Dec 01 2010

A country of crazies

By Leonard Pitts Jr. [email protected] … We are gathered here today to mourn the loss of America’s mind. It was last seen last month in Oklahoma. There, voters gave emphatic approval to a measure outlawing the use of Sharia law…  [more]

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Nov 29 2010

Burhan Zahrai

C100 Valley-Search The steed of this Valley is patience; without patience the wayfarer on this journey will reach nowhere and attain, no goal…  Baha’u’llah (Persian) C101Valley-Love …The steed of this Valley is pain; and if there be no pain this …  [more]

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Nov 28 2010

Find the cost…

…of freedom, buried in the ground Mother earth will swallow you Lay your body down Stephen Stills, 1970 Robert Fisk: Oceans of blood and profits for the mongers of war Saturday, 27 November 2010 … Since there are now three…  [more]

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Nov 22 2010

Vive la Révolution!

Friday, March 30, 1906 … Three days ago a neighbor brought the celebrated Russian revolutionist, Schaykoffsky, to call upon me.  He is grizzled, and shows age — as to exteriors — but he has a Vesuvius, inside, which is a…  [more]

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Nov 20 2010

A place of ghosts

Lebanon, my Lebanon: A stirring new photography book sparks Robert Fisk’s memories From ancient groves where he once dodged bullets to peaceful mountain ranges, from embattled politicians to wise-cracking locals, Robert Fisk, the Independent’s Middle East correspondent, finds his memories …  [more]

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Nov 19 2010

Today’s YB! award…

From:  Monsieur d’Nalgar To:  Sam Stein Subject: Today’s award… Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 11:51:44 -0700 It’s been a while since I awarded a “You Bastard!” prize for overt nincompoopery by one of the morning-show bobble-heads, one of the screeching…  [more]

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Nov 16 2010

Breaking news

Monday, March 12, 1906

Mr. Clemens comments on the killing of six hundred Moros — Men, women and children — In a crater bowl near Jolo in the Philippines — Our troops commanded by General Wood — Contrasts this “battle” …  [more]

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