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Israel/ Palestine
Sign of new Intifada?  Majority of Palestinians support knife attacks

Sign of new Intifada? Majority of Palestinians support knife attacks

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Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The majority of Palestinians support the recent string stabbing attacks against Israelis, a poll released Monday found. The poll, conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Research (PCPR), found that 67 percent of Palestinians support the use of knife attacks in the current confrontations with […]

journalism
Spectaculection:  Bread, Circuses and decline of US Media

Spectaculection: Bread, Circuses and decline of US Media

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By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Sometimes what matters most takes up every inch of space in the room and somehow we still don’t see it. That’s how I feel about our present media moment. Let me put it this way: I’m a creature of habit, and one of those habits has long […]

Corruption
GOP Congress plans $100 bn. tax cut as Xmas Present for Corporations

GOP Congress plans $100 bn. tax cut as Xmas Present for Corporations

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By Jessica Schieder | (Otherwords.org) | – – This year-end tax package is a grab bag of gifts for corporations and a lump of coal for working families. Given the commitment House Republicans profess to balancing the federal budget, you’d think tax breaks for profitable businesses would be a low priority. But this holiday season, […]

Far Right
Trump, Daesh/ ISIL, and the Cliché of Civilizations

Trump, Daesh/ ISIL, and the Cliché of Civilizations

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By By John Feffer | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – A few politicians and intellectuals decry "Islamofascists," but the real target of Islamophobia is the mainstream Islam of mosques, moderate imams, and your friendly Muslim neighbors. I was listening to a German parliamentarian the other night. She was making some anodyne comments about […]

Israel/ Palestine
Int'l Criminal Court group will fact-find in Israeli-Occupied Palestine

Int’l Criminal Court group will fact-find in Israeli-Occupied Palestine

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Ma’an News Agency | – – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — A delegation from the International Criminal Court is expected to visit the occupied Palestinian territory in February, a Palestinian Authority offical said. A member of a national committee in charge of follow-up with the ICC, Wasel Abu Yusif, told Ma’an that the visit will include ongoing […]

Climate Change
Does Paris Climate Accord hang Women, Indigenous Peoples out to Dry?

Does Paris Climate Accord hang Women, Indigenous Peoples out to Dry?

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By Stella Paul | (IPS) | – – PARIS, Dec 13 2015 (IPS) – After 2 weeks of intense negotiations, on Saturday evening, the 21st UN climate conference (COP21) in Paris finally delivered a historic agreement that, for the first time, promises to keep the global warming under 2 degrees Celsius. The treaty, consisting 31 […]

Acidification of Oceans
Even After World has Acted:  GOP candidates on climate change

Even After World has Acted: GOP candidates on climate change

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Touchvision | (Video News Report) | – – “What would happen to the committments President Obama is making at this week’s Paris Climate Conference if a Republican wins the 2016 election?” Touchvision: “The Republican candidates on climate change”

Humor
George W. Bush Cold Open - Saturday Night Live

George W. Bush Cold Open – Saturday Night Live

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Will Ferrell | (Saturday Night Live Video Spoof) | – – “President George W. Bush (Will Ferrell) announces he’s entering the presidential race and assesses the current crop of GOP candidates.” George W. Bush Cold Open – SNL

Geothermal
Sell that Coal Stock: The future belongs to Wind and Solar, COP21 or No

Sell that Coal Stock: The future belongs to Wind and Solar, COP21 or No

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By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Historically, the transition from one energy system to another, as from wood to coal or coal to oil, has proven an enormously complicated process, requiring decades to complete. In similar fashion, it will undoubtedly be many years before renewable forms of energy — wind, solar, […]

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