded prisons and the nation’s biggest municipal bankruptcy filing, we here in Alabama have a lot on our minds. But at least we can cross one worry off the list: Our property cannot …

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