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Archives for February 2019

Mental Health
People are Happier and Saner if they Eat more Fruit and Vegetables

People are Happier and Saner if they Eat more Fruit and Vegetables

The Conversation

Measures of mental well-being improved where young adults were asked to eat two extra portions of fruit and vegetables a day

Israel/ Palestine
Palestine and the Israel-Saudi Arabia Alliance

Palestine and the Israel-Saudi Arabia Alliance

Al-Shabaka

Through engagement, there is more of a chance for Saudi Arabia to return to the Arab Peace Initiative

Featured
Did the National Enquirer blackmail Amazon's Jeff Bezos to Protect the Saudi Crown Prince?

Did the National Enquirer blackmail Amazon’s Jeff Bezos to Protect the Saudi Crown Prince?

Juan Cole

Bezos alleges that the investigation of the Saudi connection most alarmed Mr. Pecker, and precipitated the attempt to blackmail the Amazon CEO

Green Energy
"Sun is Setting on Dirty Energy:" Green New Deal Resolution's New Era of Climate Action

“Sun is Setting on Dirty Energy:” Green New Deal Resolution’s New Era of Climate Action

Common Dreams

By Jake Johnson, staff writer | – (Commondreams.org) – “When we look back on today, this will be the moment we will be able to say that the political tide has turned on the rising seas.” “Today is a good day for the country, for the climate movement, and for all humanity.” After years of […]

Immigration
"Make America Cruel Again:" Trump's War on Immigrants

“Make America Cruel Again:” Trump’s War on Immigrants

Arnold R. Isaacs

The U.S. government “is allowing people who would otherwise qualify for resettlement to live under conditions that could kill them.”

Iran
Iran Politics a “Powderkeg” of Corruption and Repression as Revolution Turns 40

Iran Politics a “Powderkeg” of Corruption and Repression as Revolution Turns 40

AFP

Concern over corruption by successive governments has become a “powderkeg”

Saudi Arabia
Congress Toughening toward Saudis amid Report Prince Threatened ‘Bullet’ for Khashoggi

Congress Toughening toward Saudis amid Report Prince Threatened ‘Bullet’ for Khashoggi

AFP

US intelligence understood that the ambitious 33-year-old heir apparent was ready to kill the journalist

Climate Change
Last 5 Years Hottest on Record:  NASA, NOAA; & World Hotter than any time in 120,000 years

Last 5 Years Hottest on Record: NASA, NOAA; & World Hotter than any time in 120,000 years

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The National Space and Aeronautics Agency (NASA) and its sister agency NOAA report that the past 5 years are the hottest on record. World-wide temperature records began being kept from about 1880. Global heating proceeds differently in each area of the globe. The real heat wave in comparative terms was […]

Iraq
Grand Ayatollah Sistani Slaps down Trump: You may not use Iraq against its Neighbors

Grand Ayatollah Sistani Slaps down Trump: You may not use Iraq against its Neighbors

contributors

“Iraq wants balanced relations with neighboring countries, avoiding interfering in their internal affairs or detracting from their sovereignty.”

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