Category: Culture

Shock and anxiety syndrome

The disproportionate value of Israeli life By Belen Fernandez, 22 Dec 2012 13:03   Following the conclusion of Operation “Pillar of Defence”, Israel’s latest bout of terror in Gaza, Israeli journalist Gideon Levy wrote in Ha’aretz: Since the first Qassam rocket fell on Israel in April 2001, 59 Israelis have been killed – and 4,717 …

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13 minutes in April

Transcript: Kathleen T. McFarland talks with Gen. David H. Petraeus     McFarland: I’ve got something to say to you, by the way, directly from Roger Ailes. Petraeus: Oh, at .?.?. with no one else in the room? I hope? Q: Well, you know. .?.?. You guys have ears? Or your ears are dead? No. …

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The big boss is bankrolling it

Why the US media ignored Murdoch’s brazen bid to hijack the presidency By Carl Bernstein, Thursday 20 December 2012 11.41 EST   So now we have it: what appears to be hard, irrefutable evidence of Rupert Murdoch‘s ultimate and most audacious attempt – thwarted, thankfully, by circumstance – to hijack America’s democratic institutions on a …

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Everyone backing gun-nuttery understood

From “Operation Wetback” To Newtown: Tracing The Hick Fascism Of The NRA By Mark Ames, Dec 17th, 2012   Las Vegas, NV: I’ve been writing about these rampage murders for about a decade now, but Friday’s rampage massacre was Different. So I’m going to approach this piece somewhat Differently than I usually do — I’m …

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Lesley Hazleton: Accidental Theologist

Lesley Hazleton at TEDxRainier: “Muhammad, You and Me” By Garibaldi, 08 December 2012   Lesley Hazleton, one of our favorite “anti-Loons” describes herself as the “Accidental Theologist” by which she means that even though she is an agnostic Jew she is fascinated by religion, theology and faith. Her fascination with religion has led her in …

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Late mercantilist heresy

The Christian right’s fight against the ‘war on Christmas’ By Diane Roberts, Tuesday 18 December 2012 17.01 EST   I love this time of year: decking the halls with boughs of artificial holly, wrapping twinkly lights around anything that doesn’t move, and settling in on a long winter’s night to watch conservatives take up rhetorical …

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Paranoia and mistrust of authority

What I learned from my gun show tour By Max Blumenthal, Tuesday 18 December 2012 08.30 EST   Adam Lanza, the killer of 26 people at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, was raised by a woman, Nancy Lanza, who, her sister-in-law told reporters, was obsessed with guns and “prepared for the worst”. With fears …

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