Jul 06 2011

The people’s technology

The new focus of Syria’s crackdown has seen similar bloodshed before

By Robert Fisk, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 … History comes full circle in Syria. In February 1982, President Hafez al-Assad’s army stormed into the ancient cities to end an…  [more]

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Jul 04 2011

Nothing better to do

For God’s sake – stop talking

By Cliff Schecter, 04 Jul 2011 17:11 … Lately, there would seem to be a whole lot more people who have a direct channel to the Big Guy Upstairs than one could have…  [more]

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Jul 04 2011

Two preachers walk into a bar…

Baptist, Presbyterian congregations brew a thriving ‘pub-lic’ ministry

By Erin Dunigan, June 21, 2011 … A pub is not necessarily the first place you’d expect to find a Southern Baptist pastor and a Presbyterian minister leading a conversation about faith…  [more]

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Jul 04 2011

Teabagger’s lament

Monsieur d’Nalgar’s introduction:  This Fourth of July ramble, a tear-stained xenophobic summation of just about everything she thinks is wrong with America (according to her spoon-fed propaganda), appeared on page 6A of today’s Sentinel Record.  Enjoy.

Protect our America

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Jul 04 2011

And they that wasted us

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Do the faithful need a new National Anthem?

By Martha Woodroof, 09:34 PM ET, 07/02/2011 … … Oh what a patriotic tempest a small Anabaptist Indiana teapot of a college has provoked: … Goshen College Board of Directors …  [more]

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Jul 04 2011

American mythology

Five myths about the American flag

By Marc Leepson, June 10, 2001 … Americans love our flag. We display it at concerts and stadiums to celebrate, and at times of national tragedy to show our resolve. We have our schoolchildren…  [more]

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Jul 04 2011

Make the bastard scream

The blood of Dresden

By pulsemedia.org, June 25, 2011 at 10:08 pm … Following is an extract from Armageddon in Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut in which he describes the scenes of ‘obscene brutality’ he witnessed as a prisoner of war …  [more]

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