The border between satire and insult

Hook-nosed Jew vs. Mohammed cartoons: What’s the difference?

By , Jan. 21, 2015 11:50 AM   You won’t be surprised, in these post-Charlie Hebdo days, to hear that there’s a controversial cartoon going around the Internet. I’m…  [more]

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Peaceable revolution

America’s Dumbest Congressman says ‘Selma’ shows why we should fight ‘radical Islam’

By Hunter (Daily Kos staff), Fri Jan 23, 2015 at 09:53 AM PST   One of the ways Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) retains his lock on the title…  [more]

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Cui bono

Waving in the first Row

By Uri Avnery, 17/01/15   THE THREE Islamic terrorists could have been very proud of themselves, if they had lived to see it. By committing two attacks (quite ordinary ones by Israeli standards) they spread…  [more]

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A frenzy of empty bombast and portending

Ted Cruz & the new McCarthyism: Inside a dangerous response to the atrocity in Paris

By , Saturday, Jan 10, 2015 07:15 AM CST   Here are a few sentences I should not have to write but apparently…  [more]

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Purely on the enlightened continent

Meanwhile, Gideon Levy receives a death threat

By , Jan. 11, 2015 3:55 AM   “The European Court for Anti-Semitic Crimes. Court Execution squad. “Re: Proceedings against participants in anti-Israeli activities. “The Court has been asked to look…  [more]

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A mere image

On Satire – a response to the Charlie Hebdo attacks

By Joe Sacco, Friday 9 January 2015   http://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2015/jan/09/joe-sacco-on-satire-a-response-to-the-attacks or http://bit.ly/1wCyUNj  [more]

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Attack the essence

Critics of American Sniper Chris Kyle Threatened with Violence and Rape Fantasies

By Hrafnkell Haraldsson, Sunday, January, 4th, 2015, 4:39 pm   ‘It was my duty to shoot the enemy, and I don’t regret it. My regrets are for  [more]

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