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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The former farmer from Ballyhooly

A timely reminder of the bloody anniversary we all forgot

By Robert Fisk, Sunday 28 December 2014   Every month, my London mail package thumps on to my Beirut doorstep with An Cosantóir inside. It’s the magazine of the Irish…  [more]

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