Jul 17 2011

Napoleonic pretensions

Now the Arab Spring becomes an Arab Summer

By Robert Fisk, Saturday, 16 July 2011 … Syrians shot down in the streets across the country, tanks surrounding the major cities of Syria, soldiers killing unarmed, largely Sunni Muslim demonstrators as…  [more]

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Jul 17 2011

Bush on steroids

Republican with self-belief and God on his ticket

By Rupert Cornwell, Sunday, 17 July 2011 … Are you of the view that the last thing the US wants is another swaggering, tax-cutting, God-fearing governor of Texas running for president? Think…  [more]

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Jul 16 2011

What it actually means

Arabic for right-wingers

By Justin Elliott, Thursday, Jun 16, 2011 21:01 ET … In a now infamous column, the writer Eliana Benador argued this week that Anthony Weiner (who is a Jew) may have converted to Islam but was…  [more]

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Jul 15 2011

The case has not been made

The Rise of the Wrecking-Ball Right

By Robert Reich, Friday, July 15, 2011 … Recently I debated a conservative Republican who insisted the best way to revive the American economy was to shrink the size of government. When I asked…  [more]

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Jul 15 2011

Walid Shoebat

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Jul 15 2011

Politics of distraction

Jesus:  please fix Texas because Governor Perry can’t

By Susan Brooks Thislethwaite, Jul 13, 2011 10:34 AM … Texas Governor, and possible GOP presidential candidate, Rick Perry has endorsed ‘The Response’ a prayer event scheduled for August 6 in …  [more]

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Jul 15 2011

Once upon a time

Yes, I’ll dare call it treason

By Cliff Schecter, 13 Jul 2011 05:32 … Once upon a time, in a land that now seems to have been populated by tooth fairies and unicorns, there was a political party that…  [more]

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