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Far Right
White non-terrorist La. Cinema Shooter Loved Hitler, Hated Liberals

White non-terrorist La. Cinema Shooter Loved Hitler, Hated Liberals

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John Iadarola, Jimmy Dore, Jayar Jackson, Michael Shure | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “A day after the shooting in Lafayette, Louisiana we now know a little about shooter John Russel Houser. Based on social media posts what’s clear is that he hated liberals and admired Hitler and the Westboro Baptist Church. John […]

Bahrain
Why the Arab Gulf Oil Monarchies should Welcome Iran Deal

Why the Arab Gulf Oil Monarchies should Welcome Iran Deal

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By Miriam R Lowi | (Via al-Araby al-Jadeed ) | – – Gulf states, long-time rivals of Tehran, should seize the opportunities for regional peace and security offered by the historic deal, writes Miriam Lowi. In recent months, a lot has been said about the promises and perils of negotiating with Iran, making compromises and […]

Apartheid
After Israeli Attack, 50% Gaza Children have PTSD, 70% have regular Nightmares

After Israeli Attack, 50% Gaza Children have PTSD, 70% have regular Nightmares

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By IMEMC | – – Gaza Community Mental Health Program’s (GCMHP) Deputy Director General for Professional Affairs Taysir Diab Thursday said around 51% of Gaza’s children and 31% of its adults suffer Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder as a result to the latest Israeli mass attack on the besieged Gaza Strip. These results were presented following a […]

Arab Americans
Michigan Town Fears ISIL Summer Camp In Their Backyard

Michigan Town Fears ISIL Summer Camp In Their Backyard

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John Iadarola, Hannah Cranston, Jimmy Dore | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “A Michigan town has blocked one of their Muslim residents from building a summer camp, for fear that it will become an ISIS training camp. The man wanted to build the camp for his son and daughter to bring their scout […]

China
As GOP fumes re: Iran, Russia & China are outflanking West with New Eurasia Silk Road

As GOP fumes re: Iran, Russia & China are outflanking West with New Eurasia Silk Road

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By Pepe Escobar | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Let’s start with the geopolitical Big Bang you know nothing about, the one that occurred just two weeks ago. Here are its results: from now on, any possible future attack on Iran threatened by the Pentagon (in conjunction with NATO) would essentially be an assault on the planning […]

Iran
Israel’s Netanyahu & Iran: Even former Intel Officials think he’s Unhinged

Israel’s Netanyahu & Iran: Even former Intel Officials think he’s Unhinged

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By Jeffrey Rudolph | (Detailed Political Quizzes) | Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cannot be taken seriously when he talks about Iran. While Netanyahu is a master at exploiting fear in a particularly fearful society, the following points demonstrate that thinking people can ignore his claims dealing with Iran. “Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders blasted […]

fiction
One Ring to Bind them:  Reading the Lord of the Rings to defeat ISIL

One Ring to Bind them: Reading the Lord of the Rings to defeat ISIL

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By Akil N Awan | (The Conversation) | – – The wave of recent attacks in Tunisia, Kuwait and Turkey, all apparently linked to Islamic State in some way, have reinforced the spectre of the unstoppable “Daesh death cult” whose tentacles of terror can reach deep into every corner of the globe The omnipresence of […]

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Turkish Gov’t Worries about Kurdish, Leftist Mobilization after Bombing, briefly bans Twitter

Turkish Gov’t Worries about Kurdish, Leftist Mobilization after Bombing, briefly bans Twitter

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BBC | (Video News Report) | – – “In Turkey authorities have blocked access to Twitter in a bid to prevent the broadcast of images of the suicide bomb attack in the border town of Suruc. A state run news agency also said the ban on social media was put in place to stop anti […]

Climate Change
The Earth is hotter this Year than any since Records began

The Earth is hotter this Year than any since Records began

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By Kanya D’Almeida | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – According to new data released by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Tuesday, globally averaged temperatures over ocean and land surfaces between January and June of 2015 were the hottest on record since 1880. A statement by the World […]

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