May 11 2011

House of cards

End times theology: an insider’s guide

By Brian McLaren, May  10, 2011 1:08 PM … I grew up in a Christian tradition (a young one, actually, having started in the 1830’s) called Dispensationalism. Although we shied away from predicting…  [more]

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May 09 2011

As good as you say

The question: Does Osama bin Laden’s capture justify torture?

By Diane Roberts, Monday 9 May 2011 16.54 BST … First, let’s call it by its proper name. Waterboarding is not “robust questioning” or “enhanced interrogation techniques” or any of…  [more]

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May 09 2011

Occupation has no future

[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-G5D7bLx1s[/tube] THE LATEST FILM FROM UPHEAVAL PRODUCTIONS… In the Fall of 2009 a group of US veterans and war resisters traveled to Israel/Palestine to meet with their Israeli counterparts in an effort to strengthen connections and share experiences. Occupation Has …  [more]

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May 08 2011

LIFE. 50 years before 9-11…

The following is from LIFE Magazine, September 17, 1951, beginning on page 91: http://books.google.com/books?id=tE4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA91 or http://tinyurl.com/6asyoto And then there is this bit of brave reporting on page 37, from September 29, 1958: http://books.google.com/books?id=aVMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA37 or http://tinyurl.com/3pprgz8…  [more]

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May 07 2011

War no more

[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nos0oEW6LQo[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nos0oEW6LQo…  [more]

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May 07 2011

I am Samar

Face That Screamed War’s Pain Looks Back, 6 Hard Years Later

By Tim Arango, May 7, 2011 … MOSUL, Iraq — Until the past week, Samar Hassan had never glimpsed the photograph of her that millions had seen, never knew…  [more]

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May 07 2011

Golgotha gone

Truth and reconciliation? It won’t happen in Syria

By Robert Fisk, Saturday, 7 May 2011 … If you want to understand the cruel tragedy of Syria, there are two books you must read: Nikolaos van Dam’s The Struggle for Power…  [more]

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