WASHINGTON (Ma’an) — Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, and US President Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, are reportedly among possible US candidates to replace the outgoing World Bank President Jim Yong Kim. Earlier this week, Jim Yong Kim announced he would be stepping down as the World Bank’s president three […]
Solar and Wind Good news Stories Today
Scotland is now getting 70% of its electricity from renewables (wind, solar, wave and hydro) and plans to be at 100% in 2020. In some months in 2018 Scotland’s renewables generated more 100% of the electricity the country uses. Scotland is innovating in tidal power, driven by the powerful currents in its seas, but onshore […]
Pompeo’s US Jingoism and Anti-Iran Warmongering Rejected by Mideast Public
“It is important to note that the United States only receives single digit favorable ratings in Iraq and Egypt.”
Donald J. Mubarak? Why Trump Declaring a National Emergency over Wall is Very Bad
Trump is not a normal president (or person)
Wall or Watchtower? The real Threat is invasive Climate Crisis, and our Shield is Science
The man who ordered the construction of the nearly infinite Wall of China was that First Emperor …who likewise ordered the burning of all the books before him
Senators Backing Israel anti-Boycott Bill are Betrayers of the Constitution
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The response of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) to the proposed the Senate bill permitting state and local sanctions on persons and companies that boycott Israel was “They forgot which country they are representing.” They forgot what country they represent. This is the U.S. where boycotting is a right & part […]
President Bolton overrules Feckless Trump Tweet on Syria Withdrawal
US allies would not be left in the lurch, he pledged
Rashida Tlaib and Working Class Authenticity v. Trump’s Plutocrat Pretense
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Why does Donald Trump get a pass on speaking and acting obscenely but Rashida Tlaib is pilloried for calling him a Mofo? It is because US corporate media and political elites expect the wealthy to do bad imitations of working class profanity (so as to fool the rubes into voting […]
Trump’s Remark that Iranians ‘Can do what they want’ in Syria Mocked in Mideast
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Christian-owned Lebanese daily al-Nahar (The Day) mocked Trump’s remark this week that Iran can do whatever it wants in Syria after the US military withdrawal (“they can do what they want there, frankly”). A columnist for the newspaper, Monalisa Fariha, entitled her piece, “Iran will get out of Syria […]
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