The blood of Dresden By pulsemedia.org, June 25, 2011 at 10:08 pm … Following is an extract from Armageddon in Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut in which he describes the scenes of ‘obscene brutality’ he witnessed as a prisoner of war in Dresden which inspired his classic novel Slaughterhouse-Five. … It was a routine speech we …
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Jul 02 2011
Sort of domestic terror
Creeping Shariah: Stealth Threat or Conspiracy Theory? By Gefilte, 01 July 2011 … I wanted to find out what the kerfluffle over “creeping Shariah” was all about. After all, this is a Republican worry in thirteen states which have introduced anti-shariah laws. And apparently it’s more serious than even a global economic Depression. So I …
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Jul 02 2011
Holier than all the martyrs
A racist, messianic rabbi is the ruler of Israel By Sefi Rachlevsky, 02:11 01.07.11 … When King Lior parted from the evildoers, who had detained him for an hour of questioning, he turned to Mercaz Harav Yeshiva, where he was borne on the shoulders of those celebrating his messianic kingdom. Once again, he began to …
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Jul 01 2011
Sound familiar?
The invasion of Australia By John Pilger, Friday 1 July 2011 21.15 BST … The City of Sydney council has voted to replace the words “European arrival” in the official record with “invasion”. The deputy lord mayor, Marcelle Hoff, says it is intellectually dishonest to use any other word to describe how Aboriginal Australia was …
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Jun 30 2011
Well, well
From one of the Arab world’s most insightful and eloquent political spokesmen — perhaps his best ever! Rami Khouri highlights a (potentially) very significant and promising new direction being taken by some influential elements of the Palestinian national movement — one that all of us have been hoping for a very long time would eventually emerge to establish once and …
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Jun 22 2011
Realm of demonization
The Anti-Muslim Inner Circle By Robert Steinback, Intelligence Report, Summer 2011, Issue Number: 142 Illustrations by Bri Hermanson … The apparent recent surge in popular anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States has been driven by a surprisingly small and, for the most part, closely knit cadre of activists. Their influence extends far beyond their limited …
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Jun 20 2011
Your tax dollars at work
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