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Juan Cole

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Florida PL's Huge Solar Battery will make as much Electricity as half a Nuclear Plant

Florida PL’s Huge Solar Battery will make as much Electricity as half a Nuclear Plant

Juan Cole

The batteries are now so cheap that it would actually save utilities money if they used them with solar farms compared to just going on on running old coal plants

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Congress Slaps down Trump-Saudi War on Yemen

Congress Slaps down Trump-Saudi War on Yemen

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The House of Representatives voted Thursday 247 to 175 to end the US involvement in supporting the Saudi-led war effort in Yemen. 16 Republicans voted with the Democratic majority. The Senate had already passed the act, invoking the War Powers act for the first time since it was enacted in […]

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Dear Trump: Top 7 Signs Puerto Ricans might be Americans

Dear Trump: Top 7 Signs Puerto Ricans might be Americans

Juan Cole

When they move to the mainland and reside in a state, they can vote for president

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Senators Grill Rick Perry on Transfer of Nuclear Info to Saudi Arabia Despite "Troubling Actions"

Senators Grill Rick Perry on Transfer of Nuclear Info to Saudi Arabia Despite “Troubling Actions”

Juan Cole

“Many deeply troubling actions and statements that have provoked alarm in Congress”

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On how Everything Sam Harris says about Islam is Wrong: Part 2 on “Unbelievers”

On how Everything Sam Harris says about Islam is Wrong: Part 2 on “Unbelievers”

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – This is the second installment in a series on Sam Harris’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad book, “The End of Faith: Religion, Terror and the Future of Religion” (Norton, 2005). Part 1 is here. On page 31, Harris says, “It is clear, however, that Muslims hate the West in […]

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Did the Same Saudi Hackers who Trapped Khashoggi Target Amazon's Bezos for Nude Photos?

Did the Same Saudi Hackers who Trapped Khashoggi Target Amazon’s Bezos for Nude Photos?

Juan Cole

It has been alleged that the crown prince targeted expatriate Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in part because he had written critically about Trump

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Syrian Ambassador: Trump should give Israel the Carolinas, instead of Syria's Golan

Syrian Ambassador: Trump should give Israel the Carolinas, instead of Syria’s Golan

Juan Cole

Jaafari said that the United States had completely ended any role for itself as a mediator in the region

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Israeli Snipers Kill 4, wound 207 as 40,000 Palestinians March Peacefully in Gaza for Right to Return

Israeli Snipers Kill 4, wound 207 as 40,000 Palestinians March Peacefully in Gaza for Right to Return

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As an unprecedented 40,000 Palestinians in Gaza marched for the right to return, marking the one-year anniversary of the beginning of weekly such marches, Israeli snipers shot into the Gaza Strip, killing 4 youth and wounding at least 207. The Israeli army uses military-grade tear gas on the crowds, and […]

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75% of Scotland's Electricity Now Green; & All Cars Electric by 2032

75% of Scotland’s Electricity Now Green; & All Cars Electric by 2032

Juan Cole

Scotland is also doing groundbreaking research and development on wave and tidal energy

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