Jun 07 2011
The people vs The President By Robert Fisk, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 … Syria’s revolt against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad is turning into an armed insurrection, with previously peaceful demonstrators taking up arms to fight their own army and the “shabiha” – meaning “the ghosts”, in English – of Alawi militiamen who have …
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Jun 05 2011
The following comments, now updated a bit, were first submitted by email at the end of April. They were promptly lost (raptured into the ether?) and I was asked to resubmit or write about something else. But before I could decide, President Obama gleefully served up the pandering Donald’s pampered posterior on a platter at the …
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Jun 03 2011
So Glenn Beck Thinks He’s A Prophet Now? By Andy Newbold, June 02, 2011 3:17 pm ET … Today, Mediaite reported that the last episode of Glenn Beck’s daily Fox News show will air on June 30. That news may just have driven Beck over the edge. On his radio show today, Beck told his …
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Jun 01 2011
“Freedom for Palestine” Makes Glenn Beck Cry By soysauce for Adalah — A Just Middle East, Fri Jun 03, 2011 at 08:16 AM PDT … In a recent diary, simone daud introduced us to a new UK song, “Freedom for Palestine”. [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V28HnPTYz-I[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V28HnPTYz-I The song was written by Dave Randall of the UK dance band, Faithless, …
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May 28 2011
Both read the bible day and night; but you read black where I read white. – William Blake No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means. –George Bernard Shaw A letter to the editor in today’s Sentinel Record (May 28, 2011, page …
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May 25 2011
[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF8-SPLP18k[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF8-SPLP18k Concert of “Maurizio Lazzaro Cairo Jazz Quartet” at Sawy Culturewheel, Cairo 3 Dicember 2010 [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auqaJmi_zYc[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auqaJmi_zYc a Thelonious Monk composition. Concert at El Sawy Culturwheel, Cairo 6 January 2010. Maurizio Lazzaro (oud) [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6CHTmzoTig[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6CHTmzoTig concert at Sawy CultureWheel Cairo 06/01/2010 with Maurizio Lazzaro – guitar, Mohammed Sami – violin, Ahmad Hany – bass …
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May 22 2011
Uneasy times in Lebanon as Syrian revolt simmers By Robert Fisk, Saturday, 21 May 2011 … If you want to discover the truth about Tripoli, you have only to visit the castle of Saint Gilles. Instead of Crusaders, the Lebanese army is inside, and around the great 12th-century walls and at the massive doors, separating …
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