A very concise defense of Palestinians By Monsieur Jacques d’Nalgar, 5 juin 2024 de l’ère commune Zionists are bloody goddamned fascists… A less-concise defense of Palestinians… Leaving aside moral arguments for ending 70-plus years of festering injustice, leaving aside comparisons to South Africa’s systemic apartheid racism, and even leaving aside the ultimate irony of …
Category: Islam
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Feb 08 2024
The better they got…
Zajal on Arak By Zein El-Amine, Jan 26, 2015 I remember when electricity came to my village. I must have been about seven or eight. The government installed a transformer in the village center. The thing was housed in a metal locker. The villagers called it ‘The Clock.’ At first, The Clock was a thing …
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Aug 03 2022
When a tangled web woven unravels
1950s U.S. Foreign Policy Looms Large in Lebanon By Jacob Boswell, July 29, 2022 The Cold War may be over, but the legacy of containment looms large over Lebanon. For decades, the U.S. has been the single largest financial supporter of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), in a bid to balance Iran’s influence in …
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Jan 30 2022
Thank you for your service
‘I didn’t know who I was any more’: how CIA torture pushed me to the edge of death By Abu Zubaydah, Sat 29 Jan 2022 04.30 EST I found myself chained to a steel bed in a white room. As soon as I started letting myself fall asleep, a small amount of water …
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Jul 23 2021
100 Years Ago
What is Happening in Palestine Danger of Zionists Acquiring Supreme Power. By Lord Syndenham of Combe, June 1 1921 Do the British people understand whither Mr. Balfour’s Palestine policy is leading us? asks Lord Sydenham in an article in the Nineteenth Century, and he goes on to give a pessimistic view of the results …
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May 12 2020
Ladders
The Way, the Truth, and the Life ‘Do not let your hearts be troubled.’ I think we should be honest and face up to the fact that Jesus clearly hadn’t done Introduction to Pastoral Care. If he had, he’d have sat at the Last Supper in an open and accepting posture, almost mimicking …
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Mar 15 2020
Serendipity soup du jour
Moroccan Chicken Soup As of 3/15/2020 (and subject to change without notice) 8 cups of water 2 cans (13 oz) ounces of white chicken meat, drained (or equivalent leftover rotisserie chicken, white or dark) 2 cans diced tomatoes, drained 2 cans garbanzo beans, drained 2 cans (4 oz) mushrooms, drained 8 artichoke hearts, halved …
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