Sep 07 2013

Before the stupidest Western war in the history of the modern world begins

Iran, not Syria, is the West’s real target

By Robert Fisk, Friday 30 August 2013   Before the stupidest Western war in the history of the modern world begins – I am, of course, referring to the attack on Syria…  [more]

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Sep 07 2013

A period of penitential soul-searching

Wall keeping Palestinian ill-treatment out of sight is really in Israeli minds

By , Friday 6 September 2013 14.29 EDT   Most Jerusalemites couldn’t find Shu’fat refugee camp on the map or give you any sort of directions.…  [more]

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Aug 27 2013

This one will run and run

Does Obama know he’s fighting on al-Qa’ida’s side?

By Robert Fisk, Tuesday 27 August 2013   If Barack Obama decides to attack the Syrian regime, he has ensured – for the very first time in history – that the United…  [more]

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Aug 24 2013

Jesuses per minute

7 Obnoxious Jesus Jukes

By , 08/23/2013  9:22 am   The phrase “Jesus juke” was originally coined by Jon Acuff in a 2010 post on his blog “Stuff Christians Like.” Jesus jukes are moves that you make in…  [more]

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Aug 17 2013

Dragged away to be shot over a shallow grave

Everything was possible

By Omar Robert Hamilton, Saturday, August 17, 2013 – 22:26   I sit, for the 12th hour now, alone and struggling for what to do. For the first time since I got on a plane for…  [more]

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Aug 14 2013

An endless gauntlet of potential calamities

A nation unhinged: Dispatches from “the nightmare war”

By , Tuesday, Aug 13, 2013 01:12 PM CDT   We should make Nick Turse an honorary baby boomer for writing Kill Anything That Moves. A history of the…  [more]

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Aug 12 2013

Clear, vivid, and shorn of elaboration

The Entire History of the World—Really, All of It—Distilled Into a Single Gorgeous Chart

By , Monday, Aug. 12, 2013, at 11:40 AM   This “Histomap,” created by John B. Sparks, was first printed by Rand McNally in…  [more]

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