Jun 22 2014
A successful caliphate in six simple steps By Khaled Diab, Tuesday 17 June 2014 To the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS), I understand you wish to restore the caliphate in Iraq and Syria. But are you sure this is really what you want? As a secular, liberal Arab living in the …
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Jun 17 2014
Now we see how his doctrine turns enemies into ‘allies’ By Robert Fisk, Sunday 15 June 2014 How do they get away with these lies? Now Tony Blair tells us that Western “inaction” in Syria has produced the Iraq crisis. But since bombing Syria would have brought to power in Damascus the very Islamists …
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Jun 13 2014
It was better to live in Iraq under Saddam By Chris Maume, Thursday 12 June 2014 News that Islamic extremists have conquered Mosul took me back 30 years, to memories of a weekend in the city when I responded to the latest caesura between me and my then-girlfriend in a sane, mature fashion, by …
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Jun 04 2014
Obama living up to prediction Dear editor: Some of you might remember that I predicted that Barack Obama would become the absolute worst president in history. With the disgraceful, despicable, arrogant and reckless way he has been operating, he’s certainly right on track in earning that most dishonorable distinction! Many people try to make …
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May 27 2014
[tube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1brf79VyF40[/tube] http://youtu.be/1brf79VyF40 How I Made Sure a Texas Tea Party Candidate Accepted ‘Dirty’ Muslim Money By Dean Obeidallah, 05.27.14 Sometimes you have to taunt the bigots. It’s often more fun and satisfying than getting angry with them. In this instance, the focus of my fun is Tea Party candidate T.J. Fabby, who is locked …
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May 13 2014
B is for Bumpkins By Jacques d’Nalgar, May 13 2014 CE Back in 1973, Jerry Jeff Walker had a big hit with a Ray Wylie Hubbard song that, 40 years later, is still a favorite with the sing-along bar crowd. Inspired by memories of that song from my long-ago raucous college days, here then is an humble homage to “Up Against the Wall, …
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Mar 03 2014
Putin’s ‘Holy Russia’ Goes to War By Rev. Dr. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, 03/02/2014 7:52 pm EST What do you get when you combine ultra-nationalist religious and political conservatism along with homophobia and sexism? Some might say you get the Tea Party in the United States, but today that is the toxic mix that is …
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