Prophetic excerpts

Arendt: Born in conflict, Israel will degenerate into Sparta, and American Jews will need to back away

By , January 1, 2012 For the new year, here are some prophetic excerpts from two essays of Hannah Arendt’s,…  [more]

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Congratulations!

Hurrah for Egypt!

By Uri Avnery, 28/01/12 THE IMPOSSIBLE has happened. The Egyptian parliament, democratically elected by a free people, has convened for its first session. For me this is a wonderful, a joyful occasion. For many Israelis, this…  [more]

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Secretive, acquisitive, patriarchal, authoritarian

Mitt and the White Horse Prophecy

By Sally Denton, Sunday, Jan 29, 2012 8:00 AM 12:18:27 CST When Mitt Romney received his patriarchal blessing as a Michigan teenager, he was told that the Lord expected great things from…  [more]

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Chile has Ms. Vallejo

Just Don’t Call Her Che

By William Moss Wilson, January 28, 2012 Late last month the British newspaper The Guardian asked readers to vote for its person of the year. The candidates included household names like German Chancellor…  [more]

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Bought and paid for

Newt Gingrich’s agenda-setting big donor

By , Saturday 28 January 2012 14.18 ES By donating $10m to the pro-Newt Gingrich Super Pac campaign, casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, one of the richest men in the US, and…  [more]

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Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad

Canadian teenagers send Lego man into space

By Shiv Malik, Thursday 26 January 2012 11.17 EST [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQwLmGR6bPA[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQwLmGR6bPA Two Canadian teenagers have sent a Lego man into the outer reaches of the Earth’s atmosphere using a home-stitched parachute…  [more]

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Something faintly fascist

The present stands no chance against the past

By Robert Fisk, Saturday 28 January 2012 The Palestinians are not only, it seems, an “invented people” – courtesy of Newt Gingrich – but the only Arabs on the Mediterranean…  [more]

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