Dear John

God’s Dear John Letter To The U.S.

By http://www.thegodarticle.com/, 09/13/2011   Dear John and Jane Public, Honestly, don’t fret over it. I get it. Dear God, I get it. You’ve found a new god. Truthfully, I’ve seen this coming…  [more]

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Dismal journey from defeat and humiliation

The three things that always accompany occupation

By Robert Fisk, Sunday 23 June 2013   On 20th November 2001, in the Afghan embassy in Islamabad, the Taliban stamped into my passport their very last visa, number 001518, valid only for…  [more]

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Before the war

Above is a tinted, enhanced version of the low-contrast photo below, taken while prowling the back streets of Beirut sometime around 1973 or 1974…  [more]

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Embracing an extreme

Hereditary Traits

By , Friday, June 14, 2013, at 12:06 PM   On Thursday, BuzzFeed Washington, D.C., bureau chief John Stanton published a pair of articles calling out the sons of two separate Republican members of Congress for…  [more]

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A kind of paranoid art

NSA to Americans: ‘All your data are belong to us!’

By , 10 Jun 2013 18:19   A few days ago, the Guardian published details of the US National Security Administration’s PRISM programme. We now know that the…  [more]

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Saturday Night

All in the space of about two blocks…

By Monsieur d’Nalgar, June 7, 2013   Last night, Saturday, June 8, 2013, there was a progressive concert on Bathhouse Row.  All part of our annual Hot Springs Music Festival.  Each…  [more]

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The question of why Israel rubs

Why do people hate Israel? (a self-test)

By , May.28, 2013 | 8:15 PM   Every year, the BBC World Service publishes a Country Ratings opinion survey, meant to indicate which of the world’s nations are among…  [more]

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