Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iran’s clerical Leader, Ali Khamenei threw cold water on the idea of a miitary conflict between Iran and the US. Khamenei thus proved himself more mature than US warmongers such as National Security adviser John Bolton. The latter has plumped for a strike on Iran so stridently that he has […]
China to Iran’s Rescue? Trump might successfully anger Beijing or Tehran, but not Both
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said at a news conference on Saturday that China opposes US unilateral sanctions on Iran and appreciates Iran’s continued commitment to the 2015 nuclear deal with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, despite the breach of it by the Trump administration. This, […]
Could Trump’s Tensions with Iran, Venezuela Cause Gasoline Prices to Spike?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The tensions between the Trump administration and two of the world’s significant oil producers, Iran and Venezuela, in addition to the campaign of warlord Khalifa Haftar in Libya to take the capital of Libya (another oil state) have raised the prospects of tightening world oil production. Then a few days […]
Are ExxonMobil Executives the most evil people in the 200K-yr-long History of Humanity?
They are Darth Vaders and Thanatoses, they are destroyers of a planet
9 Easy Propaganda steps to War with Iran
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Trump administration is now in full disinformation mode, using all the classical techniques of propaganda to put the gullible US public on a war footing with Iran. Here is how it is done. 1. Iran warmongers like National Security Adviser John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pretend […]
Top Ten differences between the Iraq War and Trump’s Proposed Iran War
1. Iraq is 168,754 mi² and Iran is 636,400 mi²; that is, Iran is geographically 3.77 times bigger than Iraq, almost 4 times as big. 2. Iraq’s population when invaded was 26 million. Iran’s population today is 81 million. 3. General Eric Shinseki testified before Congress prior to Bush’s invasion that based on the US […]
Rashida Tlaib’s Palestinian Theology of Good Samaritanism and Redemption
“I don’t come from a place of violence. I come from a place of love, equality and justice.”
It will be Very Hot and very Wet–We’ve exceeded 415ppm of Carbon Dioxide for the first Time since the Pliocene
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration measures atmospheric carbon dioxide at its Moana Loa observatory. You can see that on May 11 we were just about at 415 parts per million of CO2. A couple of days this week, we’ve gone over 415. When I say that, you should run […]
Pace Pompeo: What if the US is “Sowing Chaos” in Mideast & Iran is a Status Quo Power?
The US overthrew the Iraqi Government, Provoked rise of ISIL, backed al-Qaeda allies in Syria, and is one-sided on Israel-Palestine
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