Jun 16 2012
Assad will breathe a sigh of relief at death of Arab Spring By Robert Fisk, Saturday 16 June 2012 The end of the Egyptian Revolution? I suppose we could have seen it coming; the marginalisation of the original rebels of Tahrir Square, fobbed off with a few trials, while the military encrusted themselves round …
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Jun 16 2012
44 Senators, including many Democrats, sign AIPAC letter to Obama against Iran negotiations By Philip Weiss, June 16, 2012 Obama Letter P5+1 Final A terrifying letter, signed by nearly half the Senate, Democrats and Republicans, pushing Obama toward war with Iran– and let’s see who is telling us about it. MJ Rosenberg a …
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Jun 16 2012
Nurit Peled-Elhanan’s moving reflections on the occupation’s 45th birthday By Henry Norr, June 15, 2012 … Nurit Peled-Elhanan, daughter of a prominent Israeli general and mother of a suicide bombing victim, and her brother Miko Peled have long been among the most courageous Israeli critics of their nation’s treatment of the Palestinians, but this year they’re …
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Jun 14 2012
Quotes from the Early Church Writers on Military Service By Tad Delay, June 10 2012 … I recently finished a paper on the teaching of the early church fathers regarding military service. This list used to be one of the more popular on a previous iteration of my site, so I’m posting it (updated/cited) again. …
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Jun 10 2012
Praying at the Church of St. Drone By Tom Engelhardt, 7:51am, June 5, 2012 … Be assured of one thing: whichever candidate you choose at the polls in November, you aren’t just electing a president of the United States; you are also electing an assassin-in-chief. The last two presidents may not have been emperors or …
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Jun 08 2012
By Monsieur d’Nalgar, Friday June 8, 2012 … This rant emanates from a Facebook conversation today that followed Maha’s lament. Maha is a Palestinian woman who is frustrated with her Israeli friend. Seems that this friend is blind to historical realities of indigenous villages and peoples systematically erased from the ancient landscape by a new …
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Jun 01 2012
Hymns to the Violence: The NYT’s Love Letter to Obama’s Murder Racket By Chris Floyd, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 14:21 … I must, at last, admit defeat. I simply have no words, no rhetorical ammunition, no conceptual frameworks that could adequately address the total moral nullity exposed in Monday’s New York Times article on the …
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