Jerusalem (AFP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused the Jewish state’s president and a former minister of conspiring to have him toppled, triggering charges of “paranoia” ahead of elections. “I know that a former Likud minister has been holding discussions with the coalition and concocted a subversive plot, with me winning a large […]
Archives for October 2018
Tesla’s Electric Car has Historic Quarter, seeks to conquer China & Europe
San Francisco (AFP) – Electric car maker Tesla on Wednesday reported an “historic” quarterly profit driven by demand for its mass market Model 3, as the company looks beyond its US home base to Europe and China. Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said he expects the company to stay profitable from this point forward, and […]
All America’s Quagmires: Why We’re still at War in so Many Countries
( Tomdispatch.com) – As America enters the 18th year of its war in Afghanistan and its 16th in Iraq, the war on terror continues in Yemen, Syria, and parts of Africa, including Libya,Niger, and Somalia. Meanwhile, the Trump administration threatens yet more war, this time with Iran. (And given these last years, just how do […]
Juan Cole on “Muhammad: Prophet of Peace” @ Zero Hour (Video)
The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow: Prof. Juan Cole on “Muhammad: Prophet of Peace” Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires, out October 9 *Now* available for order at Barnes and Noble And Nicola’s Books in Ann Arbor And Hachette And Amazon
The real Mob? Consider Kavanaugh, Trump and the other Spoiled Rich Gangbangers
By Robert Lipsyte | – – (Tomdispatch.com) – Brett Kavanaugh’s hellish Supreme Court fraternity pledge week offered many lessons, but the most powerful, if least noted, was about the raising of boys in America — all boys, not just the groomed Georgetown elite from which the judge emerged. Too many boys are raised in packs, […]
Will its Renewables Revolution Give China an Edge over the US?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Financial Times buries its lead, focusing on an expected rise of offshore wind in the Asia-Pacific, but noting at the end of the article that the Asia-Pacific is expected to add 355 gigawatts (GW) of new solar capacity over the next five years. Edward White in Taipai slights this […]
Saudi Arabia in “Crisis” following Khashoggi’s Killing, says Minister
Saudi Arabia is in “crisis” over the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the country’s energy minister, Khalid Al-Falih, warned today. Speaking at the Riyadh-held Future Investment Initiative (FII) summit, Al-Falih said that Khashoggi’s killing was “regrettable and unjustifiable.” “We are going through a crisis,” the minister added. The three-day conference, which started today, was […]
Georgia Election shows that Dixie Tradition of Black Voter Suppression Flourishing
By Frederick Knight | – Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp has been sued for suppressing minority votes after an Associated Press investigation revealed a month before November’s midterm election that his office has not approved 53,000 voter registrations – most of them filed by African-Americans. Kemp, who is running for governor against Democrat […]
CNN’s Zucker Slams Trump’s attacks on Media, Rivals after Pipe Bombs
by Jennie MATTHEW, with Saul Loeb in Mosinee New York (AFP) – Pipe bombs were sent Wednesday to Barack Obama, top Democrats and CNN, hate figures for Donald Trump supporters, while the US president tempered calls for unity by attacking the media for its “endless hostility.” Democrat and Trump foe Hillary Clinton was one of […]
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