Candidate Donald Trump saw the revolving door between government and industry as a problem.
Archives for January 2019
Bolton & Trump’s Gerontocrats may drag us into Venezuela over Oil when they could just buy an EV
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – There are many things wrong with National Security Adviser John Bolton, but the worst is his fixation on petroleum politics. His response to the complex crisis of Venezuela is to hope that US energy corporations can produce some of that country’s oil (“It will make a big difference to the […]
Social Media Ridicule: Emirates’ Gender Equality Award Winners All Men
“Wow really nailed the diversity there. One of those dudes was wearing grey”
Syria and Iran Sign Strategic Economic Plan, including Tartus Naval Base
There was also rehabilitation of the ports of Tartus and Latakia as well as construction of a 540 megawatt energy plant
Trump & Taliban Close to Deal on US Withdrawal, but Risk of Free For All
Trump decided last month to pull half of the 14,000-strong force from Afghanistan
Defying US, Bahrain Affirms Life Sentence against Shiite Leader “farcically” charged with Spying
Dubai (AFP) – A Bahraini court on Monday upheld a life sentence for opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman for spying for Gulf rival Qatar, a ruling his party slammed as “political revenge”. Salman, who headed Al-Wefaq, a now-banned Shiite movement, was convicted by an appeals court in November in a decision rights groups called a […]
America’s 7 Racist Exclusions: From Muslim Visa Ban to 1930s Exclusion of Jews
Revised.- ed. Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The two-year anniversary of Trump’s Muslim visa ban and Holocaust Remembrance Day have arrived more or less together, and it is worthwhile reviewing how they reveal an ugly side to America. US history is replete with racism as public policy. It has been more often our history than […]
The Main Drag on Saving Planet from Boiling? The Super-Rich
The United States, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait all just happen to rate among the world’s most unequal nations.
One Dead as Israeli Squatter Mob Shoots Palestinians in Occupied West Bank
Most countries view the settlements Israel has built there as illegal
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