Aug 08 2010

Busloads of civilians

 Lawrence Davidson writes about why we should “sit up and take notice” when the Israelis flatten the Bedouin village of al-Arakib: http://www.counterpunch.org/davidson08062010.html orhttp://bit.ly/9dqi9N or http://tinyurl.com/2wmpcgt This sort of thing happens all the time in “the only democracy in the…  [more]

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Aug 07 2010

Twitter this: Tony Judt dies

 Jamie Doward writes in guardian.co.uk on the passing of Tony Judt at age 62: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/aug/07/historian-tony-judt-dies or http://bit.ly/8XIFF3 or http://tinyurl.com/386pzjr Tony Judt, the British writer, historian and professor who was recently described as having the “liveliest mind in New York”,…  [more]

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Aug 03 2010

Can a tree start a war?

 Robert Fisk writes about the latest skirmish along the Lebanon-Israel border, the latest prelude to the next bloody chapter of Israel’s never-ending bullying in the Middle East schoolyard (with America’s blessings, of course)… Can a tree start a Middle East…  [more]

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Aug 02 2010

Pro-life fundies

In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not. Matthew 2:18 (KJV) Jonathon Cook writes from Nazareth.  His August 2, 2010 article,…  [more]

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Jul 27 2010

Mollywood On My Mind

 Politics & US foreign policy: Pakistan (or Mollywood On My Mind) It seems to me that the keystone to present (=Obama) policy in ‘Af-Pak’ is the very nature of politics in Pakistan.  And the question there is … which linguistic…  [more]

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Jul 24 2010

Hiroshima II

 Toxic legacy of US assault on Fallujah ‘worse than Hiroshima’ By Patrick Cockburn, Saturday, 24 July 2010: Dramatic increases in infant mortality, cancer and leukaemia in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, which was bombarded by US Marines in 2004, exceed…  [more]

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Jul 21 2010

Hating is OK

 Attacking Muslims Is In Vogue Again Among Conservatives By Jason Linkins, huffingtonpost.com, 07-21-10 01:10 PM (updated 07-21-10 08:54 PM) …Glenn Beck has decided that he cannot tolerate the thought of American Muslims riding around on rollercoasters for fun! This is…  [more]

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